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o Dalkeith Palace, in order to-be there in time to receive the Queen. Her Majesty suflVtect i a good deal from sea-sick ,,,,,4aess4uriug_the voyage, which compelled her, as far as possible, to keep on deck, where a couch was pre pared for Fier accommodation. This may account, in sonie d.egat e,' l fOr the Queen's anxiety to get ashore as soon as possible. FOURTH EDLTION. MERCURY-OFFICE, FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council have lust seturned from Dalkeith Palace, and on reaching. the Royal Exchange were received with great cheer ing by the populace. The Lord Provost, from his carriage, addressed The collected crowd, stating gene rally that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to depart f:orn all her arrangements in order to please her people. That the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council had been received courteously and most,,po litely by her Majesty; and that she had expressed deep regret for the disappointment which had been occasioned this morning.—(Cheering.) Her Majesty Lad previously fixed to go north on Monday, and to hold a Drawing-room on Saturday; but in con sequence of the strong and attached feeling dis played by the people of Edinburgh, she had re solved so far to disappoint the Marquis of Breadal bane, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, the Earls of Kin noun and Mansfield, and all the Grandees of the kingdom, in order to gratify her loyal subjects.— (Great heering.) There was now to be a proces sion on Saturday, a Drawing-room at Dalkeith Pa lace on Monday, and her Majesty would proceed north on Tue..,day. In regard to the arrangements for the process-ton of Saturday, the precise line had not vet been arranged, but his Grace the Dtike of Buccleuch was to communicate the arrangements to the Town Council to-morrow morning, so that all the citizens might know where to see their Sovereign— (Renewed cheering.) His Lordship then read the following memorandum :—" Upon waiting on her Majesty's Ministers this morning, at Dalkeith Palace, we had the satisfaction of learning, that her Majesty had been previously pleased to anti c ip a t e the wishes of the Town Council and the people of Edinburgh, and had signified her intention to pass from Dalkeith to the Castle on Saturday next, entering the city by the Palace of Holyrood, and passing *tithe Canongate."— (Tremendous cheering.) 'fhb Lord Provost and the other members after wards adjourned to the. Council Chamber, where his 14ardstip repeated the statements he had made to the nn front of the Exchange. The Council Rollin and the Quadrangle were completely filled luring these proceedings. DALKEITH PALACE. Dalkeith Palace, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, stands on a knoll, overlooking the con fluence of the north and south branches of the river Esk, six miles south of Edinburgh. It was built about the beginning of the last century by Anne, Duchess of Buccleuch, widow of the unfortunate James, Duke of Monmouth, natural son of Charles 11. The approach to it, as well as the banks of the river, are adorned with plantations. The Great Court between the Palace and the park is very spacious, and from the gate of the Court there is an avenue through the park, directly south, of a mile long; and, round the Palace a terrace, which on the north, where the front of the Palace is 120 feet wide, over looks a precipice to the river as at Windsor. On the east side is a natural amphitheatre, at the bottom of which is a flower-garden, and round the side evergreen slopes. The estate of Dalkeith has been held by the Buc cleuch family, ever since the year 1642. The park, which abounds in woods, particularly ancient oaks, consists of about 800 Scotch acres, and is surrounded by a high wall. The rivers North and South Esk run through the Park, and unite their streams about half a mile below the house. His late Majesty George IV. took up his residence at Dalkeith palace on his visit to Scotland. The entrance to the palace, which her Majesty is now honouring with her visitation, is by a hall paved with stone, to the left of which is the great staircase, supported by pllars of marble. Every step is cu riously mini with walnut-tree wood. At the top of the staircaseis a noble room, 40 feet long, and 30 high and broad. There is also a great room to the north of the ball. The walls of most of the rooms are adorned with many very valuable family portraits. The offices join the town of Dalkeith, which contains about 6,000 inhabitants. Te noble family of Scott, of which his present Grac.: the Duke" of Buccleuch, is the lineal descend ant, is not only ancient, but has ever been of great importance on the borders. The first of the family ennobled was under the reign of James 111., and who assumed the title of " Domi nus de Buccleuch." Sir Walter Scott, of Branxholm and Buccleuch, 1492, was a brave and powerful ba ron, and Warden of the West Marches of Scotland. This Sir Walter is celebrated by historians for great deeds of valour and magnanimity, during the minority of James V., for an abortive attempt to rescue that monarch from the control of the Earl of Angus, on which Sir Walter 'Scott has founded " The Lay of the Last Minstrel." Another ancestor of this name, in the reign of James VI., and from whose hands he received the honour of knighthood, was no way infe rior to the bravest of his predecessors in courage and intrepidity. Having carried on a predatory warfare against the English, and boldly rescued one of his attendants, Kin flipont. Will, from the Castle of Carlisle, he was deli vvred up as a hostage upon an adjustment of the feuds between the English and the Scots. During his so journ in England, family tradition states that he was brought into the presence of Queen Elizabeth, who demanded, in her usual arbitrary manner, how he dared to engage in deeds so desperate and presumptuous ? " What is it," said the undaunted chieftain, " what is that a man dares not do ?" Elizabeth struck with this reply, said to a lord in waiting, " With ten thousand such men, our brother of Scotland might shake the firmest throne in Europe." NAVAL rNTELLIGENCE. (From the :Deronport Indep;n4eJ.) Tan *Gnu EXPEDITION.—Her Majesty's steamer Kite, 2, Lieut. Gooch, arrived here yesterday (Friday) front the coast of Africa, bringing home the following officers of the Niger Expedition :—Captain William Allen, Senior officer : Commander W. Ellis, and Dr. Thomson, of the Soudan ; Lieut. Sydney, Dr. Pritchett, Mr. W. Forster, Master ; Mr. W. Bush, Purser, and Mr. J. E. Terry, Clerk-in-Charge. The Wilberforce was sent up the river by Captain W. Allen, with a crew of black men. Captain A. towed the. Wilberforce to the mouth of the river in the Kite, and saw that the 'Wilberforce entered with a full cargo of coals. Lieut.. William Henry Webb, and Mr. Joseph Webb, Clerk-in-Charge, proceeded up the Niger, in the 'Wilberforce, on the 2d July, with the intention of communicating with the party at the Farm, the men not to go beyond the conflu ence, unless the officers should be in good health, and strong injunctions were laid on Lieut. Webb to re turn 'immediately the least case of sickness should appear. The Soudan was left at Fernando Po, charge of Mr. Sturgess, Acting Second Master, with a few volunteers f'rom the Kite. The Wilber force left the Albert at Ascension, on the 9th of March, under the command of Commander Fish bourne. The Kite sailed from Clarence Cove, (Fer nandoPo) on the 6th of July, and touched at Sierra Leone for coals. She also called at Bonavista, Tene riffe, Madeira, Lisbon, and Corunna, which latter place she left on Tuesday last. The Lynx, 3, Lieut. Burslem, vas lyingat Corunna. Captain W. Allen had a severe attack of fever on the passage home, but we are happy to state that the (gallant officer is per fectly recovered, and that the other officers are in as good health as could possibly be expected, con sidering the dangers t o which they have been ex posed in their long and arduous services. We trust that the. Admiralty will soon confer on them such marks of especial favour as their perilous exertions fully entitle them to. The Albion, 90 gun ship, will be launched from this DOek-yard on Tuesday, next, at five o'clock in the evening. The following are the dimensions of this fine ship :—Length on gun-deck, as per draught, 204 feet 1 inch ;of keel for tonnage, 165 foa ; breadth extreme, 69 feet ; b rea d t h f or tonna e, feet -2 inches ; breadth f or mou ld e d, 5 8 feet 4 i g nches • depth in hold, 23 feet 8 in c h es ; b ur d en i n tons, old : Oath, 2,088 21-94ths ; armament, gun-deck 32 gu ns , ; others 58 guns, 321bs. HoF Majesty's sloop Sappho, 16, Commander E. was paid off yesterday (Friday). ':i7s6lhe Devon, lighter, sailed yesterday (Friday) for Pembroke. She has on board Mr. Henderson, and a party of seamen, who will navigate the Superb (to be launobed on Tuesday next) to this port, where she is to be commissioned. Slips in Harbour—Caledonia, 120, Capt.A.Milne; San ,Josef, 110, Capt. F. W. Burgoyne ; Kite, 2, steamer, Lieut. Gooch; Avon, steamer, Lieut. Byng ; Spitaul and Confiance, steamers; Adventure, naval transport ; Duck, lighter. In the Sound—None. A curious admission has been recently made by the Debuts and the Constitutionnel. It is now found that the dreadful ordonnance of June against English lir ens and threads, will net effectually exclude them from the French markets ; this branch of industry being so ranch bThind in France, that the English will be able to undersell the French manufacturers, even after payment of the enormous duty recently imposed. These journals throw out a hint that a further duty will be laid on. The Counter Francais, however, which takes a wider and batter view of commercial affairs than the Constitu tionntl or the Dobats, laughs at the idea of a n a ddi t i onal duty, which would, i t says, only operate as a p rem i um for contraband trade in every part of France.—Letter from Paris. Th e v i n t a ge haj commenced in the environs of Dijon, being even earlier than in 1822, which was a very forward season. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to a correspondent at Oldham, for his communication. We shall advert to it as soon as we can find room. • :"-crionb 4tation SUN OFFICE Three o' Clock: INDIA AND CHINA. By the Overland Mail from India received this morning by Extraordinary Express from Marseilles, we have received letters and papers from Bombay of the 19th July, from Calcutta of the Bth, and from Ceylon of the Ist of the same month; from Candahar of the 19th, and from Jellalabad of the 2Gth- of June ; and from China of the 27th of May. They afford a complete ex position of the lying and dishonesty of the officials connected with the workinguf the French teltgraph. Instead of the news from Afghan istan and China being most disastrous, as re presented for vile stock jobbing purposes by the French authorities, it is upon the whole exceed ingly favourable. If Lord ELLENBOROUGH ever really intended to abandon Affghanistan in the disgraceful way pointed out in the last over land dispatches, his Excellency has abandoned that design, and has ordered an army of reserve to co-operate with the force in Caubul, to be formed in the district of Sirhind, under the im mediate command of Sir JASPER NICOLL, the Commander-in-Chief. This army is to consist of 20,000 men, and to be well provided with stores, ready to push at any moment wherever their ser vices are most required. General PoLLocx remained at Jellalabad, waiting for the arri val of camels, which were on their way to him. His men were suffering from heat, but not to the dreadful extent reported. The troops were on good terms with the natives, who supplied them tolerably abundantly with provisions. Our ex tracts from letters from Jellalabad will show that General POLLOCK was master of the country for ten miles around, and that the detach ments sent out by him defeated the enemy in every direction. The Affghans had made a daring attack upon the fort of Khelat-i-Ghilzie, but on the 21st of May they were gallantly re pulsed by Captain CRAIGIE. Their loss was con siderable. nevertheless, it was judged necessary afterwards to evacuate that fort, in order to in crease General NOTT'S division at Candahar. On the 29th of May an immense rebel force, under the command of several chiefs, attempted to capture the city of Candahar by surprise, knowing that the garrison had been weakened by a detach ment, under Colonel WYatER, being sent to chas tise the Ghilzies. The enemy were gallantly attacked by General NOTT, who sallied- out of the city to meet them, and by whom they were quickly dispersed, with great loss. Our only loss in Affghanistan is that of the Balla Hissar, which is reported to have been stormed and taken by AKBAR KHAN in person. In blow ing up the tower, by which an entrance was effected, a great number of the KHAN'S followers were killed, owing to their unskilfulness in firing the trains. Another rumour stated that the KHAN was made prisoner in the town, which, if true, would be of the utmost importance. General PoLLocK was joined at Jellalabad by a reinforcement of 7,000 Sikhs, sent by the Go vernment of Lahore. This attests the good faith of the Ruler of the Punjaub, and will add greatly to the moral influence of our army in Affghanis tan. POLLOCK was meditating a march upon the city of Caubul, the scene of our sad reverses in November last. As the distance was only ninety miles he felt con vinced that he could accomplish it without much difficulty. A simultaneous movement from Jellalabad and Candahar could very well be made with a certainty of success, and yet leave in these cities garrisons strong enough to defend them against any force at the disposal of the Affghan chiefs. Such is the substance of the news from Afghanistan, which, upon the whole, is so favourable as to warrant the conviction that our arms will yet be more triumphant in that country than they have been at any moment since the accession of the unfortunate Shah SOOJAH. In saying this, we but express what we believe will prove a fact, without offering any opinion as to the sound policy of the war from the commencement. That is a different question altogether. We have more decidedly favourable news from China. The British troops under the command of General Sir H. GOUGH and Admiral Sir W. PARKER having, on the 10th of March, defeated the Chinese army, com manded by General Yin, and taken the city of Chinliae, marched upon the city of Tsekee, near which another Chinese force of from 8,000 to 10,000 men were strongly posted on some hills, commanded by Generals TWAN-YUNG, YANG, and Cnoo. Arrangements were made for an attack in three columns, two of which were gallantly led by Sir H. GOUGH and Sir. W. PARKER in person. Nothing could exceed the bravery of the troops. They contrived to surround the Chinese, and quite be wildered them. The carnage was dreadful, being more a butchery than a battle. Ignorant of the laws of civilized warfare the poor creatures knew not how to surrender, and were massacred. Not less than a thousand of them, including a great number of Mandarins, were killed, or drowned in the canals; whereas of the British troops only three were killed and twenty-two wounded. The encampments, and such of the buildings as had been occupied by the enemy, were burned, and the grain magazines thrown open to the po pulace, who speedily emptied them. On the 16th the force moved to the Changki Pass, in the hopes of destroying the remaining divi sion of the enemy and capturing the treasure chest.. A three hours' march brought the column to the foot of the hills, where they found the position a remarkably strong one; dispositions were made to attack it, but as they advanced they perceived that the enemy had retreated, taking with them their guns and treasure. The works and neighbouring buildings were destroyed, and after a two hours' halt the troops returned to Tsekee, which they reached at night. All the villages on the route were deserted. The conduct of the troops is spoken of as most orderly and forbearing throughout. On the 17th the whole force returned to Ningpo. The Se sostris steamer had been despatched to Ainoy to bring up 300 men of the Royal Irish from thence. It was currently reported at Canton that the EMPEROR, rather than await a visit from General Sir H. GoUGH and Admiral Sir W. PARKER at his Palace at Pekin, had preferred retiring beyond the Great Wall with his family, considering himself to be much safer in Tartary than in China. His Celestial MAJESTY before going was graciously pleased to command his loving subjects to fight away, promising that if they killed all the barbarians he would return and rule them as before. S uc h I m p e rial condescension must be very gratifying to them. We quote from the Canton Press the latest news from China:— PLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR. We learn on good authority that the Emperor, appre hensive of a v i s i t f rom the English to Pekin, has retired into Tartary, and has, before his departure, magnani mously issued proclamations to his people, enjoining them to defend th emse l ves to the very utmost. We wonder what the p eo pl e will ray to be forsaken by him whose duty it is to protect them—such pusillanimity deserves that the people should throw off their allegiance to a Prince who seems so little deserving of it. The transports Tham es , Roberts, Peru, Maria, have arrived at Hong-Kong. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Vixen, passed through the roads here on Thursday last, only six days from Singapore. O n l y part of her letters and those per Medusa have yet reached Macao ; and we are among those who have not received as y et any l etters Majesty's ship Cruizer, h as, d ur i ng the week a papers. proceeded Her tothe northward. At length we learn that some tidings have been received from Captain Denham, of the brig Ann, which we stated some weeks since to have been cast away on th e I s l an d of Formosa, and her crew made prisoners by the Chinese. Captain Denham writes that, up to the 10th of April, the date of hip letter, he (Mr. Gully) and crew were kept by THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1842. the Chinese in four different prisons, not far from the sea side, almost opposite to Chimoa, and very severely treated. We hope that her Majesty's ships of war will be able to do something for their release. We have heard nothing of the shipwrecked crew of the Nerbudda. Her MAJESTY and Prince ALBERT landed at Granton Pier at an early hour on Thursday, and passed through Edinburgh, on her way to Dalkeith Palace, at half-past nine. Great preparations had been made for a national display on the occasion. Galleries and booths had been erected on the line of march ; the Provost and Magistrates had made every arrangement to give her MAJESTY a hearty welcome on entering her northern capital; but from some strange mismanagement, the day which was looked forward to with such interest, and expected to be one of unmingled rejoicing, ended in deep disappointment. By the advice, we sup pose, of her courtiers, her MAJESTY left the Pier much earlier than was expected, the inhabitants were taken completely by surprise ; nay, even the civic authorities were kept altogether in the dark as to the Royal movements ; but on the announcement of the procession they assumed their official robes, sallied forth to the barrier to present the keys of the ancient city, and on arriving there learned, to their utter as tonishment, that the QUEEN had already passed. In order, however, not to be altogether distanced, they joined in the chase, drove as fast as the horses could gallop, and after several desperate efforts to overtake ' the procession, they at last reached the Royal car riage in breathless haste, and received her .MAJESTY'S gracious acknowledgments. We know not who is to blame for this wanton affront to the citizens of Edin burgh. The Chief Magistrate, but the day before, after an interview with two of her MAJESTY'S Mi nisters, officially announced that the QUEEN would be prepared to adopt any arrangements as to her pro. gress through the city, that would be most gratifying to her loyal subjects ; yet, in defiance of this, the procession starts at an early hour without their knowledge, and hurries on to its destination, allowing the Lord Provost, Dailies, Councillors, and fifty other dignitaries, only one solitary glimpse of her Majesty before sho reached Dalkeith Palace. All accounts agree that the QUEEN looked well, and was delighted with the enthusiastic congratulations of the multitude in the streets, but viewed with amazement the vast preparations made for her reception, while nearly one half of the seats in the galleries were empty. The result altogether, is to be regretted. It has given great offence to the inhabitants, and such ex citement prevailed against the Duke ofBucCLEUCE, that he found it necessary to have the protection of police constables in passing through the city. The utmost reparation, however, was to be made. A grand procession was to take place this day, from Holy rood to the Castle, like that on the visit of GEORGE IV., and a drawing-room at Dalkeith Palace, on Monday; but, unfortunately, insults of this kind are considered rather intended than acci dental, and are not soon forgotten. We have received Madrid papers of the 26th ult The following extract from the Eco del Comnrercio• which gives the following details of the march of the Spanish troops towards the frontiers of Portugal, is the only point of interest : Two companies have left Valmojado, to place them selves under the Commander of the line of Estremadura. Colonel Saginito has received orders to march with his squadron to Fort Lapicke ; another squadron is to leave Ciudad Real, for the same destination. General Mahy set out with his corps on the 21st. The Commanders of the line at Andalusia and Estre madura are to act in concert with General Mahy, in pursuit of the banditti and the smugglers. The Journals of Barcelona are of the 20th. The Llohregat had overflowed its banks and inundated a great part of the province. The ordinary Express has brought to hand the Paris Papers of Thursday. Subjoined are extracts : The temperature had considerably fallen in Paris. The highest point to which it attained on Thursday was 62 of Fahrenheit. The Court of Assizes of the Aveyron has just con demned a Polish refugee, named Thomas Ociepski, to death, for the murder of one of his fellow countrymen. A curious scene took place at the sitting of the Per manent Court Martial of Paris on Monday. The bayonet of one of the sentinels in the body of the Court having caught in the curtains which surround the King's bust, a host of bats flew out. The sitting was suspended, as the bats came from time to time almost in the faces of the Judges, and a chase was commenced. In a short time six of the poor bats were killed, and - the others sought safety by flying out of the open windows. BOURSE—PAnfs, THURSDAY, SEPT. 1. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price 4 Price. Price. French 5 per Cents.... 120 10... 120 10... 120 ... 120 4 Per Cents.... 104 50... 104 50— 104 50 3 per Cents. 79 25... 79 25... 79 10... 79 10 Bank of France 3257 50..3257 50...3257 50.. 3257 50 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1035 ..1035 ...1035 ...1035 5,000 f 5045 ...5045 ...5042 50...5042 50 Belgian Fives lO2l ... 103 ... 102 i ... 103 1840 lo4h ... 104 h ... 104 ... 104 Spanish Active 2li ... 21i ... 21i ... 21i Neapolitan lO7 ... 107 ... 107 ... 107 Roman RAILWAY SHARES,. Versailles, R.B 282 50... 282 50... 282 50... 282 50 L.B lOO ... 100 ... 96 25... 96 25 Rouen Orleans. Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 203 75... 202 50... 202 50 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Very little business has been done in the funds this morning, and the market is heavy, the political intelli gence from India being considered as unfavourable, while commercial affairs would appear to have improved. Consols are 92.3. 924 for Money, and 93 for the Ac count ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 101* ; India Bonds, 36; Exchequer Bills, 51 to 53 ; New, 49 51 premium. In the Foreign Securities nothing has been done. The quotation of Mexican is rather lower, being 35 35i. The only transactions in Shares have been—Great Western, 83 ; the Half Shares, 601 ; Brighton, 33 ; and Birmingham and Gloucester, 42. Spanish are the only bonds in which bargains have been made ; the Three per Cent. Stock at 20i ; the Five per Cent. Bonds, 214 ; Ditto without the Coupons, 16k. The improved statements given of commerce generally are not without foundation. The amount of bullion is also extremely satisfactory, therefore no probability exists that the Bank of England will feel itself calk(' upon to withdraw any part of the notes now out. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWAYS. Paid. Par Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 .. 42 EdinbUrgh and Glasgow 5O — Ditto New ...... .............. ... 3 ...... 54 to Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 2.—There has been no business done in any kind of Shares in this Market to-day. Prices have a downward tendency. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 3.—Wind this day at noon S., vari able and cloudy. DEAL, SEPT. light and variable.—Sld. Pestonjee Buma*e transport, Quebec ; Lady Wood, Prince Edward's Island. PORTS3IOUTH, SEPT. 2.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Switzer land, New York. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—Wind N.W.---The Aurora, Moon, of this port, took fire, was scuttled, and sunk. SUMMARY OF MUNE, AND tlubia qPpiatua. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. Only one subject of the slightest interest is treated upon by our Paris Contemporaries. It is the Ordon nance of the King of the Belgians extending to the wines and silk s o f Germany the advantages conceded by the Belgians to those of France. Considerable anger is manifested by some of the journals against Belgium, for having thought herself at liberty to form a commercial alliance with other countries, and to protest against the principle of an exclusive alliance with France. MONET-TRADE-COMMEROE. The estimated cost of erecting the ventilating tower alone of the new Houses of Parliament will be upwards of 20,0001. The decrease in the home consumption of port wine this year, as compared with that of last, is to the extent of 324,660 gallons, being at the rate of 40 per cent. Sherry and Spanish wines have fallen off upwards of 64,000 gallons, and the Colonial or Cape wines nearly nine per cent. The total comparative decrease on all wines imported, has been 425,812 gallons. In one of the largest mills of Manchester 900 hands, out of 1,400, returned to work yesterday. About 500 hands attacked a colliery at Westbrom wich yesterday, when a . couple of constables were very severely wounded, and two of the rioters in attempting to escape were drowned ; ten others have since been committed by the Magistrates. The wholesale and retail sale of spirits at Kilrush, scarcely amounts now to 1,2001. a year in that town, though formerly averaging 30,0001. NAVAL AND MILITAIZT, At Gosport, on Friday, a private of the 6th Regi ment of Foot, William Davies, while on convict guard, shot one of the keepers named Clasby, through the head, mistaking him for a convict attempting to escape. After examination by the Magistrate, he was remanded till Thursday next. LAW Azai At Salford, true bills have been found against most of the prisoners engaged in the riots, and at Ashton 88 prisoners have been taken into custody on the same charge. The trials of the York rioters commenced in that city on Thursday. Two of the prisoners were ac quitted, but a number of others found guilty ; sen tence was deferred. Matthew George White, was yesterday charged at Bow-street with unlawfully obtaining, by means of a false character, a situation as footman with Mr. Latham, paymaster of Exchequer bills, residing at Eltham. The case was proved against the prisoner, and he was ordered to pay a fine of 201., and in de fault to be committed to hard labour for three months. COURT-PasHIONAIME. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are expected to remain in Germany till the end of the month. Lady Graham and family are at the splendid marine villa of Earl de Grey, at Cowes, where Sir James Graham will pay occasional visits. The Marchioness Wellesley is about to visit Lord Staftbrd at Costessy Hall, No'rfolk, and from thence proceeds to Yarmouth. The Earl and Countess of Eldon are at Encombe House, Isle of Purbeck, for the autumn. The Countess Stanhope and party have arrived at Dover. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, has arrived in town from a visit to the Marquis of Londonderry, at Wynyard Park, MISCELLANZOTTS. A writing desk, containing the sum of 4,0001., was stolen from the residence of Lady Iyall, at Mel brook, near Southampton, last Thursday. The police are in active quest. From the forwardness of the works of the new Houses of Parliament, it is expected that in two months the first stone will be laid. This ceremony will probably be performed by her Maj esty or the Prince. The Chartist Ellis, who is reported to have recom mended the mob to set fire to the churches, has been apprehended, and upon examination committed to Stafford Gaol. The repairs in St. P au l' s C a thedral are proceeding with rapidity : the last occasion when a similar cleans ing took place was in 1819, when Dr. Van Mildert was the Dean. The ancient and magnificent convent of the Domi nicans of Villada, near Palencia, in the kingdom of Leon, after three days' conflagration, has been entirely consumed. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. We are happy to be enabled to state that the ac counts this morning from Addington Park were more favourable. His Grace the Primate continues to gain strength. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Dukes of Sus sex and Cambridge, made inquiries at the Palace this morning. Th e following is a copy of the bulle tin exhibited this morning : " llis Grace has passed a comfortable night of re freshing sleep, and continues to gain strength. " Addington Park, Saturday Morning, 8 o'Clock." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) HARTLEPOOL RACES. The Hart Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, the second to save his stake. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. France's Hard Bargain, 4 yrs 1 1 Mr. Humble's Bush Ranger, 5 yrs ...(disqualified) 2 2 Mr. Hepple's Lady Flora, 4 yrs. The Stewards' Purse. Heats as above. Mr. Lamb's Sambo Sutton. aged Mr. Allen's Margrave, 6 yrs ' 2 1 2 Mr. Metcalf's Donna Maria, 4 yrs 3 dr The Tradesmen's Plate, by Subs. of 2 sov s . eac h, w ith 15/. added, the second to receive 61. Heats as above. Mr. Hepple's Lady Flora, 4 yrs Mr. Allen's Margaret, 6 yrs 4 2 Mr. Metcalf's Donna Maria 2 dr Mr. T. Walker's bl. c. by Muley Moloch, 3 yrs 3 dr BETTING AT MANCHESTER._FRIDAY. 6to 5 agst Attila, (taken freely), 12 to 1 agst Fire away, (taken), 12 to 1 agst Policy, 13 to 1 agst Cabrera (taken freely), 14 to 1 agst Eboracurn (taken), 8 to 1 Cabrera and Seahorse. Nothing else backed. THE CUP.-6 to 4 agst Beeswing, offers to take 4to 1 that Attila and Beeswing both win. LEAMINGTON STAKES.-7 to 4 agst Retriever, 4to 1 agst Rhodanthe. RAILWAY RETURNS.M We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain tor the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, pi:,rcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize Week Miles Total. ended Name of Railway. Opened. X. s. d. Aug. 27 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,335 5 7 27 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,804 18 8 20 Brandling Junction 25 904 5 7 26 Chester and Birkenhead .. ..• 15 549 10 8 28 Dundee and Arbroath ... ..... 16 3 4 307 18 10i 27 Edinbu rg h an d Gl as gow 28 Eastern C ount i es 27 Glasgow arid Ayr 40 1,162 12 6 27 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenoc k 22i 1 , 034 12 0 27 GrarJunct., Chester &Crewe 113 7,407 16 10 27 Great North of England 45 1,569 7 6 28 Great Western Hayle lB 27 Hull and Selby 27 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 487 3 2 26 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,229 8 7 27 London and Birmingham ll2l 15,719 18 ' 7 Sept. 1 London a n d Blackwall ...... Aug. 27 London and Brighton .... 46 4,401 6 4 -- Ditto Shoreham Branch ...... ** .. --- 5 i 30 London and Cr0yd0n....... . 10i 378 4 3 Sept. 1 bindon and Greenwich. .... ~. 31 756 410 Aug.2B London and South We s t ern .... 93 7,553 10 11 25 Manchester, Bolton, and Bur y 10 515 210 .. Manchest e r & Birmingham .:. 2b 27 Manchester and Leeds 51 4,338 7 1 27 Midland Counties .•. ..... ... ... ...... J 7i 2,673 13 11 27 Newcastle and Carlisl e .... . ...... 60i 1,519 310 25 Newcastle and North Shields 7 436 1 9 28 Northern arid Eastern ... ... 30i 1,279 18 4 27 North Midland ............ , 724 4,387 14 3 26 North Union . ............... ::: .. 2211 1,152 13 8 27 Preston and Wyre ............ ... 19i 337 10 1 27 Sheffield and Manch ester... : . 7 189 15 9 . Sept. 1 South Eastern ....... .. 40 - 963 11 4 ......... Aug. 27 Taff Yale .... ..................... 30 812 15 3 28 Ulster ...... 24 382 10 10 27 York and North ' Midland. ... .. 28 2,262 7 2 ------------- BARTHOLOAIEW FAIL —At twelve o'clock this day the Lord Mayor, without any of the usual paraphernalia of his office, and attended by only two or three of the Civic officers, went thr ough the necessar y f o rmula of opening this onc e f a m ous scene of fun an d f ro li c . About twelve gingerbr ea d b oot h s standing opposite to the main entrance to St. Bartholomew's Igspital was all that in dicated the time an d l ocality o f t h e f ar -f u med " Bartlemy." Comparatively few persons were present in Cloth-fair, where his L ordsh i wen t through the cere mony,p and on the wh o l e those who so anxiously endea voured to do away with t hi s fair ma y n ow reckon on their wishes being consu mmated. WARSAW, AUG. 23.—Th e Pr i nce of Warsaw, Go vernor of the Kingdom o f Polan d, r eturned from St.' Petersburgh the day before yesterday- In consequence of the uncommonly great desertion of the recruits of this year's levy, an imperial ordinance has been issued at the instance of the Governor, which directs that every re cruit who in future levies deserts into for ei g n countries, shall, in addition to th e regular per iod of service, serve a year for every month th at he remains away. BERLIN, AUG. 22.—1 t is s a id that some Jews, lately converted to Christianit y, have rece ived from a high quarter a considerable su m of mone y, to enable them to especially assist in Palestine, and esp • ii y i n Jerusalem, in con verting their brethren. Her Majesty's Solicit or -G enera l, Sir William Fol lett, and family, Mr. S ergeant Jones , a nd Sir W. Mon tague, embarked this m orn i ng a t London - bridge wharf, on board the favourite yacht- Menai, Captain W. Phil lips, for Ostend. . . OVERLAND MAIL CHINA, INDIA, AND AFFGHANISTAN. The mail from India has arrived, and we have papers and letters from Bombay. of the 19th of July. The intelligence which they communi cate, although of considerable interest, is not of a striking character. The state of the war in Affghanistan continued to be the subject of warm discussion through out India, and the most conflicting - rumours were in circulation as to the decision of the Go vernor-General. While the opponents of the fu ture campaign asserted that Lord Ellenberough had• adopted - the decision of immediately •with drawing the British troops from that country, there were others, who, in the absence of all official orders, maintained that such withdrawal at this conjuncture was calculated to inflict a most serious injury on the supremacy of Great Britain, and that the arrangements made by the Supreme Government led rather to the inference that it was intended to use the most determined measures for obliging the refractory Affghans to enter into satisfactory - - terms. Of those mea sures, one was the formation of " a large army of reserve" in the district of Sirhind, under the command of Sir Jasper Nicoll. The name given to this force, which was ordered to amount to :20,000 men, together with the locality selected for its immediate assembling, in the neighbour hood of the Sikh country, and the appointment of the Commander-in-Chief to be its General, led to the supposition that it was not intended merely to protect the retirement of the British troops from the banks of the Indus, but to aid their future operations in Affghanistan. Another of those measures was the collection of beasts of burden, which were to. be sent to General Pollock, who still remained with his troops at Jellalabad. A body of the Sikh troops, • amounting to 7,000 men, had also arrived at J el lalabad, which position they are described as anxious to maintain against the Affghans, even if the British be withdrawn. The negotiations, which were some time ago regarded as calculated to bring about a settle ment with some parties of the Affghans, having terminated without any favourable result, it can not be supposed that the British troops, amount- • ing now to 25,000 men, and fully capable of re storing our character in Central Asia, are now to sneak out of the country, with :an exulting and insolent foe at their heels. The army already in Affghanistan is sufficiently strong for every purpose; and the question is, whether this army shall advance on the capital and settle the country, and return leisurely and honourably, or make us the laughingstock of Asia, by a pre cipitate and dishonourable retreat, or, m other words, whether the means of locomotion, which ' must be provided in any case, shall be used fbr an advancement or retirement. The plan for the next campaign, now in a state of preparation, is said to have b een arrange d b y the Duke of ellington in England, and will be to the end of having not only an effective army of reserve in case of any future reverses, but at the present moment of concentrating all the troops in Affghanistan in proper positions until the opportune time arrive of a simultaneous ad vance on Caubul of the divisions under Gen. Pol lock from Jellalabad, and of Gen. Nott with his division from Caudahar. The caution and reserve with which the final determination of the Su preme Government is kept secret, and the ab sence of all public documents on the subject, had thrown an air of mystery over the matter which was favourable to the conjectures on both sides. In the mean time events of varied importance have occurred in Affghauistan. The fort of Khelat-i-Ghilzie has been evacuated in conse quence of the concentration of General Notes division at Candahar. The Affghans, however, prior to the execution of that order, attacked the former place in considerable force on the morn ing of the 21st of May ; they were, as stated in the accounts of last month, repulsed with consi derable loss. The official despatches published by the Governor-General at Allahabad on the 2d of July represent the conduct of Captain J. H. Craigie and his troops as worthy of the highest praise. There is also in the despatch of that officer a soldier-like simplicity of style which contrasts strongly with other highly in flated documents. Official details have been published of the at tempt made by Akbar Khan, chief of Zeminda wur, at the bead of 3,000 men, andin conjunction with the rebel force under Prince Suftur Jung, the fourth son of Shah Soojah, and Atta Ma homed, to take the city of Candahar by surprise during the absence of Colonel Wymer, detached with a large force into the Ghilzee province. On their appearance near the city on the 29th of May, General Nott sallied out at the head of a number of his remaining troops, and soon routed them completely. Prince Suftur Jung, having been deserted by his followers, had subsequently surrendered himself. There were letters received from the army at Candahar, which comment strongly on the im- policy of abandoning the countrW and of which some, written by persons *hose opinion is of high value, maintained that the tbrce under General Nott was fully adequate to advance even to the gates of Caubul. From Jellalabad accounts are conflicting of the state of the troops, some exaggerating their want of comforts and the preValence of sickness. On the other side, the fact is known, that in stead of retiring, General Pollock had sent out a detachment to attack some forts ten miles to the southward. Unanimity and good feeling continued to animate all the troops there, and a strong desire was exhibited for going forward to Caubul, in order to avenge their slaughtered countrymen, and to wipe out the stain from the honour of the British Indian army. The Affghans were divided among themselves, some being eager for forming conventions and terms of amity with the British. The delays in the movement towards Caubul, since the passage o f the Khyber defiles by General Pollock's force, had proved rather advantageous to Akbar Khan, who having placed his British prisoners in safe custody at some distance from Caubul, proceeded to attack the Bala ilissar, in which Futteh proceeded_ the third son of Shah Soojah, who is looked upon as attached to the alliance with the British, had defended himself and his father's treasures with ability. The re port of money being collected in the Bala Hissar, roused the cupidity of Akbar Khan and his followers ; they, -therefore, laid siege to that fort, and completed a large mine under one of the bastions, which they blew up with such 'want of skill as to kill numbers of their own men. The Arabs, or best soldiers in the service of Futteh Jung, being alarmed for ieir families, of which the.cdreade - d the slaugh. ter from the murderous propensities of Ak oar Khan and his partisans, and terrified by the news that the British had blown up the fortifications of Khelat-i-Ghilzee, prior to their final retreat from the country, induced their young Sovereign However much against his will, to surrender imsell and his kOrt and his treasures to the tinder mercies of the notorious Akhar, who was afterwards said to have been appointed Vizier. This success, which was by some considered as likely to prove ultimately disad vantageous to Ak bar Khan, bad, at first, ex cited some alarm among the friends of the British, and rendered the demand for the adop tion of decided measures within a short time imperative. Akbar's adherents would not, it was supposed, long adhere to him, if they had no prospect of plunder. The great cause of the past delay was said to be the want of camels, and an eager search had been instituted for those animals in the north-west of India, for the ser vice of General Pollock's division, for it was ad mitted that there was no deficiency of them in the division under General Nott. The continual outcry for thousands of camels was said by some critics to be rather a bugbear in a country where . numbers of bullocks and a hardy breed ofhorses can be easily procured. The conduCt of the Governor-General, who maintained his own secret to the last, or only intrusted it in a strictly confidential manner to thc heads of the various departments, has given satisfaction to many, who did not hesitate to ob ject to the clamour which a few were eager to raise against the progress of the armies. The Governor General had ordered the Incorpora tion of the levies raised for Shah Soojah into the army of Bengal. The 19. test letters from Jellalabad, to the 26th of June, and to which our Correspondent alludes in his postscript, represented the troops as on the best terms with the natives, who fur nished all sorts of supplies. The detachment sent to the southward had received a promise of having 32,000 rupees, buried by Captain Ferris during the r e t reat o f l as t y ear , an d which the natives had discovered, made good to that officer. There were strange rumours current then among the WalneeS near Jellalabad; one of which was, that Akbar Khan having been per suaded by F9tteli Jung to enter the Bala Hissar, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LE-ADENHALL. There was a very good show of meat, and a fair busi ness was transacted at prices rather in favour of the salesman. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 3s. 10d. ; Mutton, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d. ; Lamb, 4s. to 4s. 4d ; Veal, 2s. 10d. to 4s. 4d. ; and Pork, 2s. 6d. to 4s. 4d., per stone of 8 lb. The de mand for Game and Poultry was pretty good, but the salesmen were eager sellers, and sales were effected at a reduction of rates. Eggs, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per 120. WIIITECHAPEL MARKET. The trade was very indifferent, and the price of every thing declined. Beef, 2s. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, Is. Bd. to 4s. 4d.; Pork, 2s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Lamb, 2s. 2d. to 4s Bd. Clover, 31. 10s. to 51. 10s.; hay, 21. ss. to 41. 45.; New Hay, 31. to 4/.; Straw, 11. Bs. to 1/. 12s. TEA MARKET. The market was firm, aad a fair business was done at full rates. Sound Common Congou Is. 81(1. cash. Public sales are declared for Tuesday. TALLOW MARKET. Previous rates were sustained, and a fair business done at 475. 6d. on the spot, and at 475. 9d. per cwt. fur arri val. Town Tallow 465. 6:1. cash. WAKEEI lel.D CORN NI ABh ET. The arrivals were moderate. Old Wheat met a good sale, at 21. per quarter advance ; New, being scarue, brought extra rates. Barley nominal. Oats and Shelling as before. Beans fully as dear. No variation in other articles. The weather has been unsettled for the last few days, and no great progress has been made in the harvest. Wne.,t, Red, Essex and Kent -s. 491. to s;s. fin( 525. ----- Nortolk::Ed butfolk -s. 40s. to 465. fine 5 .s. --- Lin. and Cam. ~---......... Yorkshire -a. 445. to 465. fine 48s. -- 'White Foreign, lied -s. -s. to 441. fine 521. - White -s. -s. to 13s. nne stis. Barley, Norfolk and Sufrelk 24s. to 2tis. fine .'Bs. .---- Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Wold 2ds. to 28s. fine .Os. Foreign . -5. to -s. fine .-.6 •••••••• Beaus, New ----- Old . • 3ls. to -s. fine 36i, Oats, Potato -a. to 200. tine 121. ....,- Poland -a. -s. to 209. fine 425, --. Vrierlan,l and Small -6. -34 to 186. fine 20s. --- Nealing ........ ShaM.N.. ••••••••••• lling .. ." 2 7 11• to SOL. Od. per Loaf( Malt Rapeseed m" . "..".. ..................... -1 os, 2.N.05. `.:81. Os. per Last was there detained a prisoner. This fact, if it be confirmed, cannot tail to prothice the moq important result:. The movement of General Pollock's division on. to Caubul, a distance of 90 miles, was positively asserted to have been de cided on. The presence of the 7,000 Sikh troops at Jellalabad was calculated to facilitate his progress. . In the interior of India tranquillity prevailed. The disturbances in Bundelkund, which are de scribed as periodic, were to be put down by 5,000 men, who were ordered to occupy those districts after the rainy season. The inhabitants are said to be always tranquil during the presence of troops. A Measure of the Governor-General, - which was exaggerated by certain parties into an at tempt to reduce the salaries of the civil servants, deserves to be noticed. ft is the appointment of a select committee to examine into the causes of the annual increase of the civil charges in Bengal and the North-western provinces, there being. nearly 1,000,0001. sterling difference between 1835 and 1841. The instructions issued to the committee appear of the fairest kind. From China the intelligence reaches to the 27th of May, up to which day no movement of importance had taken place. The auxiliary or additional troops, for which the British Plenipo tentiary appeared to be waiting, had not arrived, but were hourly expected. As soon as they ar rived, it was, as stated, his intention to proceed to the northward, and to begin operations in the most decided manner. Acaording to report the Emperor had been so much frightened at the threatened approach of the English to Pekin, that he gave his fatherly advice to his Chinese subjects to defend them selves as well as they could against the foreign barbarians, after which he fled with his family into Tartary, the country of his ancestors. it *ill be curious to find China soon governed again by one of its own race under the protection of the British Queen. A number of official papers, containing details of the late proceedings along the coast, has been published by order of the Governor- General. . The only remarkable event hi B om b ay Was that another ship, laden with a valuable cargo, called the Adelaide, was burnt on the departure for the eastward. Some persons were taken up on suspicion as incendiaries, but no proof could be established. A large reward was offered for the conviction of the incendiaries. JELLALABAD. The abundance of newspaper correspondents in General Pollock's camp enables us to present almost an unbroken series of letters from Jellalabad, trans ferred from the columns of the Delhi Gazette, Agra Ukhbar, and Bombay Times; the first-named being the most copious, the last-mentioned considered the most trustworthy source of intelligence in India. The junior officers of the force appear to have been, throughout the month, in a sad state of perplexity as to what was next to befal them—their ardour to advance on Caubul making them colour every symptom of movement according to their wishes ; the cold, cruel, irresistible fact, that they could not move, however they might desire it, losing the weight it deserved to have had attached to it by men eager for the fray. Ofir latest dates last month from J ellalabad extended to the 26th May • this month they come do wn t o t h e 24th of June. On ' the morning of the 29th May, a wing of the 64th NJ., with three guns, marched for Dhakka, 40 miles from Jellalabad, on the Khyber route, that is, nearly half way back to Jumr oo d, b eyon d the passes. The object of this force was to escort a convoy _bringing up 50,0001. of treasure for the use of the force. At the post just named there were at this date stationed half' of the 3d irregular cavalry, with two native regi ments, and the whole of the mountain train, probably about 2,500 men in all. Major Leadbeater, of the 53d N. 1., was appointed to take command of Ali Mus jid, and to raise a body of 1,000 men for the main tenance ,of the fortress ; Lieut. Corsar, of the 64th N. 1., to be second in command. A report having at this time spread in the camp to the effect that the Governor-General was known to have issued orders for an immediate evacuation, General Pollock seriously admonished the officers on the excessive impropriety of giving currency to such rumours even if true, and directed, apparently to occupy or divert the attention of the troops, that new ground for an encampment should be surveyed and laid out six miles in advance of that previously occupied. The supply of rockets forwarded by express from Delhi, believed to be in tended for the u s e o f G enera l Pollock, and assumed to furnish proof of the intention to advance, reached Ferozepore, and were discovered to be destined for Scinde or Candahar, there not being the slightest evi dence that they were ever meant for Jellalabad at all. The Governor-General left it to General Pollock to decide where the troops should be liioated, and how they should be employed in the meanwhile--recom mending at the same time that they should on no ac count be left inactive, and suggesting that they might occupy themselves in expeditions against Pesh Bolak, Lughman, and other strongholds whose chiefs had rendered themselves peculiarly obnoxious to us; this system holding out the hope that Akbar Khan, coming to the rescue of his allies, might be drawn into an engagement with us ; in reference to the issue of which there was no reason to entertain a doubt. Accordingly, on the 17th June, a brigade, consisting of the light field battery, Ist light cavalry, her Ma jesty's 31st foot, the 33d and 53d N. 1., with Ferris's Jezailchees, making in all about 3,500 men, moved out under command of Colonel Monteath. They were directed against Pesh Bolak, an outpost about 20 miles S. W., from which Captain Ferris and his party so romantically and narrowly escaped in. November last. One of their objects was said to have been the recovery of 3,2001. of treasure concealed and left behind by the retiring garrison. The forts all along the valley where the enemy might assemble, and so annoy us, were also to be destroyed. The troops appear to have been under the impression that this was a marauding expedition, for the purpose of pillage and devastation : and for some days before starting nothing . was talked of but plundering and burning villages. The first march brought them to Ali Boghan,a considerable village 6i miles on the line of road leading to the Khyber Pass. On visiting the place, some of the clothes and accou. trements, recognised as belonging to her Majesty's 44th, were discovered, and immediately the village was attacked, set fire to in several places, and speedily reduced to ashes by the exasperated soldiery before the officers could interfere to prevent them ! It is said that numbers of the women were seized and vio lated in presence of the sepoys, in'the insolence of ret venge as much as lust ! This seems greatly to have distressed Colonel Monteath, as well as General Pol lock ; the place being in our line of march, the outrage just committed may cause the interruption of supplies. The incident furnishes a lesson as to what might be ex pected were we to march on Caubul. It is idle fbr a moment to imagine it possible for all the powers of discipline to restrain soldiers, exasperated by the scenes they must pass through, from committing all manner of excesses ; so that the path of an ad vancing British army would, for the first time in our history, be marked by violation, rapine, de vastation and murder—the destr uc ti on o f t h e villages, and slaughter of the population, however innocent, which might come within the line of our march : our troops themselves meanwhile suffering the conse quence of the disorganisation such a state of things as this invariably occasions. On the 24th this brigade returned ; they had found Pesh Bolak abandoned, the inhabitants having fled to the hills. A fortnight before this, on the morning of the 11th, four regi ments of Sikhs (5,000), under Goolaub Singh, had ar rived and taken up their quarters in the neighbour hood of our camp. A few days after their arrival, open riot broke out amongst them, the soldiers de manding four months' pay in advance, while two only was promised them. They attacked and set fire to the General's tent, and so maltreated Goo laub Singh himself that he was compelled to seek refuge with General Pollock. One regiment ac tually commenced its march back towards Peshawur, but thought better of it and returned to camp. Of course General Pollock declined interfering in the quarrel, but succeeded in 'persuading them to change their camp to the other side of the Caubul river—a measure carried into effect on the 19th, greatly to the satisfaction of our soldiers, to whom their presence proved a very great annoyance, and their insubordina tion not a very good example. It is said that Jel lalabad and the country on to Jumrood, is, when we retire, to be made over to Shere Singh, who has so incessantly exerted himself to gain our good opinion ; and it is believed that 40,000 Sikhs are presently about to be, moved up to occupy the country. They can render us but little aid in any way; and, indeed, none is required of them ; they help to exhaust the supplies of the country—at no time over -abundant ; and were any pressure of want to arise, there is no reason to believe their state of discipline such as to make them endure such privations as our troops, in case of emergency, readily submit to. The European officers in the service of acre Singh seem not to think very favourably of these matters, and despond more as to the state of our position than there seems to be any occasion for. One of these writes on the 22d June from Peshawur, that they were likely to be blockaded in eight days from that date at Jellalabad The health of the troops con tinues pretty good, and the intensity of the tempera ture has decreased. Several severe accidents have of late occurred from the falling in of the roofs of the covered pits or " taeckhanas" occupied by our men. (From the Agra Ukhbar.) We have little news from Jellalabad, but from what we can hear General Pollock moves on to Caubul. The following letter contains all we can supply worth the attention of our readers : "Jellalabad, 26th June, 1842. " Brigadier Monteath's bri ga d e reached Pesh Bolak on the 21st, since which they have been collect ing grain, &c., and tlic chiefs have agreed to pay back the 30,000 rup ees w hi c h C ap t a i n Ferris lied abandoned. He had buried it some feet under ground before his departure, with some private cash, but it was found out soon after the. flight of the garrison. The natives are extremely civil ;, they have no wish now to oppose us, it being their good old rule to side with the strongest party.. A letter from the brigade says here is the old system again, this taking of forts, which, however, is a practice that hurts or injures no one, nor I may say benefits any. The inhabitants are our best friends. Just imagine, twenty-one forts garrisoned by two companies! The Ist cavalry are encamped on fair ground, but the infantry are in the bed of a rugged nullah. Plenty of wood, and grain and other articles of food much cheaper here, but I fancy that is because there are none of our blood-suckers,' the Commissariat baboos, within call. The lost gun which was at a place called Duysurruk, has been brought in, and we expect to get much of the plun dered property back during our stay, which will be four or five days ; our further movements are not known, except to our Brigadier, who, if he be em powered to act, will do the thing well and neatly. " At five o'clock on the evening of the 22d, Ge neral Golaub Singh paid a visit to our General, under a salute of eleven guns from the battery, and during, their conference we had a very sharp shock of an earthquake, caused I fancy by the meeting of two such great potentates, whilst settling the future des tinies of Atfghanistan. " Captain Lawrence started at ten o'clock to-day for Peshawur on a raft, accompanied by Captain Lip trott of the 3d Irregulars, for Lallpoorah, Mr. Adams, 3d Dragoons, for _Meerut, and one private. Captain Liptrott fully expected to be fired at, bat from what I hear no individual cares less for these messengers of death than he does. " The Sikhs are nearly all across the river ; they only brought up one month's supplies. I heard they solicited our Commissariat to supply them, but the request was civilly declined. "The two resallahs of Tait's horse have just come in from Lallpoorah, having been relieved by two sallahs from. this. " An accident, which might have been serious, oc curred in the 3d Dragoons —the roof of one of those taekhanas, belonging to C a pt a i n Whi te and Cornet Roche, fell in. Fortunately both• officers escaped, Captain W hite being a little bruised on the back, the other getting off free. "A few days ago a letter was received from a young lady (a daughter of a Mr. Wynn, at Kurnaul), stating she was in a village about eight miles off, that after her husband was murdered she wandered on and was taken a prisoner, that since then her occupa tion has been to fetch water, &c., and that no insult has ever been offered to her. The apothecaries here are sending out clothes, and I hope the politicals will exert themselves to procure her release. Alas for the gallantry of our country ! Three thousand soldiers within eight miles of the poor creature and none.dare move to the rescue for fear of offending our devoted friends and political gentlemen. " Nothing more from Caubul or from our pri- Akbar is in full possession of the Balla His sar, and the natives say Futteh Jung will not let him oat. If such be true, great changes will take place. A supply of beer has just arrived, price sixty rupees. per dozen. But most of us are followers of Father Mathew—our poverty, and not our will consenting thereto."—/bid. son ers. CANDAIJAR. DEFEAT OF AN AFFGHAN FORCE. This month furnishes us with the most important items of intelligence we have to present to our readers. We gave in the postscript to our last, parti culars of the victory gained by the garrison of Kelat i-G-hilzie over the insurgents, while endeavouring to storm the town on the 21st May ; and the official account of this affair will be found extracted from the Calcutta Government Gazette in our present issue. Colonel Wymer's force reached, as was expected, on the 26th, and preparations were immediately made for the withdrawal of the garrison, and dismantle ment of the fortifications. The former consisted of a wing of the Bengal 38th N. I. (450), the Shah's 3d .cavalry (500), with two 18-pounders and two 6-pounders, and half a company of artillerymen (70) —in all 1,020 men. The fortifications had been com menced by us on a very extensive scale early in 1841, Nelat-i-Ghilzie having been originally fixed upon by Lord Keane as furnishing one of the best places of defence in Western Affghanistan. They were only in part completed when the -insurrec tion broke out in October, and they have now been entirely destroyed. Colonel Wymer, with . the garrison under escort, reached- Candahar on the. 7th of June without having experienced loss or en countered opposition on the way. Meanwhile Prince Suftur Jung, the youngest son of the late Shah. Soojah, had resolved to carry his threat into execu tion, of beating 'up the, quarters of General Nott during the absence of Colonel Wymer with more than a third of the whole force. The enemy on the morn ing of,the 29th—the day intimated by them a fort- • night before—approached the cantonments, - about a mile from the town, with a force computed at about 6,000 men, mostly cavalry. Colonel-Stacey was de spatched with the 42d and 43d Bengal N. 1., and four guns to reconnoitre the ground; these were quickly followed by her Majesty's 41st, together with eight guns and about 300 i rregu l ar h orse. A b out one 0. o'clock the heights on which the enemy were posted were stormed under a heavy fire of artil lery. The Affghans were speedily driven from their ground and dispersed in every direction. They were hotly pursued by the irregular horse under Lieut. Chamberlain (16th Bengal N. who dashed in and did great execution amongst the retreat ing infantry. This part of the action was scarcely over when the hills just beyond appeared covered with large masses of the enemy. These were quickly at tacked and beaten • they reti re d w ith prec i pitation into the Baba Wullee Pass. •Here the flight of the enemy was in part cut off by a field-work intended to prevent our advance, and heavy carnage ensued. We had in all 42 wounded, including Lieutenants Chamberlain and Travers, with six other Europeans. The enemy's loss is estimated at about 400. The Dooranees having fled to their camp beyond.Urghun dab, were next day followed by Colonel Stacey, when . they broke up and fled on our approach. An order had meanwhile been issued for the preparation of a 4 large force, consisting of Leslie's horse artillery and Blood's battery, nine guns in all ; detachments of Skinner's and Christie's horse , and 3d cavalry, with the•l6th and 38th Bengal N. 1., and light battalion 4 Bombay N. I.—in all about 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, to hold themselves in readiness to join Colonel Wymer on his return, and proceed on an • expedition requiring fifteen days' provisions to be taken along with them—the destination being kept secret till after the march. Colonel Wymer having returned on the 7th, the force just named moved, out to join him beyond the walls, and pro ceeded on their march ,On the 11th or 13th. They were to destroy the strongholds of the insurgent chiefs around, and proceed to relieve Ghirisk, a fortress on the Helmund, about 80 miles to the west ward, which had been held fornearly a twelvemonth by Bulwunt Singh and 100 sepoys. How they came • to have been left so long in a post of so much danger, whose maintenance was wholly useless, it appears difficult to imagine. Of the proceedings of this force no particulars of note have as yet reached us. On .4 the morning •of the 19th June Prince Suftur Jung, with a number of the insurgent chiefs, surrendered themselves to G enera l N ott, hinting pretty intelligibly • that they hoped this act of submission on their part would-meet the gracious consideration of the Govern ment. This Prince is the youngest, the favourite, and the most worthless of the sons of the late Shah Soojah. His dissipation was formerly of 1 that brutal cast at which even the' dissolute were scandalized. He resided at Candahar, along with his brother, Timour Shah, the nominal governor, till the beginning of January last, when he left the city, and joined the insurgent chief. Atta Mahomed, then in arms against us. Jellalabad letters inform us that a despatch had been sent by General Pollock immediately on receipt of. Lord. ' Ellenborough's permission to remain through the hot. season beyond the Khyber Pass, directing General Nott to continue at Candahar for the present. This would reach him about the 26th, six days before Colonel Wyrner's brigade returned from Ghirisk. This seems a prudent .precautionary measure. It sup plies no proof of any intention on the part of Govern- • • ment to remain longer in the country than was sup posed ; and should the enemy threaten to march • force on Jellalabad, a demonstration on the part a - General Nott in the direction of Ghuznee or Canbul would find them occupation at home. The Candahar force of nearly. 12,000 men, with 26 guns and abun dance of carriage, commissariat, and treasure, is in all respe c t s equa l to that with which Sir John Keane moved on Ghuznee, in July, 1839. Th ey are equal to any operation, had they a few more cavalry, in the open country, which a regular army would desire to take in hand in any part of Asia. CA . (Prom the Bombay UB T UL imes, of July 19.) Akbar Khan, after suffering from all the fluctua tions of fortune 'attendant on the movements of an energetic insurgent chief, has at length succeeded in_ establishing himself in the citadel of Caubul, and geirr— ing, a s it appears, virtual asc en d ancy in the Govern— rnent. W e have, since November last, seen this man a fugitive in the wilds of Kohistan or Tranoxania. Next we find him appear in Caubul (November 25), when the insurrection was at its wildest, expected to mediate between the insurgents and the garrison ; then we see him in active negotiation with the Envoy for the betrayal, it is said, of his brother sirdars ; then he is affirmed to be the murderer, and, as it turns out, apparently the slayer, because the intended victim of Si r W. Nacnaghten. The officers escortin g tf4 ......_ r`-;:~- .J. ) at and he return unharmed. course with Co accompanying the dangers s' conveyed in a cues with his of which the 1 . it to its moth( Caubul army again in the ence. Once r in the passes 1 43,000 men uD success of Sir wilds woundec or the prisoner was, to a lady Mackenzie tw Iknd returns to stone, with 13 he is deserted when he mans father's capital Shah Soojah, Tor himself no or Vizier. IN tained facts fu cities ascribed direct evidence The ferocio against him at cases in defect, have very conf cent position at in applying to the Sir'clar has andrely ; alight ebase I t 3 h , a b t, trueif this lira out of the ever allowed h ciple of possessi good at Caubul authorities affir present paramoi prisoners of late carried away proves untrue. . were met on th the 27th N. ( They were witl ;all our people; excepted. It m once more toget likely to enjoy I privations in the the chiefs. ThE xelease until we can any day be Transoxania, sh They appear to :ups for our rem orlulgenee,—no necessary for the time imposed on The country a 3oading rebel chi .'he garrison the ny work they n e=gret to say ver, riader the corn= I 7s, in charge 100,000/. of treas. to occupy the fog iloolah, half way iestination in sal ) meet them on ,) take charge of general Nott. with them, and Is tbe surrounding tome on its retree luny be included 'Without regard b Icing, in fact, no iexcept the unusu Indus. Various of tlu have contrived to -s Jellalabad. that Colonel Palm :Lieutenant Lums They also add (t 600 or GOO of should this prove *lin have perished Colonel Palmer hvixt 700 and 80 lof his despatch or that by latest acc :proceeding in Should this prow ?meant to be broi Gen. Nott at Can 'There has been A:smart little affai hive the following , " A squadron Captain Moore, ae 'Eiorpet Swinton, s 4 to march over tc being entertained 1 the same time some them, and a day same regiment, Vas sent to Calpee tection of that plac 'of the 57th Begin Jones, being order( - was pushed on tc iPlace (after a m Tame suddenly on l'egimfent N. 1., clos 13 fele insurgents. and, riding over s tame unexpectedly - were thus enabled 'did some executic Vas a gallant litt kilapz, Mitchell that 11 4 company lost Ivou:uled. Capt. 3 at hall hit just belc tour horses killed, Cornet Swinton hz :killed under him. 'wrought to Capt. 3 l ex-Raj a of Chirgoi -,'arty were able, f ,'arty it as that question. If, how of Chirgong Bundelkund wi doubt he was tl the rebels were ki 'the 3 1st N.I. is tl evening. towards C jo two forced mar( It is said that a liundelhund in thc lhd the rising of little e n end should n betfißr politic are destined to se *lest men, in the Political charge of tories. NORTH The only it ems since Saturday at At Jellalabad on t dispatched from 1 reached Peshawui •Ing experienced v *lndus which had the advantages mantled some tin That it might, wit "Hoods. Very exD discipline at Alee -we believe we ga Gazette, Ju SIMLAIL—The flying here from anxious for war a Peshavvur, as sou make all sure, na A. G. a s their au looks well on pap of its ever asset PEItOZEPORE-- of late, and on th the cavalry stable Our troops w Alee Bohan en have ravished a 1 Sion, in the prese bees ; an unforti Affghans an exci their hands. Eve The unpopular tanee s is dreadfl do anything. I Connections wit . gammon. They us the moment them. There a her e for us to greater number guiding of their of the state coat An army of lield Bundell ' 1 71* 4 t r • ' .