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

NEWS ton. La its sulotance est; • ou r readers to t It° t Ist instan Ile of the lith 19th, and Mait; .oo r the 23d, and ridgy after.noesP a tr ; Mg that the -es ;h ult. Ibe al, of. d the Preside:t:, e formation [t was said that , ns upon temo ltes ,_ A had suspended risi'. tbs. nstant state* , c e Ny, under tilt." ho, though c' w4 a si •;ved to eErAPP stid under the CO, d ot on the V O4 t 0 seen standi4 Ott t sta t e that tbe o ,h the last st i rv ni e , yd steamer,. )(Jill Id, under the ,asnres were , f that cotterp, J4 O , Trebisond, Lljet# and it ‘ 1,5 , 7,0 at Constaro'n' MERCV• ring. At 1 3 °. 0 10 0 manufactu r e" oo (es. At )3 14 . ti 0 'en more 01 back. .00° 1 ! pf rain a is— • riling to ord:r o e tad is to be t ji has bees '2 ° o! cclvc Inont•Ps'ol, :iongregatior , ' NTTIVXC; "bs id of the I A nt pianofOrt e' : namely, a Y idamo Ptilers. ' • 101 arrived In the St. isand e a vocal ertained wi l oO t dinner, ad . party on ;aye a splets' 6 ""ey ghness the . ', IS. O F on Saturday, , .. „ 1, 7tl and the livot' t de Rothel , rs. b iPsi, in the ne _ . ,ig i d l Ish ire. L•r:00 1 near Blaeigji persons atterli, ationed at $ 1 :; io i i sley 80t, ' ^ers and WO l of ll/1 coo seriptions , , sd 62/. „ pr i lief Fund, : A rr rest -of Glissir ;e sum, to o b a e o ,r in Seeds ~,,,; eighbourho e, 1 House of p luld be pai° i ouse, and hi . ,Jl ion of 1 839 7 ATCH. , on the 7: 11 tarted im t had.caPoo to form . a.„ 1 ")1 Pecting LOUTIL CorrespoPs" 11 and stal e OF a state 0 . t I, i ver of 1.. - held on tb er k, tiog to th e t o e objectio oo l > I Marine/h' •nmentpr . le treaties. 4 1d Itodrigq,,:i p-laid intry;l correspond; 1 ~,. AI treaties ; 00yet and forig tfications 0 i >t satis fact 4 o ll imants: no w on, which tplifi as to th e os o f officers d! r ii which, ow . 11 Lisbon 00, iins deci ) regard 14,,i 0 1 ), the 114 [ agent el s might b e 1 Lord i'l , ,, sum ate'' TRE•'") ; j produced . . cated effri A ro , " PI reformed . d; 'lage 110 1 ,0 1 e ottrac`' o o o f the hou ge fAie" Jr.l Osbot" ,/ t p for y 0 111. 1 ,1 - r it tol er ;lstfao rid* 69 0 P. I W IN TELLIG ENCE: itOLL.S' COURT.—(TIIIS DAY) yucH AR T he DsoN V. NORTON. arguments in this part-heard cause, a brief notice of the main featutes of which appeared in our report of Saturtfay, were rue;hemdeady ! his morning, and w ere ni t conc l u d e d at a l ate hour of QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) rim QUEEN V. STAMMERS. T N , Was att indictment which had been preferred by the Patishsollicers of Witham, against the defendant John :dam titers, an inhabitant of that town, for a nuisance. Ihe nuisance l ' un sisted in an encroachment. on the public footway of the tir t °'- street of the t own o f Wi t h am. b y t h e erection of an It r ' n ' t alhog in t h e f ront of his dwelling-house, situate • i t the High -street aforesaid. The indictment came "Aleert f or trial b e f ore M r. Baron Gurney in the country, jury r e t urne d a verdict in favour of the prosecution on air, f the counts, and in favour of the defendant on certain fir inluthe fen ce counts. Th e d e f en d an t th en remove d ono port i on and left the remainder and coping of the ss hole standi ng. He refused to remove the remainder, saying he- had removed all that he was required to remove by the verdict of . p.... e _J r n rY. Under these circumstances, the judgment of this :7 1 ,: ea r td i l e te fe w(2 : d o s a t r i n k r t a z: Y a h e :a i l i v i f i n r A r )g i . r. heard Mr. Platt and Mr. Chambers for 'fhcsiger for the prosecutors, decided —'lsthe defendant had not abatel the nuisance, and that he tt remove the fence, agreeably to the terms of the verdict. I'LArr hoped the Court would give judgment af prostra n. and call upon the Sheri ff , under the diteetion of the irrosecutors, to prostrate the whole of what they tonsitler .(1 def e° , the nuis at their own risk. The t h ultra had already ance removed a great deal more than he I :ttglit he h a d a right to do, and he really was at a loss to %lhat it was the prosecutors desired. This ' TIIESICFR trusted the Court would do no such thing. wa s a mere obstinate resistance on the part of the de i•on d ant, t erdict of the Jury, for the purpose of endea ,,2_rilig t put the prosecutors to expense, and he trusted that, s h tanc . es, the Court would think it right to pass si e e r_ s the nt eeni t er l i e tiom : him. is DEN SIAN.—This is Monday. Unless we receive some to l_ntetory report on the subject by Saturday, we shall feel it be Our duty to impose a fine on the defendant. T - XCHEQUER.—(TIIIS DAY.) %wee he Court Was oc ecu pi e d d ur . ng th e morn i ng i n h ear i ng Pout s c ases Whi c h o ff ere d no su bj ect o f general i nterest, the ats raised being of a merely technical character. Po LICE INTELLIGENC E A ll O W-STREET. — (THIS DAY.) s e /neat Oman, of a most extraordinary appearance, with an im pk„. ' shovel bonnet, which nearly concealed features of a Eck and Intelligent cast, a dark complexion, and a brilliant AeYe, such as is often seen amongst the gypsy tribe, was c'd tinder the following circumstances :- 110 0 ,'" 4 4n T 43, stated, that being on duty yesterday after about four o clock, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, he observed :ti prisoner sitting on the step of a house there, and, on goes 11'g her as to her condition, she gave such a rambling ac riO"tit of herself, as to lead him to believe that she was in her right senses. In order to take care of her, for her P b s ake, he took her to the station-house. y e ," answer to questions from Mr. Hall, the prisoner, in a Retitle whi Y clear tone of voice and with that softness of expression We have been accustomed to consider as an indication of he breeding stated that she was born in Lyon's Inn, where r father, who ' was now dead, was an attorney. After she left co Yon' ' Inn she went to live with her sister, who lived in the "V of Surrey . 4 ow rrey , but she was dead. All her friends were dead she had no friends now ; she had no acquaintances ; they Shyedead, and s h e di dn ' t keep company w i th them while living. has been living gat Stepnev for the last two years in a room att ieh h ad been taken for her by a Mr. Oliver, whom she had v ended f or the last 36 years as companion : he went away while a go to see a re l at i on at Ri c h mond, and he had not back to ever be pay the y our rent, mind so she was turned out. RALL—Has ever been affected—have you " earth has protected me fervn annoyed? Th e pr i soner rep li ed w i th extraordinary he;and whatever has annoyed me, the Maker of ; . „wiT n othiog could be eli c it e d f rom t h e poor creature which th g a tlead to a discovery of her friends, Mr. Ham. thought ho e best course would be to send her to the St. Giles's work ', u !! ; and t h e policeman was accordingly instructed to take 8C the b•re, attrodwith the worthy Magistrate's request that her case e tO. f r i ( 7 e give publicity to this case in order that the poor creature's b,. r niss if friends she have, may know where she is, and may —.e the means necessary for her protection and safety. —‘/YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) € I. I) EAL, J UNE 4.—W i nd S.E., light and variable.-5, E.S.E., eal,,ttc).-- IrisArrd. Harebell, Lwson, Shields, ansailed for Odessa h Graham, a Madras. A ra l. from the River and Viscount Sandon, Lancaster, Calcutta ; Chance, Harris, ~!;ri n idad ; C o d r i ngton, H uxtable, Antigua ; Rowena, Palot, G j 'itburst (R. G. ; Baltic, Mitcham, Gibraltar; Lady Anne, ibraltarevi ; I.usitania, Gibbons, Oporto ; Azorian, Bird, . 'Sld. Chieftain. rhozTsmou g li, JUNE 4. Wind S. to S. W.-5, S. S. E. , Arrd. off, Wessacumen, Jaques, Havannah,tfor Antwerp ; Cicero, Alexandria; Flora, Phourad, Langisund. Sid. Ho rato, Nicholson, South Seas ; Belus, De Quetteville, Jersey ; Curlew, Flinn, Jersey. Sourmasirrow, JUNE 4.—Arrd. Shannon steamer, Dublin, and proceeded for London. Sld. Lady Mary Wood steamer, Gibraltar. • COWES, JUNE 4.—Arrd. Blaxton, Asander, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Hull; Elise, Radloff, Dantzi c . 5, Oi t h ona, Bowen, Malt a , an d sa il e d for Southampton. Sailed Fama, Dun, ,; London to Gibraltar ; Gordon, ditto. Orr THE WlGHT.—Christina, Havannah for Amsterdam. PLYMOUTH, JUNE s.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Crescent, Havannah; Wave, Henget, ditto. .'lPi s aLco3tnr, JUNE 4.—Arrd. off, Annandale, Burgess, Ja ca ; Elizabeth, Dring, Sydney ; William, Harding, M a l ta ; • t• Martin Cajander, Liverpool for Stockholm. , iti PENZANCE, JUNE 4.—Arrd. Industry, Tregarthen, Alex %, and sailed for Hull. si l invit• JUNE 3.—Ad. Elizab, Pratt, Rdam, an of '3 ,, blh for Shoreham.rr 5. Arrd. eth off, Guilielm otter o le Santeur d , Ite i .„""Y; Johannes Hoge ; Prasmussen, Havannah for Ant ; Monttose, Davys, St. John's, New Brunswick. Ar t V 4I °UTII ' JUNE 3 and 4.—Wind variable and li g ht.— Sy Cornwall, Richards, for Quebec; Liverpool stea mer, Gibraltar, &c. Sld. Clyde steamer, E wing , W est Anna Mary, Stephen, Liverpool ; Active, Hutewn- C` l ettli I Lord Fanmure, M'Neil, Gloucester ; Gazell e , 'terp l Z Nuit. Syra, Brown, London ; Sarah, Hervey, "nni nn , , Emperor, Bainbridge, Cork. Off port, George Co 6 ' Harvey, Porto Rico, sailed 3d ult. •IV n k, Ju • eatil e E 2. —Arrd. Albion, Maugliam, , Odessa; Princess, ' Qt. John's, Newfoundland. .Albien, eq t e ; Viola, Wilkinson, do. ; Defiance, Kitton, St. John's, ;: 1 1,te lte "illswiek ; Argestes, Bitton, Liverpool. 3. Georgiana, I's Belfast %Irrt,, Lb ss JUNE 2.—Arrd. Wellington, Fyall, Rouen. 3. f,sltierr., Crocket, do. Sld. Lady Emily, Store, Quebec ; •p;:.4r4, Retzlena, Naples. 4. Saladro, M'Kenzie, Val "-ti°l Arethusa, Davidson, Leghorn ; Hotspur, Malta. 1 ') t 'b u l b lEs. JUNE 3.—Arrd. Medora, M'Pherson, Trinadad. ! , ;.: 4 , s ai i :%„lN, JUNE 3.—Arrd. Lady Faulkner, St. John's, N. 8.; racket, Benicarlo. Ski. Garonne, Antigua; Eagle, Ic ee , • ' 11 :41,... 1'a41. "'m JUNE 2. Sld, Abercrombie Robinson w -eon), ---!Cane ; Auckland, Jones, --• 1 1 4 4: 1 °Ati, 2.—Sld. Harmoy, Quebec. 1.•414. ,rrd L, JUNE 4.—Wind variable and light. 5, N. N.W. Janet and Catherine, Sutter, Palermo ; Hoste ,,, Sld. Ripley, Ca,leutta ; Gipsey, Rio; Vanlia, 1 4 , ; Lily, Messurier, Hayti; St. Vincent, Shepherd, ; Lauriston Fanning, Jamaica; Ontario, Ja ,Aew Orleans ; ' South Carolina, Owen, Boston ; , °1 441 41.4 , Smith, Montreal ; Scotland, Buchanan, Quebec ; t ‘ nb istsm, Kettrick, Bay Chalt ur ; Britannia (steamer), vitk G lentanner, Wylie, Africa ; Veracity, Getting, Ci hlNt „ Il ia • William ' Reishton, Smith, Lisbon ; Athena, ,„`"aleu'tta; Alice, Ansy, Barbadoes ; Eliza Kellick, ; Ellen Brno ks, Hamilton, New Orleans ; Cons -110,..r;'.10ck, Quebec ; Fenella, Smardan, Gibraltar. " 41 ), JUNE s.—Arril. off Bella, Alexandria. Tll L, ~ -- - - M - '-', aIAIthETS.-(TS DAY.) : u et , CORN EXCHANGE. ,:l'Ply ;leek's arrivals were tolerablv good, and the fresh 1 1 1 1% 1 . 4 17 .ell Grain was moderate. The best Wheat fully etiill . .,".its value, but oilier qualities, including Foreign, N. maintained their previous rates. 'Barley rather dearer. bt!'l4l,4pd Peas unvaried. Oats did not sell so freely as on "IN ' out were Gd. to Is. per quarter dearer than on Monday. li t t ra e , liiV A `, 4 slack demand. rai .R444 ---3 Ok' GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK N I Wheat. Barley. o!ts. Flour, Pop ' ........... 5,61 , qr5. 1,109 qrs. 11,9 7 3 qrs. 6,156 snits tn ............ 33 t..'30 L',Bl:k sBO %., 4 •. ....... 27,001 - k,360 636 `•. e j it ill . e , rRiCES ON BOARD OF SI , IP % .,:: .. :%11:•‘ °I ) ......... a. -a. Beans, Small (new) ..... .... 37_s 3s. ..4..„:_ t ei lt,e (ol,i) _... ........ .......-...-=- (o 14) ...... .. ~ 1 , 1 4 6a . 2. ............, 1.•;, , , 1141 ) sos. 541. Tick (new) •••C ............ bas. 60;. --- ow) 38..405. '..:\.%tl.erfine Hs. 64s - Harrow (new) ? , 1 , .315. ' •.....1\ 4. , ! t e (1841)....5:5. S's. N„,,.."....i nie ... ........ 608. 635. Brank . .....,, . '‘), p,‘."Perfille .65a Ivs. Oats, k ced Net.. 1e,235. "' NI n free fr..ls. 726. tll,. 25.. b.,..z,..... \ '3' c ...Z ; ; ........ ...................... 2 :3 1 1: .. g:.. - Poland Ncw r., fac - Potatne ~741 t kaltin in ,..g ~-_-‘ • ' TT ow -.1 -s. 24..275. ~,-,,,,.. ... "a ........... ;;u8.13•25. ----- e te . ir.............rai5.5 T cln ‘ , 6 14s. : t hey e 'l s i v •.' ........ A 2 s• 11 , 4 ,'• '- r f, s , wi , per sack).- 54; 575. 1 / 1 4 $ 4w,11 . .... L 1 :1 ) : . . itis s .. 1 iclur Seconds ' '0..545. 1 ''... bo.,4_tres. ............... .348. 365. -.....- North Country 48. , L ij el l. , I l'e ............. 36s ..ISs. Bran 1 41 i 't llun h i SMITHFIELD. Ctr. 1. 1 of Cattle being short, the best qualities were 2d. $ l . e•als ' l lene higher than last week. Mutton unaltered. d„, el ib . T e h t he supply -. was sort, the demand fair, and prices 12 41 a1, e ," , pply of Pigs was good ; the fine qualities only in 17'%1)s . I'4Mb tviillOut alteration. Beast, 2,374 ; Sheep anti t gi to ll , t4) 4, 2 a 7 C °3° ; Pigs, 415 ;Calves, 210. Beef, 3s. to4s. Gil. ; '‘. li d. • 1 .0 4s. 4d. ; Veal,3s. 2d. to 4s. 10d.; Pork, 2s. 2d. l Lamb, ss. to Gs. 1 181 . ?11 r r e t i r b. t lli t ilt er e Ivit • TEA MARKET. 4 Me s.i t s ,s lalls . e business done, but holders were firm, and ' Company's Congou could not be had on per ll ( I' l 4 tha t TALLOW MARKET. t 5 01 1,,. on 0 , -t firm, but the demand limited; 48s. 6d. for P.Y. -4 4 "'e spot and 495. 3d. for delivery in the last three of t he Year.' IN tis k ders a The market sk hi g h er ,va r s a s, t . e a s n , ti b ly tat su th p e pl t ie ra d d . c operated with eau 1141111tter _e. .PIIOVISION AIARKET. )4:in.e)l4llo:•itli a ... fair sale ; fine Dutch at 965. l to . 9 b :s s . t s. qr d 4tlGoslYt:t6trs. to I 49z. 6d. Lard dull of r , a r e s. , . lams lower, with few buyers. Ai °Pi a xwell' -------- ti ',',ion s of "fleet-or O'Halloran" is It4 t ile, i s a !' kin& of men," and his follower, .Marc Antony "reaping golden 1,,,'5, i ll ~Tiproving vastly in favour of the ladies. The 14411IrisA number just published, between this thorough iti.l,'' esl i „ ti C, and the widow O'Leary (landlady of a way-side lik4qrrits ever ore among the most humourous and diverting 1 ,1 w i th .1' Imagined 41 comic romance ; and these arc corn (.",t‘th,. , 4 " skri o..nrti :r)ve) ornailsiliage,".4l which it is difficult. to pronounce . ' ll / 1 I,ci Predomina'taet, Ilibernian parlance, and is rioting, t . '' ll e A l , ,, 4 t o " iiCClol:Cl'Hjarllolorann.a ” nd revelry, gSll;loNSitir f' TIIE THAMES.-011 Saturday }, ti p 4, ihe eu4th instant, the friends of Newell attended at l‘lr. 1 1,. sr 4, el ls, Putue ' . •y, ip corn , phance with a request of Camp -4ld r 4 Lu te dire cted to Newell. The friends of Newell ts,„ 111 )eli w„.l.llave posted the needful, provided the friends of qPlsdi __old.have permitted a fair match, but the friends of , km 14 . 4 h en% wall r rq, to acced . e to the terms, the parties I t' tie t l tl wit hout • • ~zl., , y t h_ In Loming to any satisfactory arrangement, con il 4, 4 ~ atch for the present is off. The match was to SQ, for lOW • . aside, and the championship of the river th '. tl, t e r, ~etsvleneral Steam Navigation Com 1 - '- t ioi llt ' an, Ha. p, n.,, , vessel, Yest er d 1- , from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom uB )' With the Dutch Mail. OVERLAND MAIL. INDIA AND CIIINA. The intelligence from Bombay is of three days' later dale than usual, the mail having been detained until the 4th of May, tr wait for the Governor-General's despatches. Our dates from Calcutta are to the 24th of April, and from China to the 10th of March. The British Indian troops have re-entered Affghanistan, and (have gained higher honours and mare glory than ever. They have forced, with very little l o ss, th e dreaded pass of the Khyber. The redoubted leader of the Affghans, Akhbar Khan, with 6,000 men, has been routed by the garrison wtich he professed to blockade. As if to serve as a foil to these successes, there have been two partial reverses, one of which had during some time been expected, while the other is compa ratively trifling, and can b.: easily retrieved. The British Indian armies to 'the west of the Indus during the months of March and April may be classed under five dis tinct beads, viz., those of -Ist. The Bengal division under General Pollock, which has entered the Khyber pass from the neighbourhood of l'eshassar. 2d. The troops forming the garrison commasded by Genera Sale at Jellalabad. 3d. The Bombay detachment., under the orders of General England, which having gone through the celebrated pass of Bolan, had, after some fighting, taken its stat ion at. Quetta. 4th. The garrison at Candahar, under the command of General Nott; and sth. The surrender of Ghuznee. The division under General Pollock have gained the renown of opening a pass which even Nadir Shah was obliged to pur chase. Having taken due precautions, this division, consisting of her Majesty's 9th regiment of Infantry, arid the 26th, 30th, 33d, 53d, and 64th Bengal Native infantry, and a regiment of Jezailehets, with artillery, in three columns, on the sth of April, forced the difficult pass of the Khyber, and, notwith standing the determined resistance of the Afreetlees tribe, sue credal in reaching Ali Musjeed, with the loss of only one officer (Lieutenant Cumming, of the 9th, and 13 rank and file killed, and 104 wounded. On the 9th of Aptil the division was at Lundee Khan, whence to the point of junction with the garrison of Jellalabad, nothing like effectual opposition was to be expected. The Sikh troops, who on the occasion attacked another part of the pass, co-operated cordially with the British, and behaved with great gallantry. During the period of theattaekon the Khyber, Akhbar Khan, who with 6,000 Affghans had invested I-Hal:thud, exhibited great eagerness, as if to aid the tribes around the pass in de fending it. On the evening of the 6th be caused a feu cic joie to be fired in honour, as he said, of the repulse which the Bri tish troops had met at the entrance of the pass near Jurnrood. But the gallant and experienced warrior, General Sale, was not to be deceived; he resolved to anticipate what he considered to be an intended retreat of the Sirdar, and on the morning of the 7th sallied forth to attack the Affghan camp. Three columns, composed of her Majesty's 13th Infantry, and 35t.h Bengal Native Infantry, with a detachment of the Sappers and Pliners, supported by a light field battery and a small cavalry force, issued from the " blockaded" town, and completely routed Akhbar.Khan and his 6,000 men, burned their camp, and retook four guns of those seized at the massacre of Khoord Caubul in January last, " the restoration of which is regarded by the troops with much honest exultation." This victory, glorious as it is, has been dearly purchased by the fall of Col. Rennie, whose death, even upon the field of honour, will be regarded as a great calamity, while his memory will be always held sacred, as a brave and worthy officer. The reverse already mentioned as comparativeiy trifling, was experienced by General England at the pass of Kojuck, 63 miles from Quetta, on the march to Candahar. His torce was composed of 5 companies of her Majesty's 41st Regiment, 6 com panies of the light battalion of Native infantry, 1 troop of light cavalry, 4 guns of Leslie's horse brigade, and 50 Poonah horse, having in charge a convoy, consisting of treasure, medical stores, and ammunition, together with 1,500 camels, &c., de stined for the relief of the troops at Candahar. The convoy pro ceeded, without encountering any great obstacles, and without receiv itsg notice from the inhabitants of any contemplated plan of resistance, to the pass, where it, on the 28th of March, found that some field-works had been erected. An attempt was made, by sending 200 men to attack those works, to dislodge the enemy, when they showed a strong force of infantry and cavalry. Capt. May, of the 41st, was shot dead, as well as several of his men. Major Abthorp, of the 30th Native Infantry, was cut down (he died of his wounds on the following day), when the Gene ral resolved not to risk the loss of the convey, and made a skilful retreat to a neighbouring village which he defended, and thence withdrew to Quetta, where he intrenched himself and waited for more troops, then on the march from Dadur and Sukkur, to join him. The loss on this occasion, besides the officers mentioned, was 2 sergeants, 1 corporal, and 14 privates of the 41st killed, and 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 50 privates wounded of the light battalion. Of the 20th, 25th, and 6th Regiments Bombay Native infantry there were 9 killed and 18 wounded. The great difficulty of the position at Quetta has been the want of forage for the camels, and the efforts of the Government are directed towards enabling the troops to proceed onwards as speedily as possible. As a contrast to this reverse, a force from Candahar, which was sent by General Nott to meet General England, having been attacked, after two day's march, by a large body of Affghans, gave the assailants such a reception, as obliged them to take to flight. They are described as fighting with reckless bravery, and charging up to the bayonet's point; they there fore suffered a great slaughter, particularly as they were charged by the British cavalry during their flight. About 300 are said to have fallen, including five of their chiefs. The loss on the side of the British was five killed and 25 wounded. The Commander of the British force was Col. Wymer. Candahar is stated to have ab un d an t p rov i s i ons , b ut t h ere is want of am munition. The pass of Kojuek can, as it is now affirmed, be easily turned. 0 f we the h a e v v e e a n i t r e a dy been calculated to produce enabled to the inform most the striking public. sionlt i the surrender, on the Ist of March, by Col. Palmer, of the celebrated fortress of Ghuznee. The letter of the Colonel, whose regiment, the 27th Bengal Native Infantry, formed the garrison, will be found in another column. Attempts have been made in India to excuse his conduct on the ground of the difficulties with which he had to contend, but it certainly does appear strange that a commandant should ven ture to surrender such a fortress upon the authority of a letter received, as it were, from his superior by the hands of an enemy, and that he notifies that surrender not to that superior, but to another officer placed also in command of a distant garrison, and which latter officer has immortalized himself by his gallant defence. The opinion which we have always maintained that the disastrous occurrences at Caubul (and nosy at Ghunzce, the garrison of which place is described as having in March suf fered the same fate as the troops of Caubul in January, the soldiers being massacred by the Ghazces, or dispersed, and the officers being prisoners for the sake of their ransom), are to be ascribed to the want of efficient military arrangements and proper precaution, and not to the prowess of the Affghans, has been confirmed by the publication of several orders in Council. These orders were published on the receipt of the news of the fall of Ghuznee, and are as follow : " The Governor-General in Council has directed that the Commander-in-Chief will submit the conduct of Licutcnant- Colonel Palmer, in surrendering the citadel of Ghuznee, to the judgment of a Court-martial, at the earliest period at which such Court can be duly assembled. The Governor-General in Council has already (on the 28Th of January last) directed that a full military inquiry shall be made into all the circumstances connected with the direc tion and conduct of the troops at Caubul, at tie earliest period at which such an inquiry may be practicable. " The Governor-General in Council has now directed that the conduct of Major- General Elphinstone in Afghanistan shall be submitted to the judgment of a Court-martial, at the earliest peri.Al at which such Court can be duly assembled. " The Governor-General in Council will further direct that a full inquiry shall likewise be made into all the political func tionaries employed at Caubul, at the earliest possible period after he shall be in possession of certain material documents, of which he has already ordered the immediate transmission to Government. " By order of the !light Hon. the Governor-General of India in Council, " T. H. MADDOCK, " Secretat y to the Government of India." The fate of Affghanistan forms now a curious problem. Shah Soojah, who by temporising and truckling to his enemies, and by many other manoeuvres available amongst the Affghans, had contrived to secure himself a precarious existence in the Bala Ilissar at Caubul, has at length, as it is now stated, been murdered. Ills sons have, as it appears, taken different parties, one or two being favourable to the British alliance, while two or three are opposed to it. Various factions are described as at present contending for the shale of influence and power, and general confusion, uproar, and bloodshed prevail in Caubul. Shah Kainram, of Herat, nephew of Shah Soojah, atter a long contest with his Vizier, Yar Mahomed, is also stated to be dead; so that Affghanistan, from the frontiers of Persia to the mountains west of the Indus, may be regarded as in perfect anarchy. In the mean time Lord Ellenborough, accompanied by two or three secretaries, had set out from Calcutta to the upp er provinces of Bengal. His object in this journey is stated to be twofold—first, to be enabled to communicate without delay with the Generals of the army west of the Indus, and the offi cers commissioned with the management of those provinces; and next, to introduce some reforms there. His Lordship, whose decision and promptitude are highly praised, has, it is asserted, required that the Commander-in-Chief of the Army should quit his cool retreats at Simla in order to join him at a more central position. The want of vigour, which was much felt from the beginning of November last, whAn the Caubul insurrection broke forth, for Lord Auckland hesitated to com promise his successor by any active measures, is no longer com plained of. In the interior of India general tranquillity prevails, except that in Bundelcund a movement, which is more particularly noticed in our Private Correspondence, had taken place. The Governor of the ;Madras Presidency had published stringent orders respecting the late insubordinate proceedings of some native troops at Secunderabad. Subscriptions to a considerable amount had been entered into all over the country in favour of thst widows and orphans (unprovided for by the regulations of the Government) of those who fell. during the recent disasters at Caubul. A commercial crisis has taken place at Calcutta; but confider.e.s was beginning to return. A large sale of opium was effected there on the 18th, which produced the Govern ment upwards of 300,0001. The steamer India arrived in Cal cutta on the 9th of April, after a voyage of 28 days, from Suez, having been delayed 11 days at different places, chiefly by taking in coal. She went iuto dock immediately, and was advertised for another voyage to Egypt about the 28th ult. The cholera has committed frightful ravages at Kurachee. Her Majesty's 22d Regiment had lost 98 men in six weeks up to the 24th of April. The ship Ilarriet, bound for London, took fire and blew up at Calcutta. There is a rumour of Lord Ellenborough's intention to reduce the great salaries of the higher branches of the civil servants, particularly in Bengal. Tharawaddie, King of Burmah, whose movement towards Rangoon produced " a sensation" some time back, was occu pied at home in suppressing a rebellion. The British troops sent to Moulmein, is order t o keep him in check, are therefore at liberty to be removed to other places. The Chinese soldiers who drove the Sikhs out of Thibet ap peared disposed to revenge themselves upon the invaders by attacking some of the frontier garrisons of the province of Cashmt re. This attempt is important, as it may lead the Bri tish Generals, on terminating the campaigns in Caubul, to turn their arms against the Chinese in Thibet, and produce, by the defence of the country, the cession of Cashmere and of the Punjaub, by the present weak Government, to the rulers of India. (From the Bombay Times.) We. have received the following letter from Macao, dated March 3, 1842 We have little to communicate on the state of our market since the 7th ult., the date of our last cir cular. Trade at Canton continues face from interruption, but owing to the Chinese holidays, there has been little done either in exports or imports. It is difficult to give any quotations for raw cotton, or British manufactures, prices remaining romi nally the same; but as the dealers are now beginning to re turn to business, we hope shortly to b e a bl e to repor t some ac tivity in our market at former prices. Shipments of tea con tinue to be made on a limited scale. Low Congous may be quoted at 25 to 23 taels; Twankays, according to quality, at 24 taels and upwards. The season's export of tea from Nov. to Feb. 28 amounts to—Black, 17,065,1681h5. ; Green, 3,502,9851b5.—t0ta1, 20,568,1531b5. Freight to England is scarce, and may be quoted at 4/. 10s. to 5/. Exchange on England has declined to 4s. 101. Sir Henry Pottinger is still at Hong-Kong, and has issued the notification alluded to in our lent circular, declaring Hong- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAI EVENING, JUNE 6, 1842, Kong and Chusan free ports, and promising protection to traders touching at Amoy. We have no recent news from the northward. No immediate interruption is anticipated to the truce now existing in this province, and our position in rela tion to the Chinese Government remains unchanged. ,‘ Our opium market has been exceedingly dull since the China new year. A few chests of the new Patna have been sold at 425 to 420, which price is not likely to be maintained on the arrival of the other Cloppers. Last year's Patna may be quoted at 4 , 15 to 440 ; Malila at 340, at which there is no de mand. The Ardasee, from Singapore, with about 900 chests, has not 3 et arrived." BRITISH FLEET AT CHINA. _ _ HER MAJESTY ' S SQUADRON TO THE NORTIIIVARD.—At Chusan, Chinhae, and Ningbo, the Cornwallis, 72, hearing the flag of Rear-Admir a l Si r W. Parker, K. C. 8., Commander in -Chief, Captain Richards; Blonde, 42, Captain T. Boor chier, C.B. ; Pelican, 18, Commodore Napier; Hyacinth, 18, C. Goldsmith; M o d es te, 18, W a t son ; olumbine, 18, Alorsted ; Clio, 16, E. Troubridge ; Algerine, 10, Lieute nant Maitland ; Lady Bentinek, surveying vessel, Commander R. Collinson ; troop ship, Jupiter, R. Tutton ; Hon. Com pany's ship Nemesis, Lieutenant W. Hall ; Queen, Corn . mander W. Warden ; Phlegetha, Lieut. M. Cleverly ; Se sostris, Commander Ormby, India navy. At Amoy, Druid, 44., Captain smith, C.B. ; Pylandes, 18, Commander Tindel (absent); Chameleon, 10, Lieut. Hunter ; Starling, 6, Com mander H. Bettell. Squadron at the mouth of the Canton River—Blenheim (72), Sir T. Herbert, K.C.8., Senior Commanding Officer; Herald, 26, J. Nias • Nimrod, 18, Com mander Glasse ; Cruizer, 18, Commander j. Pearce ; Royalist, Lieut. Chetwood ' • Young Hebe, 4, Wood ; lion, Company' s ship Hoogly, Mr. Ross; Ariadne, Roberts, India na v y. Cl-10i ESE PROCLAMATION.—(TRANst A rt oN .) " The assistant Great Minister, She, and the awe-exciting General Yik, proclaim to the inhabitants of the Lin district, in the department of Ningbo, and of the districts o f Ti ng t ur and Chiiihre, for their full information. Since the rebellions barbarians caused trouble end con ' fusion, and usurped possession of the cities ( Tinghaa, &c. ). the people have suffered great calamities, a fact deserving of the most indignant hatred. Ye, people, that you should have been exposed to and suffered the calamities of war, and your families be separated and scattered, has excited the su• preme Ruler's commisseration, therefore he ordereu his Ge nerals to lead forth the troops to rescue you from the midst of water and fire; his favour has reached the extreme degree. " In the first instance the General Yik and the Minister She, had proclamations engraved, that the intense anxiety of the supreme Ruler might be universally known, and we suppose it is already fully known. We have no w heard that the rebellious barbarians dwell in each of the cities, mixed with ye, people, in mutual repose, without disturbance ; but do ye know why the barbarians for awhile forbear to slaughter and involve ye in calamities? Let the righteous people of the provinces of Fokien and Canton be a warning to you, who have been troub'ed and attacked by the same enemy. We are apprehensive that you have followed them, because a few cannot oppose the many, and, by a necessary consequence, all of you have been thoroughly frightened; therefore their proclamations are little to be trusted, or their favours, seeking to knit you in ad herence to them. But ye do not se e k - for safety beyond the present time, and certainly are ignorant that the grand army is now on its march to exterminate the rebellious foreigners. But they will either place you in the van o f t h e battl, ex posing your heads to the flights of arrows and stones, or will cause you to make false reports of the distresses and sufferings of the people, in order to delay our attack. But if the opportunity is lost, again will come great confusion and carrying away into captivity, and they will satiate them selves by spoiling you of your wealth ; yet you carelessly, morning arid evening, abandon yourselves to repose, and soon you will be involved in infinite trouble ; but, that you should be dragged by and tied to them, is a circumstance much to be pitied. We, the General and Minister, are apprehensive, when the cities are destroyed that the precious gems will not be distinguished from the worthless pebbles, and that your lives will be sacrificed. On this account, we proceed to issue secret orders, directing that from all your villages and neighbourhoods they be secretly circulated. And within the present month regulations will be established for you to secrete yourselves either in distant villages, or on the bord ers , or i n t h e recesses of the hills and banks of rivers, where for a while you must mutually depend on your relations and friends ; moreover, you certainly must not come in advance of, or before the army, which will draw upon you the suspicion of being traitors, and when a clear discrimination is made deep calamities will already have been suffered. The time of the plan of the grand army for sweeping away the rebellious barbarians will not be long; then you can return to your dwellings, and all enjoy the happi ness of supreme tranquillity. If when the grand army arrives, and protection is sought at its camps, then if good and faithful subjects, and traitors cannot be distinguished, but through mis take, they chanced to be slaughtered, the anxious thoughts of the Supreme Rulers for the people's lives will meet with a most ungrateful return. As to our intentions of exterminating the barbarians, and tranquillizing the good, do you all take them as a warning ; and the established regulation by flight to save your lives, keeping the barbarians in ignorance, that your lives may not be dragged in their chains, when you will not be able to escape from them. It is on this account that these secret orders are issued." INDIA. FALL OF GHUZNEE. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. This important fortress, the capture of which threw such lustre on the British arms, has we regret to say, fallen into the hands of the Affghans. Colonel Palmer is safe in the town of Ghuznee, but how long he will continue so is a serious ques tion. If he keeps his arms in his hands and listens to no se condary treaties, he may, probably, reach Candahar eventually. The Caubul treaty is a deep and impressive lesson, which lie cannot fail to benefit by. Fort William, Secret Department, April 14, Itti42. The following copy of a despatch from Lieut.-Colonel Pal , mer, commanding at Ghuznee, to the of f icer commanding at Jellalabad, is published for general information, by order of the Governer—General in Council : " Ghuznee, March 1, 1842. " Sir,—lt is with much concern I acquaint you that, from want of water, and by an overpowering force, under cover and within fifty yards of us in the city, I have been compelled to enter into terms to evacuate the citadel and fort within six days. The garrison is to occupy the north-cast corner of the town. The garrison is exhausted by fatigue and constant duty, and the men have suffered severely from cold, the thermometer having been 14 below zero. The terms are honourable treatment and safety whilst here and on the march to Caubul, solemnly sworn to by the Chiefs. In capitulating, I have only acted up to the orders of Major Pottinger and General Elphinstone, who directed ma in an official letter to evacuate the city and citadel on the arrival of Roohilla Khan, the Sudar of Logna. The chief arrived and promised to escort us in safety to Caubul. Amour Shamsooder Khan, nephew of Dost Mahommed Khan, has also arrived, as Governor of Ghuznee and political agent. I received instruc tions to march immediately on his arrival for Caubul, from the late Sir W. M'Naghten, Bart. Abandoned as this garrison has been in the very centre of the enemy's country, cut off from all communication with any quarter, and without a suffi ciency of water even at this season, with 200 men detached to hold an outpost which is destitute of water, and must have fallen inforty-eight hours, nothing but capitulation remained. From the outpost falling into the hands of the enemy, they would command our only well and commanding fort, and the whole garrison would have been destroyed in a few days. The bearer has received only subsistence on the road, and is to re ceive a handsome reward on delivering this letter. We have upwards of 100 sick and wounded, and 137 casualties. The officers, including Captain Burnett, 54th, and Lieut. Crawford, S. S. Force, are all well. (Signed) " J. PALMER, Lieut.-Colonel." G H El ZNEE. (From the Bombay Times.) The insurrection which broke out at Caubul on the 2d of November appears almost simultaneously to have manifested itself at Ghuznee, 90 miles to the south, and thus much further from the Peshawur frontier. On that day Captain Woodburn and 150 men were cut to pieces 40 miles to the north. A few days after this Lieut. Crawford, in charge of about 100 prisoners, narrowly escaped ; his baggage .fell into the enemy's hands, and the greater portion of his men were killed. From the 7th of November to the Ist of March, nothing definite or intelligible was heard from Ghuznee. By the beginning of December the country round was completely snowed up, and though we from time to time heard of the town being filled with insurgents, anti Colonel Palmer sorely pressed by the enemy, as his com missariat was believed to be well supplied, a hope was enter tained that he might hold out till relieved by General Nott from Candahar ; or that he might, so soon as the country was open, be able to retreat without assistance. About the end of February water began to fail him, the enemy appear to have increased in audacity, and on one occasion they were driven back by a gallant charge made on them by the Sepoys, who bayoneted them in great numbers. A despatch from him, of the Ist of March dispelled the allusion as to his safety. His original forge, which consisted of the 27th Bengal Native infantry, with some artillery, was considerably under 1,000 strong—latterly probably not more 700 ; of these, 137 had fallen in the course of the siege, and about 100 were sick or wounded; 200 men were detached holding an outpost, where water had become so scarce that, within 48 hours of the date of the despatch, it must have been abandoned. The enemy was under cover in overpowering force within 50 yards of the garrison. The thermometer had, for some time, been 46 degrees below freezing. The garrison were exhausted by the fatigue of incessant duty, and disheartened by their total isolation ; and, under these circumstances, there appeared to be no choice but capitulation left to the commander. He ' states that, in consequence of this deplorable pass, and of hav ing received orders from Sir William M.Naughten to retire, he had agreed to evacuate about the 6th of March. The city was at this time filled with Ghazees, the religious Mus , ulmati fanatics, who had worked so much wee at Caubul ; and these were here, as they are everywhere, and at all times, wholly beyond the eontroul of the chiefs. The ground was thickly covered with snow ; and Colonel Palmer, at the conclusion of his despatch, expresses fears for the safety of the force. They were to have proceeded immediately in the direction of Caubul, on their way to Jellalabad, under a safe conduct from the chiefs. Nothing whatever having since this period been heard of them, there remains scarcely any reason to hope hut that they have all likewise perished. According to a rumour lately prevalent in Scinde, three or four of the officers were in the hands of the enemy as prisoners. Thus have the Ghazees avenged the massacre of the prisoners under our authority when Ghuznee was taken by Sir John Keane. On the 21st of July, 1839, it was captured by us, with a sacrifice of 500 of the enemy. It was surrendered by us about the 6th of March, 1842, with a lois, it is to be feared, of the whole garrison and camp followers, amounting to upwards of 1,000 men. at the head of the Sappers and Miners. An attempt on the last-named body by a heavy force of the enemy's cavalry was , repelled. The tro o p s L av i ng accomplished the objects of the ' sortie in examing the ground around the wall, where neither mine nor gallery could be found, retired in perfect order into the fort, without serious casualty of any sort. For the next twelve days constant skirmishes appear to have occurred betwixt our foraging parties and the Affghan horseman. Provisions once more beg an t o run short ; and on the 25th, a strong foraging party having been sent out in quest of supplies, they were attacked by a large body of the enemy. The-e were readily beaten off—not, however, before Captain Broadfoot of the Sappers and Miners had been severely wounded: he is now recovering. It was said by the end of the first week of April their supplies would be entirely exhausted. A few days after wards, however, a.very successful sortie was made-500 sheep having been seized, and brought into the fortress. On the sth of April the rumour ran that General Pollock had been re pulsed, and the following morning a salute was fired from the Afighan camp in honour, as it was understood, of the defeat. As it was reported, in addition to this, that troops were being s'espatched to meet the advance from Peshawur, as also that A khbar Khan was about to withdraw his force, Sir Robert Sale resolved to attack him with all his force before his depar ture, with a view of driving his enemy off from General l'ot_ lock, of relieving the blockade, or of chastising them so lung as within reach, according to whichsover of the reports might chance to turn out well-leur.ded. The force marched out ac cordingly at daybreak on the 7th, and, after a brilliant action, defeated the enemy on every point. Our total strength scarcely exceeded 1,400 men ; vet, with this, 6,000 of the enemy were put to rout—their guns, four in number, taken from the Caubul force captured—and a heavy loss (it is said 500), in killed and wounded, inflicted on them. The Gallant Colonel Dennie, of her Majesty's 13th, was killed when in the act of leading his column to the attack of a fort which the enemy very obstinately defended. The defence of Jellalabad, maintained fur a period of nearly six months of severe fatigue, suffering, and privation of every sort, has thus terminated with one of the most brilliant victoriest an immoderate since 1815, crowned the Brit i sh arms. \v o e e meted out i n re l at i on to t h e d eserts o f mr Dar which g offi to tc e b and if it b e a d m i tted that a Baronage was o requital f or th e services of Sir J. Keane, a en.rnn rewardsod e ra has, e rse, Dukedom would scarcely recompense General Sale, or an Earldoin ' with a pension for t en generations, be too much for General Pollock. ACTION AT JELLALABAD. The following is the despatch of General Sale, with the official details of his victory over the Affghans. It is addressed to the Assistant-Adjutant-General, Captain Ponsonby : " Jellalabad, April 7. " Sir,—lnformation was on the evening of the sth instant brought into this place, in the most positive and circumstan tial terms, from spies in the encm's camp, to the effect that the force under Major-General Pollock, C. 8., had met with a reverse in the Khyber, and retraced their steps towards Peshawur, and about ten r.sr. on the 6th a .fue-de-joie and salute of artillery was' fired by Mehomed Akbur. which was said to be in honour of the'event.• It was on the same day, and through similar channels, announced to me that the Affghans were sending reinforcements to aid in defending the frontier passes. Although I could not wholly depend upon these state ments, which were improbable in themselves, and accompanied by counter reports of another revoluton at Caubul, which was assigned by some as the cause o f th e re j o i c i ng at the defeat of the Affghans in Khyber, and by one account, of the intended and even actual retreat of the Sirdar to I.ughman, I came, on a full consideration of the various circumstances and rumours, to the resolution of anticipating the last.mentioned event by a general attack on the Affghan camp, in the hopes of relieving. the place from bl oc k a d e , an d f ac ili tat i ng General Pollock's ad-- ranee. I accordingly gave directions to form three columns of infantry, the centre consisting of the 13th Light Infantry, 500 rank and file, under Colonel Dennie, C. 8.; the left, of the 15th N. 1., 500 rank and file, under Lieut.-Co . Monteith, C. B • and the right, of a company of this 13th Light Infantry, another of the 35th Native Intantry, and the detachment of Sappers and Miners under Lieutenant Orr, the severity of Captain Broad foot's wound still rendering him non-effective ; the whole, 360 strong, commanded by Captain Havelock, her Majesty's 12th Light Infantry. These were to be supp or t e d b y the fire of the guns of No. 6 Light Field Battery, under Captain Abbott, to which Captain Backhouse, S. S. Artillery, was also a'tached, and by the whole of me small cavalry force under Capta n Oldfield and Lieutenant - Mayne, The troops issued from the Caubul and Peshawur gate at daylight this morning. So far from the Sirdar having made dispositions to avoid the en counter, the whole force, not falling short in all of 6,000 men, was formed in order of battle for the defence of his camp; the right resting on a fort, its left on the Caubul river, and even the ruined works within 800 yards of the place were filled with Ghilzic marksmen, recently repaired forstout resistance. The attack was led by the skirmishers and column under Capt. Havelock, which drove the enemy in the most satisfactory manner from the ex treme left of his advanced line otoorks, which it pierced at once, and proceeded to advance into the plain, whilst the central column directed its efforts against a square fort, the defence of which was obstinately maintained. With the deepest regret I have to mention that, whilst leading his re giment to the assault, Colonel Dennie, C.B. of her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, received a shot through the beds:, which shortly after proved fatal. The rear of this work having been gained by passing to its left, I gave orders for a combined attack on the enemy's camp. It was in every way brilliant and successful. The artillery advanced at the gallop, and di rected a heavy fire on the Afghan centre, whilst two of the columns of infantry penetrated his line at the same paint, and the third drove his left back from its support on the river, into the stream of which some of his horse and foot were forced. The Affghans made repeated attempts to check our advance by a smart fire of musketry, and throwing forward heavy bodies of horse, which twice closely threatened the troops under Captain Havelock, and by opening against us three guns from a battery screened by a garden wall, and said to have been served under the personal superintendence of the Sirdar ; but in a short time they were dislodged from every point of their position, their cannon taken, and their camp involved in a general conflagration. The battle was over, and the enemy in full retreat in the direction of Lugh man by about seven r.st. We have made ourselves master of two cavalry standards, recaptured four guns lost by the Caubul and Gundamuck forces, the restoration of which to our Government is received by the force with much honest exultation ; and destroyed the whole of the enemy's tents. In short, the defeat of Mohamed Akbar by the force which he boasted of blockading has been, in the open field complete and signal. The fall of an officer so distinguished as Colonel Dennie will be felt as a public calamity. Lamenting it in every way, I must share with his country, his regiment, and his friends, in the consolation afforded by the reflection that he was killed, most gallantly performing his duties. I have to express my entire saisfaction with the conduct on this occasion of Lieutenant-Colonel Monteith, C. 8., com manding one of the infantry columns under my own eye; of Captain Wilkinson, on whom the charge of the ether devolved on the death of his Lieutenant-Colonel; of Captain Oldfield and Lieutenant Mayne, who led the cavalry ; and of Captains Abbott and Backhouse, and Lieutenant Davis, artillery. The able and judicious manner in which Captain Havelock moved the force tinder his command, which acted on a line so distant as to render the manoeuvres independent of my immediate control, demands my particular and separate commendation. My acknowledgments are also especially due to Captain Wade, my Brigade Major, whose exertions on this day were, as they have ever been, most meritorious. To Major Fraser, of the Light Cavalry, who acted as any Aide-de-Camp ; and to Captain Mainwaring, Commissariat officer of the force, who was present in and active in the field; Captain Macgregor, political agent, handsomely offered his services with No. 6 Light Field Battery, and was most useful in serving the guns. Lieutenant and Adjutant Wood, her Majesty's 13th Light In fantry, made a dash at one of the enemy, and, in cutting him down, his charger was so seriously injured as to have been since destroyed. Captain Havelock reports in the most favourable manner the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Cox, her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, who was the first to seize the enemy's guns after the party which captured them. " I have the honour to be, &0., " It. SALE, Major-General." OFFICIAL DESPATCH. "TO CAPTAIN PONSONDY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. " Jellalabad, March 12. " Sir,—Do me the favour to acquaint Major- General Pollock, C. 8., that since 1 la't addressed you, the enemy have, in fur therance of their plan of establishing a rigorous blockade, daily insulted the place by throwing masses of skirmishers into the ravines and hollows round the walls and behind the remains of mud forts, which are so extensive that no industry has enabled us wholly to clear them away. It has been their practice to plant their standards in csnspicumis points of the circumference thus occupied, and to keep up a constant fire of musketry upon the parapets. 1 have resisted these attempts by the fire from batteries. We have sustained few casualties, and those of the enemy have. I suspect, been uniformly serious. On the 10th in,tant, the covert advance of the Affghans was particularly persevering against our northern face; towards evening our spies brought us information that the enemy were driving a mine in that direction, and though I entertained great doubts of the correctness of the statement, 1 thon,e,ht it prudent to ascer tain the truth by sortie. On the morning of the Ilth I placed under the orders of Lieut.-Colonr 1 Dennis 300 men of the 13th, 300 of the 35th, and 200 of the corps of Sappers ; having at the same time directed Captain Oldfield to move on with the cavalry into the plain to the southward, and endeavour to fix the atten tion of the enemy in that direction. The Lieut.-Colonel sallied out by the Peshawar gate, a little after day-break, and his column swept steadily round into the low ground to the northward. Contrary to expectation, this was found to be abandoned; but a strong piequet of the enemy's foot occupied a salient point on a rising ground, which commanded it. From this they were driven in a most spirited manner by Captain Broadfoot. at the head of the detachment of Sappers and Miners, and he pursued the retreating enemy into and beyond a tower and garden-wall, of which he took and kept posseasio r . The 35th, under Captain Seaton, and Captain Wilkinson s company of the 13th, were then established as skirmishers around the ruins of old forts; also the remainder of the 13th were held in re serve. The cavalry appeared the same moment, and supported the left flank of our line of occupation. An examination of the ground proved that neither shaft nor gallery had been com menced, and I therefore directed the troops to withdraw. The whole camp of Mahomed Akbar was by this time in full alert, and heavy masses of cavalry and a cloud of foot were pressing forward towards our skirmishers. Our cavalry appeared at the same moment as the 13th, and supported the left flank of our line of occupation. Our detached retired here in the most perfect order, and their fire, and that of our guns and mortars from the walls, kept the Afghans in check in the most satisfac tory manner. On our extreme right their horse made an at tempt to ride in upon Captain Broadfoot s pa r t y, b ut a volley from the Sappers and Miners brought them to a halt in evi dent discomfiture. Our loss in wounded was very trifling.— I have, &c. (Signed) «R. SALE, Major-General. ir T. H. MADDOCK. ( A true Copy.) " Fort William, April 5." The Agra (Mar Extra of April 15, states that on t h e Ist of April, General Sale, observing some flocks of sheep grazing a vlr lL , within 800 yards of his position, ordered the whole supported by 300 of her 111ajesty's 13th Foot, and 200 ca of a the 35th Native Infantry, to sally out by the South ern gate, while the Sappers issued by the northern. In a few minutes the General had the satisfaction to see the enemy's covering parties routed, and 500 sheep an d goats captured. This opportu ne supply was seized with the loss of only one private killed and seven wounded. CANDAIIAR. Our former intelligence from Candahar extended to the second week of March, at which time the force und er G enera l Nott, amounting to 7,200 men, bad received no annoyance since the 12th of January, when the successful encounter with the enemy, detailed in our summary of the Ist of April, had occurred. He had at this date become straitened for money and ammunition, and a reinforcement of 2,500 men, with convoy of 6,000 ca me l s . 100,0001. in money, and 600,000 ball cartridges, were in orders to proceed, under. General E ng l an d, to his assistance. On the 6th of, March General Nott moved out against the insurgents, with a force composed of her Ma jesty's 40th, with the 10th, 3Sth, 42d, and 43(1 Regiments of Bengal Native Infantry, a wing of Macan's Horse, and Ander son's guns, consisting of four nine.pounders. Considerable skir mishing ensued, and several villages were destroyed by our men and given up to plunder. When the Affflhans had got our troops decoyed a sufficient way out, following at. last a detach ment of only 2,000 strong, the principal body consisting of about 5,000 foot and 1,000 horse, doubled upon us and re turned to Ca n d a b ar , w h ere they arrived, and i mme di ate l y tco k possession o f t h e o ld t own , on the evening of the 9th. Next morning they a tt ac k e d, an d n early got possessio n o f a port i on of the city, having effected a lodgement at the Herat gate, and commenced setting fire to the houses. Had they Peen stteceSorttl, the position of Qom' l'iQtt Would have been peri'ous indeed. The bulk of our Artillery, with the 2d Bengal Native Infantry, the Ist, 2d, and sth Shah's Infantry, with the Ist Cavalry and Skinner's Horse, amounting to 2,700 had been left behind, and gave them so rough a reception, that they were speedily dispersed, leaving from 600 to 1,000 killed or severely wounded. The insurgent army on this broke up, and quitted the neighbourhood altogether. Gen. Nott returned in safety into Candahar on the 13th. after a seven days' absence. This defeat for a time appeared to have produced a strong impression throughout the country. The aggressions of the enemy were fur a period interrupted, and supplies of provisions, previously withheld from us, began once more to be brought into our camp by the natives. It is probable that the schemes of the enemy had been greatly dis concerted, from the failure of a well-planned but unsuccessful stratagem, from whose results important consequences were expected to have flowed, and that it was deemed expedient to break up the army, according to the custom of the country in such cases, till some other and more promising project was devised for our annoyance. For three weeks subsequent to this nothing was heard from Candahar, when a rumour reached us that an army was collecting and moving from Ghuznee westward towards it ; the same, probably, which had been re lieved from besieging the force of Colonel Palmer, believed have capitulated and been destroyed about the Ist of March. On the Ist, Col. Wymer, with a couple of Bengal regimen's of irregular cavalry and guns, about 1,500 in all, marched nut from Candahar to meet General England, and when three marches on his way westward on the Quettah road, was at tacked by a body of the enemy, 3,000 strong. They burst on us with fury, charging up to the bayonet point. A few well-directed volleys, however, soon thinned their ranks, when our cavalry, dashing in amongst them, put them to the route in every quarter. Three hundred of them are said to have been left dead on the field of battle including five of their bravest chiefs. Our loss amountedd o five killed and twenty five wounded. It is pobable that Colonel Wymer would hear of General England's retreat before he advanced much farther to meet him ; and that he would, in this case, retire on the main force, or wait further orders where he was, provided the state of his commissariat permitted. Our last Quettah letters, of date the 12th, state, that at Candahar there were six months' supplies for the soldiers, but little ammunition, and no money or medical stores. It these could not be pushed on in time, it was beiived that they would call in the force of 1,100 men at. Kelat-i-Ghilzie, eighty miles off, and both fall back on Quettah, nhere our people have been busily engaged since England's re treat in constructing fresh defences for the force. Lieutenant. Pattenson, who was wounded so severely when Captain Gold ing of the Jasailehees was killed (28th December) is dead. Around Candahar all was tranquil, hut it was believed that the chiefs had gone towards the Kujjuck Pa-s, in the hopes of ob taining booty. It seems to be allowed by all hands thip the gallantry and good conduct of the troops in Western Aflghan istan must have led to very different results had they been under the guidance of fitting generalship. A very strong wish is expressed throughout the military circles, in these parts, that Sir Charles Napier should obtain command, when a change might be looked for in the fortune of the war ! RELIEF roil CANDAHAR—GENERAL ENGLAND'S ADVANCE AND RETREAT. As already stated, General Nutt's force had, by the end of February begun to suffer severely from the want of carriage— the whole camel conveyance they could command being inade quate for more than one-third of his supplies, when necessary to move to any considerable distance from camp ; the com'nis sariat was well provided. but ammunition was getting scarce, while medical stores and money were nearly out altogether. The reinforcement and convoy destined for their use was ordered to move from Scinde in three detachments ; the first of which, under General England himself, quitted Dadur on the 9th, and reached Quettah on the 16th March, having lost 300 camels in the snow, while ascending the Bolan Pass : some 15 of the men were frozen to death, and considerable ap prehensions entertained for the safety of the brigade. The first detachment consisted of a wing of her Majesty's 41st (445 bayonets), 374 of the 6th Native Infantry, with details of the 3d Light Cavalry, the Poonah Horse, the 20th, and 25th Native Infantry, with four guns—in all, about 1,200 men. These had 2,000 camels, 45,000/. in silver, with ammunition and other stores in convoy. The second detachment, of about. equal strength, with 2,000 camels and 90,0001. in treasure under Major Simmons, of her Majesty's 41st Foot, left Dadur on the 28th of March, and ascending the Bolan Pass without molestation, reached Quettah on the 4th of April. The third portion of the brigade left Sukkur between the 10th and 12th of April, and may be looked for at Quettah about the 7th of May. It consists of the 12th Native Infantry, With a squadron of the 3d Light Cavalry, amounting to about 1,100 men, commanded by Major Reid ; they had 2,600 camels in charge, with a multitude of other beasts, bearing medical stores, ammunition, and treasure. When assembled, the whole force just arrived at, or under orders for Quettah, would amount to about 4,000 men. General England, as already stated, reached Quettah on the 16th of March, but had only remained a few days, when he found it necessary (on the 26th) to move out towards Pisheen, a valley some twenty miles off, to protect the people, who were favourably disposed to wards us, against the insurgents, and to obtain forage for the 1,500 camels which still remained to him, supplies of this essential not being procurable at Quettab. During the first two days scattered parties of insurgents were seen along the line of march, and some skirmishing ensued. On the 27th, the troops passed the village of Hykulzie, and were re ceived in the most friendly manner by the chiefs. Not the slightest hint was given by them that any interruption or annoyance was intended us, though it must have been per fectly known to them that two month's labour had been expended in parricarting the pass, a few miles in front, and that Mahomed Sedeeze was posted in the hills close by, with a strong force just arrived from Candahar. On the morning of the 28th considerable numbers of men were seen on the hills on either side of us. These were at first supposed to be scouts or marauders. Further on, a group of low hills skirted the road, betwixt two of which lay our line of March. That on the right was strongly barricaded ; tbat on the left covered with irregulars. The light companies of her Majesty's 41st, and the 21st and 25th Native Infantry, amounting in all to 180 men, were ordered to charge up the hill in line (!!)—as it was imagined the enemy would de camp on their approach. Instead of this, they kept them selves concealed within the works, and the moment that the 4tst crossed the cress of the barricade, a rush so desperate and irresistible was made against them, that they were compe.le.l in stantly to retire, leaving Captain May, two sergeants, one cor poral, and fourteen privates, dead upon the field. On descending the hill, hotly pressed by the enemy, a body of cavalry, which had the day before arrived from Candahar, wheeled round the flank of the hill and fell upon the rear. Here Major Aptliorp, of the 20th Native Infantry, fell covered with wounds. He survived two days, and expired on his return to Quettab. reserve of the remainder of the 41st covered the retreat of the storming party, which formed itself into a square to re ceive the enemy near the bottom of the hill. The Affghan horsemen, finding these impenetrab'e, retired in good order, leaving many of their dead under our bayonets. Of 470 men who had been engaged, including the reserve, 27 were killed and 71 wounded. The enemy appear to have suffered severely. Mahomed Sedeeze, the insurgent leader, appears to have headed the charge in person ; he received a bayonet wound in the shoulder. Six chiefs, with about thirty others, were killed, and fifty were severely wounded ,in the affair. They fought with the bravery and enthusiasm of religious zealots ; and it is confessed by all our officers that a finer body of irregular horse than that which charged upon our squares was never seen in Affghanistan. The utmost gallantry was displayed by our men. The sepoys entreated permission to charge up the hill again, but were refused. The 41st were also most anxious to renew the contest. More than half the brigade had been em ployed in protecting the baggage. It was resolved to re tire to Quettah. Our troops having moved off the field, spent the night of the 28th in a ruined fort, three miles to the left. They reached Quettah with but little molestation on the 30th. In the course of these pre ceedings it had been discovered that the Kujjuck Pass, sixty-three miles from Quettah, and consequently eighty four from Candahar—the total distance betwixt the two being 147 miles—was blocked up, the enemy having for months been engaged in constructing field works for its defence. It had now become apparent that so close was the compact, and so univer sal the feeling against us, throughout the country, that of all that was passing beyond the line of the picquets we were in total ignorance. On the Ist of April General England wrote to Candahar, informing General Nott of his retreat; stating to him, also, that supplies would only be pushed forward in case of extreme emergency : that the passes must first be opened by a combined movement from the east and west. It was pro posed by him that a light brigade, without knapsacks or other incumbrances not indispensable, would move from Quettah as soon as a similar one had marched from Candahar. This last was instructed to bring mortars a'ong with them, these being considered necessary to carry the barricades. This move ment could scarcely have commenced from either point earlier than the 15th of April, and most, we should think, con sidering how entirely all communication is interrupted, be undertaken over 150 miles of rough and irregular country with the greatest hazard. General England seems to have lost all hope for the present of forwarding troops to Candahar, the brigade destined for its reinforcement being now considered necessary at Quettah, where strong intrenchmen:s are being thrown up. We do not quite comprehend the reason of this sudden alteration in General England's resolution, as there seems to have occurred no such change in the state of the Shawl country, betwixt the 28th of March and the Ist of April, as to make the presence of '2,500 men, which, at the former date, were partly on the way to reinforce General Nott, nee essary at the latter one for the protection of Quettah. We must confess that, considering the military talent displayed of late amongst our commanders above the Bolan Pass, we con sider our position in Western Affghanistan at once gloomy and precarious. JELLALABAD. The troubles of the gallant force which has for the space of five months (since the 12th of November) been shut up in Jellalabad, arc, Nye trust, by this time at an end. If the success which attended General Pollock's movements at the commence ment, when the most formidable of his difficulties were over come, has been continued to him throughout, he must have joined Sir Robert Sale, with all his force, about the 15th— the united armi es , on his being effected, most probably falling back on Peshawur. Our last authentic intelligence from this quart"r is contained in Sir Robert Sale's despatch of the 7th April, though letters come down to the 9th. The five wek ki intervening between these t ico periods, have been more fertile in the events of interest, than any other similar space since the close of the first month of the blockade. Throughout the earlier portion of March, the enemy had insulted and annoyed the garrison by throwing swarms of skirmishers into the ra vines and hollows round the walls, and behind the numerous mud forts in the vicinage, which it had been found impossible entirely to desroy—and from the cover thus afforded them they maintained an incessant fire of musquetry on the parapets. On the 1 0th the Affghans showed themselves more than usually audacious and persevering. On the same evening informa tion was received that a mine was being driven at the northern face of the fort; and though General Sale considered that there was much reason to doubt the accuracy of this, he resolved on making a sortie to ascertain the fact, and check the boldness of the enemy. On the morning of the I I th, 300 of her Majesty's 13th, under Col. Dennie, with 300 of the 35th Native In fantry. and 200 Sappers and Miners, at daybreak moved ont from the Peshawur Gate, and swept steadily round the low ground to the spot where the enemy was said to have broken ground. The cavalry, under Captain Oldfield, at the same time appeared upon the plain towards the south, to distract the attention of the Affghans. The post where the enemy were expected tp haye been met unexpectedly proved to have Just before been abandoned; a strong picket in the neighl.ourhood was gallantly driven in, and pursued to a considerable distance, by Captain 13roadi ot, SCINI)E. Through the past month Scinde has been everywhere perfectly undisturbed, the robbed' s in the Bulau Pass hardly deserving the character of disorders. There is, deed, scarce a single occurrence of note that has happened betwixt Dadur and Kurrachee, betwixt tho 15th of March an d 26th of April, the period over which our present review ex tends. '1 he movements of the troops upwards, under General England on the Bth, and Major Simmons, of her Majesty's 41st Regiment, on the 28th of March, and Major Reid, of the 12th Native Infantry, now on his way, have already been noticed. The heats are beginning to set in in Scinde, and betwixt the Ist of May and the Ist of October the country becomes nearly impassable for troops. had it been determined to move a force this season through Egypt, with a view to expedition, in arriving any time within the period just indicated, they must remain inactive throughout the mon soon at Bombay, or the heats at Kurrachee. Cholera prevails to a sad extent at Kurrachee, her Majesty's 22d having buried no fewer than 98, not includinc , women and children, betwixt the 6th of March and the 23Sof April. Of the depot of her Majesty's 40th twenty-four had died. No officers have as yet suffered. On the 26th of April there had only occurred one case among the troops. The Bengal 19th Native Infantry was daily expected at Sukkur from Ferozepore, to supply the place of the 12th and other trocys now on their way to Quettah. The Bombay 17th Native Infantry has gone by steam to Kurra chee on the 18th, 19th, and 22d of April. CAUBUL. Intelligence of a recent date (not ascertained) has been re ceived at Jellalabad from Caubul about the Bth of April. Another revolution was reprrtcd to ha. , •e taken place, and the rumour will most probably turn out well-founded, though not as yet authenticated. The Shah Soojah was said to have been shot in his litter when coming out of the Bala Hissar—a cir cumstance this also extremely probable. Our hostages and prisoners, both here and at Futteabad, were safe and well — though some of them had of late been less kindly treated than formerly. It was said the chiefs were anxious to negotiate for their release; and our conviction is that with Generals Pollock and Sale, now at Jellalabad, anti likely to fall back for the pre sent on Peshawur, very little difficulty will be found in recover ing, by threats and pri.mises conjointly, the whole of the cap tives. The Shah Soojah has written a long letter to the Go vernor-General, endeavouring, it is supposed, to exonerate himself from the suspicions entertained against him of having caused the recent insurrection, or connected himself with its leaders. He lass the blame of our discontents which gave rise to it on the shoulders of the politicals, and states that if his ad vice had been listened to by the Envoy the present aspect of affairs would have been widely different. No further proof against him has come to light throughout the month. Such is the whole c f the meagre intelligence we can now gather from the city so lately the heacf-quatters of our army. FORCING THE KHYBER PASS. This defile, one of the most formidable and impenetrable in Asia as a line of wintery defence, extends from Jumrood up. wards in the direction of Jell a l a b a d w ith ou t interval for th e space of twenty-eight miles, throughout twenty-two of which it hat hitherto been reckoned impassable for an army when the inhabitants had determined to oppose them. From Jumrood, where the pass opens on the Peshawar side, to Ali Muijid, the dell is deep and uninterrupted ; and the celebrated fort just named, which stands on an isolated hill in the narrow near the middle of the defile, completely commands it. Here it is so sickly that the troops we have endeavoured to keep in the fort have, from time to time, been nearly all swept away. For about seven miles beyond Ali Musjid, the ascent is somewhat uniform till it arrives near Lundee Khana, where, for a couple of miles, it stretches out to the face of a frightful precipice, like the galleries by which the Simplon is traversed. General Pollock had mustered a force of nearly 8,000 men at Peshaw r by the end of .March, but was anxious, before moving, that the two brigades under Colonels White and Bolton, then on their way to join him with an additional force of about 4,000 men, consisting of her Alajesq's 3d Dragoons, the Ist Light Cavalry, her Majesty's 31st Foot, the 63t1 Native Infantry, with Artillery and Irregular Horse, should arrive. This, how ever, was impossible, as Jellalabad required immediate succour. The 3d Dragoons reached Peshawar on the 30th :March ; the Ist Cavalry and tith, and 3:3d Native Infantry were left behind : while Colonel Bolton's brigade, consisting of her Majesty's 3lst, the 6th Native Infantry, with the Artillery and Irregu lar Horse, cannot arrive before the 20th April. A peculiar arrangement had been made, by which the Khyberees agreed to secure a quiet passage for us on payment of 5,0001.-2,000/ before hand, and the balance after we had reached Ali Musjid. The lesser of the two sums was actually paid to them ; but they either broke faith or found themselves unable to control the other tribes ; and are said to have returned it. Nadir Shah, a century before, had paid them 100,0001. f,,r the use of the Pass; and the Kings of Caubul had allowed them 8.000/. a-year for safe passage through their country ; the continuance of this latter payment we had sanctioned two years since. On the sth of April, the army moved into the defile, n hich was obstructed at its entrance by heavy bar ricades of stone. The principal portions of our troops took possession of the heights, covered by a tremendous fire of grape and shrapnell from ten pieces of artillery. So soon as the hills were occupied and the defile cleared by the guns, the principal columns w ith the baggage moved along the dell, end reached Ali Musjid the following evening, with very trifling loss. The enemy was supposed to have mustered not fewer than 10,000 men; but finding their position completely turned, they seem speedily to have lust all confidence, and fled. 'flie remaining 13 miles, leading on to Lundee Khalil, at the head of the Pas , altogether, was traversed almost without opposition by the evening of the 9th. On the 10th our rear guard reached liakka, eight miles further on. It is probable that by this time the Khyhcrees had learnt of General Sale's victory un the 7th, and become completely disheartened. The casualties in curred in the course of this most perilous advance are singularly insignificant in amount, and the dangers of the ascent are now viewed as almost entirely over. It is probable th a t J e ll a l a b a d will be attained by the 15th April, the distance to be travelled over being no more than 47 miles. Thus by the admirable skill of the arrangements, and the patience, valour, and good conduct of the troops, has the Khyber Pass, hitherto believed to be impenetrable in the face of opposition, been forced. The effect of this will at once be felt throughout Central Asia. Candahar, Gliuznee, and Caubul had, within the period of modern history, often yielded to the arms of victorious ene mies ; the Khyber Pass was never forced till now. It is to be hoped that, with these splendid triumphs, the Govern ment of India will rest satisfied. Should we by this line seek to penetrate to Caubul by the fearful Tezeen route of 90 miles stilt before us, and strewed by the remains of 13,000 unburied dead to remind us of past disasters, we may not only undo what has yet been accomplished, and peril what has been won, but throw ourselves further back than we were before our posi tion was restored by Generals Pollock and Sale. We have. from the resent brilliant successes, obtained all in the way of retrieval of our position which any rational being can desire. In asking for more than this, we must seek the slaughter of a people for the guilt of endeavouring to drive the invaders of their country and enemies of their faith back within their own boundaries, and we may chance to threw away the laurels we have now so gloriously won ! CASUALTIES.—TotaI killed, 15 ; wounded, 104. Her Ma jesty's 9th Foot, Lieut. Cumming killed. Officers wounded-- Brigadier Wilde, very slightly ; Capt. Ogle, her Majesty's 9th Foot, slightly; Lieut. 3luleast er, 64th Native Infantry, severely. 'I he following is the official account of the gallant operation, sent by General Pollock to the Supreme Government. It is dated from "Camp Sullat, Chunee, near Ali Musjid, April 6, 1842. " Sir,—lt is with feelings of much gratification I have the honour to report, for the information of the Right Honour able the Governor-General in Council, the following detail of operations. undertaken and carried into effect against the Afradees. Yesterday morning, at half-past three, the troops were under arms, the camps struck, and, according to arrange. ments previously made, the treasure, ammunition, and baggage placed on the road leading from Jumrood towards the entrance of the Khyber Pass. The enemy had for some days appeared in great numbers at the mouth of the pass, which they had for tified with a strong breastwork of stones and bushes. The hills on both sides were rocky and precipitous, presenting great natural obstacles to the ascent of troops. To gain the summit of these heights, defended as they were by a numerous body of the enemy, was an undertaking of considerable difficulty. The column, destined to accomplish this most important movement, moved off simultaneously with the main column intended to assault the entrance, but were compel!ed to mate a considerable detour to the right and left to enable them to commence the ascent. The right column, under the command of Lieut. Colonel Taylor, her Majesty's 9th Foot, and Major Anderson, 68th Nati ve Infantry. The left column, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Mosely and Major Huish, commenced tins ascent, led by Captain Ferris's Regiment of Jezailchees. Both columns, after considerable op position, which they overcame in the most gallant style, stir_ seeded in routing the enemy, and gaining possession of the crest of the hills on either side. While the flanking columns were in progress on the heights, I ordered Captain Alexander, in command of the artillery, to throw shrapnel among the enemy, which assisted much in their discomfiture. As Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, from the opposition he met with, was some time in reaching the summit of the hill on the right, I detached a party under the command of Brigadier Wild, to assault it in front ; it was, however, so very steep near the top, that notwithstanding the undaunted gallantry of the officers and men, they were una bl e to gain a footing on the summit, and I regret to say that many were enabled to throw stones with fatal effect upon some of the grenadiers of the 9th Foot. Finding the heights in our possession, I now advanced the main column to the north of the pass, and commenced destroying the barrier which the enemy had erected on perceiving their position was turned; a portion of the right anti left columns being lett to keep the heights, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Mosely and Major Anderson respectively, Major Iluish and Lieut.-Colonel Taylor continued their advance to crown the hills in front on each side, which were covered with the enemy, who appeared determined to combat every inch of ground; but nothing could resist. the gallantry of our troops, who carried everything before them. A position of considerable strength above the bridge now remained to be carried, and again the Jezailchees were conspicuous in forcing the enemy to relin quish their strongholds. Crowning parties having taken pus ses,ion of their heights, all opposition on the part of the enemy may be said to have ceased, as no large body of them has since come in sight. The nature of the arrangements made for the protection of the baggage will be best understood when I state that not a single baggage animal has fallen into the hands of the enemy. " It now remains for me to perform the pleasing duty of stating how much I feel indebted to the officers and men com prising the force under my command, for their zeal and devo tion, and unflinching valour, in performance of the very arduous duty which they have so nobly executed. " From Major-General M'Cuskill, It. LI., commanding the Infantry division, and who was on this occasion commanding the rear-guard, 1 have received every assistance, es likewise from Brigadier Wild. To Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, K. 11., my warmest acknowledgments are due for the spirit, cool. ness, and judgment with which he discharged the duties in trusted to him. When officers and men, European and native, have all so gallantly performed their ditty, it is diffi cult to select the names of particular individuals, but I can not omit the names of those who so admirably led the troops to storm the heights, viz., Lieutenant-Colonel closely, 64th Native Infantry ; Major Finish, 26th Native Infantry; Major Anderson, 64th Native Infantry ; and Captain Ferris, commanding the Jezailchees, whose conduct excited the delight. and admiration of all who beheld them ; indeed, 1 consider much of the success of the day may be at tributed to their gallantry. I have also to express my satisfac• t ion with the manner in which the artillery was served by C a p.. tain Alexander, commanding; the precision with which shrap• nell gas thrown caused considerable loss to the enemy. To Captain I'onsonby, my Assistant Adjutant-General ; Captain Coddington, Assistant Quartermaster-General; Captain Ala eadam. Deputy Judge-Advocate-General ; and to Lieutenant Pollock, A.D.C., I am much indebted for communicating my orders at different times during the day. " I cannot conclude this despatch without requesting you will bring to the particular notice of .he Governor-General in Council the very great assistance I have received from Cap tains Mackeson ai.d Lwrence. Captain Mackeson's know ledge of the localities was invaluable to me, by enabling him to point out those heights which required to be crowned. Both these officers came on to the ground which 1 now occupy. Captain Lawrence returned to Peshawur yesterday, and Cap tain Ma.:keson proceeded with the force. Captain Sir Rich mond Shakespear volunteered his services to accompany Lieu tenant-Colonel Taylor as his Aide-de-Camp, and took command of the men lately composing the garrison of Ali Alusjid. His exertions throughout the day were most conspicuous and un ceasi og,. I must here observe that from the character of the opera tions, and the very great number of the enemy, estimated at about 10,000, I found the force under my command nnmeri cally deficient, and in consequence the troops suffered severely from excessive fatigue. . " There were some of the enemy's horse in the vicinity of Ali Musjid, but I regret they did not wait for Brigadier White and his brigade, to make an example of them. I have, &c. (Signed) " G. PULLOCK, Major-General, Commanding troops West of Indus." Another despatch, dated April 7, states : " In my last communicatio❑ I inadvertently omitted to men tion the name of Lieutenant John Becher, acting field engi neer, and have to request you will bring to the notice of the Governor-General in Council the very essential services ren dered by that officer in clearing the pass of the impediments constructed by the enemy." RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING IN FORCING THE KrilElt PASS. Killed-1 European commissioned officer, I colour sergeant, and 12 sepors and privates-14. Wounded— I staff, 2 Europ,an commissioned officers, I fife major; 2 jrmadars, 10 havildars, 2 narks, 1 drummer, and 83 sepoys and privates-104. Missing-1 bugler, and 16 sepoys and privates-17. Total killed, wounded, and missing, 135. (Signed) G. PONSONBY, Captain Assist.-Adj.• Gen. Camp Ghuznee, Lolla Bey, 7th April, 1842. Name of officer killed—Lieut. Cummins, her Majesty's 9th Foot. Names of officers wounded—Staff-brigadier Wild, slightly ; Captain Ogle her Majesty's 9th Foot, ditto ; Lieut. Muleas(er, 64th Native Infantry, ditto. (From the Bombay Times. ) BOMBAY MARKET, MAY 2. We have no favourable change to report or to sta'y of the market fir imports. The month's business has again been of the most limited description, and, as regards prices, but another stage in the gradual decline which, for some time past has been exhibited. It is long since the port has been so crowded with shipping as at present, and while these heavy importations of goods continue, the prospect of improvement must necessarily remain closed. The scarcity of money is still much felt, and tends to increa=e the dulness now pervading almost every branch of our export trade. Freights to London and Liver pool, 3/. and 2/. 15s; at 31. the latter; freight to China is at 16i rs. per candy to Macao. We have no alteration of impor tance to notice in the prices of Government securities. The present value may be quoted—Five per Cent. Tranfer 108 to 101 ; second Five per Cent. Loan, OS; Five per Cent. Loan, SI. Exchange on England at six months sight has remained pretty steady through the month at 21i a 211. But there has been a rise within the last few days, and it may now be quoted at 214- a 21i. Bills at 30 days are at 2s 00. Bills on China have been effected at 206 rs. per 100 dol. Bank Slim es—lit tle fluctuation since the last mail; 23 a 2 , 4 per cent, premium is the market prick. Sovereigns each I. rs. a 1 I rs. ; Bank Notes per 11. 11 rs. a 11i rs. The to n and vicinity of Cahors .were last week visited by a bail-storm, whirls did considerable injury to the crops within iti range. The Journal de Cahors asserts that mite of the bailitono were of the volume of large sited eggE, ;-- FROM TIIE SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE GI FRIDAY. At the Court at liuckingl;ain Palace, the 3d day .f June, liM2, present, the Queen's most Excellent Ma jesty in Council. It is tins day ordered by her Majesty i n C ounc il that Ma Grace the Ar c hbi s h op of Canterbury do prepare a form of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God for his late mer ciful preservation of the Queen from the atrocious and trea sonable attempt against her sacred persor, on Monday the 30th day of May last; and that such form of prayer and thanksgiving be used in all churches and chapels in Eng land and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-on-Tweed, upon Sunday the sth of this instant June, or so soon as the ministers of such churches and chapels shall, respectively, receive the same, and be continued for thirty days afterwards. W.M. L. BATHURST. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3d day of June, 1842, present, the Queen's most Excellent Ala• jesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that all ministers and preachers, as well of the iistablished Church in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, as of the episcopal communion, protected and allowed by an Act, passed in the tenth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, cap. 7, ( 10, at some time (luring the exercise of Divine Service in their churches, congregations, or assemblies, on Sunday, the .sth of this instant June, or as socn as the ministers of such churches, congregations, or assemblies respectively, shall be enabled so to do, and for thirty days afterwards, put up prayers and thanks giving to Almighty God for his late merciful preservation of the Queen from the atrocious and treasonable attempt against her sacred person, en Monday, the 30th day of May last. WILLIAM L. BATHURST. Some discoveries were made on Sasurday by the police, connected with the charge of high treason, for which Francis stands commit,ed. About three or fuur o'clock on Friday afternoon, several persons canal at the shop of Mr. Geerge Havener, a pawn broker, of No. 19, Tothill-street, Westminster, and stated that the pistol which Francis had discharged at her Majesty had been purchased at that shop. These observations were re garded merely as jokes, and no doubt exists that in some in stances they were so intended. However, between four and five o'clock Inspector Hughes, of the A division, dressed in plain clothes, visited the pawnbroker's, and upon examining Mr. Street,the shopman, found that a person answering the descrip. Lion of Francis had purchased a pocket pistol of him on Friday afternoon, the 27th ult., for the sum of 3s. The pistol, it appeared, bore the name of Smith, and had been pledged about 18 months ago with Mr. Havener. The inspector im mediately communicated what he had heard to the Police Commissioners, and the pistol taken from Francis was ordered to be shown to be Mr. Street, who immediately identified it as the one he had sold on the day already mentioned. In the course of Friday evening and Saturday, Colonel Bowan and Mr. Mayne, the Metropolitan Police Commission ers, with Inspector Hughes, had an interview with Sir James Graham at the Home-office; the result was, that a communi cation was sent to Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, and orders were given that Hughes should take Mr. Street to that gaol, for the purpose of ascertaining if he was able to identify the prisoner. This step was taken about ten o'clock on Satur day morning, hut the witness was merely permitted to see Francis as he paced the airing-yard, through the bars of the prison-gate. The precautionary step of others being in the offender's company was adopted in order to test the value of the evidence of identity, and Francis himself was not aware of this important link of the evidence being supplied against kim. After Mr. Havener's shopman had identified the prisoner as the purchaser of the pistol, he returned with the Inspector to the Home-office, where his deposition in writing was taken by Mr. Maille. the Treasury Solicitor, with the view of making his evidence available on the prisoner's trial. SPORT/is/G. The only rar.ecourse habitually patronised by Royalty is As cot Heath. True, her Majesty did once honour Lpsom with her presence, but it must be some untoward accident that shall ever prevent the party assembling at Windsor Caztle for Ascot races. '1 he sport commences to-morrow, and the Directors of the Great Western Hallway are once again liberal only in the number of trains they provide for the conveyance of the publie to and from Slou,zh : there is no Hal way plate or an nouncement of one shilling being added to the race fund by the great. uidcrtaking that makes some thousands profit by the races. Shame. In the calendar, I observe, that 111 r. Brown is authorised by the Master of her Majesty's buckhounds, to print the card and sheeet lists. So long as we remember, the cry has been, " Oxley's correct card :" the change has been attributed, by the morning Radical paper, to the politics of the printer, which I no:ice merely for its absurdity. It is the Earl of Rosslyn's opinion that her 111ajesty's tradesmen should share, and not monopolise, the patronage of the Court—a system so totally contrary to Whig- Radical principles that of course they cry out. There will be seven races run to-morrow. Out of the 19 acceptances for the Stakes, some ten or a dozen will come to the post, but the ground is so terribly hard, that the la.t prepa ratory gallop may do up any one c f them. Rhodanthe and Monops arc turned loose, and if they arc beat., I fancy a three year old will win, but this is only a fancy. As the allowances and penalties are rather confusing in the conditions attached to the Gold Vase, presented by her Majesty, I give the neFght each hoise must carry, and, I believe, accurately : Beeswing, aged, fist 41b St. Francis, aged, 9st 91b Eringo, 4 yrs, ost 41b The Nob, 4 yrs, 9st Muley Ilamet, 4 yrs, Bstilb Bosphorus, 6 yrs, Bst blb Jack, 3 yrs, ist 31b Eaglesfield, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b Pannakeen, 3 yts, Est 131 b Albion. 3 yrs, 6st 131 b Rosalind, 3 yrs, Est 121 b Yorkshire Lady, 3 yrs, Est 81b Filly by Touchstone, out of Adela, 3 yrs, Est 81b It must be observed that Bosphorus gets the greatest al lowance, and 'faith he deserves it, for he has in the last three years started 23 times and won only once. viz., in the match with Camelino ; nor must it be forgotten that Bloomsbury gave him two stone in the Cesarewitch Stakes and beat him, both then four years old. It Auld be a race between the old mare and the favourite for the Oaks, but the latter was coughing at Epsom. and may not have reco vered. Canadian can hardly have recovered his lameness : the Ascot Derby, then, is between Sir Ilarry and Arehy. Auck. land, another Epsom invalid, receiving bibs., meets Firebrand in the 290 Sots. Stake : the mare for choice : the horse cannel t.e himsilf in the time. In the Trial Stakes, Meal, second ii the Oaks, meets Satirist, the weight being more in favour o the old horse than in the Craven Stakes at Rasom. He- Majesty's Plate has clost d with so respectable an entry, that Wedn?sday will not be the blank day it so often is, net only here, but at Newmarket, Doncaster, and other places. There are also stv,inteen catered f r the 50 Soy. Plate. A horrid rumour is afloat that our old friend. Lanereo t, is to be deprived of his chance fur the cup, because entered as a six year old instead of an aged horse, the weights being the same in either case. I hope to state in a postscript that this is not to be the case. I believe the old horse never was eo fit, and I need not say he never had such a chance before. Beeswing, St. Francis, Eringo, The Nob, and Jack, are on the ground. Judex stood on Lanereost last year, and it is not probable he will desert an old friend in his old age, hut in his absence he is not prepared to say, as the public imagine, that Beeswing winning is a certainty. At present there has been no money hardly laid out on this far and wide exciting race. Many thousands have ere now changed hands in the settling for the Ascot Cup, small as the field has often been. In 1837 four started, and Touchstone won. In 1838, three started, and Grey Mo. mus won. In 1839, four started, and Caravan won. In 1840, seven started, and St.. Francis won. In 1841, six started, and Lanercost won. It is impossible to say how many may rue on Thursday, every one of the horses arrived being also entered in the Vase excepting Lanercvst. There will be seven other races, without heats—an intolerable nuisance at. such respec table meetings as Ascot and Goodwood. Twenty-seven horses are named for the Grand Stand Plate, and let us hope this handicap will be rather more like a race of that description than the same List season. Beyond the two classes of Woking hams, there will be no sport on Friday worth mentioning. The Goodwood entries are out. There are 51 subteribers to the Cup, and one hundred and thirty-eight horses named fur the stakes. Why, what a farce is this? No man in Eng land shall handicap them within half a mile, and he may have a manth to do it. I have before now advocated the division of this stake into two classes, the winners of each to run again, allowing the beaten horses so much weight if they pleased to challenge ; but I am now of opinion that there are horses' enough for three classes, a plan formerly adopted with the greatest success with the Oatlands at Newmarket. June 6. JUDEX. The Lanercost question is settled, and he may run, and wilt too, if he likes. STATE OF TRADE.—In common with other parts of the British Empire, Boston and its immediate neighbour. hood have been subjected to the almost universal depression of trade. The annual fair—the " fortnight" market—" pack rag " day—have all passed by, and lett very little money be hind them. In the midst of the beautiful summer, with the promise of a continuance of excellent. weather, there is little doing; many mechanics ale unemployed, tradesmen,will starving and the labouring classes are badly provid'.d •this end ? All hope of salutary measures of relief f rom,Peel '°Bribery Parliament ''has long since ceased.—S tanford Mercury. at.on on e, a i t landed her til e pas_ ths Tint Genernl Steam Antwerp steam-ship Rainbow, Captain .1. Fife, which left after of I\ s t g l e l a i Capt. onl y Phillips,l(lTlehite s y c e n s g t, , ,, r , s by t a pr e t r u i s o , , , ,.i i l rk at. w l, h o a l r n f, in i t i l i t a c c s k rrirning, after a pleasai s i t t ii r OsasmteenCiloalt7ipiainneyo's'esloue'akmla-st night, and landed her passengers at London-bridge Wharf shortly after ten this morning. —The new steamship Princess Royal, Capt. J. W. Mortis, belonging to the same Company, arrived f rom E dinburgh this morning ; made the passage in 41 , , 4 hours. At a public, meeting of the Governors and sup porters of the Lock Hospital. Asylum, and Chapel, held on ;Saturday last, at the Thatched House Tavern, it was stated by the Report that the new building, when completed, will fernish accommodation in the hospital for fifty male and fifty female patients, and in the asylum protection would be afforded to fifty females, while th e c h apel would accommodate 1,200 persons. The gross estimated deficiency, however. of the establishment at the present moment, is 10,08 9 /. Subscriptions to the amount of 2,000/, were announced. A Belgian lady, 71 years of age, known for her excessive avarice, afthough • possessor of 25,000 fr. a year, has just been condemned by the Tribunal Correctional of Brussels to two veers' imprisonment, for ill-treating and nearly starving her neice, a woman of 45 years of age. This conduct, which has continued for some years, has reduced the unfortunat, wornitll to a state of imbecility. THE LATE ATTEMPT UPON THE QUEEN'S LIFE. THANKSGIVING PRAYER. A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for his late merciful Preservation of the Queen from the atro cious and trea , onable Attempt agairst her Sacred Person. ors Monday, the 30th of May, 1842. To be used at Morning and Evening Service, after the General Thanksgiving, in all Churches and Chapels throughout. England and Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the sth of this instant June, or so soon as the Ministers thereof shall receive the same ; and to be continued for thirty days after wards. Almighty and Everlasting God, Creator and Governor of the world, who by Thy gracious providence hast oftentime s preserved Thy chosen Servants, the Sovereigns wham Thou has set over us, from the malice of nicked men; we ( - Lir unto Thee our humble and hearty thanksgivings for Thy great mercy rose again vouchsafed to us in frustrating the late traitor. Otis attempt on the life of our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria. Continue, we beseech Three, 0 merciful Lord, Thy watch ful care over her. Be thou her shield and defence against the devices of secret treason, and the assaults of open violence. Extend Thy gracious protection to the Prince, her Consort, the Prices of Wales, and the whole Royal Family. Direct and prosper her counsels, and so guide and support her by Thy holy Spirit, that evermore trusting in Thee, she may faith fully govern thy people committed to her charge, to their good, and to the glory of Thy Holy Name. And to us and all her subjects, 0 Lord, impart inch a measure of thy grace, that under a deep and lasting sense of Thy manifold mercy, we may show forth our thankfulness unto Thee, by 1o)al attachment to our Sovereign, and dutiful obedience to alt thy commandments. Give ear, we be Thee, 0 merciful Father, to these our supplications and prayers, which we humbly offer before Thee in the name and through the Mediation of Jesus Christ, cur only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. rollEN