The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-08 00:00:00

o fete 001 The aiiure ol the house of Fergusson Brothers and Cu., at Calcutta, was much talk; . ol of. Tin' amount of their liabilities in India was stated to be little more than 10,0001. The cholera was making great ravages among the soldiers lately arrived in Bombay from Europe. Kcokhi Khail—which village also was evacuated on our approach. They now retreated, and began to muster in force on the rugged range of heights in our front, the most salient of which was within long mus ket shot of The village. The steeps were too rugged for the assent of our guns. The enemy defended them selves with great bravery, some of their attacks being bold enough to compel our troops to retire at one place, while at another they maintained an advanced position amongst the hills till ordered to withdraw. The fighting lasted five hours. Near the hill the enemy's camp was overtaken and captured, and tents, cattle, and ammunition, with a considerable quantity of provisions, fell into our hands. The Cau bul chiefs were said to have fled with fifty or sixty followers. The total of the enemy's force is understood to have amounted to about 2,000. They had about 50 killed. Our casualties consist of seven killed and 49 wounded ; amongst the latter being Major Huish (26th Native Infantry), and Captain Edmonds (her Majesty's 9th Foot) severely; Captain Tait (commanding 3d Irregular Cavalry) and Ensign Ro bertson (37th Native Infantry), slightly. While our troops were advancing, parties were detached to set fire to the houses and villages; and the force after wards remained on the ground, employed in cutting down the vineyards and mulberry trees. Our troops everywhere behaved with the utmost spirit and gal lantry, and the whole of .the arrangements appear to have been eminently skilful and judicious. About forty of the enemy, it is said, were blown up by the accidental explosion of an ammunition box. The sur rounding tribes speedily sent in their submission, and the camp began to be well supplied with provisions. On the Ist of September, to the astonishment of every one, Prince Futteh Jung—who since the death of the Shah Soojah, has maintained a precarious, or occa sionally a phantom sort of supremacy . at Caubul— made his appearance in camp. He had just before this been reported dead—killed in a scuffle, it was at one time said; at another a victim of his own hands, or of the poison or dagger of the author of all our evils—Akbar Khan ! He accompanies General Pol lock on his onward march, his presence being calcu lated, as is supposed, to produce a diversion in our favour. General Sale, who had been suffering from inflammation of the.kidneys, was ordered to close up between the 2d and 4th ; while Brigadier Monteath was directed to follow the day after, so as to be ready to start for Caubul on the s th or 6tl;. Each sepoy regiment was allowed 190 camels-800 being the usual number on similar occasions. The officers aban doned their own tents and betook themselves to those of the native common soldiers. Baggage was re stricted to the lightest possible amount, and the general belief seemed to be, that however little might be taken with them, all would be left behind; no more carriage than was adequate for necessary food and ammunition being looked for on their return. The camp followers were to have eight days' supplies sent out to them on starting, which they must carry for themselves, as the Commissariat could not under take to convey provisions for them on the way ! Meanwhile rumour ran, that formidable preparations were in progress in the Passes ; a detachment of 2,000 despatched from Caubul being, it was said, likely to be reinforced by 3,000 Ghilzies. There were be lieved to be 3,000 or 4,000 of the Caubul men in the Hazaruk valley, a little off the line of route, who would probably be first disposed of; if so, occasioning a detour of ten miles. This party were said to be strongly posted. They were - reserving themselves till we got inysived amongst the passes, when they meant to attack us—General Pollock, however, having wisely resolved, it is believed, to take the initiative and dispose of them first. The chief re sistance is said to be preparing for us at Boodkhak and Jugdulluck, where the gorge is at its narrowest. Peshawur letters of the 6th mention that preparations were being made by the enemy at Teera for the at tack of Ali Musjid. Here the usual sickness which prevails at this unhealthy and ill-fated spot bad over taken our troops. The following extract will give an idea of the force posted along the line of our retreat. At Peshawur and Jumrood we have no British troops. Those parts which are under charge of General Avitabile, are kept by about 7,000 Sikh troops. Ten miles within the passes the fort of Ali Musjid, 25 miles from Peshawur, and 78 from Jellalabad, is garrisoned by details of infantry from Dhakka, together with a party of Je zailchees, a strong Sikh force being in the neighbour hood. The 30th and 64th Native Infantry, with a ressalah of Anderson's horse and some guns, occupy Dhakka 38 miles further on, at the upper end of the pass, 40 miles below Jellallibad ; and at this latter place the 6th and 53d Native Infantry, with invalids and spare men of all other corps, including 300 Euro peans and two squadrons of the 10th Light Cavalry, remain behind. They have besides, a company of Eu ropean artillery, with a bullock-battery, and four horse-artillery guns—there not being men enough to serve these in the field. At Futtiahbad and Gunde muck, garrisons fifteen and eleven miles in advance of this respectively, detachments will be left, but we are not in possession of details. They will, we be lieve, chiefly consist of Sikhs now quartered across the river from Jellalabad. CANDARA R. In last month's summary particulars were given of the preparations for the intended abandonment , of Canda 12ar ; we are now in possession of subsequent details. The destruction of the spare commissariat and arsenal stores then in progress appears to have proceeded with unabated activity till the eve of our march. The blow mg up of the powder magazine, when 40,000 rounds of ball cartridge were exploded, caused a shock felt . for a vast distance around, and which impressed the inhabit an t s with the belief that we were in the act of 1 1 ,estroying th e city. General Nott marched out on Ithe Bth of August in the direction of Ghuznee. His force consisted of Leslie's and Anderson's Horse Ar tillery, Blood's nine-pounder Battery, details of Bengal and Madras Sappers and Miners, "the Bombay 3d Cavalry, Haldane's and Christie's Horse, her Majesty's 40th and 416 t Foot, with the 2d, 16th, 38th, 42d, 444 43d Native Infantry, the 3d, or Craigie's Irregu lar Infantry, and the battering train—in all amountink - to about 7,000 men, with twenty-one guns of Y.,ar!6pi calibre. The force was as lightly equipped as P 43 ' 6111 11; and the number of camp followers would probably not greatly exceed that of the fighting men, mak ing say 16,000 in all. They took with them the Whol e carr i age which could be spared, amount i ng to ' OOO Camels, besides a large supply of bullocks and a sses ; the train of cattle covered an extent of 12 miles it:,o the m arc h . They carried with them forty days ' -,, u ,PPlies. Nati ve accoun t s s t a t e th a t th e y h a d reached ziookoor, 152 miles in advance, in safety. It was ex ' It ete d they would reach Ghuznee (230 miles) about e Ist of September, and, assuming that four or five 4 a Y a were here consumed, they would be at Caubul IV mike furth er on ) a b out t h e 15th, su ppo s ing that vey e ncountered no annoyance or interruption any ' "ere• From this division of our troops, whose for c;fles prese n tl y engage our c hi e f anx i e ty, we have tj 'A no dir ec t i nte lli gence f or some wee k s — s i nce the nle, inde e d, t h ey left Candahar. G enera l E ng l an d , f a Y i ng quitted th e c it y on th e 7th an d Bth, marched t h c : ll h eYond the wa ll s i n th e direction of Quettah on rse wound 111 7ainK of the 10th, with a force of about 4,000 eluding all the Women, and the sick and st ofthe arm y. At this time the thermometer rose t in s degrees in the day, and sunk to 60 before Timor Shah, the best behaved of the sons,_ of t tl he late Shah Soojah. accompanied the force ; wa tie SufturJung, his dissolUte brother, was left to dil utesitupjemas y with his Baruckzye rival Mahomed st ° r ll , i „ran. nle people expressed the utmost con • in c e e r', en at the anticipation of the disturbances y to follow our departure. The first six marches were accomplished without interruption or annoyances , the enemy 41 1 , 1 t on rea c hi ng t h e K o j uc k hill s it was re ported that had begun to appear in numbers, and -Were likely to obstruct the pass. Though a night M arch of twenty-four • miles had just been completed, titl l ight colum n was pus h e d f orw ard to occupy the ei ghts —a necessary and successful precaution, which enabled the whole force to get through the difficulties oft his f this porti on o f t h e pass b y t h e 18 t h— no loss of any si havi ng b een susta i ne d , though above 9, 000 or 0,000 beasts of burden accompanied the force. The 3e' artillery, consistin g o f 18 gu ns and howitzers, had to `l,letragged over th e h e i g ht s by the men. After this everything proceeded smoothly; and this large detach ni) b ?„,"t, having accomp li s h e d a marc h o f 147 miles in Si xteen days, r eac h e d Q ue tt a h i n safety on the 26th, With the loss of less than half a dozen men. Here they s l" , Proposed t o rema i n - t il l t h e 10t h o f S ep t em ber, when their descent through the Bolan Pass on Scinde, would `ll lie accomplished in three divisions. The heavy ord nance stores, with the native sick of the Quettah and `4l l l, Candah ar t r . oops were to move down under charge '1 of Major Reid , with the 12th Native Infantry .and other troops. Colonel Marshall was to follow on the 22d with the 25th Native Infantry, the light com- Pany of the Bth Native Infantry, and some of the late contingent, in charge of the remaining stores and l uropean sick ; while General England, with the last „ 4 . tne troops, remained till the 2d of October, and " 4 . ,'0u1d th en f o ll ow t h e res t. They were to move uirect on Sukkur to abide further orders. No op " Position was apprehended. It was said that Shawl a - tr n,d Quettah would probably be made over to the of Kelat. This y o ung chief had been on a visit Quettah of some duration, and left because he did I, 'out . wish t o s ee Prince Timor Shah. It is just three I ;; Y e rs since Kelat was taken, and Shah M ehraub, the . . 4 , 411 er of the present Khan and twelve of the chiefs 4 . ., """"",,-,an,,Fhtered because they would not assist us in setting 'l3 Soojah; and too surely prophesied the result the attempt we had engaged in. Nusse . r Khan WI. "1 in October, 1842, the realisation of his sire's pre inerc'n3, and find himself in possession of the domi- Div which the Suddozye Princes have just ea 4, 4: .._ 11 ve Cti °ll. earlY the d the Poi' ordg 1 ,610 to a riog f th e entlY their Aril DW 3. g ar' rot 3 latest keria s far a sing r the It t thi s gr e3t bout , 40 1 wen o leo of NOW of or' od e ' Lrte ell it a l ' is ere s alut e be LU bnl i ckt ° 01, it T Nutt bar ;, who Las of frolo kit' s! ' a oe ~,, i' Iv jIV pt 101 l re' 007, ci if t ' I )° ' „ bee° I.l°ll • i ll 3. bere 6°- is . f o r i" tho' th of v i,icil )1 ettie e Will i• u ring )(Pe- o ff ti dal , die 110 to the tha t JAI" • consists 6th JELLALABAD. e i s Oanii ch h t e e6th of A u gust a brigade under Colonel Wild, of th e 30 t h Native Infantry, with Ferris's D sa e kka to and the captured spare guns, marched for Pe t Jol the garrison engaged in keeping the G e n p a ,, - , 111. route open ; and on the following morning ti 11- 1-7, 4 Sale, with her Majesty's 13th, the 35th Na thve -en trY with a troop of Horse Artillery, 500 of e 3d rnovlrregular Cavalry, and 400 Sappers and Miners, teen edo ., ut in the opposite direction to Futtiahbad, fif teen in advance towards Caubul. It was given this out that chi e f, 3 was with the view of chastising some and dest roy i ng strong h o ld s in the neighbour . - 6 1" 4 0 I as well as o f t a ki ng u p a position where prow.- ba..11..s w ere more plentiful. It now appears to us to b een the first of a series of operations preparatory iTioutnei advance no t th en d ream t o f by the troops,. corfi g m n aner i n d a .i ll i kelihood arranged in the mind of the Chief at Jellalabad. At this time a a P m t alns Tro up and Lawrence, w h o h a d come i n to P on the 3d, once more returned to Caubul, nothing rlN_liiinateverhaving transpired as to the nature of the ar - thr_gelnents desired to be made by the Caubul Sir . 1 , o r i s i 1 0 or the terms likely to be acceded to by General arid ,ek• * The Bengal 53d, with a portion of the sth the Lw squadrons of the 10th Light Cavalry, took fantPl ace of her Majesty's 13th and 35th Native In b" I T , in garrisoning Jellalabad, where the gates had o. repaired, and the traverses built up ; the 6th Native Infantry, and the invalids of all the other hi l 2P,s, including 300' Europeans, also remained be acnjt For a week Sir R. Sale continued wholly in the HO On the 14th, her Majesty's 3d Dragoons and follow°;ollge Artillery marched to join him; and on the day intimation was received from Candahar that,,, General Nott was preparing to move about the _oth or the 10th in the direction of Guhznee. It be 'Yoe immediately known that the bulk of the troops '9uld be moved to Gundamuck, the station nearest t he mouth of the defiles. This is the ordinary halt ing place of travellers ; it is 26 miles from Jellala bad, and 50 from Caubul. Its altitude is 4616 feet, being 2,6 00 hi g h er than Jellalabad , , and 1,800 lower t han. Caubul, an d i t possesses a climate interme !hate between the two. On the 20th General Pol lock marched with the 2d brigade, consisting of her Majesty's 9th, 'the 26th, and 60th Native In fantry,.. Abbott's light battery, and the Sappers and -,2ainers, with two squadrons of the sth, and one of the tr O e t as h Light qavalry. On the 21st, the lo . ng-looked-for ... 1414 ure, amounting to 100 , 0001., made its appearance, • r e :as immediately disbursed in bringing up the - krui .A ef May and June—leaving all accounts for July Q . l ; ; t ll ; gUst still due. On the 24th, the 4th brigade, l fant s , l ., - y e g of her Majesty's 31st, and 33d Native n : with the mountain train and Ferris's Jezai h l e rn i left Jellalabad, and reached Futtiahbad on t her t o of the second day. after. Here they were or to remain for the present, encamped acrossthe al v : a e L h eal. General Sale. Provisions were more 0 1 . • - "ant At this station than at those either in advance with their rear, so that they ,could maintain themselves julout trenehing upon their stores ; and what t was o _ b still greater importance, assist with their beas th s em f t.„ l , ll j b en in bringing up supplies, and forwarding r. r i s undamuck. We have already stated that the ga ons of from 1,500 to 2,000 strong had been left at dollalahad and Gundamuck, so forming, with Jurn ro,„l a nd Ali Musjid, a string of six successive posts . er n Peshawur, al of them garrisoned by Brlfa_sti z oo th _ Ps 7,000 or 8,000 Sikhs being left to maintain.p thee. i ntermediate route. On the morning or d a , 23 d General Pollock's forse reached Clain lajueK ; and having heard that the enemy, Od l er the Chi e f s H a dji All i and Kb yroo l a h i i i l at". l ) occupied . the village and fort of Mammoo all, two miles from camp, it was resolved to attack Lue nt 8,1 1:11 on the following morning. A squadron of the rr ' B. °llll g with Captain Broadfoot's Sappers and been ordered up from Futtiahbad, a little before daybreak on the morning of the 24th, 7-ieneral Pollock advanced in command of two squa mt_ops of light cavalry a light field battery, Sappers -41uMiners, with her ' Majesty's 9th, and. the 26th tre Kamp Native Infantry—in all about 4,000 men ; of N ,filp having been left in charge of six companies f rom a t:Ve Inf antry ( t h ree f rom th e 26th, and. three with the 60th), and 50 of the 3d Irregular Cavalry., • tie squadron of the sth Dragoons, which ar- Ved fluuni that morning, whose horses would not have been sit oo ' the labours of the day. The fields were im t c' Prevent the advance dour force, and were practicable for cavalry. The troops were divided intO two columns. The first village already named wa s . n fn atep,prdoaelthout resistance, the enemy retiring on 0... „ --rt o f The left column went towards the prOceed d ht tendin g on each . Me n s . an . lmoo w ot h : i ; c! .s was stormed by the .shoulders l ; and f i t l h e e s - coup e 0 m oft; Th e to Rookhi .. Alp right, for the ,he cavalry were sent well to -iQ c_r u , ;purpose of intercepting the retreat towaru ,. ciskrir u vo leoilis.fhewrshile Abbott's guns were placed between the and the columns. The enemy being !mil their first position, which was occupied and maintained by the right column, now retired on AUGUST 20.—The troops proceedipg to Caubul are brigaded as follows, viz.:-33 Troop Ist Brigade Horse Artillery, 2d ditto, 3d ditto, 3d Dragoons, 3d Irregular Cavalry, lath Light Infantry, 35th Native Infantry, are how at Futtiahbad under General Sale, where they remain till joined.by the rest of the force, Captain Mainwaring is Commissariat Officer with this brigade. Head-quarters, Gen. Pollock, Division Staff, Gen. M•Caskill, one squadron sth Native Cavalry, Head quarters. and one squadron 10th Native Cavalry, Abbott's Field Battery, 9th Regiment of Foot, 26th Native Infantry, 60th ditto ditto, 2 companies of Sappers and Miners, park and magazine. To march from Jellalabad for Futtiahbad on the 23d of August, under Brigadier Tulloch. Captain Nugent is Commis sariat officer with this Brigade. First Native Cavalry, 31st Foot, 33d Native Infan try, Mountain Train, Treasure, Mackison's Bildars and Jezailchees. To march from Jellalabad on the 22d of August, under Brigadier Monteath ; Capt. Lloyd, Commissariat officer, with this brigade. The whole of the above force is to move from Fut tiahbad on the 4th of September, upon Caubul. Akbar Khan has sent down 3,000 men to occupy the passes betwixt Futtiahbad and Caubul ; and some of these men were seen on the evening of the 13th instant from General Sale's camp. It is reported that Captain Troup has been mur dered at Caubul, but this is not generally believed here. Some say that he was merely "kicked out" of Durbar ! The following troops remained at Jellalabad : Four troops of the 10th Native Cavalry, 2d Company of the 2d Battalion of Artillery and Light Field Bat tary, 6th Regiment of Native Infantry, 53d Native Infantry, 300 Europeans, of different corps, in the Field Hospital—under Lieut.-Colonel Eckford. Cap tain Gwatkin, C o mmissariat officer. Remain at Dhakka-30th Regiment of Native In fantry, under Brigadier Wild; Captain Duffin, Corn missariat office:. —Bombay U. S. Gazette, Sept. 16. CAUBUL. Our intelligence from Caubul has this month been derived entirely through native channels ; and how untrustworthy these are, is apparent from the repeated contradictions rumour after rumour has experienced, after it was set afloat with all the speciality, and be lieved in with the faith which ascertained facts alone can claim. From sources so little to be relied on we give the following rather as matter which may in a considerable measure very probably turn out to be true, and which has already gained credence in the Jellalabad camp, than as having any great title to claim implicit confidence. The Caubul Sirdars seem confidently to have relied on the entire departure of our forces in the course of the month of August; and left t i n t t h r g e e a t m appear to have resolved to detain our prisoners till we h t a wb t i h nu i ds l e uo t ns h , e tt eee their were would n tde t hr h ma e v i se r . possessionw H e a r d e w g o e n a e : - c tthu e a yo l actually found that they had equally outwitted themselves by the determination, as they have now done by pro tracting negotiations, and forcing on us an advance which, to all appearance, nothing but the recovery of our captive countrymen would have induced us to under take. had the prisoners been surrendered to us on any reasonable terms in June or July, our armies would, to a certainty have by this time been in the plains. Had we left them behind us, they must have been made over to us unconditionally, had we so chosen it, as their detention could be productive of no results whatever,but mischievous ones, to their de tainers. There was no wish to treat them harshly ; they were of no use, but'of much cost, tronble, and inconvenience at Caubul; and while their very deten tion must have been understood as a proceeding de serving punishment, any chance injury befalling them calculated to create suspicion would assuredly have been visited with vengeance. Though these things appear obvious enough to the abstract reasoner, it was not unnatural that they should have been over looked by a set of fferce, semi-barbarian warriors, whose great absorbing passion appeared to be to get rid of us ; and who, in wishing to keep hostages for our retirement in their hands, till winter compelled our retreat, fairly overreached themselves. Alcbar Khan had uniformly treated them kindly ; and had it not been for the councils of the other chiefs opposed to him, they would have been released early in spring. GHUZNEE. From this quarter we have but little news of any sort, scarcely anything that can fully be relied upon. The officers seem neither to have been treated with the harshness, nor kept under the restraint that was believed. Colonel Palmer, who vas reported to have died of the tortures inflicted on him, is known to and well. The whole Ghuznee prisoners be alive . • are understood to have removed to Caubul, ^ltur the kindness m ond are probably experien,._ formly shown to others. THE SUN, [ - LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING,_ NOVEMBER •8, 1842. Returns of Casualties among the Troops u:cler the con• mend of Major-General England, K.H., since leaving Candahar, up to this date in elusive. Ist Irregular Cavalry. --1 private killed, 1 wounded ; 1 horse killed, one wounded, 1 missing. l'uonah Horse.-1 bheestees wounded. Detachment of the 12th Regiment of Native Infantry.- 1 private killed. 25th Regt. of Native Infantre.=,l private wounded. Light Company.-1 havildat wounded, 1 private miss ing. _ _ _ - - . . Ist Irregular Infantry. -1 havildar and t private wounded. sth Irregular Infantry. -1 havildar and 1 private wounded. Total.-2 privates killed ; 3 havildars, 4 privates, and 1 bhcestees wounded ; 1 private missing. 1 horse killed, 1 wounded, 1 missing. W. WYLLIE, Major, Brigade-Major Scinde Force." SECRET DEPARTMENT. The Right,Honourable the Governor-General of India is pleased to publish for general information the follow ing dispatch anal its enclosures; from Major-General Pollock, C. 8., dated the 25th ult. By order of the Right Honourable the Goiernor- General of India. T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India, with . the Governor-General. Kurnaul, Sept. 4, 184 FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMANDING IN AFFGHANISTAN, TO T. H . MADDOCK , ESQ.. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, POL ITICAL DEPART MENT, DATED MA313100 KIIAIL, AUG. 25, 1842. Sir—l have the honour t o f orwar d, f o r the informa tion of the Right Honourable the Governer-General, copy of a dispatch which I have this day forwarded to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, detailing the operations carried into execution yesterday, to dislodge the enemy from positions in thiS and the adjoining vil lage of Kookhi have, &c. (Signed) GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General, Commanding in Affghaniitan. COPY' OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, COMMANDING IN APFGHANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL LUMLEY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF TAE ARMY, READ- QUARTERS, SIMLA._ Camp Matnmoo Khali, Aug. 25, 1842. Sir—l have the honour to report, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that .I reached Gundamuck on the morning of the 23d instant, with the troops as. follows :--First Squadron sth Light Cavalry ; head-quarters and one squadron 10th Light Cavalry ; No. 6 Light Field Battery ; sth company Sappers and Miners ; her Majesty's 9th Foot ; 26th Native Infantry ; 60th Native Infantry. On approaching the ground a few horsemen appeared, but retired as we advanced. I soon learnt that the enemy, under the chiefs Hadji Alli and Khyroollah Khan, occupied-the village and fort of Mammoo Khali, about two miles from Gundamuck, and I determimed upon attacking them the following morning. I ordered up a squadron of the 3d Dragoons and Cap tain Broadfoot's corps of Sappers and Miners from General Sale's camp, and they joined before daylight the following morning. At four A.m. yesterday morning, I moved towards the enemy with the following troops : 1 squadron sth Light Cavalry, 1 squadron 10th ditto, No. 6 Light Field Bat tery, sth company Sappers 'and Miners, her Majesty's 9th Foot, 26th Native Infantry, 60th Native Infantry, Broadfoot's folot the 's Sappers. On clearing i the broken ground in two columns, with a infantryintodividedear skirmishers in front. I directed Captain Broadfoot with wing of her Majesty's 9th Foot a t th e h e ad of each, and his corps to go the right. The cavalry also advanced on the right to cut off the retreat of the en e m y . Captain Abbott's battery acco m panied t h e co l u mn s , and, as we advanced, occasionally o p en e d on the ene my , who continued in position so long we hoped they would oppose us with their whole force ; but they retired on our approach, and we entered the village. The fields in front of the village were purposely flooded to prevent our advance. - The left column then went to wards the fort of Mammoo Khai!, and the right column i whole distance • . but on one cable for cavalry near thedid_, proceeded to Kookhi Khail ; • the ground was impract or two occasions an .opportunity offer, ,and the enemy suffered accordingly. Lieutenant - Colonel .Taylor, with F o ot and 26th native Infantry, occupied heights in front of the village of some com partp companies e o s i. ti t f h t e li e9th 26th Native Infantry cleared the hills to the left of Lieu tenant• • As Koala Khali is about two Kookhi Khail, while Captain Brea . d . foot and some of the Taylors position. . .. miles from Mammoo Khail, and as a position there might sup ported, I directed Major-General _lCa of .k i I to retire on Mammoo Khail. As I considered itmportance to hi - might here, and - it ar rived in safety yesterday afternoon. •her Majesty's 9th Foot, to command the following , party:Native . 50 : companies 26 h Native In , I left the camp standing; and selected Major Davis of for its protection :—Three Infantry, t and fantry, three companies 60th. sowers of the 3d Jriegular Cavalry. The . duty was one of considerable importance, as it was D.Yno.rnans im-. as I waa starting, their probable that the enemy would take advantage of our ad vance to send a party . to the camp. .Th squadron of Dragoons having arrived just which induced me t 6 leave them throw of this part of the enemy in camp. The- over must, I Conclude, have horses would not have been equal to a day ' s' , hard work, been very' unexpected, as the w captured by u equi page, page %%it'll its carriage cattle, was d Captain Broadfoot's ' carp's and the 3d Irregular I a ' t the t I have much. gratification in reporting t i_ roops, hole of their camp q i both European and native, of each branFliandso__depart ment,,to their duty, my thanks are equally due well supported the character of 13rittsli ldi.rs. Where all are equally zealous in the cause, and . kee p and de may be permitted to mention the names or corps , __._- partmentg employed. Major-General WCaski I,_ K 11. 9 to fill ; but 1 commanding the right zolumn ; Brigadier Tulloch, com manding. the l e ft co l umn ; Captain Abbott , commanding the light-field battery; Lieutenant-Colenal TaYlor,K.H., commanding her Maj es t y ' s 9t h F oo t ; Major Huish, commanding the 26th N a ti ve I n f antr y ; Capt. Napleton, commanding the GOth. N at i ve I n f an t r y ; Major Blair, commanding the 10th Li g h t C ava l ry ; Captain Oldfield, commanding squadr on o f t h e sth L i g ht Cavalry ; Cap tain Tait, commanding th e 3 d Irregu l ar Cavalry ; Gap ! tain Abbott, Field E ng i neer ; Lieut. Becher , command ing Sappers and Min ers ; and S up e r intending - Surgeon Stiven and Captain Nugent, offici at i n g Sub-Assistant in Comissary-General. The officers of the sta ff who con veyed my orders to the diff erent co l um n s , and otherwise aided in the movement s, o f t h e day, w e r e Captain Have lock, Deputy-Assistant-Adj utant-Gener al Capt. Smith,. Major of Brigade; Captai n Ponsonby, Assist. -Adjutant- General ; Captain Mac a d am, Deputy Judge-Advocate. General ; Captain 'Lane, C omm i ssar y of Ordnanee ; Lieutenant Richmond Shakesp e ar, Military Secretary; Captain Codrington, Assi s t ant Quarterma ster -General ; Lieutenant Payne, Officiating Deputy•Assistant-Quar termaster-General, who was most active throughout the day ; Lieutenant Tytler, n ag _ a __ g g - e Master ; Lieutenant Pollock, Aide - de - Camp, and Captain M`Gregor, Aide de-Camp. To the last-menti one d o ffi cer , I am not only indebted for services in the fi e ld , b ut f or valuable infor qmuliatii no infor mation, a , n a c n e d w f i o t r h the constantlBiuilez enables the force, which his local knowledge and personal ac quaintance for I have this morning h ear d from severa l q uar t ers that the two chiers, Hadjaa n le to s 6bt him 41 n to supplies Ali add Khyroolah Khan have gone to Caubul, attended by about sixty men, if 1 had removed to Gup at Gunda inue k r est erday, there can be little doubt that the eneav wouid have re-occupied. this place, and he would h4re 4nncuneed to the Canbia authorities he had beaten its back, Khoukhi Khali has been destroyed by fire. The fort and village of Altumnoo Khail have been also destroyed by fire, andlefore I quit this place the trees, to which maVa Nalue and im portance are attached, will be cut a nw n, I have the honour to i -ne , No ft return of casualties. I regret I sha ll l3 - deprived• of the services of Major Huish, 26th Native Intantry,.and Captain Edmonds, her Majesty's 9th Foot, for som e time, though I hope not long. Lieutenant Robertson, of the 37th Regiment Na tive Infantry, doing • duty with the 26th Native Infantry,. is slightly wounded, and will, I t rust, soon return, t() las duty. 1 have the pleasure to incl ose reports from Major-Gen. weasitiii, K. ~ and Captain .Broadfoot.---I have, &c. (Signed) G. POLtoca , Maior.General, Commanding ' in Affghaniatan. (True Cop y. ) (Signed) G. PONSoNny, A General. (True Ad• j,- (True Copy.) • • (Signed) R. C. SHAKEsPEmt, Military Sec. PROM MAJOR-GENERAL J. M`CASKILL , INFANTRY DIVISION, TO CAPTAIN , COMMANDING AS SISTANT ADJUTAINT-GENERAL. • a. PoNSONBY, Dated CaMp, Mammoo li,bail, Aug. 25, 1842. Sir,—l beg to detail to you for the information of Major-General Pollock, C. 8., the operations of the right column in the affair of yesterday, after it' had become separated from that of the left, on the complete success on of the combined attack the enemy's ene , b _ position in ad vance of Mammon • • You are aware that this force consisted of four com panies of her Majesty's 9th Foot, an d six Of the 26th Regiment of Native Infantry, under the immediete com- , -L . , of the former height s s t salient of these corps. The enemy bad fled ,before our troops and abandoned the. village of K mend of Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, K.I and .detached hookhi bail, but reinforced , strongly by the fugitives driven b ac k - Tulloch's column, he assumed a menacing hy Brigadier summits in in i n attitude,.and was a' spur of the' mountain within , long musket range of the buildings at Khookhi khail. From this and from other eminences of the most_ precipitous character, thfeorsceooafairdainigoeh. ofTbheei the Ooloos were dislodged with the utmost spirit and gallantry by the details under Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, aided in themost effective manner by a part o Captain Broadfoot's corps of Sappers and' Miners. The enemy were reinforced from time to time, had made many bold attacks, and kept up a sharp fire of jezails from the loftiest peaks of the mountain, but our troops, though so ' much pressed as to be compelled to recede from ground which they h a d gained in one direction, main tained an advanced position among the hills until with drawn by order of Major-General Pollock , first into the plateau in front of the village of .Khookhi Khail, which they burnt down, and then back Upon the present site of encampment. In retiring , over the plain, between the two principal villages, the mo vement was covered by a squadron of the sth, and. another of the 10th Light Cavalry, but the attempts of the Ooloos to annoy were timid and feeble in the extreme, and our troops did not sustain a single casualty . from their effects. Lieutenant- Colonel Taylor speaks in high terms of the support which he received frordjgajer - Huisli, , commanding the 26th Regiment Native infantry - , wno was wounded, and' afterwards from. Captain Handscombe, of the same corps, and from Captain Ogle, commanding her Majesty's 9th Foot ; and I beg to be permitted to bear my testimony to the merits of the Lieutenant-Colonel's ow n exertions -~.~ IL ,y the Lober, td rfgili' Df th e gene rnY in r was ugugt• we or tering ►u bul, have have narCh w ho ye in SCINDE. We have scarcely any intelligence of note from Scinde to communicate, unless what will be found under other separate heads. The arrival of her Ma jesty's 28th, dispatched from Bombay in the first and second week, of September, in consequence of certain rumours of michief abroad, absolutely astonished them at Kurrachee. Scinde never was more quiet, or the Ameers more obsequious to our wishes. It appears, moreover, to be the anxious desire of the Governor- General to deal gently with Hyderabad affairs, and keep the Beloochee chiefs in the best possible humour. Their time may come, but now now; and for the present there appears to be every, disposition on the part of all concerned to maintain the most amicable relations along both banks a the Indus— as high at least at Dejerat. The rumour of the assembling of an army of reserve in Scinde, under General Napier, seems groundleis; and it appears probable that so soon as the Quettah troops reach Sukkur, and so bring up the the force betwixt Kurrachee and Dadur to about 10,000 .men, that a considerable 'portion of them will be withdrawn. If General Nott actually return by Dera-Ishmael-Khan- rather than by the Jellala bad route, after having been at Caubul, this may ma terially affect Scindian arrangements. QIJETTAH. We have letters from Quettah of the 9th, and KO lab Abdoolah of the 6th ultimo. Lieutenant Ham mersley had expired on the first of these dates, amidst the deep and sincere regret of all who knew him. He was a gallant and an able officer, and zealous servant of Government—and fell, there is too much reason to fear, the victim of the workings of an over-sensitive and wounded spirit on a constitution injured by his exertions in the discharge of his duty to a Govern ment unable to appreciate his qualities, or unwilling to examine into the groundlessness of the charges brought against him. The inhabitants of the Pisheen Valley were showing symptoms of insurrection—part of them were in arms. Soola Khan, who deserted our cause in January, and afterwards rejoined us, and received 1,200 rupees a month for keeping the road from Quettah open, had for some time been encamped with 200 horse, without the Fort Killah Abdoolah, which belongs to him. He seems suddenly to have quitted his quarters with alibis followers; he was be lieved to be moving in the direction of Quettah, where the camels had been directed to be withdrawn from the grazing ground. General England arrived at Quettah, in safety on the 26th. He laterally came in by forced marches : the annoyance he had experienced on entering the Kojuck. Pass cost him a couple of men only. His march was in a great measure unmolested. The Affghans were too anxious to begin the affray among themselves, and to proceed to the settlement of the affairs we had brought into such confusion, and clear the chaos we had left behind us, to offer us any molestation when such could forward no useful end, and be productive only of mischief to themselves. BUNDELKUND. - - _ The disturbances in this quarter, noticed for some months, still continue; and at this most unhealthy period of the year, the Cawnpore division is compelled to keep the field. There seems no reason to doubt but that these disturbances have grown to a head in con sequence of the want of a fitting force to repress them ; they broke out before our Affghan reverses began, and have become virulent just in proportion to our weakness in men. In the end of August the in surgents, notwithstanding the presence of a power ful police-force, attacked and plundered the, resi dence of the collector, Mr. Masson, who narrowly escaped with his life. Shortly after this, a large body of malcontents assembled near Saugor, for the purpose of depredation. The 3d Native Infantry and a portion of the 2d Irregular Horse, with a couple of guns, having been sent out against them, found them posted behind strong field-works, but attacked and dispersed them without difficulty. A part of the Gwalior contingent was less fortunate, having met with a check. Lieut. Herbert, one of the officers, had his arm broken by a jingal ball. Our troops were then compelled to retire. A force, consisting of-the 6th Light Cavalry, the 10th, 13th, 40th, and 48th Native Infantry, the Bundelkund Legion, the 6th Madras Cavalry, and 43d Madras Native Infantry, with a train of heavy artillery, will take the field in October, and will, we have no doubt, complete the work of chastisement and subjugation amongst a set of men, who seem to have taken the field for no object but that of plunder, which, from the lightness of our force in this neighbourhood, they hope to be able to indulge in with impunity. BURMAH. Moulmein papers to the 24th August, contain no thing of importance. Cholera was making frightful ravages on the banks of the Irrawaddy, and some cases had occurred at Rangoon. There is some dis cussion in the papers about the discovery of some tin mines near Mergui ; but it was doubtful whether the working of them would be attended with adequate re turns. The death of Captain Kinsman, the Master- Attendant at Moulmein, is announced; as also the arrival of the Princess Royal and Lord Elphinstone from Madras, having on board detachments of her Majesty's 84th Regiment. This regiment left Eng land on the Ist of May last, and has been sent here for the relief of her Majesty's 63d. It is under the command of Lieut.-Colonel - Macbean ; the detachment which has arrived being under the command of Major Franklyn. His Burmese Majesty was very quietly ensconced in his capital, and very laudably engaged in keeping his country quiet, and in repairing some of the damages caused by the late earthquakes, and was expected at Rangoon in October, for the ostensible purpose of superintending the casting of a bell, a work that was either deferred, or attempted and failed during his last visit. Preparations for his reception, however, were much more in advance this time last year; and as no commencement appears to have been made for erecting a new palace, this may be taken as an argument against his coming down this year. The country appears to be perfectly quiet throughout, and everything in the shape of opposition to the present Government to have been successfully put down. NOTIFICATION. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL R. ENGLAND, H.H., COMMANDING SCINDE. FORCE, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT or INDIA, WITH THE GO- MANOR-GENERAL. Camp, near Killo Abdoulah, Aug. 19. Sir—l have the honour to report for the information of the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council, that the British force at Candahar having evacuated that city on the 7th and Bth, I moved from my encampment near its walls on the 10th, pursuant to instructions, with the detachment under-mentioned, en route to Quettah, and that I arrived on this ground yesterday :—One troop late Shah's Horse Artillery; 'seven guns, drawn by bul locks; two Ressallahs Irregular Horse; one ditto Poona ditto; 25th Bombay Native Infantry; late Light Batta lion Native Infantry; Ist, 2d, and sth Regiments late Shah's Infantry. 2. It was communicated to me on the 9th and subse quently that the insurgents were preparing to attack the column and convoy under my charge in its passage, and especially that they would make efforts to intercept it in the strong country of the Kojuck range, at the northern extremity of.which I arrived with little molestation on the morning of the 16th. • 3. Whatever might have been the intentions of the enemy, it was ascertained by reconnoitring that the highest points of the mountain were not yet occupied by them, and I thought it right, therefore, notwithstanding that the troops had just completed a night march of twenty-four miles, to push forward a light column to seize the summit at once. _ yV 4. This operation was perfected by three battalions, and the most important ridge and all the peaks com manding the principal passes were gained by the troops before dark. 5. On the following morning the insurgents began to appear in small bodies on different hills, but the route being flanked they did little mischief, and the baggage, artillery, and immense retinue under the protection of this camp, including nine or ten thousand beasts of bur den, began the ascent, covered by .a rear-guard of two battalions and the cavalry, and I was soon made aware of our good fortune in having seized the heights on the previous evening, for the number of the enemy gradually increased, but all their efforts to capture the baggage, or indeed to interrupt us to any serious extent, were frus trated, and the passage across the Kojuck mountains may be said to have been perfected by noon on the 18th. 6. I have had the highest reason to be gratified with the exertions of all the officers and troops on this occa sion, and it is entirely owing to their incessant efforts in duties of great fatigue, under a privation of water, both in climbing up the extreme points of the range to drive off the enemy whenever they appeared, and in dragging thirteen pieces of artillery over the ridge, that this ser vice has been accomplished with so little loss on our side of life or of convoy. 7. I beg to inclose a list of the casualties in killed and wounded of this column which have occurred sinoe I left the immediate vicinity of Candahar. 8. My last accounts of Major-General Nott were of the 13th, three marches north of Candahar. 9. His Highness Prince Timoor and his family are in my camp, and every possible attention is paid to his com fort and safety. 10. The Right Honourable the Governor-General will have been informed that the Chief Saloo Khan, who had taken service with us after the affair with the enemy of the 28th April, near Hykulzie, suddenly absconded from the military post held by us at this place , on hearing- of our abandonment of Candahar, and it was preaumed that he was at the head of the insurgents in the Kojuck hills, but I am not inailied to believe that he was thus em ployed, and I think it more probable that he may have proceeded to join Prince Suftur Jung, who bad placed himself at the head of affairs at Candahar. 11. I have no information to warrant the expectation of any serious opposition between this and Quettah, es pecially as the Brahoe connexion with the Affghans seems severed for the present, and hope to be enabled to report my arrival at Quettah to his Lorpship on tile 27th or the 28th instant. 12. Pursuant to the instructions of Government of the 19th of March, I have assumed the political responsi bilities as well as military command, vacated by the casualty therein contemplated in the departure fr om these countries of Major-General Nott.—l have, &c., (Signed) IL ENGLAND, Major-General, Commanding *cinde Forces. on this occasion, as well as to express my sense of the gallantry of all the troops engaged, and to acknowledge the able assistance which I received from Captain Have lock, her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, Deputy As sistant-Adjutant-General ; Lieutenant .Mayne, 37th Regiment Native Infantry, Officiating Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General ; and Lieutenant Bethune, her Majesty's 9th Foot, my Aide-de-Camp. The intrepidity also with which Captain Broadfoot's Sappers and Miners aided in the attack on one of the advanced heights de serves my marked commendation.—l have, &c., • (signed) JOHN 31'CASKILL, Major-General, Commanding Infantry Division. (True Copy.) (Signed) G. PONSONBY, Captain, Assistant Adjutant General. (True Copy.) (Signed) R. C. SHAILESPEAA, Military Sec FROM CAPTAIN J. BROADFOOT, SIPPERS AND MINERS, COMMANDING RIGHT COLUMN, TO CAPTAIN U. PON' SONBV, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Dated Camp, Mammoo- Khail, Aug. 25. Sir— -Agreeably to orders, I have tht honour to report the proceedings of the column entrusted to me by the Ma jor-General conunanding, in the action of yesterday. I moved, as directed, with the Suppers (about 220 men) and the 3d Irregular Cavalry (250) across the ra vine to the right of the force. We found the enemy strongly posted in an orchard with some enclosures, and the usual field-works of loose stones in their front were also occupied. This position flanked the approach of the main body. Having formed an attacking party in front, I sent the rest of the Sappers in column under Lieutenant Orr, to turn the enemy's left flank, and Captain Tait's horse still more to the right, and in advance, to cut off their retreat. ,While we waited in this order the advance of the force, the enemy reinforced the orchard, and moved out to attack us. I was therefore obliged to advance be fore the force arrived. The enemy's positions were quickly carried in succession. One party was driven towards the 3d Irregular Cavalry, who pursued, and the remainder fled to the village of Mammoo Khali, into which the main body of the enemy were at this moment driven by the force of our artillery. They Opened a fire on us, ill-directed, but so heavy that we were obliged to.attack the village. They fled when we reached it, and the Sappers pursued to the fort, but were so exhausted by the. march from Futtehabad, and the previous operations, that the enemy was able to enter and barricade the gate. . Their fire was kept down by one party of the Sappers, while the rest climbed on each other's shoulders over a half repaired bastion, about eight feet high, and covered with thorns. The enemy fled over the walls on the other side, leaving the rear gate barricaded. This, and de scending from the walls, lost so much time, that pursuit was nearly hopeless as far as our now exhausted men were concerned. We pressed on with thq least fatigued, however, and, keeping up to the hills, forced the enemy into ground.• Our cavalry were approaching, and we had thesatisfaction of seeing the cavalry overtake and attack them. _ • _ _ Parties were now directed to destroy the forts aban doned on the cavalry approaching, while with a few men I pushed on to the last village near the hills. There we surprised the enemy, whose head-quarters .were there, driving them out of the village and adjoining camp, and obtaining their tents, cattle, and ammunition, and a good quantity of provisions. The enemy (who were evidently the Jezailchees from Caubul) fled to the hills, the fire of which swept the village. I was now directed to take a party of her Majesty's 9th Foot—the Sappers being worn out, except about six men—and attack the hills ; the first and second heights were carried at the point of the bayonet, and flanking parties having turned the shoulders of the high range, we were advancing up it when the main force ar rived, and our further progress was stayed. My sepa rate command now ceased, and I was soon after ordered with Sappers to head-quarters. The conduct of the troops, officers and men, European and Native, was admirable ; and it is due to the 26th Native Infantry to mention, that in storming the second height with a party of her Majesty's 9th Foot, a party of the former corps joined us, and behaved with the same spirit as the rest.—l have, &c. (Signed) G. BROADFOOT, Captain, Commanding Right Column. (True Copy.) (Signed) R. C. SHAKESPEAR, Military Secretary. Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of Troops under the Personal Command of Major-General Pol lock, C. 8., commanding in Affghanistan, ou the 24th of August, 1842 : Detachment sth Cavalry.-1 trooper wounded, 1 horse Missing. Head-quarters and One Squadron, 10th ditto.—No casualties. 3d Irregular Cavalry-1 trooper, 1 camp-follower, and 3 horses killed.; 1 European officer, 1 trooper, 1 camp follower, and 5 horses wounded. No. 6 Light Field Battery-1 camp follower wounded. Her Majesty's 9th Foot-2 privates, 1 . officer, 1 ser geant, and 7 privates wounded. 26th Regiment Native Infantry- 7 1 sepoy killed ; 2 European officers, 4 havildars, 4 mucks, and 17 sepoys wounded. sth Company Sappers and Miners—No casualties. Capt. Broadfoot's corps of ditto-2 sepoys killed 1 European sergeant ; 1 native officer, 1 drummer, and 4 privates wounded. Total killed, 7 ; wounded, 49 ; grand tonal of casual ties, 56. Horses, 3 killed, 8 wounded, and 1 missing. (Si g ned) G. PoNsoNny, . Captain. (True Copy.) Assist.-Adjt. General. (Signed) R. C. SHAKY:SPEAR, Military Secretary. Names cf Officers Wounded—Capt. Tait, command ing 3d Irreg ular Cavalry, slightly ; Capt. It. S. Ed monds, her Majesty's 9th Foot, severely; Major G. Huish, 26th Regiment N. 1., ditto ; Ensign G. Robert son, 37th Regiment, NJ., slightly. (True copy.) • (Signed) T. H. MADDOCX, Sec. to the Govt. of India, with.the Governor-Gen ORDERS BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR R. SALE. Camp, Futtiahbad, 16th August. The Major-General has received a commune'' from the Major-General commanding, to the • e•trect, that Major-General Nott has marched on a pso!: 'nil, and calling upon officers and men to march . as I . l ght as possible, so as to render every camel P s4ihl .e available for ammunition, grain, &c., to enable th!'s force to meet General Nott at Caubul. Sir R. tale relies on the strenuous exertions of officers commanding corps and detachments to carry out the wishe4 of Major-General Pollock. It. is also a very mater;.„l point the reduction of camp followers ; those fravitig families will he directed to send them back to Jellalabad. An opportunity of sending all spare baggage into Jellalabad will offer itself to-morrow, of which offi cers are requested to avail themselves. • Camp, Futtialibad, 17th August. Major-General Sir R. Sale has this day received an other communication from General Pollock, which posi tively prohibits any women or children accompanying the advance, as well as camp followers not indispensably necessary. Officers commanding corps and troops of Artillery, will attend to this order without delay. The Major-General gives due warning to the brigade and its followers, that offenders brought before him for pilfering or strolling into any village, or molesting its inhabitants, will bo severely punished. Camp, Futtiahbad, Aug. 18. Officers commanding regiments and artillery will be most particular that the indents far supplies of the Com missariat include only those entitled to be provisioned by the Commissariat. Camp, Futtiahbad, Aug. 26. Captain Mainwikring, Assistant Commissary-General, will make arrangements for sending every disposable beast of burden to Jellalabad, for the purpose of carrying grain to this camp. In a communication from Major- General Pollock to Sir R. Sale, the Major-General thus expresses himself :—" Perhaps, on such an occasion, officers would send the carriage they have to assist, for it must be very evident to all how important it is to pro. vide provisions this way for the followers." ORDERS BY MAJOR-GENERAL PPLLQCR, C.B. Camp, Simla, Aug. 22. It is to be explained to the camp fulloWers that, after the advance of the troops from Gundamuck, they wil not receive rations for eight days. To , enable them to subsist for that period a supply for eight days will be served out to each man, which he must carry. Thi s order is to be made generally known throughout the brigades, and commanding officers of the regiments are to be particular in promulgating it through their bazaar and lines. CHINA. The news from China comes down to the 28th of Jidy, and affords grounds for forming hopes of an approaching termination of the war there; .After the arrival of the reinforeeinents, the ex pedition on the 13th June entered the Yang-tze. Kiang, the most magnificent river of China, on the banks of which the Chinese had erected manx strong fortifications, and garrisoned them with large bodies of their best troops. Having passed three days in making obserVations and in taking soundings, which were seen andpermitted by the Chinese, the fleet at daylight on the 16th prepared for action, and on the ships taking their stations the batteries from the shore opened. The progress rind results of this con flict have been Officially published in the follow terms : CIRCULAR TO HER MAJESTY ' S SUBJECTS. IN CHINA. The gratifying duty of announcing further highly im portant successes of her Majesty's combined forces, again devolves on her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China. After the necessary'delay in destroying the batteries, magazines, foundries, barracks, and other public build ings, as well as the ordnance, arms, and ammunition, captured at Chapoo, the troops were re-embarked, and the expedition finally quitted that port on the 23d of May, and arrived on the 29th off the Ragged Islands, where it remained until the 13th of Julie, on which day it crossed the bar, which had been previously surveyed, and buoyed off, into the Yangtszekiang river to the point where the river is joined by, the Woosung. At this point the Chinese authorities had erected im mense lines of works, to defend the entrances of bath rivers, and seem to have been so confident of their abi lity to repel us that they permitted a very close recon noisance to be made in two of the small steamers by their Excellencies the Naval and Military Commanders in•Chief, on the 14th inst., and even cheered and encou raged the boats which were sent in the same night to lay down buoys to guide the ships of war to their allotted positions of attack. At daylight on the morning of the 16th th e squa d ron weighed anchor an d proceeded to take up their respec tive stations, which was scarcely done when the batteries opened, and the cannonade on both sides was extremely heavy and unceasing for about two hours; that of the Chinese then b egan , t o s l ac k en , an d t h e seamen and ma rines were landed at once, under the fire from the ships, and tirOve the enemy out of the batteries before the tronpSicould be disembarked and formed for advancing. Two hundred an d fift y three guns (fortv-two of them brass) were taken in the batteries, most of them of heavy calibre, and upwards of eleven feet long. The whole were mounted on pivot carriages of new and effi cient construction, and it was likewise observed that they were. fitted with bamboo sights. The casualties in the naval arm of the expedition amounted to two killed and twenty-five wounded, but the land forces had not a man touched. It appears almost miraculous that the casualties should not have been much greater, considering how well the Chinese served their guns. The Blonde frigate . had fourteen shot in her hull, the Sesostris steamer 11, had all the s hip s en gao-ed more or less. The loss on the part of th e enemy is supposed to have been about 80 killed, and a propor tionate number wounded. ' Oa the 17th of June, some of the lighter vessels of the squadron advanced up the Woosung river, and found a battery deserted, mounting 55 guns, of which 17 were bras 3. On the 19th two more batteries close to the city of Shanghae, opened their guns on the advanced division of the light squadron, but on receiving a couple of broad sides, the Chinese fled, and the batteries, which contained 48 guns (17 of them brass) were instantly occupied, and troops took possession of the city, where the public buildings were destroyed, and the extensive Government granaries given to the people. His Excellency the Admiral proceeded up the river WoosunOvith two of the small iron steamers on the 20th inst., about 50 miles beyond the city of Shanghae, and in this reconnoisance two additional field works, each mounting four heavy guns, were taken and destroyed, bringing the total of ordnance captured in these opera tions up to the astonishirg number of 364, of which 76 are of brass, and chiefly large handsome guns. Many of the brass guns have got devices, showing that they have been cast lately ; several of them have Chinese charac ters, signifying " the tamer and subduer of the barba rians," and one, particularly large, is dignified by the title of the " barbarian." The Chinese high officers and troops are supposed to have fled in the direction of the cities of Soo•chow, Hangchowfoo,.and Nankin. The same high authorities have made another indirect attempt to retard active operations, by ,an avowed wish to treat, and have also given a satisfactory proof of their anxiety to conciliate by the release of 16 of her Majesty's subjects (Europeans and natives of India) who had been kidnapped ; but as the overtures were not grounded on the only basis on which they. can be listened to, they were met by an inti mation to that effect. —God save the Queen. Dated on board the steam frigate Queen, in the Yangts• zekean river (off Woosung) the 24th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. (Signed) HENRY POTTINGER, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. CIRCULAR TO HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS DI CHINA. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has much sa tisfaction in promulgating, for general information, the annexed extracts of official dispatches, under dates the 23d and 21st of May, which have this day reached him from their Excellencies the Naval and Military Com manders in -Chief, announcing the capture of the port and city of Chapoo. Whilst her Majesty's Plenipotentiary must feel, in common with all her Majesty's subjects, great thankful ness and pride at this most important success, he partici pates most warmly in the expressions of regret which have been recorded by their Excellencies the Naval and Mili tary Commanders-in-Chief of her Majesty's combined forces, at the losses which our gallant countrymen have sustained in killed and wounded, as well as at the amount of buffering which has fallen on the Chinese soldiers and inhahitants, in spite of every effort made to induce the former to surrender, as well as the latter to trust to our Clemency and kind'treatinent of them. The' whole of the prisoners made, have been sent back to the Chinese high officers, who had subsequently made overtures for accommodation, , but which it is impossible to pronounce to be sincere. Her Majesty's Plenipoten tiary, however, indulges the strong hope, that the irre. sistible power of her Majesty's arms will, at no distant period, compel the Government of China to Come to terms, and thereby put a stop to a war, which it is his anxious duty and wish to see terminated on an honour able and lasting basis. God Save the Queen. HENRY POTTINCER. Government House, Hongkong, June 4, Dated Cornwallis, at Chapoo, May 23. Commanders Kellet and Collinson, who have been indefatigable in s urvcying every part we have had to navigate, succeeded during the night in thoroughly sounding between the anchorage and the shore, which enabled the Cornwallis, Blonde, and Modeste, while the troops were lauding, to take up excellent positions against the sea batteries,,c9nsisting of two works mounting seven , and five guns, about one-third of the way up a steep hill, at the eastern extremity of the suburb, and crowned with a joss-house, occupied by a large body of men ; and three other masked batteries, mounting 30 guns, in front of the suburbs ; making a total of 42 guns of different calibre. These all were thronged with Chinese soldiers, who also lined their defences on the heights to a e.onsi de rable extent with matchlock men and numerous jinjalls. Against these field works: the Sesostris was an chored, for the purpose of dispersing them with shells as our troops advanced, and the inhabitants at the suburbs and city were duly warned to retire out of the line of our fire. - • By the exertions of the Nemesis, Phleget)- on, and Queen steamers, and the boats of the "3" Starling, Columbine, Bentinck, an ,,d Al.geris - ring vessels ne, together with those of the transports, con ....ucted by Lieutenant Somerville, the troops were ... put on shore in admirable order, under the able el:" tection of Commander Charles Richards, of the I . "' " the Getters) — ornwallis, before nine o'clock, when push ~ with his accustomed energy, immediately ..A forward at their head—the ships, by a precon certed signal, opening their fire at the same time on the batteries. , A few shot, however, put the men stationed in them, and at the joss-house on the summit of the hill opposite to us, to a precipitate flight, and not a moment was lost in landing the seamen and marines of the squadron, under Captain Bourchier, of the Blonde, and the officers named in the accompanying list, who got possession of the batteries before the mines which were prepared in them could be sprung, and having succeeded in cutting off several of the Chinese troops that were endeavouring to reach the suburbs, joined our land forces on their approach to the city. (Signed) WILLIAM PARKER, Vice-Admiral. A true extract, G. A. AiALCOLM, Secretary of Legation. Dated Head-quarters, Chapoo, May 21. The fleet arrived at an anchorage [thirteen miles from this, on 14th instant. On the 16th his Excellency Sir William Parker and myself reconnoitred the defences of Chapoo ; when we made our dispositions fur its attack. On the 16th the fleet came to anchor about four miles to the east of the city ; and the troops were ordered to pre pare to land at daylight next morning. By eight o'clock, on the 18th, every man was on shore without being op posed. By ten o'clock the whole range of heights and fortified encampments, forming the principal military de fences of Chapoo, were in our possession ; and by twelve I was on the walls of the city, having escaladed the east ern angle, during the confusion and panic occasioned by the previous attacks ; and having cut off the retreat of a large portion of those who defended the heights, which fortunately were the enemy's best troops, composed of Mantchoo Tartars. The Chinese had about 8,000 regu lars, 1,700 of whom were Tartars. Their loss must have been very great. as we have buried from 1,200 to 1,500 men. We have made but few prisoners, and those are principally wounded. From eighty to ninety guns have fallen into our hands, all of which lam in the act of de stroying except the brass. Vast quantities of jingals, with some thousands of matchlocks, and innumerable bows and arrows, have also fallen into our hands, as have also a foundry and gunpowder manufactory, toge gctlier with several arsenals, which shall all he destroyed. I regret to add that this has not been effected without a greater loss than I anticipated. One officer, one ser geant, and seven men killed ; seven officers, one sergeant, and 42 men wounded, of the military arm, and about five or six of the marines and seamen. In the list of killed, I feel deep regret in naming it, is Colonel Tomlinson, an officer of high promise. Amongst the wounded are Lieutenant-Colonel Mountain, Deputy Adjutant-General, a very superior staff-officer, w has received _three rather severe wounds, and Cap tain Campbell, 55th, a most zealous officer. s Eastern Expedition. Commanding Land F orce (Signed) IL Gotan, • (True extract.) G:.A. MatcoLx, Secretary of Legation. . -- • GENERAL ORDERS. By his Excellency Lieutenant -General Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.8., commanding Expeditionary Land ' Force. • • Head Quarters Chapoo City, 19th Mat. 'The Lieutenant-General has again to congratulate his brave comrades in arms on another very brilliant achieve ment executed with their usual gallantry by the Chinese expeditionary force. air Hugh Gough's best thanks aro due to all ranks, and he again has to request officers in command of corps and detachments to convey to their respective officers and sol diers his highest sense of approbation. The• Lieutenant-General commanding cannot deny himself the melancholy gratification of recording the announce that deep feelings of regret he has experienced at the loss of one of our brightest ornaments , Lieut.-Colonel Tomlin son, 18th'Ileyal Irish, who fell at th e head o f his corps, n obly doing his duty. His honourable to remains will be at c ommitted to the deep to - morrow , in accordance with the ex express wish Lieutenant-Generalo hisliroth i e a r h o a ffi p c p e y rs. The Lieutenant-Colonel Mountain C. 8., De put 3 'Adjut ant General, whose zealous exertions have been so frequently recorded, is doing well, as also the other wounded offi cers and men. _ _ (Signed) J. B. Goucx, Major, Deputy Quartermaster-General, Acting for Deputy -Ad jutant-General, Expeditionary Fo rce . (True copy) G. A. MALCOLM, Secretary of Legation. We learn that the claims handed by American citi zens to Commodore Kearney for losses sustained dur ing the attack of the British force on Canton, amounted to about 7,800 dollars ; that these were demanded by the Commodore, and that the Chinese paid 10,000 dollars instead, the surplus being, we believe, intended for the parents or nearest relatives of the boy Sherry, who was killed during the attack on the Morrison s boat; besides which, the Hong merchants have sen t about 2,000 doll ars ' worth in teas and other t articles to the same parti es . After this money was Pad' eve understand th e c l aimants altered their minas' and asked a gr ea t er sum. Commodore K e arney refused s to make an o th er application, and the money remain , in the hands of the United States' Consul, to be by him paid to the parties interested, on application for it, and on their giving a discharge in full for all claims against the Chinese authorities, arising from losses sustained on the occasion in question.—Canton Press, June 25. Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, Captain Nicholas, bearing the pendant of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, arrived at Hong-Kong on the 19th, after an amazingly short voyage, she having left Torbay on the 21st March. Particulars of the passage we copy from the Canton Register (extra) of 23d June. Sir Thomas Cochrane has hoisted his flag on board the Blenheim, and will, for the present, we hear, remain at Hong-Kong. The Vindictive left Torbay on the 21st of March ; arrived at Madeira in four days and a half, and at Porto Praya, St. J ago , i n t en days from England, where she remained nearly two days and a half wa tering. She crossed the line on the night of the Bth April, passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope in lat. 38 deg. 30 min., early on the morning of the 3d of May, and passed without half gunshot. of the a S.E. end of the island of Amsterdam on the 14th of June, being just eleren days only from the meridian of the Cape, a distance of nearly three thousand miles! After leaving Amsterdam she unfortunately met a gale of wind from the N.X.E, - which delayed her several days, and took her within 400 miles of the coast of New Holland, and she could with ease have reached Swan River within sixty days from England, the gale having been directly fair for it. She arrived off Java head on the 30th of May, just 70 days from England. In the Straits of Sunda she was unfortunately becalmed six days, and did not ar rive at Anjer until the sth of June, where she re mained one day, watering, and anchored In Hong-- Kong Bay ou Sunday morning, the 19th of June, being her ninetieth day from Torbay, upwards of three of which she was at anchor ; thus having completed the .voyage in less than 87 days under sail. The Vindictive was originally a 74, but was never at sea as such, having been altered to a frigate on the plan of Mr. Blake , the present master shipwright of Portsmouth Dockyard, about nine years ago; and strange to tell, for reasons which remain to be explained, she was never commissioned until the end of last year ; when Capt. Nicholas, at his urgent request, was removed to her from the Belleisle, 74, which he had before commanded in the Mediterranean fleet and on the coast of Ireland. Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, whose - flag she has brought out, Captain Nicholas, and, indeed, every officer in the ship, are enthusiastic in her praise, and they all unanimously agree in stating that she has every good quality, and not one fault! She fre quently ran 296 miles i❑ the 24 hours, and once or twice, it is said, above 300 miles. She is a beautiful ship, and amongst her other matchless qualities is that of being enabled to fire six long sixty-eight pounders right ahead, and six right astern on a line with her keel ; and the shot from her bow guns will cross each other at the distance of 100 yards from the ship. We have been informed from Canton that a cho' i , of tea, going down to the Bengalee, has been lost oa the barrier between Canton and Whampoa. We learn from letters, dated Canton, 19 th ingt., that Howqua had sent round a notice to the forP'.gners in Canton, warning them against drinking Wring water, and stating that the Hoonam soldiers .had poisoned the wells at the back of the city. - r - , that about •20 Chinese had whence the fo reigners draw their water for dotic purposes; and It is also said that Canton provincials and the in fernal plan of revenge; ..- tillen es victims to this Hoonam troops hay;e been fighting and each k• • other in a fearPAl manner. Letters r e,ceived to-day (23d) fr o m Cant o n, state that the 9,b` ap of tea - was got off with but trifling `to the cargo. damage , Fier Majesty's ships Nimrod, Cruiser, and Wolve rine, and steamers Memnon and Hooghly have pro ceeded up the Canton river. Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane left Kong-Kong in the Memnon steamer on Wednesday last to join the squadron, whose object, it is supposed, is no other than to re connoitre. We regret to learn that much sickness prevails at Hong-Kong, and that the European gar .rison are the principal sufferers, as well as the Euro pean wives and children of the soldiers lately arrived. —Canton Press, July 23. Letters from Canton, dated the 20th of July, men tioned that intelligence has there been received of thc fleet being at anchor at Kong-soo, in the Yangtse kiang (probably the Kaou-tchaou of the French maps) on the 4th of Jul?. Kaou-tchaou is some distance above the great canal and the city of Ching-kiang-foo„ and no great distance below Nankin, and from that position we suppose the entrances of the canal both southern and northern to be under the control of the forces, and Nankin at their mercy. Elipoo has sent to Canton for two Hong merchants and two linguists to go to Soo-chow, and the Canton authorities have 'consequently- ordered Samqua and Howqua's fifth and only, stt-viving son on this errand ; with what specific` object was not known ; the two Hong mer i•ckants were to have left Canton yesterday. It was originally intended to have sent Howqua himself, but his great age has at last exempted him from this duty ; it is supposed by the Chekiang authorities that the Hong merchants, being accustomed to deal with the barbarians, will be of use to them in their negotia tions with the English, although the merchants are aware thAt on a former occasion Sir Henry . Pot. tinger refused to see them. We suppose they must have obeyed these orders very reluctantly, for inde pendently of the great expense and, probably, squeezes to which this journey will expose them, for Hong mer chants in the north are rara aces, and the reputation of their wealth will have preceded them, their liberty will be in some danger should they be employed in negotiations, and these terminate differently from what the Chinese authorities expect; in which case banish ment to Ele may very likely be the end of their mis sion. It is said that their being sent is with reference to settling the terms for the ransom of Nankin. This is, however, we suppose, mere conjecture. According to Chinese reports the large city of Shanghae has been taken by the British force, which is said to have from thence penetrated into the country as far as SOo chow, and taken that town also. Shanghae is one of the most important seaport towns in the empire, whose trade is said to employ an immense number of junks. We have no arrivals whatever from the north to con firm these reports.—lbid. The usual success has attended the British arms at Her Majesty's Plenipotentia, observes t S b h a a t n t. gl b e ia e c . Chinese " served their guns we ll :' and some private letters that we have seen, state that the fire of the Chinese was very severe, more so than ever before tested; the Nemesi g s' in r g igf o it b lg er was w cut b to pieces; an r a i r g t b ill t e a ry nn mab belonging amputated a t the shoulder as o b j b o i t s n t° t l e; have a n:o - t e th a e l h i f s . man, belonging to the Pluto, lost bot liged. ancles, and Lieutenant Hewett, R.lll, of Iler Ma jesty's ship Blonde, lost his head by 's round shot. Before this Nankin and the command of the Grand Canal must be in the possession of her Majesty's forces ; but if it is the intention of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and the Commander-in -Chief to pro ceed to Pekin this year time is lost in these detailed operations. Mr. Lay, the naturalist and interpreter, was also severely wounded int he face by a splinter to some of their war-junks—two forward and two The Chinese have adopted the use of , pa s ( , l 3 d ot l loe e l d - sg W :o b ta.i e s e fil l l s edii set aft—but the manner in which they are worked had not been clearly explained to us. The Captain of the Chcbar left his ship in his gig at eleven, A.m., on , the 2.2 d instant, to proceed to was returned, etitie,usferisnaypinurci, thatthe Canton. Ile ventured to go through the back pas sage, which is at present afiurius clauses. When he arrived at the narrow pass which is lined by forts, five Government boats started in chase, came up w i t h and rifled his boat, and the i n lo h a i t m \ s \ e . l . l a ai nu fd boat's crew, caonndcigonneveeyo,edf thtehesihnipalrlectoei%C. an English Captain and tl e : d re n ai tha e id ni s n a ' ailors )e restored, a f t t i t e ll n of o o f ffi ti e l e e rs a , who were requested to i n the consoo house, and thither he was reline frotNlviieedboat's crew was missing,. and or their value u fo i l t i b nd b t is he ex p p la la c n e article taken out of the nearly every taken of what was missing, have be On en e o d the missing articles should 1 given that mpaaiyd, for. trust the Chinese authoritiesdrowned in the scuffle, will andif so, we severe account. be brought to * , dated M The; ofollowing26thof extracts from a private letter from July, give information which upon : may be reli e d " The Hong at merchants Canton are generally , well informed of th eo ‘ I events here and in the no r th — one of thempotreffressms e that he has a letter from a friend at Nankin, date corresponding with our 9th of J uly, stating that there had been a great deal of fighting about there, but that it bad ceased on our 20th June, when the English were close upon Nankin, and from what is further said it appears that nego tiations had commenced. I send you a newspaper of this date, from which it will be seen that the Emperor and the Imperial Commissioner appear to be less bold in their langu age —the former studiously. dwelling on the iniquities of ' Elliot," carefully avoiding alluding to Pottinger. This may be :unningly done to have an excuse for conciliating the latter, by yielding to terms which the Emperor may pretend could not have been a dmissable if proposed by the old offender. A truce may perhaps be agre e d t o , b ut i t i s still toy opi nion that this year's campaign will not effect a final s ettlement of our disputes with China. It is reported that the ..kriadne steamer is lost on a quicksand—no particulars received. The Hong merchants state most positively, and am inclined t o b e li eve it, that the secon d cropof blast tea has so far failed, that half the chor of cvn g ° d u that not likely to average more th an 350 ches ts, an very few will come up to 600. Prices of congou are expected to open at 36 to 38 the of a ty , We have bad symptoms of the appro