The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-22 00:00:00

:77 1 POSTCRIPT—No. 1. The following piece of intelligence was issued this morning by one of our local journals. It appears to be a new version of the affair of the 28th August, in which Capt. Christie commanded, and which is given in General Nott's dispatch. I had heard something before of the alleged misconduct of the cavalry, pre vious to the defeat of Shumshoodeen. I would not re commend your readers, however, to place much de pendence on this confused account of the transaction. " Letters from Nott's camp, dated Mydana, 15th ultimo, had been received at Loodiahah, stating that the cavalry had suffered sadly on the 28th August, having turned out to release their own grass cutters (said to be hemmed in in a fort some miles distant from camp), and been inveigled into a kind of basin by parties of Affghans, who retired before them skirmish ing. All of a sudden the unfortunate Cavalry found themselves beset by about 3,000 matchlock men, who crowned the hills around and opened a heavy fire. The Cavalry retired in pretty good order until the commanding officer, fancying there was an opportu nity of making an example of some of the enemy, ordered a squadron to charge up a tolerably accessible spur, in which two officers and many men were killed. The squadron was repulsed, and its support so roughly handled, that all fell into confusion, and our party returned to camp fairly thrashed ! The infantry and some guns now turned out, to recover the slain, in which they succeeded. The bodies had been awfully mangled General Nott has dropped this affair into the more successful one of the 30th of August, which completely broke the enemy's host and power 1" Colonel Palmer, it seems, is not dead, but was taken to Caubul, and thence, with the other prisoners, to Bameean. The story of his having been tortured, while in Ghuznee, has been confirmed by the Sepoys. The sandal-wood. gates of Mahomed's mausoleum have been carried off from Ghuznee by General Nott, at the express desire of Lord Ellenborough. PO STS CRIPT—N o. 2. - - OCT. 16, 1842.—The Governor-General's Express not having arrived, the dispatch of the steamer has been deferred. I have received the Delhi Gazette of the sth instant, and a Supplement to that journal bear ing the same date, which latter contains the dispatches of Generals Pollock and Nott, recounting the occu pation and destruction of Ghuznee, and the defeat of Akbar Khan at Tezeen, and subsequent capture of Caubul. . . The Delhi Gazette mentions the receipt of letters from Kurnaul, to the effect that a communication had been received there, intimating the recovery of the whole of the prisoners excepting Captain Bygrave. This report does not seem to be worthy of implicit credit. It was said a force would be dispatched for the pri soners in addition to the Kuzzilbashes sent off imme diately on General Pollock's arrival at Caubul. A letter from Caubul, dated the 16th of September, says—" General Nott had arrived, and formed his camp about five miles from our's (General Pollock's) in the Ghuznee road.` He sent forward Major Raw linson, the political employe, with dispatches, and re spects to General Pollock, and on the following morning (l.7th), General Nott's force will move oppo site to Caubul." All is quiet at Jellalabad and Gundamuck, but robberies are frequent in the neighbourhood of the Khyber Pass. The following extract from a Jellalabad letter of the 20th inst. will be perused with melancholy in terest : " On Sunday last, seven officers, and about twelve artillery men, with some of Thomas's Khyburees went as far as the hill, three miles on the other side of Gundamuck, where it is said our soldiers of the 44th, and some of the Artillery and sth Cavalry, made their last stand, for the purpose of burying the bodies exposed to public gaze. They buried (within a square made of stones) 162 bodies, and covered them over with stones. On Sunday morning another party was sent out, who foUnd and buried 70 men, so that 232 skeletons have at length lodged in their earthly tenement." Calcutta journals have been received to the sth inst. The Tennasserim steamer arrived on the 4th from China, with intelligence of the settlement of our dif ferences with the Celestial Empire. _ _ The Englishman of the 4th says, " We are happy to inform our Hurkaru Contemporary that Lord Ellenborough has determined on hanging Akbar Khan, on bringing home to him the murder of Sir M‘Naghten " Ceylon papers to the 30th September, and Madras to the Bth October, have come to hand, but contain n othing of importance. FALL OF CAUBUL. (From the Delhi Gazette Extraordinary, Oct. 3.) We lose not a moment in communicating the most welcome and anxiously expected intelligence that the British arms have again triumphed, both at Caubul and Ghuznee. The tenor of our information, which is most authentic, is that on the 13th of September Major-Ge neral Pollock met the enemy at Tezeen, 16,000 strong, under the personal command of Mellowed Akbar Khan. After desperate resistance, " the bayonet alone in many instances deciding the contest," the enemy were completely routed and dispersed, leaving several hun dreds killed and wounded on the field, and two guns, large quantities of ammunition and stores, and three standards in our hands. The loss on our side was 32 killed and 130 wounded. • OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM GENERALS POLLOCK AND NOTT. Head Quarters, Simla, 21st Sept. 1842. Political Department. The Governor-General has this day received the re ports of three victories obtained, on the 30th of August, over 12,000 Affgbans, 38 miles south-west of Ghuznce ; on the Bth of September, by Major• General Pollock, over the troops of Mahorned Akbar Khan and Ghilzie Chiefs at Jugdulluck ; and on the 16th of June, by the expedition on the coast of China, within the mouth of the river Yang-tse-Kiang at the city of Woosung. In this last operation, and those immediately preced- THE' SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOTEMI3ER 22, 1642. tan, r as found the day after the assault, hidden in a I garden, and on hoebeing carried to the spot recognised the -consumed remains of his master, who was worthy of such death. I t . 11 wl be readily understood, that it brilliant service, I °lsw hioh the preceding detail gives - but a very feeble out 'lle, could not be performed without loss on our side, 1 1 , 1 1 : a l i her Majesty's Plenipotentiary is sure that all her ! est Y'S subjects in China will participate in his feel ing,salof sincere regret at the annexed returns of ca l. ti " in killed and wounded in her Majesty's coin uuled forces _ i rr an gements are in progress for placing a strong t`~shgarrison at Chin-keang-foo (which commands 2 entrance to the Grand Canal, and is therefore of vast `'l 3 orta riee . ), and the remainder of the expedition will sh ortly „ love up this majestic river, headed by the A 1:: " nl i i . ral's flag -ship C o rnwallis, to the neighbourhood of f o il lg (which anc i en t capital of the empire is about th'eYiniles distant, and situated about three miles from l k i llao g - tse-kiang, with which it is connected by a a ct ° V of canals), it having already been ascertained by survey 111. that there is ample depth of water, and no 3 . 1 i mpediments. bated GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. '• on board the steam-frigate ‘! Queen," Yang-tse -g over at Chin-keang-foo this24th day of July, 1842. — HENRY POTTINGER, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. AFFGIIANISTAN. The report of General Nott's victory over Shums -I,hieel. Khan, in the neighbourhood of Ghuznee, Leh was current at the date of our last advices, has ell th O ut t The engagement took place on 30 correct The o t h of August, at a place about 38 miles from the , 3 ? a nd was a g allant and well-contested fight. ta e i t :l l Cla ys previously a body of the enemy had at ,"-`. the rear-g t and uard of our force, but were defeated, sper se d by a detachment of cavalry under Cap `n. Chr istie, and a b ou t fifty of their number cut up. 11 0 ,: th ing daunted by this trifling reverse, Shurns een moved out with nearly the whole of his army, t c ' h ill 'ting to not less than 12,000 men, and arrived o' e r, n eighbourhood of the British camp about three „ l ' i e4 on the afternoon of the 30th. lisif' e th °ved out . ," says General Nott, " with one bold force ; the enemy advanced in the most th e ," gallant manner, each division cheering as e a toe into position, their left being upon a hill si c rae el eva ti on, th e i r cen t re a nd right along a low 1 , 4 0 Until their flank rested on a fort filled with othey opened a fire of small arms, supported by ‘ui r , i s l 'a - pound er h orse artillery guns, which were ad fer—"Y served ; our columns advanced upon the dif audilt Points with great regularity and steadiness, feq e t er a short and spirited contest, completely de tis c t _he enemy, capturing the guns, tents, ammuni -04:17., and dispersing them in eery direction. .de st ' °ll r's more daylight would have enabled me to fi ed r .V the whole of their infantry. Shumshoodeen ao the direction of Ghuznee, accompanied by about prey In o the above action and the engagement on the l c ii i ced ing day, our t o t a l casualties amounted to 104 tt ie e 'l and wounded." The following are the names of i liti eers included in this list : Is o l v l' L to•—Captain Bury, 3d Regiment of Bombay r e Cavalry ; B reve t-Captain G. 0. Reeves, same Bi nlent. kr u "pm).--Brevet-Captain G. 0. S. Ravenscroft, e r egiment ; Lieut. T. A. Mackenzie, ditto ; Lieut. A ~ a sOn, her Majesty's 40th Regiment of Foot ; Lieut. II Chamberlain, Christie's Horse. f rohs ut the Ist of September, General Nott advanced tit ;"' Gonine (where the battle took place) and con sallied his march to Ghuznee. He arrived on the 1 . 4 2 and invested the city, which was strongly gar 'oed, "bile the hills to the north-eastward swarmed nth . 80 dlery. These heights were the first object of 14 ; attack, and after considerable opposition they e effectually cleared. Preparations were then b it ci a for an attac k on t h e f ortress , b u t b e f ore our an :eries c ou ld b e opene d , th e enemy a b an d on ed it, left us once more complete masters of 11 Ghuznee. 1. fl ags were then hoisted in triumph on the Bala 'k at fora los s susta i ne d by o ur troops amounted to no T h e th an t h ree kill e d and forty-three wounded. t ee hu n d re d an d twenty-seven Sepoys of the 27th 4, 4ti ve Inf an try were found in the city , and r eleased c it ' ~t a lasery, to which state they had been reduced Aff , hans. di 4 '`!tiznee ' i s now a desolate heap of ruins. Its splen ilav el , ta dO, and other formidable works and defences , ha T IA razed to the ground. t fe ree was to leave about the 9th or 10 th Sep tue 17fs 'and would join General Pollock at Caubul on l 18 th. qeb n , as t lett er i n formed you, of the departure of b u l . a l Pollock from Gundamuck on his way to Cau the p t , li ts e reached Soorkab in one march, and left on re" 7" September in progress to Jugdulluck. On the the hills which command the road through i u e P as s, the enemy were f ou nd strongly posted and Isi th °4si derable num b ers . They resisted our passage twi n determined courage, and most manfully main dealdi their po s iti on , although our guns told with \s ere 3r , e il'eet amongst them. At length the heig h t s St ormed,en e and after much arduous exertion, the of t irl b Y were di s l o d ge d an d dispersed. A large body s y s -e tn, how ever , fl e d t o th e summit of a lofty hill, u : le re is th ey planted their standar, and seemed to set poutde fi ance. T o comp l e t e our v ictory, General c 'ek dir ec t e d C ap t a i ns Wilki nso n and Broadfoot tat Masession of this stronghold, which accord was gallantly assaulted, when the Ghilzies gave and fled from the field. ohi e ll f , t his actio n severa l o f the most influential Affghan to se4 , B l.. `vere engaged ; and the total amount of the asee al forward to oppose us is estimated by l oss r u 4 Pollock at from 4,000 to 5,000 men. Our i ts „ was rather h eav y, Captain Nugent, the Sub ne"tstant C omm i sary -G enera l b e i ng kill e d, and Maj or dlleral Sale slightly wounded, and 62 men killed Wo unded. s,General Pollock proceeded onwards, and does not ti v t . e i ar to have encountered any further opposition, 1 his arrival on the 13th of September, in the mane r alleY, where an army of 16,000 men, corn seinl,u by Mahomed Akbar Khan in person, was as kw "'eel to meet him. A desperate fight ensued ; we no particulars ; but the result was that the enemy e °rnpletely defeated, and driven from the field, % , it , a loss of several hundred killed and wounded. e r, r ,,l°ss was 32 killed and 130 wounded. The names tunLushington, of her Majesty's 9th ; Cap tu,l,l (l ei's, of the 60th Native Infantry ; Lieut. Nor c4;`,l 35th Light Infantry ; and Lieut. Montgomery, lat the 60th Native Infantry, are among the list of the 11 c . te ls• Akbar Khan fled in the direction of sni eean. Oa theaa v day following this engagement, the General ai the 11 4 'ed to Boodkh a k ; on the next he encamped on his t u 'eseourse at Caubul ; and the 16th witnessed ing ri f 4l nPhant entry into the citadel , and the plt - ,0 1 1 ° III' colours on its walls. ha l -e C ity was nigh deserted. The prisoners who - -een left th ere on the removal of their icorn -4411:oils to liameean were restored to us b y theiuz-f ele 4—es • They consisted of Mrs. Tr evor and c eh ildren Ca r'" l ptain and Mrs. Anderson and three ch d u , Captain Troup and Dr. Campbell. It would :Ptr,,Pezthoyaltthe captives who were taken to B ameean : in the custody of Mahomed Akbar, as appeare d n e ' la te of our latest accounts, General Pollock •Zeared to entertain a confident expectation of ob mg thei r re l ease i n e i g h t or ten d ays ; w hile Cap- WslYgrave, who had been carried off by the Sirdar, l us l 4e not th oug h t lik e l y to b e recovere d a t pres ent. • t : Sir Rich mon d Sh a k s p ea re had proceeded in 11,: Of them, at the head of 700 Kuzzilbashes. a - i t itle arri va l o f General Nott was da il y l oo k e d f or ; o c 't the junction of the two armies it is said they u ld retur n t o I n di a w i t h as li tt l e d e l ay as poss ibl e . (~ 4 4 : ' seems no probability of our re-occupying W 61 ' 1 ; as so on as o v f e .. e sll4ll no doubt retire, after completing the work trthuti on by the destruction of the city. ari l s t . great deal of discussion has at different times A e " on the subject of the national character of the ''''g b ans; the advocates of retirement heaping praises Z o e the treacherous assassins of Caubul, and vehe- JtlY proclaiming their patriotism—their valour— seutdhisa;trc(licindness to the captivei; while other writers principles so discreditable, painted our h en l e lie s in their true colours, and denounced, with ' t i ndignation, their abominable crimes. The suess of th ese l atter v i ews h as b een prove d on erless occasions; and we have now a yet i n 9 : l r and more fearful confirmation of their truth, xat. e Ifact that the whole o f th e S e p o ys of the 27th b een Ivo nfantry, wh o were re l ease d a t Gh uznee , had th reduced t o s l avery b y the Affghans ! Of t hi s ere erie _ ; iS ne doubt— no t even t h e encom i asts o f our th 7es—with a ll their effrontery, can deny it—and r e iS another tale, more horrible in its nature, which though not officially noticed, has been repeated in dozens of private letters, and which, if true, and it seems worthy of all belief—will condemn the Affghan character to eternal infamy, and furnish a bitter com mentary on the praises of those who have defended it. It is :this, that previous to the action of Jugdulluck, on the advance of cur column, a soldier of the 44th was burned alive by the Ghilzies in sight of our troops, on whose approach the throat of the victim was cut to make sure of him ! Thus were the patriots fighting " in defence of their mountain homes"—thus did they exhibit their " nobleness of spirit"—thus was their " uniform kindness to the captives" trium phantly demonstrated I If this do not alter the sickly and effeminate tone of some of your home journals in reference to the Affghan war, nothing surely will effect the change. MISCELVANEOUS. The news from China and Afghanistan will so much engross public attention, and our intelligence from other quarters is so scanty, and of such meagre interest, that I deem it unnecessary to go much into detail. Our accounts from Scinde are not of much import ance, relating chiefly to the movements of General England's force, now on its return to India, one de tachment of which, under Major Reid, left Quettah on the 10th, and reached Dadur on the 19th of Sep tember, while the 2d division would proceed through the Bolan Pass on the 21st. The country is described as perfectly tranquil. Cholera prevails to a great ex tent among the troops at Kurachee. Boondelkund is still in rather a disturbed state; but no fresh collision of any importance appeared to have occurred with the rebels. The most interesting item of the intelligence from Simla is, that Lord Ellenborough has ordered the construction of the great Dooab Canal, which was suspended on his arrival, to be immediately proceeded with. Two lacs of rupees (20,0001.) per annum, have been set apart for this work. Lieut.-Colonel Low has resigned the Residency at Lucknow, and Major-General Nott, the new "hero of Ghuznee," has been appointed by the Governor- General, to succeed to this lucrative post. Major-general Pollock, who may as appropriately be designated the " Hero of Caubul," has been ap pointed to the general staff of the army, in succession to the late Major-General Penny. We have nothing of importance from Madras, be yond the announcement of the arrival of the Marquis of TwePtddale, and his assumption of the government, and the departure of his predecessor. Our Bombay local news is unimportant. The burn ing of the ship Eleanor, on the 29th September, at Alepee, on the Malabar coast, by the Lascars (as it is believed) on board of her, is the chief item. The sus pected parties have been lodged in gaol. The vessel was bound from Bombay to Calcutta. ing it, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, and Lieutenant- General Sir Hugh Gough took 364 guns from the Chi nese. On the '3d of Sept. Major-General Nott had advanced to Nance, a short march off Ghuznee. On the 9th of September Major-General Pollock had advanced to Kutta Sung, and had experienced no op- position. Formed as the troops under Major-General Nott have mostly been by four years of constant service, and habi tuated as they have been to victory under their able commander, the Governor-General had anticipated their success against any force which could be brought against them. It is to the Governor-General a subject of sincere satisfaction, that the events of the campaign should have opened a more extensive' field to that brave army on which it may make manifest to the world the high quali ties he has long known it to possess. Major-General Pollock has, through the prudence of his arrangements, and the correctness of the movements directed by him, had the gratification of affording to his troops the opportunity of proving their superiority to the Affghans on the very scene of the late disaster on the retreat from Caubul ; and Major-General Sir H. Sale, at the head of the garrison of Jellalabad, worthily sup ported by the reinforcements from India, has had the glory of leading the army on its triumphant return to the capital of Affganistan. The Governor General regards, with the highest ad miration, the noble ardour which has, in these several operations, been manifested, = equally by the officers and soldiers of both nations, and of all arms. He sees, in the successes alieady obtained, the certain promise of other more decisive victories, calculated to impress upOn all the enemies of the British Government, a conviction of the futility of resistance to the force under his direc tion, and tending, under the continued favour of Provi dence, to effect the first object of his desire, the resto ration of peace to Asia. By order of the Bight Hon. the Governor-General of India. (Signed) T. 11. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. (Corms.)—No. 236 OF 1842. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK C.B. COMMANDING IN AFFGHANISTAN, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SEC. TO GOV. POL. DEPOT. Dated camp Kutta Sung, Sept. 9, 1842. Sir,—l have the honour to forward, for the informa tion of the Right Hon. the Governor-General, the copy of a letter which I have this day addressed to the Ad jutant-General of the Army, detailing the operations against the enemy near Jugdulluck, yesterday. I have, &c. (Signed) GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General, Commanding in Affghanistan. P.S.--I hare this moment received two letters from Major-General Nott to your address, which I have read, thinking they might contain information which would regulate my movements. I have also the honour to forward a copy of a letter from Major-General Nott to my address. Copy of a letter from Major-General Pollock, C. 8., com manding troops in Affghanistan, to Major-General Lumley, Major-General of the Army, Dated Camp Kutta Sung, 9th Sept., 1842. Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that I left Soorkab on the morning of the Bth inst., in progress to Jugdulluck, with the following troops :- Ist Division, under the command of Major-General Sir R. Sale, G.C.8.-2 guns 3d Troop Ist Brigade H. A.; 6 ditto No. 6 Light Field Battery ; 3 ditto Mountain Train; her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons; 1 squadron Ist Light Cavalry; 3 Resullahs 3d Irregular Cavalry; her Majesty's 9th Foot; her Majesty's 13th Light In fantry ; 26th Regiment Native Infantry ; 35th Regi ment Light Infantry ; sth Company of Sappors ; Broadfoot's Sappers ; Mackeson's Bildars. On approaching the hills which command the road through the pass, I perceived their summits were occu pied by a considerable number of men, and a nearer view enabled me to ascertain the nature of their posi- tion, which was one of singular strength and difficult of approach. The enemy were assembled in bodies appa rently under different chieftains, each haying a distin guishing standard. The hills they occupied formed an amphitheatre in clining towards the left of the road on which the troops were halted while the guns opened, and the enemy were thus enabled on this point to fire into the column, a deep ravine preventing any contact with them. The practice of the guns was excellent, yet the enemy appeared so determined on making a stand that the bursting of the shells among them on the right hill, which was of a conical shape and difficult ascent, had not the effect of making them relinquish it, or of slackening their fire, which now became heavy from all parts of their position, causing several casualties. It is with the deepest feeling of regret I have to de plore the loss of Capt. Nugent, Officiating Sub-assistant Commissary-General, who was shot here and died almost immediately. I had lately received the most important and valuable assistance from him ; the service has lost a promising officer, and the department to which he be longed a most efficient member. As the guns appeared to have little effect in forcing the enemy to quit the heigh6, I resolved upon attacking them ; for this purpose Captain Broadfoot was detached to the extreme left of the enemy's position, and his sap pers commenced ascending a steep hill, on the top of which the enemy were entrenched in a sungah, her Majesty's 9th foot, under Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, were directed to cross a deep ravine and assault the hills on the opposite side, where the enemy held a ruined fort, and were with their chiefs and cavalry in considerable numbers. Her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, led by Captain Wilkinson, conrmanding the regiment, attacked the hill which may be considered the key of the position. The 9th, accompanied by two companies of the 35th Native Infantry, under Liutenants Boileau and Trench ; the 13th by 130 men of the 26th, led by Captain Gahan (Major Haish, who, although present in the field, was prevented by his wound received at Mamoo Khali, from assuming the command) rushed up the heights simultaneously, and the animated and enthusias tic cheer they gave, seemed to strike a panic into the enemy, for they dared not wait the collision, but fled down the hills, and were enabled to escape chastisement by the nature of the ground, which was so well calculatedl to favour their retreat. At this moment, Major Lock wood, with her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons, galloped up, and very nearly succeeded in overtaking the enemy's cavalry, but lam very sorry to say they also effected their safety by flight. Captain Broadfoot had completely succeeded in the attack he made, and the enemy were dispersed in every direction, a large body of them retiring to the summit of a high mountain. On this apparently inaccessible height they posted their standards, and showed every demonstration of maintaining it. As the achievements of the day would have been incomplete were they suffered to remain, I decided upon dislodging them. The troops named in the margins advanced under cover of Captain Abbott's guns, and those of Captain Back house's mountain train. Seldom have soldiers had a more arduous task to perform, and never was an under taking of the kind surpassed in execution : these lofty heights were assaulted in two columns, led by Captains Wilkinson and Broadfoot ; the discomfited Ghilzies, not relishing an encounter, betook themselves to flight, carrying away their standards, and leaving our troops in quiet possession of their last and least assailable stronghold. It gratifies me to be enabled to state, that we have thus signally defeated, with one division of the troops, the most powerful tribes and the most inveterate of our enemies, the original instigators and principal actors in those disturbances which entailed such disasters on our troops last winter. The following arc the chiefs who were present in the action :--- Uzeez Khan, Gool Mahomed Khan, and Suadat Mecn Khan—Jubber Kheil Ghilzies. Khodah Busksh Khan, Azul Khan, and Khojeh Ma• homed Shah Khan—Chiefs of Tezeen, Babukkur Khei Ghilzies. Sirdar Khyroolah Khan, I3arukzie, Shah Ghazee Khan, Gool Ghilzie, Hajie Ali Tajick, Ibrahim Khan, and Mullick Suddoo—sent by Mahommed Akbar Khan from Caubul, to co-operate with the Ghilzies. Ibrahim Khan and Mullick Suddoo—Lugman chiefs. The petty chief's of llissaruck were also engaged, and indeed the whole strength of the Ghilzie force may be considered to have been brought against us, numbering on this occasion from four to five thousand men. Let me now express how much I owe to the brave officers and soldiers who have thus gallantly asserted their superiority in arms ; were I to name all who merit eulogy. I should feel obliged to enumerate every officer who was present. I feel considerable diffidence in mentioning the name of Major-General Sir R. Sale, G.C.8., whose heroic con duct in the field stands so little in need of my commen dation. On this occasion I was an eye-witness to the personal intrepidity of this highly distinguished officer, as he led up the heights in advance of his own regiment under a very hot fire. To the officers in command of regiments, and detach ments, and to the heads of departments, also to the offi cers of my personal and the general staff, I feel especially indebted for the zealous and efficient manner in which they performed their respective duties ; and I trust his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief will bring to the notice of his Lordship the Governor-General, that every individual engaged has exerted himself to the utmost to serve his country. *llPr Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, one company , 26th Native Infantry, one company 28th Native Infantry, one ditto 35th Light Infantry, fifth company Sappers, under Lieut. Becher, Broadfoot's Sappers. I hare the honour to enclose a rough sketch of the scene of operations, and a return of killed and wounded. I have, &c. (Signed) GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General, Commanding in Affghanistan. (True copy) (Signed) G. PONSONBY, Captain, A.ssistant-Adjutant-General. TO CAPTAIN DELA3IAIN, SENIOR OFFICER OF CAVALRY. Dated Camp Kareez, Oosman Khan; 23d Aug., 1842. Sir—Agreeably to the instructions conveyed to and through Lieutenant Forbes, Adjutant 3d Light Cavalry, Iproceeded to the rear witirtworessallabs of the Istßen gal irregular cavalry and three ressallahs of my own regiment, and now do myself the honour to report the result as follows, for the information of Major-General Nott. I proceeded at a trot for about a mile and a half, when we were closing well with the enemy, all of a sudden we came on a ravine with steep sides, which for a time com pletely brought us up ; however, we managed to file down and form again on the opposite side. This delay allowed the enemy to move a long way a-head ; but, getting the detachment into a smart gallop, we succeeded in coming up with them just as the foremost of them had reached the bottom of the hills. We cut up about 50 of them. Lieut. Chamberlain's party from the other flank destroyed 12 more. The enemy, I . should think, amounted to about 300 horse and foot. Every man did his duty, so it is impossible to offer any remark on indi viduals, and I shall only add that I. was quite satisfied with the conduct of all. I beg to return a list of the. killed and wounded.--I have, &c., (Signed) J. CHRISTIE, Captain. (True copy) (Signed) THOMAS POLWIIELE, Captain, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL NOTT, COMMANDING FIELD FORCE, AFFGHANISTAN, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, WITH THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL. camp Head . w Qt . m o r f te G rs iiu d z a n t e ed e, Sir,—l have the honour to acqu a i n t y ou , for the in formation of the Right Honounable the Go vernor-General of India, that Shumshoodeen, the Aff ghan Governor of the fortress of Ghuznee, brought nearly the whole of his army, about 12,000 men, into the vici nity of my camp yesterday, at three o'clock P.*. I moved out with one half of my force, the enemy ad vanced in the most bold and gallant manner, each cheer ing as they came into position, their left being upon a hill of some elevation, their centre and right upon a low ridge until their flank rested upon a fort filled with men; they opened a fire of small arms, supported by two six pounder horse artillery guns, which were admirably served ; our columns advanced upon the different points with great regularity and steadiness, and after a short and spirited contest, completely defeated the enemy, capturing their guns, tents, ammunition, &c., &c., and dis • persing them in every direction. One hour's more daylight would have enabled me to destroy the whole of their infantry. Shumshoodeen fled in the direction of Ghuznee, ac companied by about thirty horsemen. I enclose a list of killed and wounded on the 28th and 30th inst., also a return of ordnance, ammunition, &c., taken from the enemy. The behaviour of the troops, both European and native was such as I anticipated, and afforded me complete sa tisfaction. I beg leave to bring to the favourable notice of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India, the undermentioned officers ; many of them have served under my command for the last three years, and have been conspicuous for their zeal and gallantry in the various affairs which have occurred with the enemy during that period, and especially in the action of the 12th of January last, and have invariably upheld the re putation of our arms and the honour of our country : Brigadier Wymer, commanding the Ist Infantry bri gade ; Lieutenant-Colonel M‘Laren, commanding 16th Regiment Native Infantry ; Major Hibbert,, command ing her Majesty's 40th Regiment; Captain Burney, com manding 38th Regiment Native Infantry ; Captains Christie and llaldane, commanding corps of Bengal Ir regular Cavalry ; Major Sotheby, commanding the Ar tillery ; Captain Blood, commanding Bombay Foot Ar tillery ; Major Sanders, Bengal Engineers ; Lieu tenants North and Studdert, Bombay Engineers. Majors Leech and Rawlinson, of the political department, at tended me in the field, and rendered me great assistance in conveying my orders. My best thanks are due to my Staff, Captain Pol whele, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Wa terfield, Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant Tytler, Deputy Quartermaster-General. Annexed is a letter from Brigadier Wymer, speaking in the highest terms of his Brigade-INlajor Captain T. 11. Scott, of the 38th Regiment Native Infantry. I fully appreciate this excellent officer's merit, he has been with me in four actions, I trust I shall not be thought pre sumptuous in expressing a hope that he will receive some mark of the favour of Government, by brevet or otherwise. I cannot close this dispatch without expressing my p admiration of the dashing and ga ll an t conduct, rapid movement, and correct pr ac ti ce of Ca tain Anderson's troop of Bengal Horse Artill er y, nothing could exceed it, and I beg leave to bring this officer and Lieutenant Turner, attached to the same troop, to the particular notice of his Lordship, as officers who have on many occasions rendered me the most essential service.—l have, &c. (Signed) W. NOTT, Major-General Commanding field-force, Affghanistan. GENERAL ORDERS. The Governor-General announc es to, Stheptei 30 1842. 18 and to to the people of India the occup a ti on of Ghuznee by Major- General Nott, on the 6th S e p tem b er, and i ts en tire de struction by the Candahar di v i s i on of the army. 4 Major-General Nott had the satisfaction of releasing in the neighbourhood of Ghuznee, 327 Sepoys of the 27th Bengal Native Infantry, from the slavery to which they had been reduced by the Affghans, The Governor-General likewise announces the com plete defeat of Mahomed Akbar Khan at the head of 16,000 men, at Tezeen, on the 13th of September, by Major-General Pollock, and the occupation of Caubul by the troops under that General on t h e 16th S eptem b e r. The British flag waves in triumph from the highest point of the Balla Hisser. Thus have all past disasters been retrievedand avenged on citadels of Ghuznee and Caub u l, h ave a d vance d th e p ne glorya t every e d anv idoscene ebsl in oh established h e ific thehe t tt and they accustomede superiority of the w th e e re ea s p us tu ta r i e n o ed f ! th a e nd cit r ie e s - British arms. The report of Major-General Pollock leads the Go vernor-General to expect that long before this day all the British prisoners taken by the Affghans will have been brought into the General's camp ; those who had been left near Caubul were already at liberty. The Governor-General, in the name of the Government and of all the people of India, offers to Major-Gen. Pol lock and Major-Gen. Nott, and all the officers and troops under their respective commands*, his grateful and heart felt acknowledgments of the important services they have performed. The Governor-General has derived much satisfaction. from the report made by General Pollock, of the ad mirable conduct of the troops of H. H. the Maharajah Shere Sing, acting in co-operation w i t h th e British army. The Governor-General rejoices in this new proof of the cordial good understanding which prevails between the British Government and that of Lahore. On the 14th Major-General P o l lock advance d t o Boodkhak ; on the 15th he encamped on the race-course. at Caubul, and on the 16th he took possession of the Balla Hisser planting the British colours on the walls. Sir Richmond Shakespear, with 700 liuzzilbashes, had proceeded to Bameean in search of the prisoners. The Governor-General directs that t h e recent suc cesses obtained by the armies in Aff ghanistan be fully made known to all the troops, at all th e stations of the army, and that at all those stations a salute of 21 guns be fired for the capture of Ghuznee, and a similar salute for the capture of Caubul. By order of the Right Hon. the Govr.-Genl. of India. (Signed) T. H • MADDOCK, Secy. to the Govt. of India with the Gov.- Genl. FROM BRIGADIER G. P. WYNER , CON -VANDING IST IN PANTRY BRIGADE, TO MAJOR-GENERAL 'vow, COM BLANDING FIELD FORCE. Se ptember 1, 1842. Sir, of yesterday, ex pressive of your praise and thanks to the troops em ployedof under your command in an action with the enemy g l in d g er t i o ved from the c o o n n t s h id e a r r f i t t e i r l r j o a n dg o e f d th o e n 30th instant, I h ope you will not your art biin favour ableactive ct iv e notice i services a e 0 fv Captain aluabl e assistance sca a ,Brigade to the Ist Infantry brigade under my command, whose exer tions during the fight on that day demand and merit my best praise and acknowledgments. This being the se cond time of the display of Captain Scott's abilities when in act ion with the enemy on my personal staff, will I hope plead my apology for recommending him to your notice, and the favourable consideration of Government, in any way you may have it in your power to mention him as a meritorious and deserving officer. I have &c., (Signed) G. P. WYMER, Brigadier, Comdg. Ist Infantry Brigade. COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR-GENERAL NOTT TO 9 COMMANDING IN MAJOR•GENERAL POLLOC K, C.B. AFFOIfANISTAN. _ Camp Nance, Sept. 3, 1842. My Dear General,—l have been favoured with your letter of the 3d ult. We were engaged with the enemy on the 27th, near Mukoor. On the 30th, Shumshoodcen, Governor of Ghuznee, came into the vicinity of our camp with his whole army. I moved out with about one-third of my force, the enemy came on boldly enough, but we soon entirely defeated them, taking the two field-guns they brought with them from Ghuznee, and the whole of their ammunition, tents, &c. Our sepoys behaved with much steadiness and gal lantry.—Yours sincerely. (Signed) W. NOTT. His imperturbable disposition and cold manner caused Napoleon to utter the expression, " If I could but make that man bang the door !" The ship Hamilla, of Glasgow, freighted with coffee and molasses, was totally lost off Port Madoc on Saturday, but her crew of eighteen escaped. LAW AND POLICE. William Hicks, a farmer residing at Efford, was fined by the Plymouth Magistrates, on Friday last, to the amount of 2831. 13s. 104-d., for several hundred gallons of smuggled brandy in his possession, or six months' imprisonment in the county gaol. An application was made yesterday at Bow-street by Mr. Bush, a solicitor, respecting the means to be pursued for prosecuting a party who had recently ex changed at Paris a bank-note, being one of a quantity of bank-notes, to the amount of 7001., which were stolen on the sth of October from the clerk of Mr. Hodgson, his client, whilst passing from the bank tc the Custom-house. The Magistrate said the case was out of his jurisdiction, and the Foreign-office had Litter be applied to. SUMMARY OP NEWS AND ittb isptaton. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. Caubul has been taken, and the British flag again waves over the Balla liis.sar. Official dispatches announcing the success of our arms in that quarter, and also the conclusion of peace with China, will be found in another part of the paper, but they are of too much importance to be abridged. The payment of the money due by the Chinese is, it is stated, to be effected in the following manner : Immediate payment, 6,000,000 ; in 1843, 6,000,000 ; in 1844, 5 ) 000 000 in 1845, 4,000,000. The Minister of Public Instruction in France has ordered a course of superior primary instruction to be annexed to the colleges of 19 towns, which have no superior primary schools. The King of the Two Sicilies has left Naples al most suddenly to go to Sicily. He arrived at Pa lermo on the 4th. Cardinal Rivarola, the Senior of the College of Cardinals, died at Rome on the Bth instant, at the age of 84. An attempt was made by a Commissary of Police at Geneva, on the 16th, to arrest M. Lecompte, of the Journal de Geneve, but it was not successful. A letter from Hesse Cassel states that the Govern ments interested in the railway from that place to Frankfort have decided that it shall pass by Mar burg, Giessen, Butzback, and Friedberg. A project is talked of in Sweden which proposes to unite, by means of a canal, the Gulf of Finland with the numerous lakes and rivers of the interior over a surface of a thousand square leagues. The plans have already been prepared by Baron General Rosen kampf, the head of the department of roads, canals, bridges, &c. Queen Christina held a levee on Saturday, on the occasion of her daughter's fete. On the same morning her Majesty stood godmother to a son of Lieutenant- General Don Francisco Narvaez, Count de Yumurry, formerly the Minister of War. The Africaine frigate left Brest on the 18th, and is to proceed successively to Senegal, to Cayenne, and to the Antilles. ST. PETERSBURGH, Nov. 10.—Genera Neidhart is appointed to the command of the detached corps in the Caucasus, in the room of General Golowine, and Governor-General of the Transcaucasian provinces. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 14.—The. King , has purchased the chateau and estate of Bern4,orff, near Copenhagen, for 100,000 rix-dollars. It is said ,tp be intended for Prince Frederick Ferdinand, his Majesty's brother. PUBLIC OPINION. The Chronicle remarks, in reference to the news from China :—" Up to the hour of our going to press we had received no details of the important intelligence from China, published by the French Ministerial paper, and which appeared in the Chronicle yesterday. There can, we apprehend, be no doubt that this intel ligence is authentic. Until, however, we are in pos session of fuller accounts, it is impossible to offer an opinion upon the details of the arrangement which has been concluded. Speaking generally, however, it seems both highly honourable and advantageous, such as to justify fully the satisfaction with which it has been received by all classes. One thing, however, is very clear, that such a peace as this cannot be ratified by the pre sent Government without involving the strongest cen sure ever pronounced by a party upon its own conduct. By the first article, China consents to pay in three years twenty-one millions of dollars. For what ? Is it as indemnity for the loss of the opium, or for the expenses of the war, or for both ? How can a Cabinet, of which Graham, Gladstone, and Peel are Members, accept indemnity for an act which they pro nounced to be justifiable ? How can they ac cept. indemnity for the expenses of a war they denounced as being "unjust and iniquitous?" The motion which Sir James Graham brought for ward, in 1840, was either a factious attack upon the Whig Government or a sincere expression of the opinions of the Opposition. The imputation of fac tious motives was, however, indignantly repudiated by the whole party. In what other light, then, can this peace, concluded by those who originated and supported that motion, be regarded than as the bar gain of a highwayman with an unarmed traveller ? As such was this war stigmatised by the Tory party when that party was in opposition." The Post thus refers to the Chinese news :—" Sup posing the information to be all correct—supposing that an authorised representative of the Chinese has agreed to the conditions, and that they should be re cognised by the Imperial Government—what should be our sentiments with eegard to those who plunged us into the war ? We have escaped, let us presume, many and incalculable calamities, that might very probably meet us in every step of the " dash on Pe kin," which was spoken of as a very easy matter,' but found to be a very difficult one. What then ? Would we, or would we not, have stood more firm*, more safely, for all the fair purposes of commuitcation with China, if we had not massacred them by thou sands—for no better original object than that of com pelling them to eat opium? What means the flit ting to and fro of those French and American men of-war, formerly so rarely met with in the Chinese seas ? Have we, or have we not, opened up, in the breasts of two of the most active, restless, and jealous nations in the world, a spirit of curiosity; of inquiry, and of incipient interference with all things Oriental, that may be found not to harmonise well with the ramified working of our own objects and interests in that part of the world ? It is well, very well, if the war is put a stop to. It was a war which, if followed out to its ultimate consequences, would have spread anarchy amongst a people possessing none of the con stituent elements for establishing an orderly system of any kind on the ruins of that of which they should be deprived. Such would be the fruit of success.' Misery to scores of millions, and no real advantage gained for ourselves. But this is the brighter side of the picture. Could we have been thus successful ? The opinions of many who were engaged in the expe dition is all the other way." The Times, speaking ;f the news from China, says —lt must be with mixed feelings that we record the success of our country in a quarrel which we have never been able to believe just ; but still, on the whole, we hear with lively satisfaction that peace is concluded with China. The advantages reaped by England in this treaty are considerable. Besides the opening of five Chinese ports to English commerce, the island of Hong Kong is ceded for ever to the British Crown, a sum of 21,000,000 dol. (the expenses, we presume, of the war, and the losses of the opium merchants) is (it is said) to be paid in the course of three years, and the islands of Chusan and Golong-Soo are to be held as pledges for the payment of this sum. These are the important clauses of the final arrange ments. The labouring finances of India will doubt less feel most advantageously the cessation of this heavy drain on her resources, and the return of the hard cash already expended ; the trade of England may receive some impulse from these four additional inlets to the 300,000,000 consumers of China; and the memory of the barbarian rottinger, his gunnery, and his bayonets, are likely to preserve for our com merce those respectable terms on which it will now be established. It is difficult to calculate the degree of ratiocination of which his Celestial Majesty may be master, but it can scarce be doubted that his con-' ceptions of foreign and especially of British power must have been very materially enlarged, and his in ' disposition to provoke its exertion proportionably increased. We hope, for the sakes of all, that the childish want of understanding and steadiness whirl we are in the habit of considering a Chinese charac - teristic, may not render them more accessible to an unwise, though we can scarce say unnatural irritatiox I, than to a well-founded and prudent fear." The Herald refers as follows to the same subject : —" The conclusion of hostilities with China is ;net tel . of national congratulation ; it withdraws us from. a contest in which all military success was tarnished by the vicious and criminal origin of war; it prevents a , wretched effusion of blood and loss of life; it has a. tendency to prevent the immersion of the Celestial 1 Empire in the maelstrom of European policy ar d state-craft ;it closes one source of our increased e: penditure, and it will probably beget new markets f Jr our fabrics. The terms, too, on which hostilities are concluded are favourable ; the cost of the war has to fall on the originally injured country; a new pos:;e ;- sion—Hong-Kong, commanding the entrance of tie Canton River, is added to the dominions of the Bri tisit Crown ; four new ports are opened to our comme; ve; our envoys and officers are to be treated as the rei )re sentatives of a great Sovereign ; all prisoners are. its be restored ; an amnesty is to be granted, and tsi o islands are to be held as pledges until the money cm - sideration of this settlement is discharged withi n three years. We rejoice that the detestable contest: is closed, that it has closed on terms not disgraceful 1 o our national renown." BICONET-TRADE - COMMERCE. From the increased poor's-rate which has la , yen levied, it would appear that the distress in Leeds has increased. The demand for woollen and cotton go. oda in the home market is greater, however, than bef ore the harvest. NAVAL AND Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe has 'beat the 50th Re g i men s appointed to the Colon elc y of SP 013,TrNG. Portion of the Earl of Harrington's valuable stud was sold yesterday at Tattersall's, and in some cases brought good prices. COTTUT-PASHIONABLE. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have arrived at Longford Castle, on a visit to Viscount and Vis countess Folkestone. Lord Loftus, Lord Augustus Loftus, Lord Alvan ley and the lion. Miss Arden, the Marquis of Lorn, Mr. and Mrs. A. Montgomery, Lord and Lady Cado gan, are expected to winter in the Neapolitan States. Lord Melgund has left town for Minto Castle, Scotland. Lord de Lisle, and the Misses Sidney, are passing the season at Penshurst. Lord and Lady Glenlyon intend to pass the winter at Dunkeld. The Dowager Countess of Clare is nearly restored to health, and intends to pass the winter in town, and will leave Mount Shannon as soon as her health will admit. The Earl of Home has left tßroadstairs for Hirsel House, near Coldstream.; MISCELLANEOUS. The celebrated Victor Hugo and his brother, who are the nephews of the late Abbe of Jumieges, have notified their intention of establishing their claim to a large amount of treasure which they are aware had been placed on board the Telemaque by their uncle. There are at present upwards of 700 persons in custody for debt in the metropolitan prisons, with numbers in the country. The power to discharge them rests with the Insolvent Debtors' Court alone. Twenty petitions were presented on Saturday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) GORDON, M.P. V. THE CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. This case came before the Court upon appeal from thel decision of the Master of the Rolls, overruling a demurrer put in by the defendants, the proprietors of the Cheltenham and Great Western Railvtay Com pany to the bill filed by the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff had certain property in the neigh bourhood of the railway, near Cirencester, and near that railway, on their own land, were defendants erect ing certain engine -houses, workshops, and other places which the plaintiff contended were in direct opposition to the act of Parliament constituting the railway. Under these circumstances the plaintiff filed 4is bill, and obtained an injunction restraining the defendants from proceeding with these works. To that bill the defendants demurred, and upon that demurrer coming on for argument before the Master of the Rolls, his Lordship overruled the demurrer, and gave the de fendants six months to appeal to this Court. From that decision the present appeal was brought. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Turner, an i Mr. Wood, appeared for the appellants; and Mr. St,tton Sharpe and Mr. Loftus Wigram were heard in support of the judgment below. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the course of the argu ments stated it to be his clear opinion that the ques tion ought to be decided at law.—lt was ultimately arranged that the case should stand over to Saturday week, in order to afford an opportunity to the parties to come to some arrangement, or agree upon a case for the opinion of a court of law. OLIVER V. LATHAM. The COURT then proceeded with the further argu ments in this part-heard tithe cause. OMEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. SAMPSON. The defendant in this case, Henry Sampson, had been an officer in the Excise, and had been convicted of obtaining money under false pretences, under the circumstances hereinafter mentioned. He was this morning brought up from Newgate to receive judg ment. Several affidavits were put in and read in miti gation of punishment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Court in aggravation. The Judges having consulted together, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS gave the judgment of the Court as follows :—Henry Sampson, you are brought here to receive the judgment of the Court, having been convicted upon an indictment which sub stantially charges you, that you were an officer in the employment of the Excise, stationed at the town of Jarrow, in the county of Durham, in the Newcastle and North Shields district; that a certain James Bray having been authorised by the Justices to keep a common inn, and being desirous to obtain a license for that purpose, the expense of obtaining which would properly amount but to 71. 12s. 24d., that being the sum that he would be rightly called on to pay; you presented him an account for 131. 2s. 51(1., as Nang the amount which he ought to pay for taking up the license ; that appears on the face of the indictment, and the evidence sustains that charge without a shadow of doubt. The Court has observed the statement you have made, that you have been in prison since the month of August last, and the Court has also observed a statement in your affi davit, which it always observes with great pain, that you have a distressed family, their distress having been brought on and aggravated by your conduct. The Court sees constantly with regret that offences of this sort fall heavily upon those who, to a certain extent, ought to have been considered by those on whom they are depeadent as pledges for their good conduct. Your offence is one of considerable magnitude. It appears that you were not merely intrusted with the collection of the revenue, but that, according to your own account, you were entitled to have such trust re posed in you—a trust which has been employed by you as a means for readily , committing the offence of which you have been convicted. You have broken your trust, and forfeited the confidence which has been reposed in you. This is matter of great aggravation. Taking all these circumstances into consideration, and bearing in mind the imprisonment you have al ready suffered, the Court feels it would not be doing 1 its duty if it did not visit your offence with great se verity. The sentence of the Court upon you is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the Ifourse of Correction at Ipswich for the space of 12 calendar months, and that in the meantime you be committed to the custody of the Marshal. The prisoner was removed in custody. CONSUMPTION AND ASTHMA.—The following severe cases of Asthma and Consumption have been cured by Traction, the new .. remedy, lately dy, i successfully in troduced into p rac tice by Mr. T. Cronin, surgeon :- - Mitchell, Esq., Cox and Greenwood's, Charing cross, distressing asthma; Mr. C. Tovvell, fishmonger, 7 and 8, Hungerford-market, distressing asthma ; Mr. Roberts, 36, Great Marlborough-street, distressing asthma ; W. Gering, Mr. Smith's, 25, Strand, distress ing asthma; Mrs. Blundell, Mr. Viner's, 99, High Holborn, distressing asthma; Mr. Carrington, 2, Charles-street, Long-acre, asthma ; Mr. Spight, 14 and 20, Castle-street, Long-acre, severe asthma ; John Whittaker, John-o'-Groat, Gray-street, Black friars-road, asthma • Mr. Payne, 12, Ann-street, Waterloo-road, asthma ; W. Jones, Mr. Yool's, Mal -merchant, Cannon-row, Westminster, asthma ; Mr. Edmonds, d 6, Marchinont-street, severe asthma ; Mr. Howard, 16, Surrey-street, consumption ; James Lamb, 14, Charles-street, Covent-garden, consump tion, with excessive spitting of blood ; Mr. Lewis, Gloucester Coffee-house, Piccadilly, with ulceration of the pharynx; Mr. Lambert, 13, -Carburton-street, Fitzroy square, consumption ; Mr. Cartwright, Sloop and Navigation Office, Customs, consumption ; Mrs. Young, 87, Dean-street, Soho-square, consumption ; Mr. S. Needham 72, Charlton-street, Somers - town, consumption ; Miss J. Izod, Mr. Bohnam's, Church street, Hackney, consumption; Mr. Davies, Stamp office, Somerset-house, consumption ; Charles Walker, A 78, policeman, Scotland-yard, consumption ; J. Sheehy, 8, King-street, Park-lane, consumption ; Mr. Sinclair, messenger, General Post-office, con sumption ; Mr. Anderson, compositor at the Morning Advertiser office, Fleet - street, incipient phthisis ; Thomas Annell, 8, Mitre-street, Lambeth, severe asthma. Mr. C. may be consulted at-9, Craven . street. Strand, daily, from ten to one. RAILWAY COMPENSATION.—AgIacnomd p ß e a n i s l a w ti a o y n C ease Darlington, Eli wa s tried on pbaent N y ve a e n n d tAhierG. W.ti \ N ra o lt r e t r h s of Tuesday and Wednesday last, wEatasscith.ieoDle(p i u n t g y Sheriff, 's Head, and a Darlington, sp ec Special befor e Jury. The V . E Th .:W o objectol e , determine the amount which should be paid by Companythe, which foL s a piece of land the property of Mr. Walters wanted for the. railway. A number of witnesses were ex amined on both sides as to the v t al h ue of the land, and their estimates were " wide as so me valuing the property at upwards Jury o thers at little more than 6001. 2, asunder;" 2001., ancl - two entire da ys , ultimately The gave oc occupied and the a ver diet of 9441. ls. — Newcastle Journal. MONEY and COMMERCIAL N CITY, QUARTER TO 71 The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday a moderate extent, being 3,500 bales, but the is still represented as being in a dull state. were the same, 60 bales Egyptian realising Gild. to el., 600 bales Surat 344. to 4d., and 2,840 American 30. to 6d. per lb. In Railway Shares there had not been much doing. Eastern Counties, New, 104; Edinburgh and Glas gow, 474 ; Birmingham, 185 ; Midland Counties, 64 ; South Eastern, New, 184. The crowning coup to the important intelligence from China was given to-day by the unexpected and decisive events described in the aecounts from Ail . - ghanistan, and which have excited a feeing of ex treme gratification. The accounts from Batavia continue of a very un satisfactory tenor. The want of confidence had caused the withdrawal from circulation of nearly all the cir culating medium, which was either hoarded in pri vate, or bad been exported. The Government of the Dutch East India possessions was about to adopt all possible measures for restoring the prosperity of Java, which had recently received another blow from the embarrassment weretobegiiiin of t A ugust l:e bank. analtera ti Te opium on h vei) sas agreeable le to the mercantile community. The exchange on Holland was 90 cents per florin, and the premium on silver in the interior of the island had risen to 90 and 100 per cent. The funds have been very brisk, on account of the glad tidings from the East, but the " bear" party have sustained losses which they must make good by sales of stock, and which temporarily check the favourable influence the change of affairs will have upon prices, as soon as the public commence pur chasing. Consols for immediate transfer have been at 941 to 94k, and for the January Account, at 95 to I; Exchequer Bills are 56 to 58 prem.; New Three and-a-Half per Cents. realise 102 to 1014 ; and the Three per Cents. 93i to 94k; Bank Stock is 170 to 171 ; and India Stock has touched 264 and 265. The Foreign Bonds are lively. Spanish Actives are 18 to 17i, the Three per Cents. 22 to 22k; Mexi can Stock has not supported the rise, on account of the reported receipt by Government of news per Clyde, being 354 to 35:1 ; Portuguese Converted are 32 ; Brazilian, of 1839, are 59 ; and Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. 52k. For Railway Shares the inquiry is •limited, but prices aro maintained. Great Westerns are 19i to 204 ; Birmingham Quarters 241 ; and South Western 18i premium. Bristol and Exeter are 25 ; Eastern Counties, 144; Great North of England, 40 ; North Midland, 374 ; and South Eastern Scrip, 1 dis. PRICES OP SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 7O . 4.5 Eastern Counties Ditto Debentures 81. 6s. id. Great North of England ........100 Great Western London one Brighton London and Birmingham 90 Ditto 1 Shares _ 25 London and South Western ... 4114 ... .. 001 to Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip North Midlani lOO 621 to South Eastern and Dever 5() Ditto Scrip - JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster . ... .. 20 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, NOV. 21. We have had rather more business doing to-day, and prices are firm. Our quotations are—London and Birmingham, Old, 321., 61f ; Ditto, New, 321., 31+ ; Grand Junction, Quarters, (251. paid), 431 ; Ditto Quarter, (71. 10s. paid), 244; Scuth Eastern Scrip, 181 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 50 51; London and Brighton, 35 35f ; Manchester Assurance, 9. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 94h 3 per Cent. Cons 94 3} per Cent. Red 104 New 3i per Cent... lo2i New 5 per Cen' Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... 1.2 9-16 i Oct. 1859 Jan. 1660 l2 FOREIGN Austrian, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent. Brazilian 80nd5.......... Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent... Ditto, 1824 2ll Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 1 Danish, 3 per :eta — 1 Greek, 1825,5 per cent — 1 Mexican, 5 per cent 324 1 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. India Stock .264 pm Ditto Bonds ....... 54 pm Ditto Old Annuities ... 913 Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 58 pm Ditto 5001. .. •• .58 pm Ditto Small ...... 58 pa Bank Stock for Acct. 170 India Stock for Acct Consols for Acct. FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent.— Russian, 5 pei cent — Ditto, Metallic •—• Spanish, 5 per cent 1 Si Ditto, Deferred.... ~ 91 1 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange French, 3 per cent —f. . Dutch, 2 per cent. 52; Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 101 a SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. 45 Eastern Counties (•23 paid) Bl Ditto New (—paid) loi Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 60 Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) 8 London and Brighton (50 paid) . ..... n 5 London and Birmingham (90) . ..... ..... .. Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) 49 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ...... ....... . 62i London and South Western ( 41/ 6s 10d pd) GOA Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9 North Midland Railway ( 100 ) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip (20 paid) ... 18i TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Being a subscriber to your valuable paper, you will perhaps excuse my troubling you, but I think it only due to the skill of Mr. Cronin that some publicity should be given, for the benefit of the com munity, to his method of cure in cases of consump tion, asthma, &c. I had been nine months under a medical man with confirmed consumption, and given over by him as incurable. I have now been five weeks under Mr. Cronin, and am not like the same person, as my health and strength are rapidly returning. If you can find room for this in your next publica tion, I think it will be conferring a benefit on those similarly afflicted.—l remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, ADOLPHUS CARTWRIGHT. Navigation and Sloop Office, Customs, Nov. 21st. STATE OF THE BAROMETER A th T e sAltaAtepolftipthe. TtHo TH E S TORM T ta O bl it es M of @Rom A CORRESPONDENT.) DURING On referring wea ther, and the altitudes of the barometer about the time of the Great Storm at Madeira, we find that the aerial wave progressed from London to Mad • about twenty-fours ; th us t Madeira in traversing in that time, a distance of about 1,400 miles. The barometer fell very at London on the 22d, and passed its minimum, or lowest reading, on the 23d, (28.783), a fearful storm raging at the time. round the southern coasts of the island. It appears that the fall of the barometer did not occur at Ma deira, until the 24th, so that the wave must have swept with irresistible fury, over the space between England and Madeira during the short interval of twenty-four hours; (or what is much more probable) the trough of the wave must have extended from London to a point about 360 miles west, or north west of Madeira ; the usual rate at which these storms travel being about fifteen miles per hour. An interesting point is presented by the minimum of the barometer occurring in September, on the 24th, and the curves of September and October, from the 15th of each month respectively, being identical, as both the minima were attended with bad weather. Upwards of six-tenths of an inch of rain having been registered at the September minimum, it becomes not only interesting, but highly important, to study the barometric changes ; for were we able to determine the form and direction of these waves, a step would be gained in meteorological science, and in a department in which nearly all attempts to unravel th e —h p eno. mena presented have hitherto been baffled. A TROTTING MATCII.—A match to drive in harness from the Elephant and Castle to Brighton, making the best of the way, for 501. a side, came off yesterday (Monday), between Mr. S. Lawrence and M r . T Angel. The conditions were, that each party should ride his horse, and accordingly Mr. Lawrence rode Lord William, and Mr. Angel a well-known fast mare called Black Bess. Mr. Lawrence was the win ner. lie did the distance in four hours and ten mi nutes, coining in about half an hour in advance of his opponent. Bets to a large amount were laid on the event. MITCHANL-Dr. Epps on Friday evening last deli vered his second lecture on human physio/ogy, in the large hall of the Rising Sun Inn, Lower Toot ing, to a num erous , res p ec table, and attentive audience. his first lecture, on Thursday, ov. 10, was numerously attended; but the hall Friday was filled to overflow, numbers of respectable females of the place, and from the surrounding vil lages, were present, and all bestowed the greatest attention upon the important truths advaned, and the practical application so clearly and hiTpily made out. The learned lecturer clearly s holiw, that, if the human frame had not a sufficiency of nourishment in early y i outh, t was impossible th a t a healthy s tructure could b e obtained; and con d emne d terms h the Corn-laws as one of the causes of cr oo k e d l eg e y frame ; and d eno unced conduct of a person resi dent in the neighbourhood, w h o i n hi s progress t o church on the previous Sunday, had pulled down and and iin no o f measured e s a h s o u r r t e a d nd unli d es troyed the bills ann ounc i n g t h e l ecture. li e con cluded his second le c t ure ( o f t wo h ours ' d urat i on ) amidst loud applause. The profits arising from his lecture the Doctor has kindly promised to the Anti- Corn-law Association. ?..-'1 11.11 .v, ,-,/,'41 C . S.' • ~; ,--:.,,- • ywe "fti., -, s l le innil S U 3\ -- - c? \ ~~„~. SM ), h~