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

THE OPEN' THEATRE• SIDE KEINIBLE• have' been opened g ,with the opera of nedy frcUn the pel i 'lertrude's Cherries. lo.wever,,been post" sequence of the lir' A placard; of w hich, ted on the doors °L ant-garden, 3 o'elocl 4 ?pt. 3, 1842, public is respcctfullj increased indispusv Laving experienced o tours, the opening 0i until Saturday next , 7mances will be giveg 2 )f the hour at which greater number Of ?sent at the opening this postponement' o'clock parties c on' rs, and great w as the •et with which thei was delayed in C Ow gland's prima eloog, he subscriptions re' urgh from all coal' 2d to 3,630,000 mars he account of the fi re >f Tuesday, the 1 01" Sillcm, a. liambul for the sufferers, volence afforded, tt, lay followin g , by arg, after the day I 'l remittance of 10,40 1 d on the Tuesday t . „ ° ' * was known, to n 3 tr i le subscriptions w1)1, the Committee hio: , ontributions made , „," Led remitt e d direv üblished at Hambult whole sum raised 0001., independent, Government and r ? CATTLE: A ice of cattle in Crial to prevail among v, ock to market uncle t the quantity of foro t f materially to affect i o the panic, ascribed, ch prevails among ys the animal bet eized, .unless re lief Monday last, 1 , he prices .Very • Mr. Phillips, undef Department, is 0 1 his • sutesior is Od long enjoyed the r is known to have n is Bills for his CI 11 the Right Hon.'" , artment • • —Air. Hastings, at Limerick, has iving come to the e and anxious Jetting in frauds 11 ;# landing waiter of ' 4 O high character. ;ed with partici* Homersham, :ers ; • and their v i .; meanwhile the,' • of these officers 1 / 0 e of all that is 1 0 0 the systeai and e . t o s implicatedia `•; to prove that sow !ry in the City 90 , 6 1 -cut es for the pr'; public may, 110‘ i justice will he (I°l3 ss than four Sur' reporting. to the tter may be pro the dispatch Will turday afternoo n vere thunder stor m , ,f girls; who %ore old engine ho' f l s t fr here before two red. 12.—Yesterday'',1 son and daughfrs et, Lambeth, &O.") sstances : —lt O) at the breakfa st to his bed-roorn , tering in blood, eit siaht the dreadful a ct. n i et; New Cut, insaii ad had ceased to t It is stated al/ kin - lately being o Otr'y, which no aused him to tle' l ;efore. ATr. Chal l d / ;ter, on the bodY,.F ad been entered clubs, for which s. Another cbili, which n e arly a 51°, 'runt burial cluN triking and susrif nest, that not leo4o died under the deliberation, rc tr o f the want of fel , tassed they knei i -DEALERS _l~ last. The Qua ke it 4 tese Bonds, so thait, o th e C o rn Mark e l )ses • It•is this kind of st°C,l", a questiOn with oft, , T 1 at a sacrifice, ty, ;e holders of corl"oi he:, sacrifice upt'L l (1, 1 , n which will 'r ol l? that the new sl f 111 any depression was announce d le on foreign el o r 7s of Mexica ll market for the Pt, depression in tbe 1 ;RIMENTS 0/111 0S THE 10111417 Jay, Vice-Ad i t' i i, l. /' Right' Hon. in ..Admiralty er,,e; !tor-General 0t,.4., 'acy, Colonel I,,Ppi C.B„ nel Chalmers , tnant-Colonel f?, iser, Shone, fwilt, F the - Royal Ar t : / fo , :witnesi experli! y Captain Nortall' fired f rom ch " , man eight . in 3 2 - pounder shl'A thirty shot dit, 3111 t of the exPe`"sl", elusively to -da),'',,ei ' not burst, and wis inch 'shells on till . and three bufs,ioll; sells one burst 511 fr, moun d pur pos . 0 % t t very well, bur h the object li • r ef," 4 1`„, , Tal Lord secretary to th e 4 d mitore of frto ;e well 10°0 or( gallant a nd t o od; battles with 1. 1 .00,.1 1 lee, in the Pe rj o 'r; mentioned Iv e r , lll ,o lf .j. :' Brigade of Salamanca, "On resented with a of', which he w o l, lath, and subseloolei ft distingilislP 01) ' toyed upon W e i P e bold was th° o f ! /1 , 1 1 ich the rol es o o le tit • h upon his his Lord to the late, P°. A tilif f' • tcEß.—On PA-14 f those outrage Lao districts of ti di t o a formidable ".ficie;,,, ance of the li zif the countrY Ile ihhaNtal lts ' Is to visit the E 0 • ria;' lbourbood of pli e d to call in tliCit:,ll4eili 3 immediately 'e Out a faVotll'itinl Agitatbrs, wh°,o;,,P no small 0 1 1.1 14 ,"eat , the establish"' 0 0 ' ce of. WarstO.' I, returned 1 13113 . c. o , " 'ay. In c o n to of t pe e Al t of the recr ui as been issueti fie re' directs that eVerfirie nto ffileign aiud of berviee, ains 6a-way. OVERLAND MAIL. CHINA, INDIA, AND AFFGIIANISTAN. The mail from India has arrived, and we have papers and letters from Bombay. of the 19th of July. The intelligence which they communi cate, although of considerable interest, is not of a striking- character. - • The state of the war in Affghanistan continued .1 - ..L__to be the subject of warm discussion through out- India, arid - the must conflicting rumours were in. circulation as to the decision of the Go !---7----vernor-General. While the opponents of the fu , . 1 0re-campaign asserted that Lord Ellenborough had adopted' the decision of immediately with -- drawing the British troops 'from that country, ' there were . others, who, in the absence of all • official orders, maintained that such withdrawal at this conjuncture was calculated to inflict a most serious injury on the supremacy of Great Britain, and that the arrangements made by the Supreme. Government led rather to the inference that it was intended to use the most determined measures..for obliging the refractory Affghans to enter into satisfactory terms. Of those 'mea sures, one was the formation of " a large army . of reserve" in the district of Sirhind, under the commandof Sir Jasper Nicoll. The name given to this force, which was ordered to amount to 20,000 men, together with the locality selected for its hi - mediate assembling, in the neighbour hood of the Sikh country, and the appointment • of the 'Commander-in-Chief to be its General, led to the supposition that it was riot intended merely to protect the retirement of the British troops from the banks of the Indus,. but to aid their future operations in Affghanistan; Another of those measures was the collection of beasts of burden, which were to be sent to General Pollock, who still remained with his troops at Jellalabad. A body of the Sikh troops, amounting to 7,000 men had also arrived at Jel lalabad, which position they are described as anxious to maintain against the Affghans, even , fif.the British be withdrawn. The negotiations, which were some time ago • regarded as calculated to bring about a settle ment with some parties of the Affghans, having terminated without any favourable result, it can not be supposed that the BritiSh troops, amount ing now to 25,000 men, and fully capable of re • storing our character in Central Asia, are now to sneak .. out of th e country, with an exulting and insolent foe at their heels. The army already in Affghinistan is sufficiently strong for every purpose; and the question is, whetheer this army shall advance on the capital and settle the country, and return leisurely and honourably, or make us the laughing stock of' Asia, by a pre . cipitate and dishonourable retreat, or, in other words, whether the means of locomotion, which must be provided in any case, shall he used for an advancement or retirement. . The plan for the next campaign, now in a state of preparation, is said to have been arranged by the Duke of Wellington in England, and will be to the end of having not only an effective army of reserve in case of any future reverses, but at the present moment of concentrating all the troops in Affghanistan in proper positions until the opportune time arrive of a simultaneous ad vance on Caubul of the divisions under Gen. Pol . •lock from Jellalabad, and of Gen. Nott with his division from Candahar. The caution and reserve with which the final determination of the Su preme Government is kept secret, and the ab . sence of all public documents on the subject, had thrown an air of mystery over the matter "which was favourable to the conjectures on both sides. In the mean time events of varied importance have occurred in Affghanistan. The fort of K.helat-i-Gliilzie has been evacuated in conse quence of the concentration of General Nott's division at Candahar. The Affghans, however, prior to the execution of that order, attacked the former place in considerable force on the morn ing of the 21st of May ; they were, as stated in the accounts of last month, repulsed with consi derable loss. The official despatches published by the Governor-General at Allahabad on the 2d of July represent the conduct of Captain • J. H. Craigie and his t roops as worthy of the - highest praise. There is also in the despatch of that officer a soldier-like simplicity of style which contrasts strongly with other highly in flated documents. Official details have been published of the at tempt made by Akbar Khan, chief of Zeminda war, at the head of 3,000 men, andin conj unct i on • with the rebel force under Prince Suftur Jung, the fourth son of Shah Soojah ' and Atta Ma homed, to take the city of Candahar by surprise during the absence of Colonel Wymer, detached with a large force into the Ghilzee province. On their appearance near the city on the 29th of May, General Nott sallied out at the head of a number of his remaining troops, and soon routed them completely. Prince Suftur Jung, having been deserted by his followers, had subsequently surrendered himself. There were letters received from the army at Candahar, which comment strongly on the im policy of abandoning the country, and of which some, written by persons who se op i n i on is of high value, maintained that the force under General Nott was fully adequate to advance even to the gates of Caubul. From Jellalabad accounts are conflicting of the state of the troops, some exaggerating their want of comforts and the prevalence of sickness. On the other side, the fact is known, that in stead of retiring, General Pollock had sent out a detachment to attack some forts ten miles to the southward. Unanimity and good feeling continued to animate all the troops there, and a strong desire was exhibited for going forward to Caubul, in order to avenge their slaughtered countrymen, and to wipe out the stain from the honour of the British Indian army. The Affghans were divided among themselves, some being eager for forming conventions and terms of amity with the British. The delays in the movement towards Caubul, since the passage of the Khyber defiles by General Pollock's force, .had proved rather advantageous to Akbar .Khan, who having placed his British prisoners in safe custody at some distance from Caubul, proceeded to attack the Bala Hissar, in which Futteh June the third son of Shah Soojah, who is looked upon as attached to the alliance with the British, had defended himself and his father's treasures with ability. The re port of money being collected in the Bala Hissar, roused the cupidity of Akbar Khan and his followers ; they, therefore, laid siege to that fort, and completed a large mine under one of the bastions, which they blew up with such want of skill as to kill numbers of their own men. The Arabs, or best soldiers in 'the service of Futteh Jung, being alarmed for their families, of which they dreaded the slaugh ter from the murderous propensities of Akbar Khan and his partisans, and terrified by the news that the British had blown up the fortifications of Klielat-i-Ghilzee, prior to their final retreat from the country, induced their young Sovereign however much against his will, to surrender himself and his fort and his treasures to the tender mercies of the notorious Akbar, who was afterwards said to have been appointed Vizier. This success, which was by some considered as likely to prove ultimately disad vantageous to Akbar Khan, had, at first, ex cited some alarm among the friends of the British, and rendered the demand for the adop tion of decided measures within a short time imperative. Akbar's adherents would not, it was supposed, long adhere to him, if they had no prospect of plunder. The great cause of the past delay was said to be the want of camels, and an eager search had been instituted for those animals in the north-west of India, for the ser vice of General Pollock's division, for it was ad mitted that there 'vas no deficiency of them in the division under General Nott. The continual outcry for thousands of camels was said by some critics to be rather a bugbear in a country where numbers of bullocks and a hardy breed ofhorses ran be easily procured. The conduct of the Governor-General, who maintained his own secret to the last, or only intrusted it in a strictly confidential manner to the heads of the various departments. has given satisfaction to many, who did not hesitate to ob ject to the clamour which a few were eager to raise against the progress of the armies. The Governor General bad ordered the Incorpora tion of the levies raised for Shah Soojah into the army of Bengal. The latest letters from Jellalabad, to the 26th of June, and to which our correspondent alludes in his postscript, represented the troops as on the best terms with the natives, who fur nished all sorts of supplies. The detachment sent to the southward had received a promise of having 32,000 rupees, buried by Captain Ferris during th e re t rea t o f l as t year, and that the • natives had discovered, made good to thatofficer There were strange rumours current then among the Walnees near Jellalabad; one n of which was. that Akbar Khan having pe . suad e d b y FuttehJung to enter the Bala Hisser, was there detained a prisoner. This fact, if it be confirmed, cannot fail to produce the most important results. The movement of General Pollock's division on to Caubul, a distance of 90 miles, was positively asserted to have-been de cided on. The presence of the 7,000 Sikh troops at Jelialabad was calculated to facilitate his progress. - • - In the interior of India tranquillity prevailed. The disturbances ..in.Bundelkund, which are de scribed as periodic, were to be put clown by 5,000 men, who were ordered to occupy those districts after the 'rainy season. The inhabitants are said to be alwaystrai.,quil during the presence of troops. •-•- • • - - - A measure of the :GOVernor-General, ;;which was exaggeratedby. certain parties...intO aii at tempt to reduce the. salaries of the, c.iyit-Servants-,' deserves to be noticed. It is theTaPPointment of a•-select committee to examine iniothecauses of the annual increase of the civil charges in Bengal and the Northwestern provinces, there being nearly - 1;000,0004 sterling: difference between 1835 and 3841: The instructions iisued to the committee:appear of the fairest kind. FroM China the intelligence reaches to the 27th-of May, up to which, day no movement of importanee had taken place. The auxiliary or additiohal troops, for which the 'British Plenipo tentiary appeared to be waiting, had not arrived, hut were hourly expectol As soon as they ar rived, it.was, as stated, his intention to proceed. to the northward, and to begin operations in the most decided manner. Accordbig to report the Emperor had been so much frightened at the threatened approach of the English to Pekin, that he gave his fatherly advice to his Chinese subjects to defend them selves, as well as they could against the foreign barbarians, after which he fled with his family into Tartary, the country of his ancestors. It will be curious to find China soon governed again by one of its own race under the protection of the British Queen. A number of official papers, containing details of the • late proceedings along the coast, has been published by order of the Governor- General. The only remarkable event in Bombay was that another ship, laden with a valuable cargo, called the Adelaide, was burnt on the departure for the eastward. Some persons were taken up on suspicion as incendiaries, but no proof could be established. A large reward was offered for the conviction of the incendiaries. JELLALABAD. The abundance of neWspaper correspondents in General Pollock's camp enables us to present almost an unbroken series of letters from Jellalabad, trans ferred from the columns of the Delhi Gazette, Agra Ukhbar, and Bombay Times; the first-named being the most copious, the last-mentioned considered the most trustworthy. source of intelligence in India. The junior officers of the force appear to have been, throughout the month, in a sad state of perplexity as to, what was next to befal them—their ardour to advante on Caubul making them colour every symptom a movement according to their wishes ; the cold, cruel, irresistible fact, that they could not move, however they might desire it, losing the weight it deserved to have had attached to it by men eager for the fray. Our latest dates last month from Jellalabad extended to • the 26th May • this month they come do wn t o th e 2 4t h o f June. On the morning of the 29th May, a wing of the 64th N. 1., with three guns, marched for Dhakka, 40 miles from Jellalabad, on the Khyber route, that is, nearly half way back to Ju mroo d, b eyon d the passes. The object of this force was to escort a convoy bringing up 50,0001. of treasure for the use of the force. At the post just named there were at this date stationed half of the 3d irregular cavalry, with two native regi ments, and the whole of the mountain train, probably about 2,500 men in all. Major Leadbeater, of the 53d N. 1., was appointed to take command of Ali Mus jid, and to raise a body of 1,000 men for the main tenance of the fortress.; Lieut. Corsar, of the 64th N. 1., to be second in command. A report having at this time spread in the camp to the effect that the Governor-General was known to have issued orders for an immediate evacuation, General Pollock seriously admonished the officers on the excessive impropriety of giving currency to such rumours even if true, and directed, apparently to occupy or divert the attention of the troops, that new gruund for an encampment should be surveyed and laid out six miles in advance of that previously occupied. The supply of rockets forwarded by express from Delhi, believed t o b e in tended for the u se o f General Pollock, and assumed to furnish proof of the intention to advance, reached Ferozepore, and were discovered to be destined for Scinde or Candahar, there not being the slightest evi dence that they were ever meant for Jellalabad at all. The Governor-General left it to General Pollock to decide where the troops should be located, and how they should he employed in the meanwhile —recom mending at the same time that they should on no ac-. count be left inactive, and suggesting that they might occupy themselves in expeditions against Pesh Bolak, Lughman, and other strongholds whose chiefs had rendered themselves peculiarly obnoxious to us; this system holding out the hope that Akbar Khan, coming to the rescue of his allies, might he drawn into an engagement with us ; in reference to the issue of which there was no reason to entertain a doubt. Accordingly, on the 17th June, a brigade, consisting of the light field battery, Ist light cavalry, her Ma jesty's 31st foot, the 33d and 53d N. 1., with Ferris's Jezailchees, making in all about 3,500 men, moved out under command V Colonel Monteath: They were directed against Pesh Bolak, an outpost about 20 miles S. W., from which Captain Ferris and his party so romantically and narrowly escaped in November last. One of their objects was said to have been the recovery of 3,2001. of treasure concealed and left behind by the retiring garrison. The forts all along the valley where the enemy might assemble, and so annoy us, were also to be destroyed. The troops appear to have been under the impression that this was a marauding expedition, for the purpose of pillage and devastation ; and for some days before starting nothing was talked of but plunderingand burning villages. The first march brought them to Ali Boghan, a considerable village 6i miles on the line of road leading to the Khyber Pass. On visiting the place, some of the clothes and accou trements, recognised as belonging to her Majesty's 44th, were discovered, and immediately the village was attacked, set fire to in several places, and speedily reduced to ashes by the exasperated soldiery before the officers could interfere to prevent them ! It is said that numbers of the women were seized and vio lated in presence of the sepoys, in the insolence of re venge as much as lust ! This seems greatly to have distressed Colonel Monteath, as well as General Pol lock ; the place being in our line of march, the outrage just committed may cause the interruption of supplies. The incident furnishes a lesson as to what might be ex pected were we to march on Caubul. It is idle for a moment to imagine it possible for all the powers of discipline to restrain soldiers, exasperated by the scenes they must pass through, from committing al manner of excesses; so that the path of an ad vancing British army would, for the first time in our history, be marked by violation, rapine, de vastation and murder—the destruction of the villages, and slaughter of the population, however innocent, which might come within the line of our march : our troops themselves meanwhile suffering the conse quence of the disorganisation such a state of things as this invariably occasions. On the 24th this brigade returned ; they had found Pesh Bolak abandoned, the inhabitants having fled to the hills. A fortnight before this, on the morning of the 11th, four regi ments of Sikhs (5,000), under Goolaub Singh, had ar rived and taken up their quarters in the neighbour hood of our camp. A few days after their arrival, open riot broke out amongst them, the soldiers de manding four months' pay in advance, while two only was promised them. They attacked and set fire to the General's tent, and so maltreated Goo laub Singh himself that he was compelled to seek refuge with General Pollock. One regiment ac tually commenced its march back towards Peshawur, but thought better of it and returned to camp. Of course General Pollock declined interfering in the quarrel, but succeeded in persuading them to change their camp to the other side of the Caubul river—a measure carried into effect on the 19th, greatly to the satisfaction of our soldiers, to whom their presence proved a very great annoyance, and their insubordina tion not a very good example. It is said that Jel lalabad and the country on to Jumrood, is, when we retire, to be made over to Shere Singh, who has so incessantly exerted himself to gain our good opinion ; and it is believed that 40,000 Sikhs are presently indeed, T heY cana b o u r t e n to d e b r e u m e obvuetd little e to a i occupy ine ythe way; country.aed none is required of them ; n the e y t h im el e p e t N o ,er . ex ab h u au een s d tth t e supplies of the country—at ; and ase , the r e idiscipline such s reason‘vere any no to as to make them endure such privations The European officers in the service o our troops, in case of emergency, .read f ily sh s e u r b e m s l i t n t y o h . seem not to think very favourably matters, and despond more as sta of these matters, of our ese t e the f June rom Peshawur, that position than there seems to be any occasion for. One of these writes on the 22d 1 the troops con tinues o they were likely to be blockaded in ei g ht da y s from datethat at Jellalabad ! The health accidents have of late occurred from the falling in of t he ro ofs of the has decreased. Several severe pretty good, and the intensity of the tempera turenas" occupied by our men. covered pits or " taeckha (From the Agra Uhhbar.) We have little news from - Jellalabul, but from what we can hear General P3llock moves on to Caubul. The following letter contains all we can supply worth the attention of our readers : " Jellalabad, 26th June, 1842. " Brigadier Monteath's brigade reached lesh THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1842 Bolak on the 21st, since which they have been collect. ing grain, &c., and the chiefs have agreed to pay back the 30,000 rupees which Captain Ferris had abandoned. He had buried it some feet under ground before his departure, with some private cash, but it was found out soon after the flight of the garrison. The natives are extremely civil ; they have no wish now to oppose us, it being their good old rule to side with the strongest party. A letter from the brigade says. here is the old system again, this taking of f or t s , Whi c h, however, is a practi ce that hurts or injures no one, nor I may say benefits any. The inhabitants are our beat friends. Just imagine, twenty-one forts garrisoned. by two companies! The Ist cavalry are encampol on fair ground, but the infantry are in the bed of a rugged nullah. Plenty of wood, and grain and other articles of: food much cheaper here, but I fancy that is because there are_ none of our blood-suckers,' the Commissariat baboos, within call. The lost .gun which was at a place called Duysurruk, has been brought in, and we expect to get much of the plun dered property back during our stay, which will be four or fire days ; our further movements are not known, except to our Brigadi er , w h o , if h e b e em powered to act, will do the thing well and neatly. "At five o'clock on the evening of the 22d, Ge neral Golaub Singh paid a visit to our General, under a salute of eleven guns from the battery, and during their conference we had a very sharp shock of an earthquake, caused I fancy by the meeting of two such great potentates, whilst settling the future des tinies of Afghanistan. " Captain Lawrence started at ten o'clock to-day for Peshawur on a raft, accompanied by Captain Lip • trott of the 3d Irregulars, for Lallpoorah, Mr. Adams, 3d Dragoons, for Meerut, and one. private. Captain Liptrott fully expected to be fired at, but from what I hear no individual cares leas for these messengers of death than he does. " The Sikhs are nearly all across the river ; they only brought up one month's supplies. I heard they solicited our Commissariat to supply them, but the request was civilly declined. " The two resallahs of Tait's horse hare just come in from Lallpoorah, having been relieved by two re sallahs from this. " An accident, which might have been serious, oc curred in the 3d Dragoons—the roof of one of those taekhanas, belonging t o Captain White and Cornet Roche, fell in. Fortunately both officers escaped, Captain \V hite being a little bruised on the back, the other getting off free. "A few days ago a letter was received from a young lady (a daughter of a Mr. Wynn, at Kurnaul), stating she was in a village about eight miles off, that after her husband was murdered she wandered on and was taken a prisoner, that since then her occupa tion has been to fetch water, &c., and that no insult has ever been offered to her. The apothecaries here are sending out clothes, and I hope the politicals will exert themselves to procure her release. Alas for the gallantry of our country ! Three thousand soldiers within eight miles of the poor creature and none dare move to the rescue for fear of offending our devoted friexids and political gentlemen. " Nothing more from Caubul or from our pri soners. Akbar is in full possession of the Balla His sax. , and the natives say Futteh Jung will not let him out. If such be true, great changes will take place. A supply of beer has just arrived, price sixty rupees per dozen. But most of us are followers of Father Mathew—our poverty, and not our will consenting thereto."—lbid. CANDARAR. DEFEAT OF AN AFFGHAN FORCE. This month furnishes us with the most important items of intelligence we have to present to our readers. We gave in the postscript to our last, parti culars of the victory gained by the garrison of Kelat i-Ghilzie over the insurgents, while endeavouring to storm the town on the 21st May; and the official account of this affair will be found extracted from the Calcutta Government Gazette in our present issue. Colonel Wymer's force reached, as was expected, on the 26th, and preparations were immediately made for the withdrawal of the garrison, and dismantle ment of the fortifications. The former consisted of a wing of the Bengal 38th N. I. (450), the Shah's 3d cavalry (500), with two 18-pounders and two 6-pounders, and half a company of artillerymen (70) —in all 1,020 men. The fortifications had been com menced by us on a very extensive scale early in 1841, Kelat-i-Ghilzie having been originally fixed upon by Lord Keane as furnishing one of the best places of defence in Western Affghanistan. They were only in part completed 'when the insurrec tion broke out in October, and they have now been entirely destroyed. Colonel Wymer, with the garrison under escort, reached Candahar on the 7th of June without having experienced loss or en countered opposition on the way. Meanwhile. Prince Suftur Jung, the youngest son of the late Shah Soojah, had resolved to carry his threat into execu tion, of beating up the quarters of General Nott during the absence of Colonel Wymer with more than a third of the whole force. The enemy on the morn ing of the 29th—the day intimated by them a fort night before—approached the cantonments, about a mile from the town, with a force computed at about 6,000 men, mostly cavalry. Colonel Stacey was de spatched with the 42d and 43d Bengal N. 1., and four guns to reconnoitre the ground; these were quickly followed by her Majesty's 41st, together with eight guns and about 300 irregular horse. About one o'clock the heights on which 'the enemy were posted were stormed under a heavy fire of artil lery. The Affghans were speedily driven from their ground and dispersed in every direction. They were hotly pursued by the irregular horse under Lieut. Chamberlain (16th Bengal N. I.), who dashed in and did great execution amongst the retreat ing infantry. This part of the action was scarcely over when the hills just beyond appeared covered with large masses of the enemy. These were quickly at tacked and beaten • they retired with precipitation into the Baba Wul lee Pass: Here the flight of the enemy was in part cut off by a field-work intended to prevent our advance, and heavy carnage ensued. We had in all 42 wounded, including Lieutenants Chamberlain and Travers, with six other Europeans. The enemy's loss is estimated at about 400. The Dooranees having fled to their camp beyond Urghun dab, were next day followed by Colonel Stacey, when they broke up and fled on our approach. An order had meanwhile been issued for the preparation of a large force, consisting of Leslie's horse artillery and Blood's battery, nine guns in all; detachments of Skinner's and Christie's horse, and 3d cavalry, with the 16th and 38th Bengal N. 1., and light battalion Bombay N. I.—in all about 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, to hold themselves in readiness to join Colonel Wymer on his return, and proceed on an expedition requiring fifteen days' provisions to be taken along with them—the destination being kept secret till after the march. • Colonel Wymer having returned on the 7th, the force just named moved out to join him beyond the walls, and pro ceeded on their march on the 11th or 13th. They wsre to destroy the strongholds of the insurgent chiefs around, and proceed to relieve Ghirisk, a fortress on the Helmund, about 80 miles to the west ward, which had been held for nearly a twelvemonth by Bulwunt Singh and 100 sepoys. How they came to have been left so long in a post of so much danger, whose maintenance was wholly useless, it appears difficult to imagine. Of the proceedings of this force no particulars of note have as yet reached us. On the morning of the 19th June Prince Suftur Jung, with a number of the insurgent chiefs, surrendered themselves to General Nott, hinting pretty intelligibly that they hoped this act of submission on their part would meet the gracious consideration of the Govern ment. This Prince is the youngest, the favourite, and the most worthless of the sons of the late Shah Soojah. His dissipation was formerly of that brutal cast at which even the • dissolute were scandalized. He resided* at Candahar, along with his brother, T f imour Shah, the nomi na l governor, till the begin - nine of January last, when he left the city, and joined the insurgent chief Atta Mahomed, then in arms against us. Jellalabad letters inform us that a despatch had been sent by General Pollock immediately on receipt of Lord Ellenborough's permission to remain through the hot season beyond the Khyber Pass, directing General Nott to continue at Candahar for the present. This would reach him about the 26th, six days before Colonel Wymer's brigade returned from Ghirisk. This seems a prudent precautionary measure. It sup plies no proof of any intention on the part of Govern ment to remain longer in the country than was sup posed ; and should the enemy threaten to march in force on Jellalabad, a demonstration on the part of Genera! Nott in the direction of Ghuznee or Caubul would find them occupation at home. The Candahar force of nearly 12,000 men, with 26 guns and abun dance of carriage, commissariat, and treasure, is in all respects equal to that with which Sir John Keane moved on Ghuznee, in July, 1839. Th e y are equa l to any operatio n , h a d they a few more cavalry, in the open country, which a regular army would desire to take in hand in any part of Asia. CAUBUL. (From the Bombay Times, of July 19.) Akbar Khan, after suffering from all the fluctua tions of fortune attendant on the movements of an energetic insurgent chief, has at length succeeded in establishing himself in the citadel of Caubul, and gain ing, as it appears, virtual ascendancy in the Govern ment. We have, since November last, seen this man a fugitive in the wilds of Kohistan or Tranoxania. Next we find him appear in Caubul (November 25), when the insurrection was at its wildest, expected to mediate between the insurgents and the garrison ; then we see him in active negotiation with the Envoy for the betrayal, it is said, of his brother sirdars ; then he is affirmed to be the murderer, and, as it turns out, apparently the slayer, because the intended victim of Sir W. Macnaghten. The officers escorting the Envoy at the time of his death fall into his hands, and he returns them to their friends unransomed and unharmed. He maintains a close and friendly inter course with Capt. Sl:i nner,whom he protects. The ladies accompanying the army are withdrawn by him from the dangers which must have been fatal to them, and conveyed in all honour to a place of safety. He res cues with his own hands a child of one of.our officers of which the 3hilzies had got possession, and returns it to its mother.. Meanwhile the destruction of . .th Caubul army is consummated, and Akbar Khan is again in the mountains without followers or influ ence.. Once more we have him organising the tribes in. the passes to oppose us. By the 6th April he has 6,000 men under his command, when the brilliant success of Sir Robert Sale sends him again to the wilds wounded and helpless. He now resumes charge of the prisoners, and gives up his litter, disabled as he was, to a lady who h a d b een sick He sends Captai n MaLerizie twice in 'on" his Parole to negotiate with us, and returns to us the dead body of General Elphin stone, with his official papers. We again hear that he is deserted and without a party of any power : when he manages to capture the Balla Hisser, in his father's capital, keeps Futteh Jung, son of the late Shah Soojah, nominally on the Throne, and claims for himself no more than the place of Prime Minister or Vizier. We speak of all these things as ascer tained facts fully admitted by all parties ; the atro cities ascribed to him are, so far as it appears from direct evidence, purely hypothetical! The ferocious threats and denunciations hurled against him are so in defiance, in many cases, in cases in defect, of anything like proof of _guilt. We have very conflicting accounts o f Akb ar Khan's pre • sent position and influence at Caubul.. Futteh Jung, in applying to us for assistance, writes, it is said, that the Sirdar has not 600 followers on whom he could rely; and that, should we make our appearance, he might easily be turned adrift by the Prince himself. If this be true that Futteh Jung could so easily.turn him out of the Balla Hissar, the question arises how he ever allowed him to get in. We suspect that the prin ciple of possession forming nine points of the law holds good at Caubul as much as it does elsewhere. Other authorities affirm that the Barukzye influence is at present paramount. We have heard but little of the prisoners of late : they were reported to have been carried away beyond Hindoo Khoosh, but this proves untrue. Lady Macnaghten and Colonel Shelton , were met on the 13th June by some of the sepoys of the 27th N. 1., who had escaped from Ghuznee. They were within a few miles of Caubul, where are all our people ; some few privates at Futtabad alone excepted. It may be some consolation to them to be once more together in their captivity ; and they are likely to enjoy more comforts, an d su ff er f rom fewer privations in the capital than in the mountain holds of the chiefs. There seems but little chance of their release until we finally leave the country; as they can any day be, put beyond our reach in kohistan or Transoxania, should we threaten to remove them. They appear to have been all along detained as host ages for our removal. They were allowed every in dulgence,—no restraint whatever, further than was necessary for their safe detention, having been at any time imposed on them. object of the expedition is the tranquillisation of the country, but we very much doubt its success. The Boondelas will offer no resistance, and yield wherever the force appears, but with its disappearance and the return of the hot weather they will again break out into their annual insurrection. The appointment of a military commissioner possessed of abilities and pvier will alone ensure the tranquillity of this exten sive district.—Agra Ukhbar, July 9. QUETTAH. The country around Quettah is perfectly quiet, the leading rebel chiefs having come into terms with us. The garrison there is weak, though equal, we trust, to any work they may be called on to perform, and we regret to say very sickly. The 12th Bombay N. 1., under the command of Major Reid, with some irregu lars, in charge of 3,500 camels with stores, and 100,0001. of treasure, left Quettah on the 9th of June to occupy the formerly abandoned fort of Killa Ab doolah, half way to Candahar. They reached their destination in safety, a detachment having been sent to meet them on the hither side of the Kojjuck Pass, to take charge of the camels, &c., meant for the use of General Nott. The 12th had taken a month's stores with them, and were directed to collect provisions from the surrounding country for the use of the Candahar force on its retreat, now for a time postponed. Scindo may be included under the general head of Quettah, without regard to geographical disconnection ; there being, in fact, no news of any note from that quarter except the unusual magnitude of the overflow of the Indus. GHUZNEE., Various of - the sepoys of the Ghuznee garrison have contrived to find their way to Candabar as well as Jellalabad. They give us the agreeable assurance that Colonel Palmer and all his officers are in safety ; Lieutenant Lumsden and his lady alone having fallen. They also add (though this seems less probable) that 500 or 600 of the sepoys are still in existence. Should this prove true, not more than 100 of them can have perished subsequent to the surrender; as Colonel Palmer seems to have had no more than be twixt 700 and 800 under his command at the date of his despatch on the Ist March. One writer states that by latest accounts the Ghuznee yrisoners were proceeding in the direction of Kekt-i-Gbilzie. Should this prove true, it looks as if they were meant to be brought to bear on negotiations with Gen. Nott at Candahar. BUN DELKUND• There has been another brush with the Boondelas— a smart little affair —very creditable to our troops. I give the following account of it from the Hurkaru A squadron of the Bth Light Cavalry, under Captain Moore, accompanied by Captain Studdy and Cornet Swinton, some ten days since received orders to march over to Humeerpore in one night, fears being entertained for the treasury at that place. At the same time some infantry were ordered to follow them, and a day or two afterwards a troop of the same regiment, under Brevet-Captain Tweedale, was sent to Calpee, with some infantry, for the pro tection of that place. This was followed by a wing of the 57th Regiment Native Infantry, under Major Jones, bein g ordered off to Banda. Moore's squadron was pushed on to Keitah, in progress to which place (after a marc h o f twenty-five miles) they came suddenly on a single company of the 13th regiment N. 1., closely engaged with a very large body of the insurgents. The cavalry immediately charged, and, riding over some matchlock men whom they came unexpectedly on in a ravine or nullah, and who were thus enabled to pour in a volley on them, which did some execution, routed the enemy's horse. It was a gallant little affair, and most fortunate for Capt. Mitchell that the cavalry came up. As it was, his company lost six men killed and seventeen wounded. Capt. Moore, commanding the cadets, got a ball hit just below his knee, and the squadron lost four horses killed, and six men and ten horses wounded. Cornet Swinton had a narrow escape, his horse being killed under him. The dead body of a native was brought to Capt. Moore, which was reported to be the ex-Raja of Chirgong ; but it seems no one of Moore's party were able, from their own knowledge, to re cognise it as that of the troublesome individual in question. If, however, it should prove that the late Raja of Chirgong is really dead, these disturbances in Bundelkund will probably be finished, for there is no doubt he was the leader. Report says that 200 of the rebels were killed in this affair. A company of the 31st N. is this day ordered to march to-morrow evening towards Calpee, and to reach their destination in two forced marches." It is said that a force of 5,000 men is to be sent to Bundelkund in the cold weather. This will soon put down the rising of the refractory Chiefs, if this desi rable end should not be previously accomplished by a little better political management, which it seems we are destined to see, for Major Sheman, one of the ablest men in the country, has been appointed to the political charge of the Sangur and Nerbudder terri tories. NORTH-WEST PROVINCES. The only items of intelligence we have received since Saturday are, that no movement had occurred at Jellalabad on the 22d . niti mo, and that the convoy ..dispatched from Ferozepore, on the 21st of May, had reached Peshawur in safety on the 25th of June, hav ing experienced very great difficulties in crossing the Indus, which had risen considerably, and was without the advantages 'of the bridge which had been dis mantled some time before. We have seen an opinion that it might, with facility, b e kept afloat during the d floods. Very exaggerate accounts of the breach of aghan h a d reached Peshawur, but discipline at Alec B we believe we gave the true details on Saturday.__ Delhi Gazette, July 6. SIMLAH.—The most co ntradictory rumours are flying here from mouth to mouth. Those who are anxious for war say the army of reserve proceeds to Peshawur, as soon as organ ize d , while others, who, to make all sure, name no less a functionary than the A. G. as their authority, say that the army of reserve looks well on paper, but that there is very little chance of its ever assembling. — nid. FEROZEPORE.—The Sutledge has risen very much of late, and on the Ist it was higher tha n th e s it e o f the cavalry stables.—/bid. Our troops which went to Pesh Bolak burned Alec Boghan en route ; the Europeans are said to have ravished a lot of unhappy women on the occa sion, in th:! presence of a crowd of admiring Sepa hees ; an unfortunate event this, as it may give the Affghans an excuse for retaliating on our women in their hands. Even the Hindoostanees get demoralised. The unpopularity of the service with the Hindoos tanees is dreadful, a nd it is diffi cult to get them to do anything. I nee d harly say that all our political connections with the cut-throats of these parts are our money greedily, but kick us m th m e on. moment They w e i are not n a positi on to ki c k gat a ke them. There are too many f at appointments going here for us to return soon. lam satisfied that the greater number of our politicals look more to the guiding of their own wheelbarrows than the guidance of the state coach. —Agra Ukhba r , July 7. An army of 5,000 men is, w e learn, to take the Celti in 13undelkund during the cold weather. The MADRAS, The Supreme Government have, we understand, sent orders that on the arrival of the two regiments from 9 England, her Maj es ty' s 25th an d 84th , th ey are to he sent to Moulmein to relieve her Majesty's 63d, which will then return to Madras. The reason of this order is, that it is believed the climate of the Tenaserim coast will be found more congenial to the constitutions of men just arrived from Europe than that of the Indian. Peninsula. This order is both wise and humane, and shows a praiseworthy consi deration on the part of the Governor-General for the well-being of our European troops.—Spectator, July 9. 1 tion of Major-General Nott, Commanding at Candahar, that, in obedience to his instructions, I marched from that place on the morning of the 25th inst., with half a troop of the Shah's Horse Artillery; one troop of Hal dane's Horse ; half a troop of Leeson's Horse • 6th Re giment of Bengal N a ti ve I n f an t ry ; 38th Regiment, ditto ; 2d Shah's Regiment, with the intention of forag ing for the cavalry and cattle at the village of Seikhchu lah ; but, on receiving a report from Captain Dallas, that 1 the country•thereabouts had recently been foraged over and the water turned off by the enemy, he suggested the advantage to be derived by a move upon Baba Wullee, which was adopted. On reaching that place I sighted 1 the rebel camp on the opposite side of the Urghundab, distant about four miles, and large bodies of cavalry grazing their horses between it and the river. I con tinued my march to the spot selected for my encampment, 'and shortly after reaching it at half-past ten or eleven, a large body of the enemy's cavalry was observed forming and occupying the pass in my rear ; on which I re inforced the rear-guard with two guns and a wing of the 38th Native Infantry, placing the convoy under the hills in the rear and protecting its front and flanks with the force at my disposal, which had hardly been effected, when finding the force above -mentioned fist increasing, I deemed it highly necessary to move hack for their dispersion, taking with me two Horse- Artillery guns under Lieutenant Turner, 38th Regiment, and a party of Skinner's Horse, . under Lieutenant Tra vers, detaching two companies of the 38th Regiment to drive the enemy from the tops of some low hills they had crowned with horsemen on my left; which was speedily , done, and the well-directed fire from Lieutenant Tur ner's guns soon drove in the body of the enemy collected on the pass, commanded, I am told, by Salloa Khan, and Taj Mahomed, who moved round to join the party then threatening the right flank of the convoy. On this I retraced my steps and rejoined the convoy, which had been left under Lieutenant-Colonel Maclaren's charge during my absence, and who had dislodged a third body of the enemy from the enclosed gardens and village in his front with a part of the 16th regiment. On my reaching the convoy I directed Captain Macau, com manding the Shah's 2d Regiment, to move his corps, supported by two guns and the half of Leeson's horse under Ensign Chamberlain, against the party on the right flank, which movement had been partly executed when the force, under the Major-General's personal command, arrived to my support, at the time when the party of cavalry under Ensign Chamberlain received a partial check from an overpowering body of the enemy, and that officer was severely wounded, and Lieutenant Travers slightly, who acted in concert with him. " Inclosed I - have the honour to forward a return of the killed and wounded on the occasion, and to express my entire approbation of the conduct bf all officers and men engaged in the action. " I trust I may be permitted to bring to the Major- General's notice the admirable practice of the artillery under Lieutenant Turner's guidance, every shot from which told with beautiful effect upon the dense masses of the enemy. " To Lieutenant Waterford, Adjutant 38th Regiment, who acted as my personal staff on the occasion, lam much indebted for the very able manner in which he conducted the various duties assigned to him.—l have, &c. " G. P. WYMER, Lieutenant-Colonel, " Commanding Detachment." Secret Department, Allahabad, June 27, 1842. The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India is pleased to direct the publication of the following dis patches from Major-General Nott. Commanding at Can dahar " Head-quarters, Candahar, May 21, 1842. " Sir,—l have the honour to forward to you a dis patch from Major-General England, No. 524, of the 29th ultimo, detailing an affair with the enemy in Pishoen.--I am, &c. W. NOTT, Major-General, "Commanding Lower Affghanistan and Scinde." BENGAL. The Proprietors of the Bank of Bengal have de clared a dividend at the rate of 12 percent. per annum, or 240 rs. per share, on the operations of the last half year.—Calcutta Star, July 6. We regret to state that intelligence has reached town of the death of Captain William Murray, offi ciating principal assistant Commissioner of the Saugor and Nerbudda territories.—Englishman, July 6. We have to announce the death, at Mussooree, of Major-General J. Newton, of the Bengal army. The exact date of the occurrence we are not aware of.— Englishman, July 7. CEYLON, _ COFFEE.—The appearances of the coffee bush all through the interior indicate a most abundant crop. It is, however, to be understood that this is not speak ing comparatively, because the coffee crop is always as abundant in Ceylon as it is possible to be.— Observer, June 30. We regret to learn that Lieutenant Travers, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, riding a vicious horse a few days ago, in the interior, met with a severe accident, by which he has had his leg broken below the knee. It appears that the horse got restive just as he was going along the brink of a steep portion of the road, and having become unmanageable, both the animal and its unfortunate rider fell down the precipice. We hope the accident is not of such a serious nature as is reported, and that Lieutenant Travers, who is a most amiable and promising young officer, will soon re cover from the effects of it. The horse, we under stand, broke his back in the fall, and was immediately shot.—Ceylon Herald, July 1. (OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.) NOTIFICATION. Secret Department, Allahabad, June 11. The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India is pleased to direct the publication of the annexed copies of despatches from Major-General Nott, commanding the British force at Candahar " Candahar, March 12. " Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the in formation of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, that during the month of February considerable numbers of the rebel forces under the command of Prince Suftar Jung and other Affghan chiefs assembled in the vicinity of Candahar,- plundering the villages, and by every possible means urging the inhabitants to join in an attack upon the British troops. In the beginning of the present month the enemy approached close to the city of Candahar. "I made the necessary arrangements for the safety of the city, and, leaving a garrison of about 2,600 men in it, I on the 7th instant moved with the remainder of my force against the enemy. They retired as I advanced ; they were driven first across the river Turnuk, and then across the Urghundab. They would not allow our in fantry to come in contact with them. On the 9th we got near enough to open our guns upon them with great effect ; they were soon broken, and fled • my want of good cavalry saved them from being totally destroyed ; they were dispersed in every directitea. " During a march of five days, opposed to 12,000 of the enemy, who had upwards of 6,000 well-mounted cavalry continually moving round our column, not a camel was taken or a particle of baggage lost. The troops marched without tents, both officers and men, and the conduct of my artillery and infantry was excellent. "I think this dispersion of the rebel force will have the best effect, as it will convince the inhabitants that the chiefs cannot face us in the field with any chance of suc cess. lam now doing all in my power to conciliate the villagers, and to induce them to return to the cultivation of their lands, and to live in peace under the assurance of protection. " During my absence a strong detachment of the enemy made an attempt on the city, and succeeded in burning one of the gates, but they were repulsed with great loss by the gallantry of the troops in garrison under com mand of Major Lane, of the 2d Regiment of Native In fantry, whose report shall be forwarded for the informa tion of Government by the first opportunity.—l am, &c., " W. NUTT, Major-General, "Commanding at Candahar." "Candahar, March 20, 1842. " Sir,—With reference to the concluding paragraph of my letter to your address under date the 12th instant, I have now the honour of forwarding to you Major Lane's report of an attack made on one of the city gates of Candahar, which was most gallantly reptilsed by the Bengal Sepoys, small details from her Majesty's 40th Hew' h i nent Ind from the 4th company Id battalion of , • artillery. I have, &c., " W. NOTT, Major-General "Commanding at Candahar." "FROM MAJOR C. R. W. LANE, COMMANDING CANDAHAR GARRISON, TO CAPTAIN SCOTT, MAJOR OF BRIGADE. " Candahar, March 12. " Sir,—For the information of Major-General Nott. commanding, I have the honour to report the following particulars of an attack made upon Candahar on the night of the 10th instant. " During the forenoon of the above date, large bodies of the enemy, horse and foot, were observed assembling from all quarters, taking up a 'position near old Canda har and the adjOining villages ; and in the course of the day their numbers rapidly increased, parties from the main body moving round and establishing themselves in front of the Shikarpore-gate. As their object was, evi dently, to attack the garrison, the Political Agent directed the inhabitants to shut their shops and remain within their houses ; and precautions were taken to secure the gates by piling bags of grain inside. " About 8 o'clock P.M., a desperate attack was made upon the Herat gate, and owing to the darkness of the night, some combustibles were placed near it and ignited unperceived, and in a few minutes the gate was in flames ; I immediately ordered a party of 100 rank and file from the 2d Regiment and a company from the Shah's Ist Infantry to support the guard at the gate, and two guns were also placed in position commanding the entrance. _ _ Dense masses of the enemy had now collected at this point, keeping up an incessant and heavy fire, which was returned with great effect from the ramparts, but s o reckless and daring were the assailants, that notwith standing the fearful havoc among them, eight or ten men actually forced their way by tearing down the burning fragments of the gate, and scrambling over the bags of grain ; these were instantly shot, and their fate, together with the galling fire from the walls, dismayed the attack ing party, who retired about midnight, after four hours resolute fighting. " Another attack took place at the Shikarpore gate about nine P.M., and a similar attempt . was made to fire it, which, however, failed, and the assailants were driven back; a small party also approached the Caubul gate, but the garrison being everywhere on the alert, the enemy was compelled to retire about one o'clock a. ac. of the 11th, and when the day broke not a soul was visible. " The guards over the several gates were so completely sheltered, that not a single casualty occurred, whilst the well directed and destructive fire which was maintained for nearly four hours, must have done great execution. Upwards of 50 dead bodies were found in and near the Herat gate, and from the determined assault of the enem y, who came close up to the walls, their loss must have been immense ; report estimates it at 1,000 killed and wounded, and I am informed by Major Rawlinsou, Political Agent, that Prince Suftur Jung, Meerza Ahmed, and other Sirdars, were present, encouraging the troops. " A considerable quantity of grain was unavoidably destroyed at the Herat gate, but as it p resente d a strong barrier, I trust the sacrifice will be considered unim portant. This gate has been built up, and the others have been temporarily barricaded with grain bags. " Before concluding my report, I would beg to ac knowledge the valuable assistance rendered me on this occasion by Major Rawlinson, Political Agent, and Captain Ripley, Fort Adjutant. The exertions of every officer and soldier in garrison were unremitting, and it affords me infinite pleasure to bear testimony to the ad mirable conduct of all parties during the attack. " I have, &c. "C.R. W. LANE, Major." FROM MAJOR-GENERAL W. NOTT, COMMANDING AT CANDAHAR, TO MR. T. H. HADDOCK, SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. " Candahar, March 28, 1842. " Sir,—Having deemed it desirable to detach a brigade under the command of Lieutenant -Colonel Wymer, for the double purpose of foraging and giving protection to the numerous villages along the left bank of the Urgin A n. dab river, against the marauding system adopted by the rebel army commanded by Prince Suftur Jung and other Affghan chiefs, I have now the honour to forward to you, for the information of the Right Hon. the Governor- General of India, a report from that officer of an attack made on his detachment, and of the complete defeat of the enemy. I have ascertained that their loss was great. and that several of their chiefs were IdIIGd e.ad wounded, while our loss was comparatively ;riding, " On my arrival on the field, I was . pleased with the judicious arrangements made by Lieutenant-Colonel Wymer; and the cool and determined manner in which he opposed the enemy and protected his convoy did credit to our arms; and I beg leave to bring him under the favourable notice of Government,_ . " The enemy were finally driven across the Urghundab in the greatest confusion, and with very considerable loss. The Artillery and Infantry distinguished them selves. " I have, &c., "W. NOTT, Major-General, " Commanding at Candahar." FROM LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G. P. WYMER, COMMANDING DETACHMENT, TO CAPT. SCOTT, MAJOR OF BRIGADE. " Candahar, Camp, Baba Wullee, March 27, 1842. " Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the informs- No. 254. I 6 FROM MAJOR-GENERAL R. ENGLAND TO THE ♦SSIST. ANT-ADJUTANT-GENERAL, CANDAMAR. " Head-quarters, Scinde Field Force, Camp at Lora River, August 29. " Sir,—l hare the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Major-General commanding the troops in Lower Affghanistan and Scinde, that I yesterday at tacked the enemy's strong position in front of the village of Hykulzie with the troops mentioned below*, and dis persed them in all directions. " 2. The three columns of attack were well led by Major Simmons, her Majesty's 41st Regiment ; Captain Woodburn, 25th Bombay Native Infantry ; and Major Cochran, her Majesty's 41st ; the latter being accom panied by a wing of the 25th Bombay Native Infantry, under Captain Teesdale, commanding that corps. " 3. The reserve was in the hands of Major Browne, commanding her Majesty's 41st Regiment. " 4. Nothing could be more successful than the com binations, and the insurgents, after a short resistance, fled into the rugged mountains in their rear, leaving their standards, and being closely and gallantly pursued by the 3d Light Cavalry, under Captain Delamain. " 5. The practice of Captain Leslie's Horse Artillery was, as usual, most effective, and the conduct of the troops excellent. _ _ 11)," 6. I beg to annex a list of the casualties which have occurred in this affair. " I have, &c., " R. ENGLAND, Major-General." " Lieut. W, Ashburner, 3d Cavalry, severely wounded. " Capt. Deere, Aide-de-Camp, slightly wounded. " Rank and File—Wounded severely, four ; slightly, four. " R. ENGLAND, Major-General, " Commanding Scinde Field Force.' FROM MAJOR-GENERAL W. NOTT, COMMANDING LOWER AFFGHANISTAN AND SCINDE. " Candahar, May 29. " Sir,--Aktar Khan, chief of Zemindawur, having assembled 3,000 men, crossed the Helmund and joined the rebel force under Prince Suftur Jung and Atta Ma homed, on the right bank of the lirghundab, taking ad vantage of the absence of Brigadier Wymer, who had been detached into the Ghilzee province with a large portion of my force, and nearly the whole of my cavalry. The enemy, under an impression that we had not a suffi cient number of men to hold the city and at the same time to attack them in the field, took possession of some steep rocky hills within a mile of the city walls. I in stantly moved out with the troops, leaving Major-Gen. England, K.H., in command of the city. The Ghazees had about 8,000 in position, and 2,000 men guarding the Baba Wullee Pass and roads leading to their camp. Our troops carried all their positions in gallant style, and drove them in confusion and with great loss across the Urg hundab river. " I was ably assisted by Brigadier Stacey and every officer present. " Major Rawlinson, Political Agent, with his accus tomed zeal, was in the field, and gallantly led a small body of Persian and Affghan horse to the charge. " I am, &c. " W. NOTT, Major-General, " Commanding Lower Affghanistan and Scinde." * " Troop Horse Artillery, Bengal Artillery, 3d Light Cavalry, Poonah Horse, her Majesty's 41st Regiment Light Battalion, 25th Regiment Native Infantry." THE ARMY OF RESERVE FOR THE WAR IN AFFG HANISTAN. JUNE 6, 1842.—The Right Hon. the Governor-Gene ral of India, deeming it expedient to assemble, under the personal command of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, a body of troops, to be designated the Army of Reserve, is pleased, at the recommendation of his Excel lency, to direct, that the corps hereafter specified be pre pared for field service, and that they may be required to move from their respective cantonments according to routes to be supplied by the Quarter-Master-General of the Army, so as to insure their arrival in the Sirhind Division at the several periods which will be hereafter specified. Fur the staff duties of this force, the following ap pointments are made, to have effect from the date fixed for the assembly of the troops at the rendezvous : To be Divisional Commanders. Major-General Sir J. Thackwell, K.C.B. and K.C.H. Major-General J Dennis, her Majesty's 3d Buffs. Major-General W. Battine, C. 8., East India Com pany's service. To be Brigadiers of the Second Class. Lieut.-Colonel F. Young, Sirmoor Battalion. Lieut.-Colonel G. Moore, 59th Regiment N. I. Lieut.-Col. W. Pattle, 9th Light Cavalry. Lieut.-Col. M. C. Paul, 9th Native Infantry. Lieut.-Col. D. Harriott, Bth Light Cavalry. Lieut.-Col. J. Orchard, Ist European Light Infantry. Lieut.-Col. C. Graham, C. 8., Artillery. To be Chief Engineer. Major E. Smith, Engineers. To be Commissary of Ordnance. Captain C. S. Reid, Artillery. The Commander-in-Chief is requested to nominate officers to the following situations : Assistant Adjutant-General of Cavalry. Assistant Quartermaster-General of Cavalry. Brigade Major of Artillery. Two Field Engineers. Two Deputy Assistant Adjutants-General of Infantry. Two Majors of Brigade for the Cavalry. Two Majors of Brigade for the Infantry. A Superintending Surgeon. A Field Surgeon. A Medical Storekeeper, A Baggage-master. A Field Payma:', er . The troops are to be formed into divisions and brigades, and staff officers attached to them in the manner set forth in the annexed detail. The Commander-in-Chief will be pleased to issue such subsidiary orders as may be necessary for giving effect to the arrangements now directed. DETAIL. DIVISIONAL STAFF. Major-General Sir J. Thackwell, K.C.B. and K.C.11., Commandant ; Aides-de-Camp ; Assistant Adjutant- General; Assistant Q uar t er - master-General. Major- General Dennis, Commandant ; Aides-de-Camp ; De puty Assistant Adjutant-General. Major-General C Bat ommandant ; Aide-de- C amp ; Deputy tine,.B., Assista C nt Adjutant-General. BRIGADE STAFF. Artillery—Brigadier C. Graham, C. 8., Major of gade ; Captain C. S. Reid, Commissary of Ordnance. CORPS. 2d troop Ist brigade Horse Artillery; Ist troop 2d brigade Horse Artillery; 4th troop 2d brigade Horse Artillery; 2d troop 3d brigade Horse Artillery. Nos. 1,7, and 9, Light Field Batteries. For the Siege . Ord nance.-2d company 3d battalion Artillery; 3d company 4th battalion Artillery ; 6th company 6th battalion Artillery; 4th company 7th battalion Artillery. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. Major E. Smith, Chief Engineer; Field Engineer ; 3d and 6th Companies Sappers and Miners. CAVALRY. 18t Brigade.--Brigadier Pattle, Commandant ; Major of Brigade; her Majesty's 16th Lancers; 9th Regiment of Light Cavalry. Brigade.—Brigadier Harriott, Commandant; Major of Brigade; 3d Regiment Light Cavalry; 7th Regimen t Light Cavalry ; Bth Regiment Light Cavalry. IRREGULAR CAVALRY. Major Alexander, Commandant ; Brigade Stag; 4th Irregular Cavalry ; 6th Irregular Cavalry. INFANTRY. Ist Division.-Ist or Light Brigade.—Brigadier Or. chart], C. 8., Commandant ; Major of Brigade ; Ist Eu ropean or Light Infantry ; Ist Light Infantry Battalion; 2d Light Infantry Battalion. 2d 13rigade.-13rigadier Paul. Commandant ; Major of Brigade ; her Majesty's 3d or Buffs ; 9th Regiment Na tive Infantry ; 10th Regiment Native Infantry. 2d Division.-3d Brigade-.—Brigadier Moore, Com mandant ; Major of Brigade ; her Majesty's 39th Regi ment of Foot ; 59th Regiment Native Infantry ; 63d Regiment Native Infantry. 4th Brigade.—Brigadier Young, Commandant ; Major of Brigade ; 2d European Regiment ; 39th Regiment Native Infantry ; Sirmoor Local Battalion. J. STU AR r , Lieutenant-Colonel, Secretary to the Government of India, Military Depart ment, with the Right Hon. the Governor •General. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, JULY 19.— The trade of this place is every day getting worse—without the slightest glimpse of improvement. The poverty of the people is also on the increase, and they are wholly unable now to purchase British manuractures to the same extent as before. Not withstanding that the Custom .house returns for the year 1841-42 exhibit a material falling-off in the quantity of manufactured goods imported, prices have fallen lower than ever, and there can now be no doubt that, next season, if they are saleable at all, it must be at prices lower than we have yet seen. The Bombay Times of this day says : " With the exception of cotton shipments to China, there is an almost total suspension of business there at present. Cotton piece goods and twist are entirely un saleable ; the warehouses are glutted with them ; while the numerous !arrivals from England daily add to the a c cumulated stocks. There is no prospect whatever of any improvement in prices after the monsoon ; on the contrary, there is every probability that they will be considerably lower, unless some degree of firmness be given to the market from the cessation of imports—and of that, judging from past !xperience, there is but little prospect. Such, however, is the quantity Of goods now in store that the utmost that can be expected, even from an entire cessation of imports for some months, is the maintenance merely of the miserable prices ruling pre vious to the monsoon." There can be no doubt of the correctness of this imports (notwithstanding the ruinous losses) will riot cease, and there is not, I believe, a merchant in the place, who expects anything else than a decline in price s on the opening of the season. Prospects for shipping, not only at Bombay, but at every other place, are miserable in the extreme. Some ships, particularly North American built, are obliged to lay up—there being a prejudice against them, particu larly in Calcutta and in China. The following is from the Bombay Times of to-day : " SHIPPING PROSPECTS IN INDIA. " We are sorry that we are unable to announce any improvement in freights by the present mail, either at Bombay or at any of the other Indian or eastern ports. Notwithstanding the numerous departures of ships ica ballast to Calcutta and elsewhere, in search of employ meat, the arrivals at Bombay have been equally num.er ous, and a glance at the shipping list will show that our harbour is as crowded as ever. Freight to Liverpool has, since our last, been engaged at the unprecedentedly low rate of 10s. per ton, and there is at present not suf ficient produce in the place to load much more than half the unemployed tonnage. At Calcutta matters are not quite so bad, but they promise to be so ere long. The Calcutta Star, of July 4, says : " Numerous and unexpected arrivals from New South Wales, the Mauritius, and Bombay, have contributed to depress rates 10s. to 15s. per ton within the past month, the prospects of this trade are at present most gloomy, the Indian seas are swarming with British tonnage, and every . port and harbour in India is reported full of shipping, much, or most of which, it is apprehended, may come hither for employment ; if to these be added the usual shipping of the season, and the tonnage taken up at home to bring out the 10,000 troops intended for India, it is probable that the rates of tonnage may fall this season below any precedent." Cotton has advanced in price, and the holders are de manding 112 rupees per candy for Surat and B roac h, and other qualities in proportion—but we have not heard of any actual purchases as yet having been made above 110. There is only a very small quantity in the place available for purchase ; and in general it is of a very inferior quality. Exchange on London for first class paper is now 2s. id. to 2s. six months' sight ; on Calcutt a and. Madras half per cent. discount, thirty days' sight. CALCUTTA. The most important item of intelligence from Calcutta relates to the Indigo crop. The accounts from several important indigo districts represent the prospects of the season as very dismal. The late gale did much. damage to the standing crop, but the incessant rain of ten days which succeeded it has almost destroyed the plant. The unusual rise of the river has completed the injury occa sioned by the gale and the rain, and it is confidently stated that the out-turn of the season will fall consider- ably short of an average crop. The Exchange Price Current says, under date June 2d : • " Accounts from the indigo districts in the Lower Provinces are rather favourable for at least an avera.gi crop; but in the Upper Provinces there is little hope of there being anything like an average." "On the 4th June the gale occurred, and on th a 9th June the same publication said : " This (the gale) together with the continued bad state of the weather, will materially alter the prospects we entertained a week ago, of the probable out-turn of the crop." On the 23d—" The crop will certainly not exceed: 115,000 maunds, but a few weeks more will enable us t 4 speak with more accuracy." On the 30th—" The deficiency will be great in eve•ey district, and, we think the figure 115,000 maunds, tioned in our last, may now be reduced to 100,0'00 or 105,000, as the probable out-turn of indigo in, tl.ie com ing season." And on the 7th July—" We do not see ary reason to alter the probable out-turn we gave in our last." At Calcutta, imports continued much depressed; the markets being without speculative delnand, and credit generally still low. In the upper provinces unsatisfac tory prices prevail. Exchange 2s. lid. per rupee ten months date. INDIGO. (From the Calcutta Englishman. July 4.) We have no sales to report since our last, but large shipments are in progress to London. It was some time before we ascertained the damage done to the plant by the gale of the 3d ult., and we at -a sorry to have to report that, it is much greater than v,•O had expected, the loss of course being greater in tkiose districts where the plant was most forward. In Kishnaghur. and some parts of Jessore, wb ere the plant was young and backward the gale did no great in jury, but almost incessant heavy rain since has done even more damage than the gale, and has considerably re duced the expectation of planters in these districts. The loss sustained by the concerns on the line of the Bhaugeretty has been ruinous, many of them will scarcely make any thing (i. e. factories, which. last year made upwards of 700 maunds will not make: 100), and none of them will have half a crop. Ira Moorshedabad, Pubna, Rajeshye, and Bhauglepare they are very nearly as badly off, land although in V.r hoot prospects have somewhat improved, there will 1-, e a falling off in the out-turn of the district of about r 2,000 mds. These extensive losses, with the known gr eat re duction in the cultivation, and the now almost ter:ainty of early and heavy inundation, the river having already risen considerably, and all the plains being covered with water, leave little hope of a crop exceeding 100,000 mds; and, with a continuance of bad weather for another fort night, we have no hesitation in saying that it will be smaller than any we have had for many years. We think it of sufficient importance to state here, that a further, and probably great reduction in the cultiva tion, must of necessity take place next year : and, Inuit the:wants of Government permit some portion of the ra. mimes of the country, which till lately hav e been 11.N17) ; able for commercial purposes, to be again so e rn *. jed, we can safely recommend those interested in the trticle to calculate our crop considerably under the aee.rage of the last ten years. A. MiiIIKET—J eLY 4, REVEEW OF THE CAL I C B U 42 I:T The Money Market during the last month has borne a more firm and equal aspect th an f or many months pre ceding. The want of commercial confidence has ceased in a. meas ure to exist. The shipments to Europe during the past month I) Ara not been large, which has tended to keep the rate of Ex change on good commercial bills, with documents 'at more favourable rate than was anticipated in the. early part of the months. Commercial bills of ten months, with and without do cuments, have been sold to a moderate araount only, at 2.14 to 2-Ik. Bills drawn under letter s of credit, with local endorsements, at 204, at three months' sight, have found purchasers. Treasury, Navy, and Missionary Bills have been in de mand, at 1-114 to 1-111-. Government securities continue firm, but few transac tions in Company's paper have taken place. In Bank of Bengal and Union Bank shares no alters. tion had taken place during the past month. FREIGHTS —Continue without any apparent altera.- tion, which may in some measure be accounted for by ...he scarcity of produce now available in Calcutta. Sugar £3 0 oto 3 3 0 per ton of cwt. Saltpetre 2 10 0 to 2 15 0 Rice 215 0 to 3 0 0 Indigo and Silk goods 4 0 0 to 4 4 0 per ton ineast. HAW SlLK.—Busine s s in this staple is slack, chiefly on account of the scarcity of good qualities. Fine silk would be readily bought up at our highest quotations, but such are not to be met with. Inferior qualities are not in demand, and with them the market is supplied. CORAHS—There has not been so much business done F for the last fortnight, and there are again new con.. plaints as to th e qua li t i es o f the goods. There is, h ~w-ever, ever, no alteration in the quotations for the markr,ts, which remain for Cossim-bazaar Corahs per corge., 120 to 150. SALTPETRE—Is in active demand, and is like',y so to continue while the present low rates of frelghtr, are ob tainable. The bazaar is well supplied. PriQe per B. Md., 5 to 5-4. SUGAR—Has advanced since our last issuse, and still has a tendency to improve. Fine white sugrtr is scarce, and commands a ready sale, with full prices ; the coarser descriptions are not so much sought for, a' Id KEaur is neglected. Ituat—Has been shipped for England in - cons/ derable