The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-06 00:00:00

Las 1 r 7 ,7 1 , :t!c.,!n i; d, and we 14.i'v • "now 'no I kr: e i ' th e ) . ,t detachUient of General En* h land's force t eo n. " , an rltelted Dadur on to43.9th , of,;Octoer: 'I he 80t1e „,uard d hafin„4 I ,;e6n attacked - in the tolan - Pass, and e n , th Dr - JEriel , :wc•ll, who . was sick, fell into the ill i tiPllivand was cut to pieces. The first detach % t hrAra'oni - Ina tli i of njor It-i‘4l, reached Sukktir aag et IM • ?Ind th;• sec.o,d, und: r Marshall. the had 3 lil en the 16th. The whole of pt a . a „" 4l4 didimihph, have now been rcs-.l . •ed to its. 4 4 kb ar I- Oiitva 'Njit ) ;4live,lttst, Of then who rema,ned with Sitl a ; bayk( k , returned, under oscort from the 2 6th 7, "i 4 ulto4 - - 4 - 4; the 9 7th of September. On the Stagy ed ei l ii 'ar d Brigndiers To 1 I och and with f ,Rroceeded On an expedition towards Kohistan, eot ir , te -) 1 , 0 of ah-ur 4,000 men. On thy. 29th thy 41- thei r Allwen 411 a. ; twenty miles from en nhul on 1 04. way to Charokar, and defeated his army with gr..at 104 (-) ar casualties consisted of one - officer killed and h oc) wounded, with 46 men killed and wounded. The N l' : w ere expected in camp by the sth of October, lo t Cere, to march into the passes for Peshawur on the tki ° r 1 2th. • Lord Ellenborough has issued a procla ttri irl notincig the entire abandonment of all con ell with the affairs of Affghanistan. on h QUETTA H. .or aV e TIONV no longer occasion to direct the attention kilj a ' r i reader s to Ghuznee, Kelat-i-G hilzie, Candahar, or r4, 41001 ah---scenes where so much bloodshed has oc• t Dee - " I lrino . the D .4 three years These have all now beCeid us—they are to us ' nothing—there is not . thr ea ph subject within their precincts. On the 3d, while tta llee irl 4 the defiles which constitute the upper en- Ras at ° , l the Belan Pass, General England's rear guard , r `lgio7' le ked •by the plundering Murrees who infest 'it -144 d was two hours engaged in sharp skirmis- A4ititPrarticulars have not reached us, further than that . to a dil lt :Sorgeen Brickwell, who was sick and carried t l l, tt n Ic'ne. k fell into the hands of the enemy and was ees. The troops subsequent to this appear to b k iProceed e d w i thout interruption, having reached 1 2ti k ti r i, ll safety an the 9th, and remained there till the Por e : %en they continued their march towards Sliikar :l,elteh:l*tr Reid had arrived at Dadur with the first iked . "„ent on the 19th of September, as formerly no- T.lo ak ,ige .proceeded with as little delay as the state of s - ,e Wotild permit, and arrived at Sukkur on the "01 0 11 k, ;' ll itiiit'citSnalty of note on the 12th of October. ItithieOlarshalf was at Dadur on the 24th of Sept.; ~,4 e tter;;;4 l t ' cond detachment, having been permitted -to nr,i - c-'42=-. Pass without molestation. He was expected ,_" 3 tlltl cti ;' ) a, Shikarpore on the 17th, and might be at " . (k - trl'e Second day after. Of the 15,000 British tp, Inilir,lto, i's the course of the last twelve months si hirCittk,j7,lY or in succession occupied Kelat, Quettah, Candahar, and ' l lll 3 - lt nut a living man remains beyond the thoun- Pot sate those with. General Nett at Caubul. The de "he Majesty's • had k _ r het k, t ," lajesty's 40th been ordered'from Kurra "qoz - ",:,'''eroze ore the services of that fine body of men bk 4 4 -4 10 4. t t; P ) he transferred, it is said, to the Bengal. ltl E „ en ,q, Her Majesty's 22d were expected to be at N - ovember. Sickness was very prevalent. The ?itki'429th had * 230, and the Bombay 12th, 140, in hos k‘tir;„,""tly ill of fever. Major Outram was at Sukkur, come down so far with General England, and . then de ahead of the troops. We are entirely igno ki ''"e nature of the ulterior arrangements intended i ko ti ,` ll( le• The cost of maintaining our posts there hol e 1, to about 600,0001. a year ; the gross value of the /111 ati (h the trade carried on in this direction to some kirZBB than the half of this. Unless for commercial Seinde is of no use to us, and not of much even 9 41 0 , - , e ,i should we require to operate against Hydera „:"e Punj au b, we can thro w our troops into it to Nilb - ` e nt, at a fortnight's notice, by help of steam from ftr eith f ? to ICurrachee, and water carriage down the rom Ferozepore. I n CAUBUL. 'ke rn 7 r ,Paper of th e 15th o f O c tober, dispatched by the Illeiii•eatate steamer, we gave a general account of the 1 / 4 1s Ith t d suc cess o f Genera l s P o ll oc k an d N ott on t h e NI: t owards Caubul, of the victories of Jugdulluck -zeen, and the destruction of Ghuznee. The offi gad--4'ounts of these, which before this reaches Eng stilkiwill probably have appeared iu the Gazette, will be Nis s e ntire in to-day's paper. Prince Futteh Jung, I N N u _ a djoined General Pollock at Gundawuck, had opp, ) „ Framed to return with the army ; he took the kif,'„ u l;ita , of our entering the citadel to seat him glisti.,' the throne, so as to make it appear to the Aft t . t „ l tat we were firing in honour of his sucees `ttle.i.,; 4 " seems to have been permitted to pursue this moiar` e ee of impertinent artifice unnoticed ; we have 11 4 p 4 ri on of supp or ti ng th e c laims of any one, and ksy nee, like his br o ther Timour, now at Sukkur, tione tet urn with us if h e p l eases , an d b ecome th e pen 'lllssr Of Government, or hearsay, like his brother Suftur lit e r at C an d a h ar, try h i s luck i n the bl oo d y game 4 1tIZ' t° be played for supremacy so soon as we leave. ,ttls 4 ,:t . Khan had taken Captains Troup and Bygrave ,414 b, W ith him to the battle of ' Tezeen, desirous, pro tirhi;_ should he fall into our hands, of having some 1 11, 0 141 officer to speak in regard to his dealings with !hr on r '„at least, to find him a hearing on his conduct i llt 1 40 11 t by those who had witnessed it, before suffer- L ks s ,'iat summary execution for which, in a b -74- Of evidence of his guilt, nine-tenths of the press u N s9 ,,,,loudly clamoured. During ,the flight which ful kialr,"-;aptaiii Troup pursued his way towards Caubul, tli tl ' i red tile r prisoners who had been left behind. Cap- ; t ia sh .i4rave, from an heroic feeling, it is said, of con travli.olirisoner with one who had behaved so generously. t oed ar o.. 4,liii ii until released, returned on the 14th with Iv itli rtaed Sirdar towards Kohistan. , He remained 5 M un" ka fel. a fortnight, and was sent ' back freely, ` 7 lll Myseort to Caubul, where he arrived.. on the Trey rt3:‘ ' This,. however, is anticipatory. ,Mrs. 41 i ..I,•aab 4 l u a 'been, sick,.. and was, consequently, left at atne ft ' e. 4 the ' other - prisoners were moved Mr to ',LEN'S,' anti Dr Campbell was ,humane . ly . permitted to ''nderi n 'r, as ' were her friends Captain and Mrs. ~.`t s (le" l it-h,..,0ug1i, of course ; it was known that as soon t withea - kt . „. I ,Ailleek arrived they must fall into his hands , l atici t y n tina or. condition, They were, accordingly, ` l ,!;th o ' ' " f . , earth-and , 'hail:" 4 41st, the day after the fight at Ma,mmoo ttlartl,N,"'teriseners, with the exception of those above ~( 4. li an , -4t ed, had started, by direction of Akbar Khan, ' I l th e 'T e ean, a place about 90 miles to the westward, he';'"Unittiit level of the pass leading to Toorkistan. t) f 811.ekscort consisted of 300 Affghans under command the i 'l Khan— a chief who had taken service with us in NinC ult le of the Shah Soojah on our entering the for tit tY ' but who, in OCtober, 1840, deserted our cause I) °,ras i i . ' iat " l Dost Mahonsed, which seemed then tem i'a ti; -La the ascendant. They arrived at Bameean s tt d, r a t „ 31 of September. Some of our officers :' k eisr — 'aged to get into the good graces of the N siti ,„ durin g the march, and proposed that he er r jabandon the cause of Mahomed Akbar, and v„4I)C (heat in the direction of General Notes ad -4.1 r:: . meal approaching Ghuznee. For this he was t ri ne 1 0,0001. raised by contribution amongst the I'li s Pa rs, and expected to be repaid by Government. t h e :" I ‘;',Posal was thoUght over, but not closed with at t he f s '•',nough the bribe was sufficient to have shaken arti .7 141 of more devoted and less needy soldiers. On ehil ( j' u g at Bameean, the officers and the ladies and l'iisj e ,n were put into one fort—the soldiers and their hi I t 'nto ano! her. This was the place where Dr. Lord th,tna' resided. It had been declared before they left tlistjhould matters eoine to extremities they would be tlta4alted among the Toorkistan chiefs ; and it was 'Or t h (a PParently by Salih Khan, not the most trust itas v Y eviden ce ) that those who were too weak to be carried 146 4 4 should be killed ; a circumstance, if true, singe ts4kt varia nce w i t h t h e h uman i ty t h roug h ou t displayed t mar s h 4 Mein. On the 11th Sept. an order for them to be en " lihooloom was received; this appears to have era s dispatched when it was seen that General Pollock kt a °terraind to advance—probably lifter his victory limukgdulluck. The day previous to this (10th) they tiles neard s of the fall of Ghuznee (on the 6th). A private Lail mesa had at the same time been received from Mohun ktibforraerly interpreter to Sir A. Burnes, and left at kiseuers o ul tia our retreat, saying that should he deliver the ad ver to us he should receive 2,0001. at once, said 1 1 ; 2001 • a year as an annuity for life. The chief lei, "e knew nothing of General then ; but if the Ile c ",r,,s would guarantee this, then he would do what . %n t- A" to serve them. The matter was arranged with- Ills -Qin ) . ; it was resolved that the forts should be l'iik e : i : Immediately in a state of defence, in hopes of 4 4 ‘anding all attacks till help arrived, and the flag of ke 4 „ ht e Was hoisted on the battlements. On the 15 th tle ( 'Cllts of the victory of Tezeen reached them ; a march On t illihul was immediately resolved upon. They started 4 1 Q `Q .Ulor n in, of the , 16th, and in the evening received Iv l ta t , from Sir Richmond Shakespear, stating that he rti sn h wayis with 610 Kuzzilbashes to attempt their aIuL M -, 'Next morning, having crossedor , the sea,, they the, halloo N levelet itZ i l l.,s 13,000 feet above the forced " Intended deliverers. Prom this they . made a le g , t ,,., reit to the Helnaun,d, and the Kuszilbashes , ha i v- . iso l j: 77 horses to assist in carrying them forward ri a le i newrh for d march was next day. .accomplished. the eard that the ass of Sufed Koh was occupied by Y W as e a n d e , m . •Y' t but that a light brigade under Sir R. Sale t tow " au elag to meet them. Sir Richmond Shakes car hei g h t ‘ Tt ' t e to Sir R. Sale requesting him to occupy' the Pu l ,, ,' adding that the prisoners and escort would take t it i tl n d B r - e s i i ie tTl ed o . f , an adjoining fort, and defend themselves General Sale left his infantry in the pass, c o ,. P , e ` st ed forward with his cavalry ; he met the tvlivze;;,loitnertehrie 19th, and on the .20th the released cap' Canbul. They amounted in all to 115 ; 501d .34 officers, 9 ladies and 22 children, 56 European h ad te js, 2 clerks not in the service, and 4 women. They tak en e n , from the 10th of January, when they were e aPi v i t el , lar ge of by Mahomed Altbar, 231 days in th, ! 3, after having been for 70 days exposed to trs 4 i t ll %., f t frightf u l h ar d s hip s d ur i ng th e s i ege a nd re allie -It , were vain to endeavour to describe the scene a leetlu ' ensued o n th e i r restorat i on t o th e i r f r i en d s . The 11 g of Sir Robert Sale, who had himself been for Is r r ) uwi ths (from t h e 7th of October till 17th Septem terro e xposed to s i ege or b att l e, w i t h scarce l y any in 4r, t t loo, with his heroic wife and bereaved daughter, witl k)turt, whose husband had fallen after being covered 14 1 w ,"onds in the discharge of his duty, might form sa ve s A n ieet of a hundred pictures. The prisoners, sv ard aptaiii Bygrave, who returned a week after that we re were all now restored to us, and it was believed but ~,e should fall back on Jellalabad without delay ; str uet ' l e e neral Pollock had decreed or been in• w e . d otherwise, and it - was agreed that three on its should a be spent close to the capital. The army, skelp t a ' v ance,' had, as we expected, met with numerous hu nt b,",s of the men who had perished in January; some litti,:,, e us of them were buried—many of them were so b et . - v "eeomposed as to be still recognisable. The num iili_l'een roes not appear to have exceeded a thousand in l 3 )O0 an army, with camp followers, computed at w r i te " , lied disiippeared in the passes. A Peshawur 'tali: st ates that 3,000 men have already returned to stil t ~, and that from 4,000 to 6,000 are believed to be t t ., ezistence beyond the Indus. Should this prove - - true--au(l the small number of bodies compared to the n:.rubtT ..f deaths stated to have 'occurred, lends plami bility to. the assumption—then the destruction of our troops must have been infinitely less complete than was supposed ; the Europeans, who fought to the last, having alone, in all probability, been annihilated.. A re port having gained currency that Caubul was to be de stroyed or given up to plunder, the inhabitants at our approach fled almost to.a man ; the sick and aged alone remaining . behind. Ge rival Pollock, with the prudent fo,-bearance which has throughout, when left to act for iduself, eharacttTised his conduct, issued orders that no injury should be offered to any 0110 ; and commanded Viat the city so full of scenes to provoke the bad passions of our men, should not be entered by the army. Not a single intimation of exeeqs having been committed has re,f••!led us. The people finding this speedily returned, aad provisions were brought in for our use in abundance. About 1,200 natives belonging to the force were found wandering about Caubul in beggary ; many of them were wounded or diseased ; some of them were almost naked, and all in a state of extreme destitution. These had fallen behind, or been able to make their way back from Khuord Caubul and Tezeen after the fearful 10th and 11th January. In the course of the winter, with anarchy an strife still raging, it is not improbable that a still greater number may have perished. They could have little food and no adequate protection from the season, and the Affghans were too busy through February and March to care for them. On the 15th, General M`Caskill, with a force under Brigadiers Tulloch and Stacey, of nearly 4,000 men, consi ting of some 600 cavalry, including two squadrons •of the 3d Dragoons, two European, and three native regiments, with a large allowance of artillery, proceeded towards Kohistan, with a view, it is said, of endeavouring to secure Akbar Khan, Ameen Oolla, and the other lead. ing chiefs. They took the road to Charelcar, the scene of one of the saddest of our mishaps, where an entire regiment of Ghoorkas was annihilated in November. On the 29th, at a place on the way called Istalif, twenty miles from Caubul, an immense body of Affghans issued from a fort, under the command of Ameen Oolla, and pushed boldly on to meet them. They advanced with great intrepidity, and maintained the contest for a short space with boldness, when they were beaten back and scattered in every direction. They must have suffered severely. Lieutenant Evans of her Majesty's 41st, was amongst the killed ; and Captain Breadfoot, Lieutenants Lister, her Majesty's 9th, Spencer, 26th native infantry, and Richardson, horse artillery, were wounded ; with 46 rank and file' killed and wounded. On entering the fort stores of muskets and shot, with a couple of guns, formerly be langing to us, were taken possession of. The wives of many of the chiefs are said to have been made prisoners. Istalif was burnt to the ground. At Caubul, meanwhile, sickness to a serious extent began to make its appear ance, about 12 per cent. of the force being off duty by indisposition. Only twelve days' provisions were in store on the 30th September, and the troops were getting impatient for return. General M'Caskill's troops were expected in camp about the sth October, and it was said that the whole army would fall back betwixt the 10th and 12th. All the ordnance left at Caubul has been re covered, together with the park of artillery captured on the flight of Dost Mahomed on our original advance in 1839, which - has since- been kept in the Bala Hisser. The city, of course, is full of plunder ; our former canton ments are in a state of ruin, and the walls of the citadel itself were found to have suffered severely from the guns of Akbar Khan during the siege in April. It is said that not only the walls of the fortress will be blown up, but that the grand Bazaar—the wonder of travellers, and pride of Caubul—will be destroyed. LETTER FROM ONE OF THE CAPTIVES. Camp, Caubul, Sept. 22, 1842.) I am sure you will be delighted to hear, of not only myself, but the whole of us unfortunate prisoners (with the exception of Bygrave) being once more under the protection of the British flag, after a captivity of eight months and a half. On the morning of the 25th nit. (August), we sud denly received an order from Mahomed Akbar Khan to prepare for our immediate departure towards Toorkistan. We started at 10 p.m. Troup and Bygrave remaining with the Sirdar, and Mrs. Trevor and family, Anderson, Mrs. Anderson, and children, and Dr. Campbell, in con sequence of the illness ;of the ladies ; our escort con sisted of 300 Infantry, under the command of Salih Ma homed Khan, formerly a Subadar in our friend Hopkins's corps, and who deserted to Dost Mahomed, at Bameean, in September, 1840. We arrived at Bameean, on the Toorkistan frontier, on the 3d inst. During the march, as Salih Mahomed and I became rather intimate, on the morning of the 29th of August, I privately proposed to him that if he would forsake Mahomed Akbar and carry us off through the mountains in the direction. of Nott's force, which we heard was near Ghuznee, and make us over to the General, we would give him a lee of rupees, At that time he appeared to think it very doubt ful which party would gain the der, and laughingly said, such a thing was, if not an impossibility, at least a mat ter of great difficulty. As I had some doubts of the man's inclination to serve us, I thought it was advisable to leave him to digest what I mentioned until a more favourable opportunity offered. The next day Lawrence, to :Own I had mentioned my proposition, again spoke to our Commandant regarding the, lac of rupees. At Barneeare our whole party was put into two forts; in the most Miserable dirty hovels you eve" saw, the officers, ladies;and children lino one, and the-European soldiers into another.' Our eituation, as you may imagine, was not enviable, having 'nothing but a prospect of -slavery and a - dungeon as- our fate in Toorkistan, Mahomed Alt bar having declared before we left Caubul that he, would distribute us amongst the various Affghan chiefs, iu the event of our troops marching on the capital. On the 10th (September) we heard of Ghuznee being destroyed by Nott's army. On the 11th we heard, to our horror, that the order had arrived, during the night,- for our hinnediate departure to Kooloom. Shortly after wards I received a message from Salih Mahomed Khan, that he wished to see Lawrence, Pottinger, and self to a private conference. I very soon obeyed the summons, having an inkling that it had reference to my former offer of a lac of rupees. When we were assembled our -Commandant told us that an order had come from the Sirdar for our instant march to Kooloom, and produced the letter, which stated that we were to be made over to the Walee or Chief, and that all orders regarding us must be obeyed ; he then went 0111 to state that Syud Moorteza Khan, who was formerly employed by me during the siege, had brought him a message from Moon shee Mohan fall that, on condition of his releasing us and bringing us into Caubul, he would receive from General Pollock 20,060 rupees, and 1,000 rupees per month for life. Salih Mahomed said, "I know nothing of General Pollock, but if you three will sign a paper guaran teeing to me this sum, I will join your interests heart and soul" To make assurance doubly sure as regarded the sum to be given to Salmi Mahomed in the event of Government not agreeing to aid us in effect ing our release, we three were formed into a Committee, obtained the sanction of every officer and lady to give such sums as we might hereafter demand of them for the proposed object, acting to the best of our ability to effect our own release. We told Salih Mahomed to draw oat an agreement, which he did, and we bound ourselves on the part of every lady and gentleman to give the Com mandant 20,000 rupees, and 1,000 rupees per month, and subsequently added fnur months' pay to each sepoy on condition of their taking us into Caubul. We had now fairly committed ourselves, as we knew that in the event of our hereafter falling into the Sirdar's hands, through treachery or otherwise, the lives of us who had signed the paper (I ought also to have mentioned Mac kenzie's name, as he also attached his signature) would pay the penalty. On the morning of the 12th Salih Ma homed's flag of defiance was hoisted on one of the towers of our fort ; he wanted money to pay his troops ; some kafilas corning in at the time from Toorkistan, he levied a tax on them. The Governor not bringing him self forward in assisting us, he deposed him and put up another. The man who had civil charge of us, Ahmed Khan, received an intimation that neither he nor his 100 soldiers were required any longer , and that they would be seized if they delayed their departure. On the 13th those agents had all taken their departure ; on the night of the 13th I went outside of the fort, when everything was quiet, and brought the water from a cut near at hand into the ditch at the back of the fort, as in the event of a siege which we hourly expected, as we imagined our troops must be somewhere near Caubul, the Sirdar would for a certainty bolt in -our direction ; the river being at some short distance off our water might be cut off. On the 14th all the principal chiefs came in to make their obeisance to us, and tendered every kind of aid. We all sub scribed such small sums as we could afford to lay in a little godown of our own, and I undertook this part of the work with about 5,000 rupees, which I had collected; on the 15th it was thought advisable . to send three or four officers into the soldiers' fort, as we had been pro mised muskets for them, and my mess, consisting of _Burnett, Alston, CrawfOrd and self, removed our bed .dings there, and took military and political charge. We dug wells, filled the ditch, repaired the holes, and were all busy as bees. When we heard of Mahomed Akbar's _defeat at Tezeen, all our preparations for a siege were stopped, and we determined to force 'our way to Caubul with our small guard, and to effect our release solely through our own exertions; on the .morning of the 16th we took our departure, and halted-about ten miles off ; on the 17th crossed the Kaluo mountains, 13,000 feet high, and halted near Kharzar, where we were met by 610 Kuzzilbash horsemen, who had come to our aid, under command of Sir Richmond Shakespear. On the 19th we were met on the road by General Sale, with 1,000 cavalry, 1,000 infantry, and two guns, who had the day before come out to our assistance from Canted, and thanked God that we once more breathed the air of freedom. I was anxious topush on to Caubul, and started again in the evening with two of my Kuzzilbash friends to Kila Kazee, where General Nott's force was encamped, stopped the night with my friend 1)r. Mac kinnon, and came on here tin the morning of the 21st, and took up my quarters with my old shipmate Burn. Yesterday morning all the prisoners came into camp, when there was a royal salute fired, and here we all arc as happy as men and women can be who, but a few days ago, had scarcely a hope of any other fate thanethe drag ging on a miserable existence iresoree dungeon in Toor kistan ; Mahomed Akbar had seut orders to put to death all those who were too weak to proceed to Khooloom.— Delhi Gazette, Oct. 12. .• THE POSTS IN VIE PASSES. GUNDAMECK, JELLALABXPc IMAKKA, AND ALI MUSED.' • A rapid summary of, the proceedings in the passes on the line of our retreat will help to connect the narratives just given of the affairs at Caubul, with that which will furnish the chief topics of interest for the mail of the Ist December. The singular fatality which has. uniformly attended the garrison of Ali Musjid, within ten miles of the Peshawar end of the Khyber Pass, has on the present occasion only been deferred, it has not been stayed ; the right wing of the 64th native infantry, some months stationed here, for a time escaped; they were withdrawn to be replaced by the left wing. At Phakka nothing of h, THE SU note app - eiliTO have been stirring ; the troops continue to prepare for the arrival of th - 2 grand army, a,id for the backward movement along with at towards India. The fortress of Jellalabad was carefully maintained for some time : only one gate was allowed by the com mandant to be made use of : the Affghans are not suffered to enter, and the market for the sale. of com-' modities was kept without the Peshawur gate. On the sth October the garrison marched out and encamped on the plain ; they were in expectation of orders to raze the fortifications. An intercepted letter from Akbar Khan brought to light the system he had intended to practise against us—that of avoiding actual combat, and desolating the country around us in the line of march. Had this been adhered to, General Nott would never have reached Ghuznee. About 300 of the Sikhs belong *. to one of the native infantry regiments had left for Peshawur through the passes, and preparations were making to dispatch the remainder by rafts, so as to have no interruption from them on the downward march. These lawless soldiers, doing duty with our troops at Gundamuck, were committing sad ravages amongst the villages around ; and, under shelter of our arms, sati ating their own cowardly thirst for vengeance on the peasantry, who were sure of destruction where resist ance was offered. Our warlike contemporaries seem rather to approve than otherwise of these village-burning and orchard-destroying innovations in British war ! The Commissariat officers were using every exertion to accumulate supplies for the use of the grand army. A great number of mules had been collected eo take the place of camels. The weather was getting very cold during the nights—snow having already . appeared on the Sufed Koh ; it was intensely hot during the day, and these extremes were found very trying for the health of the troops. OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS. AFFGHANISTAN. THE RELEASE OF THE PRISONERS. Secret Department, Bombay Castle, Oct. 20, 1842. With reference to the notification issued by Govern ment on the 15th inst... the Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to re-publish for general information the fol lowing supplement to the Government Gazette Extra ordinary, issued at Simla on the 30th ult., and also the general orders by the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, dated Simla, the 7th inst., announcing the gratifying intelligence of the safety and release of the whole of the European prisoners from the hands of Mahorned Akbar Khan, with the exception of Captain Bygrave. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, J. P.'WILLOUGHBY. Secretary to Government. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL G. POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMANDING IN AFFGUANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL J. It. LUM LEY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY. Head-quarters, Camp Caubul, Sept. 22, 1842. Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information . of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that, having received information from Bameean that the Europeans, officers and soldiers, prisoners there, had made arrange ments by which they hoped to effect their own liberation, I, at the suggestion of Mohun Loll, with the concurrence of Khan Shereen Khan, chief of the Kuzzilbashes, sanc tioned the speedy departure of 700 of his horse, on the 15th inst., the day of our arrival here, to meet the party. Some difficulty occurring on the score of money, I advanced 10,000 rupees, which were delivered by Sir R. Shakespear, who accompanied the Kuzzilbashes. Being apprehensive that attempts would be made to in tercept the prisoners, I detached Major-General Sir It Sale with the troops, viz., her Majesty's 3d Dragoons, Ist Light Cavalry, Backheuse's Mountain Train, two companies of her Majesty's 9th Foot, four companies of her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, Broadfoot's Sappers, Ferris's Jezailchees, 80 Sikh horses, and 160 foot sol diers, under Captain Lawrence, on the 19th inst., to proceed to the Arghundee pass, and the circumstance proved fortunate, as a delay of twenty-four hours would have enabled Sultan Jan, who was in - pursuit, to over take our people. lam happy to state, that the whole who were in confinement (as per subjoined roll), with the exception of Captain Bygrave, who is with Mahomed Akbar, arrived in my camp yesterday evening. I cannot conclude without recording my opinion, that to Khan Shereen Khan and Mohun Loll may be attri buted the safety of the, prisoners, and I have reason to believe the Chief of the Kuzzilbashes to be a steadfast adherent to the British Government.—l have, &c., GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General, Com manding in Affghanistan. (True Copy.) R. C. SHAKESPEAR,,MiIitary Secretary. LIST OF PRISONERS RELEASED ON THE 21ST SEPT. 1842. Major-General Shelton, her Majesty's 44th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Palmer, 2 7th B. N. Major-Griffths, 37th B. N. I. Captains—Boyd, Commissariat ; Johnson, Commis sariat Shah Soojah's 26th N. I. ; Barnett, 54th N. I. ; Souter, her Majesty's 44th Foot ; Waller B. H. A. Alston, 27th N. L ; Poett, 27th N. I. ; Walsh, 52d M. N. I. ; Drummond, 3d B. L. C. Lieutenants—Eyre, B. A. ; Airey, her Majesty's 3d Buffs ; Warburton, B. A. S. S. F. ; Webb, 38th M. N. I. S. S. F. ; Crawford, B. 3d N. I. S. S. F. ; Mein, her Ma jesty's. 13th L. I. ; Harris, 27th B. N. I. ; Melville, 54th L ; Evans, her Majesty's 44th Foot. Ensigns—Haughton, 31st B. N. I. ; Williams, 27th B. N. I. ; Nicholson, 27th B. N. I. Conductor Ryley, Ordnance Commissariat. Surgeon Magrath. 'Assistant-Surgeons Berwick and Thompson. Ladies—Ladies Macnaghten and Sale ; Mrs. Sturt and one child ; Mrs. Mainwaring, one child ; Mrs. Boyd, three children ; Mrs. Eyre, one child ; Mrs. Waller, Oirci children ; Conductor Byley's wife, three children ; Private Bourne's (13th L. I.) wife ; wife of Sergeant Wade. Major Pottinger, B. A.; Captain Lawrence, 11th L.C.; Mackenzie, 48th .N.F. ; Mr. Fallon and Mr. Blewitt, clerks, not in the service. Her Majesty's 44th Foot—Sergeants Wedlock, Weir, Fair. Corporals Sumpter, Bevan. Drummers—Higgins, Lovell, Branagan. Privates—Burns, Cresham, Cronin, Driscoll, Derney, Duffy, Matthews, 11‘Dade, Marron, M'Carthy, M'Cabe, Now Jan, Robson, Seyburne, Shean, Tongue, Wilson, Durant, Arch, Scott, Moore, Miller, Murphy, Marshall, Cox, Robinson, Brady, M‘Glynn. Boys.—Grier, Milwood. Her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry.—Privates—Bind ing, Murray, Magary, Monks, Maccullar, M'Connell, Duff. Bengal Horse Artillery.—Sergeants.—Mlie, Ireland. Gunners.—A. Hearn, Keane, Dulton. 14 .• Sergeant Wade, baggage sergeant to the Caubul mis sion. - • G. PONSONBY, Captain, Assistant Adju -General. R. G. SHAKESPEAR, Military Secret4. ' T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government m India, with the Governor-General, REWARDS TO THE VICTORS. GENERAL ORDERS BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR . GENERAL OF INDIA. Simla, Oct. 4. 1842. . • tinctions, one medal only will be presented, and such medal will be inscribed " Candahar,- Ghuznee, 1842."' Majpr-General Nott will transmit to the Governor- General nominal lists of the several general officers, non commissioned officers, and privates so - entitled re spectively. 8. Major-General Pollock will transmit to the Gover nor-General a nominal Est of the general officers, non commissioned officers, and privates, present in action with the enemy in the several operations of his army leading to the occupation of Caubul, and to every person named in such list a silver medal will be presented inscribed " of these several medals will be inscribed Caubul, u b the u l , reverselS 42.' ' the words " Victoria, Vindex." 9. To every officer, non-commissioned officer, and private, present within Khelat-i-Ghilzie ' and forming part of the garrison thereof during the late investment and blockade of that fort, will be presented it'ailver medal bearing a mural crown, with the superscription of " ICelat-i-Ghilzie," and on the reverse the word "Invicta, 1842." Captain J. H. Craigie, late commandant of the fort of Khelat-i-Ghilzie will transmit to Major-General Nott a nominal list of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, so present in Khelat-i-Ghilzie, and so entitled to the medal above granted, and to every person named in such list, when sanctioned by Major-General Nott, the medal will be given. 10. All the medals above-mentioned are to be worn suspended to a riband similar to that which will be given with the Jellalabad medal, which will be henceforth the military riband of India. 11. The regimental colours of the regiment of Khelat i-Ghilzie will be composed of three colours of the military riband of India, and in the centre thereof will be inscribed the word " 12. The Governor-General will, after communication with, and in conjunction with Jiis Excellency the Com mander-in-Chief, represent to the authorities in Eng land the high services rendered by the officers of her Majesty's and of the Indian army, in the operations of the present campaign in Affghanistan, in order that they may be duly submitted to the gracious consideration of her Majesty. 13. Medals similar to those presented to the general officers, officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Indian army, will be prepared for the general offi cers, officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of her Majesty's army having respectively similar claims to the honour of wearing such medals ; but the authority to wear such medals depends upon her Majesty's most gracious pleasure. The regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie will be completed to 800 privates by draughts from the other corps of the late Slnth Soojah's service, as detailed below ; the European commissioned officers and staff sergeants now serving with it will continue to hold their present appointments. and the native commissioned and non-commissioned officers their present rank. The detail of the late 6th Regiment-I—viz., 1 Subadar, 1 Jemadar, 4 Havildars, 6 Naicks, and 38 Sepors,Nhieli formed part of the Jellalabad garrison, will, be iheorpo rated with the extra regiment ; and the Ist, 2d, and sth Regiments of the late Shah's infantry will eaeh,furnish the necessary number of Sepoys for. Captain Craigie's corps. In consequence of this measure it will be necessary to modify the scale of distribution of the infantry portion of the Shah's force, as notified in the Governor-General's order of the 19th of June last, and to admit of this being effected the officers now in command of the Ist, 2d, and sth Regiments of the late Shah's force will, immediately on the receipt of this order, forward to the Adjutant- General of the army a present state of their respective corps; and his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is requested to give the necessary orders for draughting the remaining native commissioned, non-commissioned officers, drummers, and Sepoys, into Native Infantry corps of the line, according to the principle laid down in the Governor-General's order above quoted. The following is to be considered the establishment of the extra regiment of Native Infantry :—A Commandant, a Second in Command, an Adjutant, a Quartermaster, a Sergeant-Major, a Quartermaster -Sergeant, 8 Subadars, 8 Jemadars, 40 Havildars, 40 Naicks, 16 Drummers, 800 Sepoys. J. STUART, Lieutenant-Colonel, Secretary to the Government of India, Military Department, with the Governor-General. VICTORIES AT BEENEE BADAM, MYDAN, AND ISTALTE. NOTIFICATION. Political Department, Bombay Castle, Oct. 31. The Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to re publish for general information the following general or ders issued at Simla, by the Right Hon. the Governor- General of India on the 15th and 17th inst., announcing the defeat of the enemy near Beenee Badam and Mydan on thel6th Sept. last, by the force under Major-General Nott ; the operations of the force under Mo s ier-General M‘Caskill, K. 11., against the enemy at Istaltf in Kohis tan, and the arrival in Major-General Pollock's camp of Capt. Bygrave, the only person who remained in the hands of Mahomed Akbar Khan. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, J. P. WILLOUGHBY, Secretary to the Government. GENERAL ORDERS. BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR•GENERAL OF INDIA. Secret Department, Simla, 0et..15, 1842. The Governor-General is - p l ease d to publish, f or ge neral information, the following copy of a dispatch from Major-Gener a l ott, commanding field force, to Major- General Pollock, C. 8., commanding west of the Indus:— " Sir—l have the h"oCnoaumrp Urge, tSyeoput. t l h 6 a l s B4 h 2 u . m. shoodeen, Sultan Jan, and other Affghan chiefs, having assembled abont 12,000 men, occupied a succession a strong mountains, intercepting my march upon Benee Badam and Mydan, on the 14th and 15th instant. Our troops dislodged them in gallant style, and their conduct afforded me the greatest satisfaction. The artillery distinguished themselves, and I beg to mention the names of Captain Leslie, Bombay Horse Artillery, Captains Blood, Bombay Foot Artillery, and Anderson and Turner, of the Bengal Horse Artillery, and the 38th and 43d Bengal Native Infantry. I beg to bring under the favourable notice of Government Captain White, of her Majesty's 40th Regiment, in command of the Light Companies of her Majesty's 40th and 41st Regiments, and of the 2d, 16th, 38th, 42d, and 43d Bengal Native Regiments, for the able manner is which he carried my orders into effect, and for the gallantry displayed by him and thecompanies under his command, in ascending the mountains and driving the enemy from their positions ; I had every reason to be pleased with the concluct of all the troops, European and Native. I forward a list of killed and wounded.—l am, & c ,, "W. NOTT, Major-General, " Commanding Field Force." Return of killed, wounded, and missing of the field force, under the command of Major-General Wm. Nott, in the engagements with the enemy, on the 14th and 15th of September, 1842 : Killed, 4 ; wounded, 50 ; horses wounded, 24. OFFICERS WOUNDED. Lieut. E. Eager, her Majesty's 40th Regt. severely. Lieut. Mainwaring, 2d Regt. Bengal Native Infantry, slightly. Lieut. G. Holroyd, 43d Regt. Bengal Native Infantry, slightly. Examined, THOMAS POLWHELE, Captain. W. NOTT, Major-General, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Commanding Field Force. The Governor-General, earnestly desirous of evincing the gratitude of the Government of India towards the general officers, officers, and non-commissioned officers, and privates, engaged in the operations of the present campaign in Affghanistan, is pleased, after communicat ing with his Excellency , the Commander-in-Chief, to declare the following resolutions :- 1. All the general officers, officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, serving under the command of Major-General Pollock, of Major-General Nott, and of Major-General England, between Attock and Ali Musjid, and in and above the Khyber Pass, and in and above the Bolan Pass, on the Bth cf September, shall receive a donation of six months' batta, payable on the Ist of January, 1843. 2. In perpetual commemoration of their distinguished services, the 2d and 16th Regfinents of Bengal Native Infantry shall be hereafter regiments of Grenadiers, and 'the 38th, 22d, and 43d Regiments of Bengal Native In fantry shall be hereafter regiments of light infantry. 3. The Regiment of Bengal Irregular Infantry, lately known as the 3d Regiment of Infantry, in the servide of Shah Soojah, shall, in consideration of the valour, dis cipline, and fortitude manifested by that regiment on many occasions, and especially in the defence of Khelat i-Ghilzie, continue embodied, under its present com mandant, Captain J. H. Craigie, and be brought on the strength of the Bengal army as an extra regiment, and be denominated " the Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie." The future establishment of the regiment of Khelat-i- Ghilzie, and otber details consequent upon this resolu tion, will be made known in a separate order. 4. Major-General Nott will communicate to the. Go vernor-General the designations of every corps engaged in the several actions with the enemy in the vicinity of Candahar, between the Ist of January and the 10th of August, 1842, specifying the particular actions in which such corps were engaged, and the Major-General will state which of such corps are, in his judgment, entitled to bear hereafter the word "Candahar " upon their standards or colours and appointments, in commemora tion of their services. To such corps of the Indian army as the Major- General may T name the honour of so bearing the word " Candahar, will be immediately accorded by the Go vernor-General. 5. The several corps of the Indian army which on the 6th of September occupied Ghuznee, and the several corps which on the 16th of September and the following days occupied Caubul, will hereafter bear upon their standards or colours and appointments the words " Ghuznee" and " Caubul" respectively, with the figures " 1842" under written. The several corps under Major-General Nott which reached Caubul subsequently to the 16th of September will be equally entitled with the troops previously occu pying that city to the honour of bearing the word " Cau bul" with the figures "1842" underwritten, upon their standards or colours and appointments. 6. Major-General Pollock will communicate to the Go- vernor-General the designations of the corps under his command which were engaged in the operations preced ing the occupation of Caubul, but di not advance to that . . city, and will name such of those corps as he may deem entitled to bear the word " Caubul," with the figures " 1812" underwritten upon their standards or colours and appointments, as having contributed to the capture of that city by their previous services in that campaign ; and to such corps, being on the Indian army, as the Major-General may so name, the honour of so bearing the word " Caubui" will be immediately accorded. by the Governor-General. 7. To every general officer, officer, non-commissioned officer and private present on the occasions above-men tioned in action with the enemy in the vicinity of Can dahar, will be presented a silver medal, inscribed " Can dahar, 1842;" and to every . general officer, officer,:non commissioned officer, and private present with the army under Major-General Nott, in the operation leading to the capture of Ghuznee and the occupation of Caubul, will be presented a similar silver medal, inscribed " Ghuzuee, Caubul, 1842." Where the same person shall be entitled to both Clis the plain in perfect order, passed 'nearly . from the left 'to ! the right of the enemy's position. Our light troops and guns repressed the occasional attacks of theirjezailchees from the gardens, who were numerous and audacious ; but when the column arrived in front of the village Is millab, I resolved to make a combined attack on this point. Brigadier Tulloch's brigade assailed its left, and Brigadier Stacey, making a longer detour, attacked the right. .1 cannot express in adequate terms my admiration of the style in which the former column, covered by skir mishers, rushed upon the gardens filled with bold skilful marksmen. Her Majesty's 9th Foot, the 26th Native Infantry, and Captain Broadfoot's Sappers, vied with each other in steady courage, and their rapid and un hesitating advance soon left the enemy no resource but flight; very shortly after this assault the three light com panies of her Majesty's 41st, the 42d, and 43d Native Infantry, covering their own column, got into action, and on their side storiped the village and vineyard with distinguished gallantry; the combination was steadily persevered in, and, though I had few opportunities of using the artillery with effect, I had soon the gratifica tion of seeing the enclosures, forts, heights, suburbs, and town successively won by the two columns. The enemy were driven from them, and pursued with a ra pidity which left no time to rally, and a singular spec tacle was then presented in the escape up the mountain side of. the women and children from the places to which no interception was offered ; but as detached parties of the beaten Affghans still occupied some very lofty heights, the mountain train ascended them by a dizzy pathway, and dispersed the fugitives by its effective fire. Our reserve was now established on the lower heights, and the whole of the place, filled with property of every description, much of it plundered from our army in 1841, was in the hands of our force ; two guns, brass field-pieces, were also taken, and one of them was seized with such promptitude that its captor, Lieute nant Elmherst, her Majesty's 9th Foot, turned its fire upon the fugitives with some effect. I directed the town to be set on fire in several places, after taking out various supplies which might be useful to our troops, and the work of demolition is still proceeding under the direction of Major Saunders, of the Engineers. Our loss has been trifling, for the advance of our officers and men was too rapid and decisive to allow of the sharp fire of the enemy telling much upon them, and, deceived by the direction of the reconnaissance of the 28th, the Afighans had ex pected the attack on their left, and posted their guns and the elite of their force in that quarter. I have now the pleasing task of expressing the amount of my obligations for their exertions in the field to Brigadiers Tulloch and Stacey commanding brigades and columns ; to Lieu tenant-Colonel Taylor, K.H., her Majesty's 9th Foot ; and Captain Broadfoot, of the Sappers, commanding the corps on the right, which bore the brunt of the action ; to Major Simonds, her Majesty's 41st Foot, commanding the reserve ; to Captain Backhouse, commanding the mountain train ; and to Captain Blood, commanding the battery of 9-pounders ; the last was ably aided by Lieutenant Terry. I have received valuable assistance throughout our operations from Major Pottinger, and. Major Saunders, engineers, and yesterday from Captain Mackenzie and Lieutenant Airy, her Majesty's 3d Buffs, and Lieutenant Webb, 30th regiment of Madras Native Infantry, temporarily attached to me, and since we marched from Caubul, as on former occasions, from my own staff, departmental and personal, viz., Captain Havelock, Deputy Assistant- Adj utant- General ; Lieut. Mayne, Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster- General ; Lieutenant Pollock, Artillery, Aide-de-Camp to the Major-General,who volunteered his services with me; and to Lieut. Bethune, her Majesty's 9th Foot, my own Aid de-Camp. Regarding the last mentioned officer, I take this opportunity of rectifying an oversight on my part ; I ought especially to have reported to Major- General Pollock Lieut. Bethune's valuable services in the recent affair at the Huft Kotul, in which I was intrusted with the command of the main column. Brigadier Tulloch reports in very strong terms on the good conduct on the present occasion of Capt. Smith, her Majesty's 9th Foot, his Brigade-Major. I inclose a return of the killed and wounded, and two of the guns captured.—l have, JOHN M`CASKILL, Major-General, Commanding the force in Kohistan. (True copy.) G. PONSONBY, Captain, Assistant Adjutant-General. eturn of killed and wounded of the troops under the command of Major-General M'Caskill, K.H. Camp Istalif, Sept. 30, 1842. Killed—Men, 6 ; horses, 2. Wounded—Men, 45 ; horses, 3. Names of officers killed. Lieut. Evans, her Majesty's 41st Foot. Wounded. Lieut. Richardson, Horse Artillery, slightly ; Lieut. and Adjutant Spencer, 26th Native Infantry, ditto ; Lieut. Lister. her ➢iajesty's 9th ditto ; Capt. Broadfoot, Sappers, ditto ; Lieutenant and Adjutant Orr's charger wounded. H. HAVELOCK, Captain, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Infantry division. ESCAPE OF THE LAST OF THE PRISONERS. GENERAL ORDERS. BY THE RIGHT HON. THE OF INDIA. Simla, Secret Department, Oct. 17, 1842. In continuation of the public notification of the sth inst., announcing the safety of all the European prisoners except Captain Bygrave, the Governor-General has now received intelligence in the following letter from Major- General Pollock, C. 8., dated the 27th ult., of the arrival of that officer in the British camp. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, T. 11. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMANDING IN AFFGIIANISTAN, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY `TO TIIE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Camp Caubul, Sept. 27, 1842. Sir,--I have much satisfaction in reporting, for the inforination of the Right Hon. the Governor-General, the arrival in camp this morning of Captain Bygrave, the only person who remained in the hands of Mohamed Akbar Khan. It appears that Captain Bygrave was al lowed to join my camp by Mahomed Akbar, who has sent a letter to my address, copy and translation of which shall be forwarded by the next opportunity. I have, &c., GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General commanding in Affghanistan. (True copies.) T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. (True copies.) J. P. WILLOUGHBY, Secretary to Government. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT CALCUTTA. One of the most dreadful accidents that has ever been known in Calcutta occurred in the old China Bazaar, on last Friday evening. Between the hours of four and five that evening, Mr. Hudson, son of Mr. N. Hudson, of the Supreme Court, had gone to a shop in the old China Bazaar, a little beyond the place where hats are sold, and just at the north• west angle of the road which runs into Doomtollah, for the purchase of gunpowder. Mr. Hudson was in a buggy, accompanied by two other gen tlemen, who remained in the vehicle at the shop door, while Mr. Hudson entered to bargain for the article. The only surviving witness of the transaction is a boy belong ing to an opposite shop, who could from his position look into the shop where Mr. Hudson was, and who saw some powder shown to him by the powder-vender. He next observed Mr. Hudson thrust his hand into what he believes to have been an open barrel of gun powder, and take out a handful of the contents. Mr. Hudson was then seen to raise his hand, as if to examine what he had taken out, and immediately after the boy saw a small blaze, produced, no doubt, by the ignition of the powder in Mr. Hudson's hand by contact with the lighted end of a cigar which he was smoking . . It is believed, that as the powder in his hand blazed, Mr. Hudson jerked his hand instinctively, and thus communicated the fire to the barrel which stood near him. In an instant more the entire shop, with one or two other shops on each side adjoining, was blown up into the air, and masses of masonry, rubbish, and tim bers, flew in all directions. All the inmates in the shop were buried in the ruins, together with a number of pas sengers in the street, who were seriously, and many of them mortally, injured, and have since died. s Mr. Hudson perished among the rest, and from the place and position in which he was found, which was just near the entrance of the ill-fated shop, his body being completely doubled up, with his face on his boots, it is believed, that notwithstanding the blast from the powder, he made an effort to gain the street, but was intercepted by the fall of the ruins over him. The unfortunate young man's apparel was almost all destroyed by the blaze, and the only things found whole on him were his boots, a Prayer-book, which was in one of his pantaloon pockets, and a penknife and keys. The parts of his person which escaped disfigurement were his face and feet. The remains of Mr. Hudson were interred on Saturday morning by his friends, though much to the subse quent displeasure of the Coroner, whose warrant for removal bad not been obtained. Immediately after the occurrence the police, headed by Constables Alsop and Macannah, were on the spot, and, with the assistance of Coolies and some European seamen, suc ceeded in clearing away a great portion of the ruins, and extricating several bodies. There were no less than 35 persons injured by this most dreadful occurrence, 12 of whom were found dead on the spot. There was one poor native found buried alive among the ruins with only his head above. He was extricated and removed to the hospital, and is expected to survive. A native woman, who was passing the street at the time, got her leg so seriously fractured by one of the timbers thrown up by the explosion as to require the amputation of that limb. The majority of those injured were scorched by the blaze. Of these no less than 22, inclusive of Mr. Hudson, are dead, and among the remaining 13 out of 35 in the hospital, several were in a precarious state up to Saturday evening. The agonies of some of these un fortunate creatures, almost all over scorched, were pitiful indeed ; to many of them death has indeed been a deliverance from pain. A lady and child who were passing that way at the time are said to have been thrown out of their palanquin by the shock, and are believed to have suffered serious injury • but w e have been unable to learn who they were, or the ex tent of their injury. The shock produced by the explo sion was so great, as not only to have been felt in all the * Artillery.—Captain Backhouse's Mountain Train ; surrounding buildings, but in many at a distance. Some Captain Blood's Battery of 9-pounders (Bombay) ; two of the large houses in Rada Bazaar and Clive-street 18 pounders. Ghat are said to have experienced it very severely. It Cavalry.—Head-quarters and two squadrons ; her Ma- ought to be stated, that the companions of Mr. Hudson jesty's 3d Light Dragoons ; Ist squadron of Ist Light most providentially escaped. The buggy horse at the Cavalry ; Captain Christie's (late Shah Soojah's 2d first flash of the powder took fright and ran away, and Regiment) Corps of Cavalry. thus put those in the buggy beyond the danger, which Infantry.—Brigadier Tullecles Brigade, with the ad- otherwise they must have shared. An inquest was held dition of Captain Brosdfoot's Sappers and Miners, and by the Coroner on Saturday evening, which has been the exception of the 60th Native Infantry ; Brigadier adjourned to this day at eleven o'clock. The jury re- Stacy's Brigade, paired to the Mang College to inspect the bodies, and few juries must have beheld a sight more painfully re- 11 12 and at Co.'s rs. 84 to 11 12 per bz. md. ; 1,300 volting than they did. There were 21 stiff and scorched bag s of B a gg a h at s a . r s . 10 2 tolo 7, and at Co.'s rs. up corpses laid out side by side, some of them presenting 10 3tolo 9 ; 400 mds. of Dallowah at Co.'s rs. 8 4 the most shocking appearance of disfigurement. Of 970 b ags an d 200 m d s . o f J essore d ate, Co. ' s rs. 610 to these unfortunate natives who have perished, th e friends 88 ; an d 200 b ags an d 6,294 mds. of Khaur, at Co.'s PS. of 10 of them have not yet become cognizant of the acci- 30to 6 1 per bz, mid. dent. as there was no cue in attendance before the Coro ner to identify them. CALCUTTA MONEY-MARKET, OCT. 17. MONEY-MARKET.—Since our last issue important in telligence from China—where peace has been established and the payment of $21,000,000 for the defrayment of the expenses of the war has been stipulated for, with the opening of four or five of the principal maritime ports to foreign commerce, and the unconditional and perma nent surrender of Hong-Kong to the British, have been secured ; and from the north-western provinces, where our arms have been completely successful in the defeat of the Affghans—has been received, the influence of which is likely to be productive of considerable advan tage to our political position and to the establishment of peace throughout India. These events will necessarily, in their course, affect our money-market, and by stop ping up the drain which has so long existed on the public revenue, lead to the re-establishment of confidence, and to the restoration of healthy operations in this market ; the intelligence is yet recent for any effective change in the market ; but monetary transactions have become more practicable ; bank rates for operations are, how ever, unaltered from forms r quotations. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.—A fall in the rates of homeward exchange has induced an advance in the value of stock paper, the premium on which is 8 annas per cent. on the quotations in our last issue ; the value of paper of the Five per Cent. Loan shows an improve ment of one anna per cent., and the discount on the Four per Cent. Investments is about 12 annas per cent. less than at the date of our last report; probably spe culation on the recent political changes may have in duced apprehensions of the closing of the New Five per Cent. Loan, and so have produced the improvement in the market. BANK SHARES.—Are necessarily affected by the im proved position of the money market ; shares of the Bengal exhibit an advance of 100 rupees per share, and Agra Bank shares 10 to 20 rupees per share, but those of the Union have again fallen in value. SHARE-MARKET.—In this branch of investment but little business obtains ; the rates of investment may be reported as below : Calcutta Docking Company, value, C. r. 990 to 1,000 per share. Steam Tug Association, value, C. r. 1,000 to 1,050 per share. Assam Tea Company, value, C. r. 105 to 110 per share. Bonded Warehouse discount, value, C. r. 30 to 40 per share. EGYPT. ALVEANDRIA, Nov. 16.—The last four days have produced no novelty, either commercial or political. The Pacha is still at Mansoura, and nothing certainly is yet known of his intended movements, although it is generally rumoured he will. very shortly come to Alexandria. Sales of produce by the Government are still suspended. The French steamer brought General Ventura, of Lahore celebrity, so long in the service of , the late Runjeet Sing ; he proceeds to India by the Suez steamer, and is the bearer of valuable presents from Louis Philippe to Shere Sing. The English and Russian Consuls-General are still in Cairo, waiting the Paella's arrival there. The French Consul-Gene ral is also about to return to Cairo. The Austrian Consul-General remains here. Cotton has advanced within the last few days; re-sales have been made in the place at 91 dollars. Several cargoes of flax are shipping to England, a novel feature in our trade. Nov. 21.—The Pacha being still in the Delta, and nothing certain known of his future movements, we are without any political news of any importance. EXCHANGE MARKET.—AS anticipated in our last, operations have obtained at low rates ; recently (to meet the dispatch of an intermediate mail) transactions to some extent obtained in bills against shipments at 10 months' date with documents at 2s. 1-3 d. per Co.'s rupee ; but since then rates have been looking up, and buyers are holding for better exchange ; an influx of foreign bills from China is expected, which, with the contracted state of exports at present, may however keep down the rates of bills ; towards December, when the shipments of indigo may commence, an improvement in the exchange may be expected. FREIGHTS.—The rates on homeward shipments ex hibit but little alteration from the quotations in our last issue. The large amount of tonnage expected is against any improvement within the current season. MALTA. Nov. 27.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—III Malta Harbour : The Queen, 120, bear ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief ; Ceylon, receiving -ship, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis, Superin tendent of Malta Dockyard ; Impregnable, 104, Monarch, 84, Vanguard, 80, Snake, 16; Cyclops steam-frigate, Geyser war-steamer, Prometheus and Alecto steam•packets. At Gibraltar : Rodney, 92, Savage, 10, Lizard steam-tender, and Owen Glen dower convict-ship. On their way to Malta : The Formidable, 84, and Polyphemus steam-packet, both from Gibraltar. On her way to Barcelona : The In constant, 36, from Malta, and the Locust steam tender, on her way to England. At Genoa : The Belvidera, 38. At Corfu : L'Aigle, 24. At Salamis : The Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, second in command in the Mediterranean. At Smyrna : The Indus, 78, Devastation war steamer, and Magicienne, 24. At Constantinople : The Stromboli war-steamer. At Beyrout : the Vernon, 50, Scout, 18, and Vesuvius and Hecate war-steamers. At Alexandria : The Medea war steamer ; and at Suda (in Candia), the Beacon and Magpie surveying vessels. GENERAL ORDERS. BY THE RIGHT 11031. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA Secret Department, Simla, Oct. 15, 1842. The Governor-General is pleased to publish, for gene ral informatioa , the following copy of a dispatch from Major-General Pollock, C. 8., transmitting Major-Ge neral M`Caskill, K. H.'s, report of the operations of the force under his command against the enemy at Istalif. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-Gen. of India, T. li. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL BI`CASKILL, K. H., COMMANDING DETACHMENT IN KOHISTAN, TO CAPTAIN PONSONBY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. Camp Istalif, Sept. 30, 1842. Sir,—l have the satisfaction to acquaint you, for the information of Major-Gen. Pollo c k, C. 8., that the troops under my command y esterd ay made themselves masters of of Istaliff, totally defeat ingthe strong and populous town the numerous levies collected for its defence, under the infamous Ameen Oolla. Khan Loguree, Khaojie Ameer Kotwal, Hazin Khan (an assassin of Sir Alex ander Burnes), Hazir Alee Khan, Kliuleefa Ibrahim, and many other chiefs of Caubul and Kohistan. The Major-General is aware that the force detailed below* was placed at my disposal for operations in these valleys on the 25th ; the two brigades formed a junction near Khowja Rawash on the 26th, moved to an encamp ment near Zimuree on the 27th, and pitched their tents within four miles of this place on the .28th. The same evening I reconnoitred the enemy s positi on ; i t i s impos sible to conceive ground naturally stronger. The town of Istalif, consisting of masses of house s an d f or ts,-is built on the slope the mountain, in the rear of which are yet loftier eminences, shutting in a defile which leads to Turkistan, and in nn way can this place of abode of 15,000 people be approached but by surmounting ranges of hills, separated by deep ravines, or traversing by narrow roads its gardens, vineyards, and orchards, fenced in with strong enclosure walls ; the whole of them, with the mountain side and tops of the houses, were occupied by Jezailchees, and the strongest proof is afforded that the enemy after this disrosition considered this place un assailable, by their having retained within the town the wives and children not only of the inhabitants, but of thousands of refugees from Caubul. The observations which I was enabled to make under a sharp Jezail fire and the report of Major Pottinger in duced me to determine to assault the next morning the right;of the enemy's extensiveposition, as it was there that I could hope to bring the artillery most effectively into battery ; arrangements were made with this view. The troops were formed into two columns of attack and re serve ; Brigadier Tulloch's brigade and the mountain train composed the right ; Brigadier Stacey's and Capt. Blood's battery and the 18-pounders the left ; these were supported by the third column under Major Si monds, her Majesty's 41st, consisting of a wing of this regiment and the Cavalry under Major Lockwood; Capt. Christie's corps protected the baggage. The troops moved soon after daylight, and, traversing TO LONDON. Dead weight : £s. £s. Sugar, at Saltpetre Rice Oil seeds Light goods : Raw silk Silk piece goods. 0 0 0 0 Indigo Hides 2 0 2 2 Lac 0 0 —2 0 Jute Cotton Rum Broken stowage 0 0 1 10 per ton. TO LIVERPOOL. Dead weight .£l 15 to £2 0 per ton. Light goods. ARRIVALS. 1842. 1841. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. British Foreign 60 ... 19,607 52 ... 16,962 DEPARTURES. 1842. 1841. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. British Foreign 70 30,157 63 ... 23,727 IMPORTS.—The market throughout the month has been rather dull. Sales of imports have been contracted, consequent on preparations for the native holidays, METALS.—The operations of the month in copper have been chiefly on local requirements, excepting some transactions in South American imports, which have been taken upon speculation, induced by low prices ; the reported sales are 665 mds. and 1,000 sheets of sheath ing at Co.'s rs. 35 oto 37 0 per fy. md. ,• 500 mds. of sheet at sa. rs. 33 8 ; 330 mds. of tile of 141 b., at 33 4, and part at Co.'s rs. 34 4 ; 40 mds. of bolt at Co.'s. rs. 36 4 ; 180 mds. of nails of sizes at 24 0 to 35 0; 74 mds of old part at 35, and part at sa. rs. 32 12 ; and 3,500 mds. of South American slab at sa. rs. 26 0 to 28 4 per fy. md. at the usual credit and discount. Of spelter the sales have been 3,700 mds. at Co.'s. rs. 13 0 per fy. md. The sales of iron are 2,700 mds. of Swedish flat at Co.'s. rs. 4 106 ; British bar, assorted, including round, 19,060 mds., at 2 2 to 2 11 • bolt 150 mds. at 3 10 ; hoop, 500 mds. at 3 8 ; and ' sheet, 2,375 mds. at 4 3 to 4 6 per fy. md. Demand for iron steady. A sale of 200 tubs of Swedish steel has obtained since our last issue at Company's rupees 0 14 per fy. md.; market in respect to prices is steady. The sales of lead con sist of 600 mds. of stamped pig at sicca rupees 6 14 per fy. md. ; sales of this import are now made in Company's instead of sicca rupees. Tin plates con tinue in steady demand ; a sale of 50 boxes at Com pany's rupees 16 is reported. In quicksilver there have been no transactions since Outlast issue. COTTON PIECE Goons.-Demand has been chiefly for muslins for native wear; jaconots, shirtings. and ma dapolams have alsC. been in good demand ; sales of chintz have been considerable, as usual at this period of the year; the reported sales since our last issue are 24,684 pieces of lappets assorted at prices from Company's rupees 1 2 6 to 6 per piece ; 3,322 pieces of dimity at 1 15 to 5 2 ; 1,850 pieces of Japan spots at 1 7 to 5 5, 650 pieces of lenoes at 4 2 to 4 4 ; 50,420 pieces of scarfs at 0 96 to 2 12 ; 1,700 pieces of checked muslin at 1 15 to 2 15 ; 9.063 pieces of book muslin at 1-4 to 10 ; 30,470 pieces ofjaconot muslin at 1 9 to 9 12 ; 4,650 pieces of cam brics at 1 14 to 612 ; 400 pieces jamdany at 3 9 ; 11,110 pieces of mull-mull at 2 4 to 10 8*; 4,450 pieces of madapolams at 2 5 6 to 4 10 ; 10,850 pieces of long cloth at 4 15 to 6 12 ; 44,260 pieces of shirtings at 4 4 to 6 13 ; 4,000 pieces of American drill at 0 27 to 0 2 11 per yard ; 580 pieces of gingham at 3 11 to 4 0 per piece ; 34,619 pieces of chintz assorted at prices from 2 4 to 8 12. and part at 0 4 6 to 0 11 0 per yard ; 750 pieees of gray twills at 7 2 per piece ; Turkey red, 10,368 yards, and 8,310 pieces of twills at annas 3.7 to 7 3 per yard ; and 1,885 pieces of plain at annas 4 10 to 6 9 per yard ; 219 pieces and 10,544 yards of velvet at annas 6 9 to 8 6 per yard ; 3,200 pairs of dhooties at 1 14 per pair; and 2,331 dozens of handkerchiefs assorted at Co.'s rs. 0 14 6 to 68 per dozen, at three months' credit-discount 8 per cent. per annum. COTTON Twisr.-Demand steady, but affords no im provement on market value ; the reported sales are 751 bales of white mule at prices from C. 's rs. 0 2 4i- to 4 3 per morals, the former for No. 90 to 130, average 104, and the latter for No. 30 ; of bales and 4,9801 b. of Turkey red, of which the German dye No. 30 to 70 has sold at 1 11 to 1 12 per pound ; and the English dye N 0.26 to 54 at 1 5 to 1 7 2 per pound ; 46 bales of orange at annas 16 6 to 11 0 per pound ; 2 bales of pink, No. 49, at annas .40 per pound ; and 105 bales of Glocester white (Calcutta), No. 26 in 34 at 4 6 per morals. The following shows comparative stocks in first hands:- Ist Oct. 1342 Ist July. lb. lb. White 2,004,240 2,433,060 Red 99,400 144,500 Orange Exeoms.' INDIGO.-The exports ofthe season to to-day inclusive may be reported as below • &bind 14,000 factory maunds are still in the market :- • • Chests..": , Factory maunds. To England France 8remen............ 'VP Hatnburgh ......... 46 United States ... 1,02 P -! Persian Gulf and Red 5ea......... 2,041.. Bourbon .... . ....... Other ports ...... 7 6,421 6 16 Total No sale has obtained since our lastissue ; several small parcels, chiefly of native manufacture, have arrived, but, as it is not likely that any operation will obtain before the receipt of accounts of the October sale, we do not expect transactions before ab,e, end of next month. The estimate of the, 'crop is fixed at f. mds. 80,000; high prices are expected. RAW SILK.—The market has been but indifferently supplied in respect to quality, in consequence of which transactions have been contracted ; the reported pur chases are 4 mds. of Hurrypaul at Co.'s rs. 7 8 per b. seer ; of 126 mds. of Gonatea at 8 0 to 8 12 per f. seer ; of 93 mds. ofJungypore at 6 8 to 6 12 ; and of Cossim bazar at 8 9 to 9 8 per f. seer. SILK PIECE GOODS.—Corahs continue in demand for homeward shipment ; the reported purchases are 13,730 pieces of Cossiinbazar corabs, at Co.'s rs. 128 to 135 per corge, 1,000 pieces of choppas, small size, at Co.'s rs. 97 per corge. SALTPETRE has been in good demand throughout the month, bazaar stocks are light ; refined, and the better sorts of Chupprah and Tirhoot command sales at full prices ; the purchases since, our last issue are 8,372 bags and 600 mds. of Chupprab, at prices from sa. rs. 5 5 to to 6 7, and at Co.'s 5 6 to 6 3 per fy. md.; Mirzapore, 350 hags, at Co.'s rs. 5 5 ; Godna, 1,700 bags, part at sa. rs. 6 2, and part at Co.'s rs. 6 2 ; Tirhoot, 500 mds. at Co.'s rs. 5 12 ; Cawnpore, 1,100 bags, at Co.'s rs. 4 9 to 5 4, and 791 bags and 1.680 mds. of refined at Co.'s rs. 6 0 to 6 6 per fy. md. StiGAUS continue in demand; tho first sorts of Be nares have become scarce ; the exports which obtain are almost exclusively for homeward shipment ; the reported , purchases are 13,585 bags of Benares at fig, ri. 9 0 to FALMO U TH. Dxc. 3.—The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steamer Solway, Captain Duncan, arrived here to day with the mails from the West Indies and Mexico. This vessel sailed from St. Thomas Bth ult., Bermuda 16th, and Fayal 27th. The Thames brought up the Mexican mails to Bermuda, and she sailed again for St. Thomas's on the 15th November. The steamers, Dee, Trent, Forth, and Tweed, were a t St. Th omas ' s when the Solway left. This vessel brings about ,g 262,000 on freight ; and passengers, Mr. Francis Murphy, lady, and four children, Miss Smith, and Mr. Loperina from Mexico ; Messrs. de la Torre and Juan Novo from Havannah ; Messrs. P. and T. Grillett from Venezuela ; Messrs. Mercantati, Isaacs, and Dr. Lang from Jamaica ; Captain Maude, 33d regiment, from Barbadoes ' • Captain Loider, 59th, from Trinidad, and Lieutenant Brady, R.N., late purser on board the steamer Medway. The news from Mexico by the Solway has been an ' ticipated by the intelligence brought by the steamer Caledonia. A gentleman who came passenger from the Havannah, per Thames, to Bermuda, informs us that on calling at Nassau on their way up they found D. Turnbull, Esq., late British Consul at Havannah, still there. This statement contradicts what has been going the round of the papers, that he had been taken to Cuba as a prisoner. The steamer, Great Liverpool,' sailed yesterday with the Indian mails; she had sixty passengers. THE MEETINGS OF THE ANTI- CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION. TO MR. EDWARD JACKSON, SECRETARY TO THE ST. GEORGE'S AND WAPPING ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSO• CIATION. SIR,-It would have given me great pleasure to have been present at the meeting of your Association on IV ednesday next ; but a necessary absence from town will render it impossible. As my contribution, however, to the cause, I will take the opportunity of directing your attention to a system which has been set in motion against-us, and which must be promptly met. It is matter of noto riety, that agents of the Government are stated to be engaged in collecting words used at Anti-Corn-law meetings, which may be produced from a green bag in the House of Commons as reasons for legislating against the League. In this position of things, men under the name of Chartists come among you, with a view to drop expressions which may be chronicled as yours, and produced against you at the proper time. It is the time of Castles and Oliver over again with variations. We have hardly an English term for the precise office undertaken by this class of our oppo nents; but " decoy ducks" is the nearest that occurs to me upon the moment. My advice to all meetings thus circumstanced is, that they should protect themselves by the same mea sures as they would employ against any other descrip tion of insidious assailants of their property or persons. No honest man intrudes himself into the assemblages of people of decidedly opposite opinions ; if he has strong convictions, he impresses them in meetings of his own. Catholics do not go, in the proportion of one to a hundred, to disturb the assemblages of Pro testants, although avowedly held with open doors ; nor does the Arminian force himself upon the Cal vinist, while a tabernacle of his own is ready for the dissemination of .his views. Neither you nor I ever knew a man do this kind of thing without being paid for it either in meal or in malt for a dishonest pur pose. And as there is an extraordinary baseness in the peculiar means resorted to in the present case, se will it warrant extraordinary exertions for the abate meat of the nuisance. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. !kheath, Dec. 5, 1842. REASONS FOR THE REPEAL OF THE INCOME-TAX. (From the Leeds Mercury.) First—The termination of the Chinese war, and consequent withdrawment of a large military and naval force from China. Second—The evacuation of Affghanistan, and a great consequent relief to the finances of India, and indirectly of England. Third—The friendly treaty with the United States, including the settlement of the North Eastern Boun dary -question, and every other point involving danger of a national quarrel. F,ourth—The disarmament this year of the formid able fleet of France. • Fifth—The great reduction of our army and fleet, which these several events will;render shfe and necessary. Sixth—The good harvest of this year, which must relieve the pressure on the Revenue and on the nation always consequent upon bad harvests. Seventh—The abundant produce of sugar this year in the colonies, and the increased importation that must follow ; which will materially augment the pro duce of the Sugar Duties. Eighth—The expected increase in the import of tea, and consequently in the produce of the Tea Duties. Ninth—The very great probability of a revival of trade, from the effects of cheap food, of peace, and of the opening of the China market. Tenth—The augmented produce of the Excise and Stamp Duties and Assessed Taxes, which will neces sarily follow a revival of trade. Eleventh—The receipt of upwards of five millions sterling as compensation from the Emperor of China, which will go very far to relieve our Exchequer. Twelfth—The hatefulness and oppressiveness of the Income-tax, which the nation will have no motive for enduring now that war and danger are removed on the side of China, of India, of France, and of America. We do not see how these reasons can be resisted by Sir Robert Peel, inasmuch as they nullify all the rea sons which he assigned for putting on the Income-tax. That singular combination of causes, arising from four successive bad harvests, a monetary crisis, failing produce in our colonies, and a series o f misunderstand ings with Foreign Powers, which increased our ex penditure and depressed our finances, being now all removed, there remains no justification whatever for continuing the Income-tax beyond the sth of April next. Upon a report laid before the King of the French by the Minister of War, representing that the navy had expressed a strong desire to join with the army in contributing to memorials ill honour of the Duke of Orleans, and that a statue, similar to that which is to be placed in the great square at Algiers should be erected in some eligible spot in Paris; and the Minis. ter of War having further represented to his Majesty, that the Duke of Orleans, in one of his dispatches from Africa, had declared his desire that the ancient triumphal arch at Djimilah, the most complete of all the remnants of Roman art found in that country, should be carefully taken down, stone by stone, re moved to Paris, and there re-erected on one of its most conspicuous sites ; the King, by a Royal ordon nance, d a t e d Wednesday, has decreed—first, that th e nav shall be allowed to join the army in the sub scriptions in question ; secondly, that these sub scriptions shall be applied in raising two equestrian statues, in bronze, of the Duke of Orleans, one to be placed at Algiers and the other in Paris ; and, thirdly, that the triumphal arch of Djimilah shall be taken down and removed to Paris, in compliance with the recommendation of the late Pritioe.