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Re need hardly mention the state of the law in foreign countries English from Cabo o l , on th e roa d to J ellalabad, and Dr. Bryan reports having witneseed seyen . ,officrs Iw/tottered., .yr - • • . - on the subject. He believed that in most Christian communities • The ladies, siiieen in number, were taken bad. Cahoot by the these marriages were allowed, but under various restrictions. • - -A ifitilims. A_lrcirse fate than death awaits -them-1-- It is reported The restrictions in the Protestant St a tes of Germany were directed 1 . , that Major . Eldred Pottinger, and two or three other o ffi cer s , h av e chiefly arairnst" the crime of adultery; and" wiih *that avieW they - ' also escaped. . • ' I had invested the Sovereign Power with the authority of dispel' lion, • . • . ' We can have no further particulars for some days. Id, is not with which in the Roman Catholic religion the Pope was in 'steel. Morning 1 I minutes a ft er d I Evening - minutes a ft HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 4o I'HIS DA I- stated how Dr. Bryan e ff ected his escape; nor is there a whisper Therneasure which he would propose would remedy all the rious it..llmflom''o-------••• ------ , evils connected with the subject. He trusted that whatever ight ofthe fate of Shah Soojah. - ot, °;ea a d a le. ° What is to be done to retrieve these disasters is a question easier -be the decision of the House, justice would be done to the i erests , 'se, ' O- , i :1 0 i asked than answered. Already about fourteen millions sterling of society in all grades. He would conclude by moving fo leave t 1 I • ue ti or i 4rcw..voi „..,.. 01 to bring Ina Bill to amend the Marriage Act of 1835. I '-' 4l To have been expended in attempting to retain possession of a -country, the gross annual revenues of which do not exceed the rent-roll of Mr.. P. BORTHWICK seconded the motion. The .SPEAKER having put the question, " . • .., some of the English nobility—and in- creating a " friendly power" on the N. W. frontiers of India. • Sir. R.• H. INGLIS said, regretting as he did, that the bject I' ; I had been introduced at all—(Hear, hear)—he doubly regrett that tronllZtuttoit (From the Bombay Times of Feb., l.) ' At the date of our last advice. three regiments„ whi were it bad been introduced by one—he would say nothing f •tOs attempting to march under Colonel M'lairin, from Candah a to its -acquirementa or station, but whose character we SUN OFFICE, Three o'oo l* h. ,. telief, had been stopped by the snows w es t war d of Ghuzni, and sutßeient - to . give additional weight to - wha he Compelled to return whence they ceme. . Ghuzni itself was Snowed (Sir 8.. Inglis) believed to be evil. There was one cons la t t h lo n o t ----...-.:--- • up O its garrison contained but a single sepoy regiment. Sir R. which he had in rising after his Noble Friend, and that wa t _ ii,.. . . he already knew, and the House knew, not only that he feud,t INDIA AND CHINA • : sale's brigade had left Cabool in the beginning of October, sod 1 s reached Jellalabad on the 12th NoveMber, and there they remain posed te .hear with respect whatever fell from his Noble the t.4bject, ' cooped up and unable to move at peril of their existence:, The and to imitate the calmness with which he had discussed l but also that he (Sir R. Inglis) IMPORTANT NEWS. ' beleaguered host could receive aid from no one; they cadre sur rounded by an enemy from 15,000 to 20,000 strong. Their Corn. in any way whatever upon the matter. ...s . was not influurcNeclobbley pFarriteynideelhina,gt missariat, having almost at the first outbreak been destroyed, they e o it f he h r is wo n di lia d su h r e e said that he would not rely on the introduct ion Lamentable, indeed, is the news brought by the 444 from were by the date at which the present narrative commencesj ill off upon the theological merits of the question. the land . flail • • • Accord in g letter .from for f ._ from India. , to one I . clothing, and solely pinched for food. The force, besidds, was (Sir R. Inglis) enter upon that subject, because he . felt th' t questions gent rally, - redivided. It consisted .. of nearly 6,000 men, o ne half in the Balla Hisser, House, unfit as it was to entertain theological Bombay', of the Ist ult. the whole of the British at l ey in or citadel, within the town, the other half in a fortified camp six miles was still more unfired to discuss in detail acts relating to the scent .Affgharus • tan, consisting of her Majesty's 44th regiment off, a deep mountain stream which they were never able to find in s. s ubject. He would follow the example of the Noble Lord, and no enter tervened. By the 20th much annoyance and some apprehons:on into any theological discussions. He evouldnot go into the con •dera. of foot, and detachmeuts of five - native regiments, to tion of the question whether these marriages were prohibited y the him (Slr R. Inglis) t state tile number of 5,400 men, besides camp followers, overt, began to be entertained of the e ff ects of the ef fl uvia of the heaps of Wont of God or not. it was su ffi cient for unburied dead everywhere strewed around; about ten thousand to havebeen cut ,to pieces. rcpoi ted that they had the concurrent testimony that it had always ben the co nviction of -the Universal Church that those marriages which the sination of the brave Sir WM. MACNAGHTEN, o 4 the Elphinstone, threatening to add the horrors of pestilence to those of Noble Lord now sought to legalise were not in the sight o'• that 25th of December, whose head was - cut off and famine - and the sword, as soon as a reiexing temperature should Church -sanctioned or adopted. That was a position which he paraded on a pole through 'the streets of iCa stimulate putrefaction. An attempt was at this time made to sub. thought Vie Noble Lord himself could not dispute. \Whether Merge the camp , by diverting a torrent from its course, and direct those marriages were or were not contrary to Scripture, cer- bool, and afterwards stuck -on the wall in . ing its waters against the entrenchments. Fortunately it was pre. taro it, .was that they had never been sanctioned by the derision, the British trooPs, according - 'td''' this I , ttee, vented ; a canal guided the stream harmlessiy away. In the; camp Church. • . The Universal Church, for fifteen con uries,.• d to effect •-• teat. I, _ evacuated the city, an endeavoured it had, decreed that such marriages were not expedient, the o . tifirl. In the citadel both food and powder were nearly expended. and he thought that where they found 'that such restric. Front lst • letters reported to be received onAi i'mry, On the 19th a convoy of ammunition was sent, to the Balla issar, tions had been the universal practice of the. Universal Church, in Bombay, tinted from Jellalabad, the 7th of - tfan tary, under Colonel Oliver, of the sth Native Inf an t r y, but the olonel it must be held that such restrictions had originated in a con- it would appear that they evacuated Cabool on ilie ,4 29th . having reached the Nullah, which runs between the Cabool victim. on the part of the• Church that such ma g ages ' -,! cantonments and the town , sent to report that the ,bridge was im ecember, and before reaching the fatal Khoord Cabool - . . were contrary to • Scripture. The Noble Lord ha re- of P_ practicable. An order, therefore, was sent. from head quitters, ferred. to . ..the Council of tn e beris . Now, he (S R. -Pees, seventeen miles from the city, they were surroililecl . commanding the party to return ; and although, ere the order had Inglis) , Could refer to other authorities, but he- would epeat by the Whole insurgent army , amounting to about 2V,000 • reached, the party had actually crossed the Nullah, they retUrned, 1 through- deep snow, and . with not - twenty rounOs '' his proposition, that there was no ingtauce of the Christian C uteri . men. The British troops,perishing with hunger f and brought back the ammunition. On this day there was # fight , es attiog . In the town, the Kuzzilbashes having incensed Shah Zemaun's authorising those marriages which it was sought to sanction y the • • , _ 0 - • party-by refusing to give up some persons on our side, to whom it proposed law. When they-found these marriages were rep o fated alike by,the Church of Rome and the Church of England ; }when cartridges, fought bravely for three days, but in tht end - was alleged they had afforded protection. Ort the 20th it Was in they found that these two Churches, which differed in so m any nearly the whole of them were slaughtered. One account timatedsto the Envoy that an immense bogy of Affghans intended other points, agreed in refusing. to sanction these maraages, states that, it .was a perfect .massacre - the unfortunate.. to surround the cantonments on the following day, and explode he thought they might faille , conclude that there ,was -good, reason aoldiers..wading through the deep snow being shot down our t magazine with ' red-hot shot. The . powder was apcord. log y removed the night, but . everything was tenet during for presuming that - these marriages . were contrary to the s ill of ' like - .snipes. .An officer who escaped to Jellalabail ro- the next day; the enemy being employed in making powder God. • , Butit was not necessary to rest the question on thee( ound ported that -he saw seven of his companions quolly ‘ and hammering shot Ott the 22d they again mustered on that these marriages were contrary to the revealed will of God. He (Sir Re Inglis) believed there were social, practical, and politi_ butchered .by the Atighane; that he did not, think the heights, and Major Swayrie, of the sth N.L, wag sent a man would escape alive ; and that sixteen ladies, in- with a party to occupy Dehmeru. As he marched :upon cal rounds of objection su ffi cient to induce the House to ferrule its g sanction to the proposed measure. The Noble Lorca had eluding - - Lady MACNAGHTEN, all wives of British it, the enemy evacuated, but the place, for some unaccouhtable stated ono cause of hardship of a husband who had been ddsired officers were made prisoners by the Affghatis,who after reascn, was not taken, and the enemy retu r n ing go t .possess i on of by his wife, on her death-bed, to confide her -children to the care being subjeeted to the most dreadful outrages, ltould it again." The cantonment had hitherto drawn their provisions . of her sister, and to marry her. He (Sir R. Inglis) did notoletly. probably 'be offered as a ransom for DOST MAHOIED friem a village called Dehmeru, close by ; the guard protecting it . that such a case might exist. But for one such, case of hardship. KHAN, the prisoner of the British Government in Te.dia. was a weak one; it wasoverpowered by a n a ti ve chiefewith 1,000 he thought he might produce 49 cases of greater hardship, in +Web . followers, and the grain inentore and the village fell into his hands. Such is the most gloomy news from India,-brought bty. The enemy had captured an old 18. pounder gun at Charekar on the parties now received the sister of their deceased wife intoitheir the Overland Mail.' Resting as it, does upon state Men s houses as the best friend and assistant they could have in bringing 3dOwhen 800 Ghoorkas were cut to pieces 'by them. Having up their children, and who were regarded by. them in thesame in native letters, there can be but little doubt that' it is - p l aced th i s on the height within long range of the cantonments, i light in which they would their own sister.—(Hear, hear.) In the much exaggerated. The Bombay Government hat not they began to assemble in force, around it about the 22d, and to records .of the Courts .of Law in modern times, he be- received despatches from Cabool of a- later date than annoy by their fire the troop! _in camp. Their strength did hewed there was only one instance of any alleged- im- the 25th of - December, at which time the army not at first seem to have been suspectectby us. They must have • ~ , proper intercourse taking place between a husban d ' and expected to hold out till the arrival of re -in- mustered above ten thousand. A light detachment sent the sister of 'his wife? And why was this? Why , because there forcements from - Sir ROBERT SALE'S Camp; .at out' by General Elphinstone to attack th em , b rave l y in s h e d up the acclivity, but on attaining its summit'. found them was not one man of well-conditioned mind who did not regard his Jellalabad, - a distance of ninety miTs. The road selves surrounded and in danger ef being cut off They succeeded wife's sister as he would his own.--(Cries of " Hear, hear," and 13 • e tween Cabool and Jellalabad lies through a " No, non He hoped that that denial did not mean to say that there series of tremendous defiles covered with show, with difficulty in regaining the camp hotly p ursue d b y t h e enem y. A second and more. powerful body i mn ie e li a t e l y sa lli e d ou t , an d was any man either in the House or in the country wh o regarded , and penetrated with difficulty, even when - there -is drove the enemy before' them, They suceeeded in reaching the no foe t the sitter ethic wife in any other light than his own ?—,-(Cheers.) o contend with. To the pass of. Khoord.Cahool - crest of the hill and dispersing the insurgents posted there, but were He considered that if he even limited his view to the single cm e i s an almost perpendicular . ascent - of 1,100 • unable to capture the gun, which was withdi ffi eulty carried off' by • sideratien which hie Noble Friend had adduced in introducin,l the ti and not the enemy. The Ghilzies were dispersed with great slaughter, measure s he shoved su ffi cient grounds for his opposition. When. feet, the pass itself is .. six miles long, face of a Bill what he considered a 'valid exceeding two hundred ' yards in the broadest - thirteen distinguished chiefs . , having been reported as slain. On ever he saw upon the i n ch add .( i T t e i:l e a s l .. . the same day the troops • iri the citadel were furiously attacked : objection to it on principle, he always thought it his duty,at once to place. ' A river runs through it which The coiiefry oppose it, and to afford the House an opportunity of at once de- the road twenty-three-times, thus creating . we suspended our fire till the assailants . were e elose upoh us, - ciding on the principle;, and in the present case. he thought there impediment •to the march of an army. and full of steeppre- and then so murderous a volley of grape and musket pouied in upon them, musketry was was su ffi cient ground to refuse the motion of his Noble Friend, for around the pass is rugged, rocky, that whole avenues were cut. by the ar. not only did -he propose .to . legalise the marriage with the sister a cipices, so as to be at all seasons neatly impassible her an tillery in the advancing masses. - A sortie, headed:ll the Vuz - a deceased wife, but he proposed to add a schedule of other ' mar army. _ Taking, therefore, 'all the difficulties of a zees and Prince Softer Jung, completed the aes.6ucticie the rages which might be allowed. - march .from Jellalabad .to Cabool - into consideration ; • • storm of shot began; the slaughter was terrible - ;..the . the slain ' Lord F. EGERTON—Disallowed. lay in heaps; and it " went ill with the faithful everywhere that Shr ROBERT INGLIS—That would amount to the same tiling ; reflecting,- too, upon the distressed, conditi on of the - day." The battle onboth sides had been bravely fought, nor • for whatever was not included in the schedule would be so much troops in • Cabool, as. shown by Sir WILLIAM. could - we boast a bloodlehs victory. Colonel Oliver, captains withdrawn from the prohibited degrees of kindred as established by MAcNAOHTEN'S consenting to treat about th e evacuat i on W estmacott, Walker, and M'Kenzie, and Lieut. Laing f e ll ; C o l onel the law of the Church of Rome, of the Church of En g land, and of of that city, we are forced to -admit the probability - of Mackrell afterwards died of his wounds; 30 other officer' were the Greek Church. His Noble Friend had said that in relation to much of the terrible accounts supplied by the Alight - in wounded more or less severely. The enemy continuing undis. correspondents of the Anglo-Indian journals. There e u e t n th lo i s s t time sight it o fwaats tahiesceooymermedenetehtnatentCofapttabine that subject Heaven was silent, but man had spoken,; but what se. 'to the mayed, next day again attacked us, when a snow storm put an end who t ha A d b le o were 10,000 British troops at Candaltar, but they could . . Johriston fi , gh curity would they have if they consented to his Noble Frie n d's Irma sure that. the schedule itself would not require some alteration, and not reach Cabool for some weeks. that in seven year's time they. would not h ave some pew l aw prop osed The murder of our ego - : . 0 t Envoy n- Sir WILLIAM insurrection iu the city, and was supposed to have escaped to Ge. On the subject of marriage. And he would ask was the subject in neral Elphinstone's ntAC.NAGHTEN produced the' t•d of marriage one of so little exciting a nature, that the House could India. -Never did the Indian _lose a n • was. inferred he- must have 'perished: Accounts were also rea renew that discussion of it every seven years ? He felt that there . anti . . store ceived of the death of Dr. of the Bill to atitho- valuable more universally beloved public servant. ineritO 1 o r. Grant, in medical charge at Kohistan, a were su ffi cient grounds in the announcemen t r ous officer in the Bombay, service, • • rise him to take the sense of the House on the subject ; and he The sad intelligence wag announced to the public by on the 25th Mahomed Ukhbar Khan, the favourite so trusted that that sense would be expressed so e ffectuall y and so . a" General Order " of the Governor in Council, doted - Dost Mahomed, joi ne d the insurgents. At first a _hope waseteorf clearly as to prevent a renewal of the discussion. —(Hear.) the 21st of January, which directed mourning to be Worn tabled that he had come on purpose to mediate in our favourwith Mr. NIONCKTON MILNES regretted the intention of, the •by the officers of the Civil, Military, and Naval Services his people; and to obtain such arrest, as might meet the exigencies Right Hon. Baronet to take the sense of the House on the bringing ot. , the Presidency of Bombay, for a period of three week's. of bethparties. The belief in this was transient : it soon appear is of the Bill, not because he had not a just right to take the sense 'We have not space to-day for the - whole of General, ed that the presence of the prince added fresh vigour to the on of the House on the principle of the Bill, but because this was a e e , Sir ROBERT SALE'S Despatches from Jellalabad, but slaughts, and bitterness to the hate of the assailants, who were very peculiar case, and it was but right that every Member of the . . recommended more than ever to prosecute the bloody work of ex. the one to which we :have iven insertion 'roves House should take the case into his thoughts and into his confide- , . g s termination against the " Feringhees." On the 28th we shelled ration, and not decide till he bed maturely considered the subject, • how impossible i t was foe that officer to attempt the village of Dehmeru from the cantonments, and compelled its He demurred to the grounds assumed by the Right Hon. Baronet. a forced march upon Cabool. The Gallant General was abandonment; but shortly after this it again fell into The Hon. Baronet . said that the decision of the Catholic- surrounded by enemies who hareassed him day, and the hands of the insurgents. 'A detachment of irregular cavalry, Church . was clear. • He.. (Mr. M. Milnes) knew .all that night, nor could he depend upon the fidelity of a single while guarding our baggage camels, was attacked by a had been -said on the subject of the canon law, but he also knew ally, from the moment his services appeared essential to force of some 1,000 or 1,500 horsemen ; after a severe action that the canon law had always ,provided and permitted a system of the progress of our arms. • 'The 'Jaubazees, when ordered and gallant defence, they were compelled to retire. ' They had been dispensation.—(Hear, hear.) But the canon law went further to, charge the enemy, deserted' to them, as did most of fearfully outnumbered, and suffered severely. On the 25th a with regard to the prohibited degrees ; it prohibited the marines the Shah's troops, although in every attack our forces large body appeared on the heights, with the gun which they had . , between second cousins, and to declare at once ,on this subject,taken, hoping to tempt us forth 'to its recapture, by . spreading re were victorious. The Jaubazeeg before d - st . , esei mg that they would not legislate because the Church of England bad s ports that their horse had gone out to meet the brigade advancing murdered their officer, Lietenant GOLDING, of the 2d . chosen arbitrarily to limit the decrees of the . Catholic o , ,f rom Candahar. -The cavalry, it subsequently appeared, were con_ Church Regiment. . Church .. in this matter, . without giving any right i'-' . . . , • coaled behind the footmen; but the ruse did not succeed. Several of diepeessietion .„, vow .. piece of gross tyranny, which Strong re-inforcetaents were, however, on their way. days passed without any fighting, the enemy threatening to attack neither, Church'. nee,, Same ought to sanction. They ought from India. Our allies, the Sikhs, have granted us . n pas-. our cantonments, but not fillfilling theii threats. On the Ist Dec.,. not to consider this question merely in relation, to 'their own feet.- sage through, their country. Colonel WILDef3 brigade ~h owever, they attacked th e Ball. Hiss., Hiss, but were repuieed. On the lags, or those of that class of society in which they habitually was at the 7th of ' December, at Khybur : Pass, waiting 4th, having planted some guns on commanding ground, they were moved. No doubt, considering merely the habits of the upper the arrival of General PoLLOeli, who was to take the firing into the cantonments alt day. At nightfall they made a rush ' classes, any change in the law on this subject would be disagreeable.- command of the re-inforcements, consisting of her Mai es- for a fort, which we had captured early in the month, where ' But they should consider how the law operated upon the middle and ty's 9th Regiment, 26th Native Infantry, a Compauy of Lieutenant Cumberland, o f the 44 th, with 100 men, was sta. lower classes.—( Hear, hear.) He thought that neither loyalty to the 60th Native Infantry,. the recruits of her Alaj ez ty powder bag at the wicket, but w ith no 's boned loded a , and exp the State, nor devotion to the Church, required that summary dis 13th and 44th, the 10 Li ht Co mpany, a squadron of ir- effect. On the sth the enemy burnt the bridge across the Nullah, missal of the question which it was the determination of his Hon. . between cantonments and the town, and on the 6th they succeeded • regular cavalry, and a detail of artillery, with three 9- • • Friend to propose.—(Hear, hear.) m recapturing the fort, wounding Ensign Gray, of the 44th, anti ounders, and howitzer • .11 • - Mr. HOPE would give his cordial support to the motion of the P a 24-pounder to reach Jellalabad the garrison offering' no resistance. On the Bth a convoy of am- Hon. Member for Oxford. He had heard with great amazement before the advance of General Sir B. SALE upon Cabeol, munition was attacked on its way to the Balla Hisser, and forty the speech of the Noble Lord tine Member for North Lincolnshire, and thus form a component part of the army destined horse loads fell into the enemy's hands. On the Bth December who panegyrised persons who within 'the last seven years had to revenge the murder of the Envoy. - • an attempt to throw supplies into the citadel was unsuccessful, a transgressed the laws of ,the State and of the Church.—(Hear, Amidst so many disasters we are happy to learn that' large portion of the ammunition having fallen into the enemy's hear.) The prohibition of such marriages as the Noble Lord wished within the confines of our Indian 'territory tranquillity - hands. On the 9th there were on ly th ree d a y s ' prov i s i ons i n to legalise took place in the earilest days of Christianity, and ought happily prevails. - , • camp- at half rations. -At this time we were once More on not to be abrogated for such rash, slight, and unsatisfactory notions From China the news is of the 4th of December. It treaty with the insurgents—the terms propoeed by them abating of advantage as the Noble Lord had expressed.—(Hear, hear.) Be. nothing in extravagance. The insurgent chiefs seemed to have was reported then at Macao that lIENne PorrisdEß • sides the religious view of the question, the Noble Lord had 'di- . , vas return i ng t o II r' ' ing ong eong preparatory t rected attention to the social views. Now, a step-mother might , be ' signal --o. taking than 5,000 horsemen in the field, wellmounted and armed. The vengeance either a good one or a bad one.—(Roars of laughter). Notwall-infantry, though about double t . his in number, were indifferently . . standing their laughter he would go on—(Renewed laughter)—and Ilis Excellency was reported to be much -displeased with appointed, • and not formidable as enemies. The troops, especially if a man .married his wife's sister, she would 'be, to the -Major-General BR UNELI. and Captain loitAS for having in the Balla Hisser, be g an now t o b e presse d exceedingly for food. ' children 'of his sister, either a good step-mother or , a remained passive spectators of - the bad faith of the ' The particulars of their sufferings have reached us in scanty mea. bad one.—(Renewed laughter.) If she were a kind woman she • Chinese. It is therefore not at all improbable that • sore and imperfect form. The chief part of the Commissariat fell . woulti take care of the children, if she remained unmarried to their Canton is by this time (Mee more in' possession of our into the hands of the Ghilzies at the beginning, and the make- S father • and was not wise to place her in a situation in *which she troops, and if so, it is not six millions of dollars, wrung- shift system of subsisterice, thus necessarily resorted to for mere m aid be likely to have children who would be their rivals,— from Hong merchants, to be paid - as a tax on t ea by than four weeks t o supply a force amounting at the outset to . .. . (Laughter, and loud cries of "Hear, bean') He called upon the ourselvet , ,- that will rank= it: . ' . House, net by a precipitate measure like the p resent, to put the Mist have so pinched them with hunger, that there is at Church in danger, and to hazard the honour ef its clergy. If they BOMBA Y. , least nothing improbable in the rumour, that by the end of ~ granted this step, by and by they would Le called upon to sanction FEB. I.—The intelligence by the present mail Is the Most gloomy 1 NoveMber they were supported chiefly by the slaughter of their the marriage of an uncle with his niece, and silo! tly afterwards a _ aunt disastrous that has ever been transmitted -to - Englai.d from . beasts ef • burden, and were living on horie.flesh. S.) extreme brother with his sister. the shores of India. The consummate wisdom and prudence of were their necessities, that treaties - began to be . discussed, the Mr. ,CHARLES BULLER wished that this question had been the advice given by the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis %Vela issue of which, under the most favourable , circumstances, must a . brought forward at a time when the House might have had a , lesley, blontstuart Elphinstone; and others,' 'against the original have 'teen no better for them taan this-4hat they shoUld be 5uf ...., greater opportunity of discussing it. The question was one' of expedition into Affghanistan, are now, alas ! too . vivielly apparent. 'roved "to march out with their baggage anti arms, to seek their way e.„ great importance, and be trusted that the Hon. Baronet, the Cabool Isis fallen, the whole British force there, amounting to 'unprovided for (the Affghans themselves were pressed On support, ; hteuilier for Oxford, would postpone his opposition to a future stage about six thousand men, annihilated; one entire British regiment, and could have afforded them none) throUgh an uninterrupted e , of the Bill.- lie thought it a Most inconvenient course to discuss series of 90 miles of pauses, the most di ffi cult perhaps ii , the world, the 44th, erased at one fell stabop from the army list, and fi ve, e , the question , now.—(Cries of "Go on, go on.") He wished to fall back on the post of Jellalabad, at that time but a shade native regiments cut to pieces. The ladies of the Envoy and the that HoMeraale. Gentlemen would consider the importanie.of better off than therreelves, and w h os e nex t 'P o i nt o f retreat was officers, sixteen in number , have be e n c arr ied i n t o arr captivity by tlre eying Ahet due eeliberation to a question like (be . . . ruthless Affghans. O rrWilliam Macnighten, our Envoy at Cabo o l, ' • - tOroueh the Keybur Pass to Peshawur, still 103 m il es i n t h e i r rear . • , present, , beeriest .as it did upon all ° 'the Telaticins had been treacheroirsly assassinated by the son of Dost Malenued, ' Ile terms actually proposed by the insurgents , if correctl y reported i I life' 'II trusted that the House wouldallow • . t o o f f h O e e.a .. J . e the debate . to usaindicite how conscious they were that we were. utterly at his head cut off, paraded -through the streets on a pole , and stuc k adjourned , and for the purpose of taking the sense of the - their me r cy. These were in " effect,, that we. in derision on the svelte of Cabool by ' ' • the insurgents. • •should surrender House on that.subject s he would make that motion. The SPEAKER having put the question that the debate s h ou ld , to the 28th . of December, in the ' accomp a n yi n g papers ; but ' 1` married. officers and their wives were to be retained as hostages; and be adjournetL - may -here briefly' recapitulate that the British force , venetian of returned to us only when we had .got heyend Peshawur, and Mi. PLUMPTRE horsed that the Hon. Member for Oxferd . Her Majesty's 44th Foot • • ' g 700 ` :nest Mahomed been restored to them. The Envoy's answer to • would withdraw his opposition and take the discussion on the sth Regiment Bengal K. I. - •. . 90 , • ... - this was,- that " death was preferable to dish - er:Air, that we trusted - second reading. 37th ditto ditto ' • 700 :* .. to the - God of Battles, and that i n 'hi s n ame we defied them ' Sir IL INGLIS could not agree to suc h a proposition. - 54th ditto ditto . Mr. BORTH WICK hoped the House would ace the propriety Shah's Regiment - - . 7 . 50 -a- in our information. - The fighting appears to have continued with . '•••• orris motion of the Hon. and teamed Gentleman opposite for the Artillery , • - adjournmerit, of the debate. . Sappers - . - ' , . . Dr, 3' NICHOLL believed that the law applicable to this case was sth Cavalry • not the law of 1663, but the Statute law of the realm. Anderson's Horse Sir R. PEEL, while he admitted that it was competent to the 2d Resales Local Horse...' 2OO place, where we were worsted, and suffered very severely'. Further House to discuss the present question on a motion for leave to treaties seem to have followed this, as we find reference made in the . bring in a Bill, thought that , if the Bon Baronet had entered his 5,400 men, despatch of the 25th to terms which h a d b e f ore thi s b een d i scussed. prOtest against the introduction of the Bill, and taken the in two divisions—one half in the Bala-hissar, or citadel of Caren!, On Christmas-day the Envoy, attended by Captains Comity, Law_ discussion on the second . reading, that would have answered and the other half in an entrenched camp, six miles distant, Con- rence, Trevor, and M'Kenzie, having gone out, apparently at the request . of the insurgent Chiefs, to discuss the terms of a capcula. every object lie had in view. He, for one, wished this not tinued beleaguered there by an enemy from 15,000 to 20,000 to be considered in the light of a political question. strong, from the 2d November, 'the date of the insurrec- , , lion, an angry interview ensued it • appears ,probable thai the same He thought it was due to the importance_ of the subject, that the lion, to the 28th December. The' Commissariat having been insolent terms previously rejected by the Envoy bred been pressed discussion shoulet be full mei ample. Upon the whole, he thoueht destroyed at the very commencement' of the outbreak, our troops upon him in a manner more intolerably offensive than those for. that the Course least subject to ebjection would be to adjourn tine were miserably ill-off for food, clothing, and ammunition, and were merlY employed' He appears to have treated them with scorn ; debate, althOugh at the same time he must express his willingness obliged to subsist upoii horseflesh end such other food as they could high words ensued, when Sir William Macnagliten was shot to take that debate on the second reading. , - : procure. No assistance could be alaorded them. Th er e are on ly dead on the spot, it is believed, by the hand of Ukhbar Khan, , . , Mr. CHA HMO'S" BULLER wished to know .to what day it was two roads into that impracticable country, one by Candahar and Captain Trevor, having drawn his sword, and rushed on the sour tine intention of the Right Hon. Baronet to adjourn the debate. ' Ghuznee. from the south; and the other from the eastward, by Jella- derer, was immediately cut to pieces, and there is too much reason Sir R. PEEL said that it was diffit ult for him to mention a dayn Jabod and the- KhoOrd - Cahoot pass, almost impracticable at any to fear 'that at least two of the remaining three officers have also it was his intention to-morrow to bring forward the Corn-laws, season, but now blocked up with snow. A brigade under C o l onel perished: The charge of' the mission now devolved on Major Thursday he had - no control over, and on Friday he should. bring . Eldred Pottinger ; the much-co•Teted Envoyship, with a salary su- M'Laren, which attempted to' resell Ghusnee from Candahar, for forward the area*, question of which he had given notice. . . . . the relief of Cahoot; was obliged to fall back, from the severity of perioT to the income of the Governors of Madras or Bombay, with After a shorrieliscuesion the. ebate wain adjourned to Wednesday the weather, the passes being completely blocked up with snow. 'an amount -of power scarcely exceeded b .the 3 Governor-General next (this olay week).,. ~, . , General Sales' brigade was cooped up` in Jellalabad, badly off' for of . India, fell to the lot of a Lieutenant of the Bombay artillery PETTY SESSIONS BILL. • supplies, and unable to move In any • direction. No relief, Major only by Brevet—a circumstance telli n g ' fearfully Mr. BANKES said, in moving for , leave to bring in a Bill to .therefore, of the could be afforded to cur troops ' at Cabool'. slaughter of our political.. Nor did it la pse into un w ort h y make furthe r provision for the holding of Special Petty Sessions, D ur i ng the months of November and December, there appears to hand s . H erat h ad b efore been defended s uccessfully by Pol and for providing that : in certain cases, where persons accused shall have been frequent skirmishing between our troops and the enemy, Unger single.handed, so far as British officera' were concerned voluntarily desire to plead guilty, it shall be competent to the Ma- an d b ut f or t h e severe co ld t h ere wou ld have b een a pestilence He had now a inure respons i ble and much more dila Concerned voluntarily gistrates at such Sessions to award the sentence of the law, for the from the putrefaction of so many unburied corp se t, w hi c h lay ft s. ' duty to perform. The first act of hi s authority was t purpose of shortening the periods of imprisonment before trial, and tering round the city. Our troops, as well as the enemy, wer e a t forward the despatch announcing that " the comedy, or rather tit; of preventing unnecessary expense to the public and inconvenience length reduced to such extremities that overtures for terms of acs tragedy of errors, was at an end." The terms partially acme - led to to witnesses, he should move the second reading of' tine Bill commodation were at length mutually agreed to be discussed, and by Sir Win.. Macnaghten were yet to be accepted, if conceded by a early in May, in order that the Bill might be inspected by the Mae on the 2 5th of December, Sir W. Macnaghten, with several offi. army perishing of hunger. They were to move fbr Jellalab adn through the fearful passes of Khoord with gistrates of the country. - ' cers, were invited to- a conference with Mahomed Akbar Khan, the l i on .Cabool , the determine. Mr. HARDY seconded the motion, and after a few words of Dost Of h ed and other chiefs, at which dishonourable son aom , from Mr. Ctiwries and Sir EARDLILY WILMOT, terms were proposed by the latter, viz.,-that we should surrender tack on the cantonments was announced to have commenced before The SPEAKER, having suggested an alteration in. the Motion, our a; • arms, and evacuate the country altogether ; that the mariied . .. . the despatch was closed, an evil augury of what was to follow, leave was given to bring in the Bill. A private letter of the 28th announces that the genii h - officers. and their wives should be retained as hostages, and re. on had not at Mr. GREENE brought up the Report of the Committee of turned to us only when we got beyond Peshawar, and Dost ala. that time left, but were about to move . immediatel y,. This is the Supply; and theSvotes were agreed to latest authentic date we possess. The native rumours , • • homed was returned to them. " When terms dishonourable to the which . MUTINY BILL usually by several days anticipate the arrival of regular been' • Sir H. ll.katlatNGE brought •in the Mutiny - . British arms were proposed by the leaders of the insurrection at i n tellige nce, state that the force has quitted, and been in a gieat measure de. read a first bine: . . e Cabool, his Excellency heroically replied, that 'death was prefer strayed. Other accounts mention that they have obtained fresh The other Orders of the day wore then disposed of , • able to dishono u r ; t h at we put our trust i n t h e G od o f b attles, ra. d supplies, and can stand out a month longer. The latter ' unfortu- HouSe adjourned at One o'Clock. and t 1 ; 10 in his name.we defy our enemies.' " - • - nately is Improbable. In a month from the 28th Dec., it would be ' possible for the Bengal brigade to reach them ,were the . passes clear of snow. Their only chance lies in this. How fearful has been the havoc during these miserable wars amongst the very flower of the intellectual risen of our service ! Eight political agents have perished violently, amongst those whose affairs they had been ap pointed to arrange. Young Edward Conolly, brother ofthe travel ler, was shot through the head by the side of Sir Robert Sale, 29th Sept. 1840. Dr. Lord fell at Purwan Durrah, Nov. 2 Rattray, his - succsesor, and Dr. Grant, his assistant and friend, were killed in Kohistan on the outbreak of the present insurrec tion. Sir William Macnaghten, Sir Alexander Burnes, Captain John Conolly (not the traveller, he is at Khiva), Capt. Broadfoot, and Lieut. Burnes have become victims at Cabool. The list which we gave in our last of the officers captured, wounded, or slain in or near Cabool, betwixt the 2d and 17th of i November, to which our f ormer dates exten d e d, we find to hav e been an i rnperfeet one. We stated that e leven had fallen within this brief but disastrous period—there in fact appear to have been 16 p . The nam es of Ca tains Tr ' ' Hatighton and Rattray were omitted In ou r ab s tract ; those evor, of Capts. Johnston and Troup, and Dr. Grant had not been been rece • Casualties between the received. under Sir R. 28th October , of the force Sale, on their march through, the Khoord Cabool Pass to GundanteCk :-- THE WEATHER.—NOON, MARCH 9. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 41) Highest 54 Lowest ....... 34 .I.laratr.ater-429.58.--Wintl4.-VA—Freezing-Point " I've buried my friend," as the undertaker said when he buried the quauldoctor. • The Tories are about to try, on a small scale, nn experiment which, when attempted by the Whigs, was d: - nouneed as a virtual revival of the Slave-trade. Her Majesty's Government have determined to allow a free emigration of Hill Coolies and other labourers to the Mauritius. Our own people leave our shores in thousands, and no man troubles him self farther as to their whereabout. • The only object is to get them away, and th en, since the y can no longer increase the public burdens, they may sink or swim. The miserable black challenges no emotion of pity or kindly feeling in America: all commiseration is reserved exclusively for -6' the sons of the pale faces." In England, to preserve the balance of humanity, the white is scarcely considered, while the negro has universal regard. Let it be known, that a tribe tinged with the.hue of the torrid zone is likely to suffer wrong, and straight the milk of human kindness flow* abundantly ; w hil e white paupers may be shipped away by thousands, to be set sloWn amongst swamps, sandbeds, kangaroos, tigers, or an throPoPhagz• Such .is a brief outline of events, as authentically known here tip :o csterclay. For the last three days, however, native reports have been cur rent of the entire destruction of our force at Cabool. These re ports, which generally reach us from six to eight days before au. thentic accounts are received, have hitherto invariably been fouhd to be correct in the main. You will remember that the accounts of the first outbreak in Cabool, arid the death of Sir A. Burnes, transmitted to you two months ago by the mail of the Ist of December, were not, at first, believed here. Eight days afterwards, however, they were fully confirmed. The death of Sir W. Macnaghten was reported here amongst the natives six days before accounts were received; and so on in numerous other instances, the wholes of which have ultimately turned out in the main to b e oorrect. This morning, however, accounts have been re. ceived from Jellalabad to the 7th of January, t wo days later than the previous advises. At that time a Dr. Bryan, or some such name, had reached Jellalabad, having had a miracul ous escape, and one of the few survivors of the whole Cabool army. A hurried despatch seems to have been sent oft' immediately on his arrival, from which it appears that the force must havemarched out of Cahoot about the 29th of December. They had three hard days' fighting in the fatal Khoord Kabool Pass, seventeen miles *, 4 Ai 44. //WI 41V. Y ` THE SUN, LONDON, W_WNESDAY EVENINCr. MARCH 9, 1842. Killed.—Capt. Wyndham, 35th B. N. 1., Lieut. Jenkins ditto; EnsigtrKing; her , Dl4€l4l . llth'4 . 1 -. 7 • - ,T ; Wotinded.-:-Maj6r.:'Geri. Sir R.'Sale, commanding ; Cafit:!Wade a - staff; LtrUt: Mein; ber - Mare'sty's 13th L I.; Lkut. Oakes, ditto,; Lieut. Frerd, dittO ; Lieut. Jennings, ditto; Lieut. Ilolc,imbe; ditto ; Lieut. Rattray, ditto ;• Capt. Younghusbatid, 35th B. N. 1. ; Lieut. Coombs, dittli; Lieut. Orr, sappers and miners. Capt. J. 0. Gerard, Ist B. E. L. 1., wounded on retreat from Gundamuck to Jellalabad. Capt, J. Woodburn, 44th B. N. 1., S.S. F., killed near Gbuznee 3d November. Between the 3d and 17th November, at .Caboo! Killed.—Sir A. -Burnes, Bombay, N. 1., political resident; Lieut. Burnes; ditto, political 'agent, Ghuznee ; Captain Swayne, KM., 44th ;regiment ; Captain Robinson, ditto; Lieut. Itaban, 4 ditto; Captain Maule, artill ery; Li euts. H. M. Whee l er, 45t h 8.N.1., E. W. Salisbury, Ist 8.E.L . 1 ., W . B roa df oot, 'dit to, Sh a h' s force 9t ; Ensign T. W. Gard on, 37th B. N.l. ; Lieut. C. Codrington, h 8 . N. 1. ; Lieut. C. Ratt ra y , 20 t h B . N .I. Wounded—Captain Bott, sth Bengal cavalry; Lieut.• Eyre, B. artillery ; Lieut. 'Evans, her Majesty's 44th foot ; aptain Mackenzie, pay department; Lieut. Sturt, B. engineers; Lieut. Waller, B. artillery ; Lieut. Warburton, B. artillery. Between the 17th Nov. and 25th Dec., at Cabool Killed—Col. Oliver, sth 8.N.1.; Captain Mackintosh, ditto; Captain Laing, 37th ditto; Captain Walker, ditto ; Col. Mackrell, her M aj es ty's Capt Westmacott, 37th 8.N.1. On t Killed.—Sir Wm. Hay Macnaghten, Envoy; Capt. Trevor, 3d Bengal cavalry._ ies ie t 2 y s 's t 4 h 4 D th ee foot; Capt Cabool Lieut. Hamilton, sth cavalry; Captains C. Troup, 48th 8.N.1., and 11. Johnson, 26th 8.N.1., reported killed, uncertain, though they are missing. Major Eldred Pottinger and Lieut. Houghton, 31st 8.N.1. wounded. hoop, ;naile r .a;yorted,,l2rs 14rs. ,Sytel, per cwt.—Swe dish lieg-and Swedislifagot, }qrs. :, f iead, per cwt.—Pig, , 120,. to 12 iis.;....iheet;_14Ars. ; red, Ors: ;- white; 12rs.; patent' shot,.ll rs_to 12rs. • ;Pin rlatcs, per box,. 16r5..t0 16irs. StOres—Canvas, bleached, - 16rs.; Cordage, per cwt., 25rs.- Twine, per lb.. 8 annas. Prol;kions, p,r tierce—Prime Beef and Pork, 40rs. Pitch, per, barrel, 6rs. to 7rs. Paints, per cwt., 111 s. to 12rs. Tar, Stockholm and Coal, per cwt., lire. Cotton Yarn--Mule twist, No. 20, per lb.; 6 to 6lrs. ; 30, 8i; 40, Si 109 ; 50, 9f ; 60,.101; 70, 101; 80 to 100, 11 to 13 rs. Ale and Beer—Ale, per hhd, Allsopii's, Bass's, Tennant's', 'Hodgson's, others, nominal. Castor Oil, 21 to 21 per 284 Colombo roots, 6to 7 per cwt, Senna,leaves, 6to 61 per cwt. Sago, 7-per cwt. Safflower, st. new, 3to 4. Gums-(garbled), per 'cwt.—ammoniac, none; 'animl, 50; arable, 18 to 191 ; asafetida, -,15 to 16 ; benjamin, first per st., md. 25 to 25 . ; second, per at. md., 15 to 20; myrrh, per cwt., 85 to 90 ; olibanum, 84 to 88 ; gamboge, 100 to 110 ; tumerlc, per cwt., 8 to 10 rs. . • SPICES, &c.—Cassia Lignea, per lb., 110 to 112 rs. Cardamoms, rnd., 3711 b. ; short, 42 rupees ; long Malabar, 39 to 31 rupees. Cloves, per md., 41.061 b; Bourbourn, 25 to 28 rupees, none. Cubebs, per ditto, Bto 9 rupees. • Nntinegs, per lb., rupee. Mace, per ditto, l to 21 rupees. Silk,.per seer, 1 8661 b. China nankin, none. Canton, No. I, II to 12 rupees; No. 2, 10 tol4 rupees ; No. 3,9 to 10 rupeek; No. 4, 6 rupees; No. 5,2 to 2i ru pees. Persian, 9rs. to lOrs. Bengal, Radnagore, 9rs. to 10rs• ; Low qualities. 2frs. to 6rs. In the hands of the enemy.—Capt. Drummond ; Lieut. J. B. Conolly, 20th 8.N.1. ; Lieut. Lawrence, Bengal cavalry, officiating Military Secretary to Envoy ; Capt. Sir A. Mackenzie, 48th 8.N.1.; Ensign Rose, 54th 8.N.1. SUGAR.— China,:per md. 38i1b., white superfine, sirs.to:slrs.; 2d sort, airs. to 4rs. Manilla, fine, none, Bengal, per bag 1681 h.— Fine, 20rs. to 2lrs.; 2d sort, l2rs. to 17rs.; 3d sort, lOrs. to Hrs. Siam, per md. ; 2d sort, 4rs. &c.—Madeira, L.P., per pipe, 150 rs. to 500 rs. ; Sherry, per but, 15Ors. to 300 rs. ; ditto, per dozen, 6rs. to 18rs. Brandy, per gallon, Jars. Gin, per gallon, ir. to lit's. Bottles, quart, per dozen, 10 to 14rs., pint, 14rs. to 15rs. SUNDRIES, per lb.—Cochineal, 2to 2irs. Gunpowder,. to Dams, good Yorkshire, to irs. Cheese, Pine, to frs. _Saffron, 17 to Hrs. Corks, per gross, li to 2jra. Freight.—London, 21. 155.; Liverpool, 21. 15s. ; Clyde, N. ship; ( hina, 18 to , lOrs.; ditto, opium, 4i to 5 dollars : clipper, 6 to 6i dollars. Ex, hanges—London, 6 months, 2s. op. to 2s. aid. ; 30 days,. Is. 111 d. Calcutta, 30. days, ins. Madras, 30 days, 98is. • Can ton, 30 days. Capt. Golding, commanding Janbaz corps, murdered by his men at Candahar; and Lieut. Patterson, severely wounded. CALCUTTA. NOTIFICATION. • Fort William, Secret Department, Dec. 24, 1841. The Right lion. the Governor-General of India in Council has great satisfaction in publishing for general information the fol lowing copies of despatches from Major. General Sir Robert Sale, K.C.8., the first dated the 18th ult., detailing the circumstances attending the march of the force under his command from Ounda. muck to Jellalabad, and of a most successful attack made upon the rebels before the latter place on the 14th ult. ; the second, dated the 2d inst., reporting the brilliant success of a detachment from the force collected at Jellalabad in routing, on the preceding day, a large body of insurgents at that place. By order of the Right lion. the Governor-General of India in Council, T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR R . SALE, K.C.11., COMMANDING AT JEL LALARAD, TO MAJOR P. CRAICIE, ACTING •DJUTANT.GENERAL OF TUE ARMY, DATE JELLALABAD, NOY. 18, 1841. Sir,—The troops under my command reached this city on the 12th inst. It illustrates in a painful manner the excitement of the mind of the people against us at this period, to relate that my decamping from Gundamuck on the 11 th was the signal for the commencement of a scene of shameful defection amongst the irre. gular troops, and a general insurrection of the surrounding Kheits, which had before remained quiescent. Brevet Captain Gerard, of Captain Ferris's corps of Jezailchees, had been in trusted with the duty of holding the Fort of the Urz Begee. The engineers blew up, under my instructicns, two of its bastions, and though an accidental fire prevented the demoli tion of the other two, the ruin of the place was nearly effected by the conflagration. But as the irregulars retired towards the eau tonment of Gundamuck, they were attacked by the Ooloose of the Mamoo Kheil, who had before been so submissive. In this mo ment of need the. Jezailchees behaved admirably, but Captain Gerard found himself deserted by the whole of the Janbazes,i who, secured by their native Commandant, Noorooddeen, a traitor fos tered in the Shah's family at Loddianab, went over to the enemy almost at the same moment. Captain Burns's corps of Khyberees showed symptoms of disaffection, and though a portion of them were kept around their colours, it was soon seen that a retreat from Gu 'lda muck, which the Ooloose of the whole country were attacking, had become inevitable. The cantonment was plundered by the mutineers, Who, in their breathless haste to destroy it, blew up its magazine and many of themselves with it.. Captain Burns's two field-pieces were spiked and abandoned near Alee Murder] Khan's bridge, and three hours after nightfall the debris of the irregulars came in full and disorderly retreat into my camp at Futtihabad. My own line of march on the lith was no otherwise interrupted than by the attacks of bodies of phOderers on the baggage, who received signal punishment from our precautionary parties; but as the camp . broke up on the 12th, from 2,000 to 3,000 armed men began to close round our troops and loaded ani mals, and these were joined by the whole population successively on the line of march. Lieut.. Colonel Dennie commanded the rear-guard. He retired slowly before the enemy, repelling him by skirmishers and cannon as long as the ground continued abrupt and rugged. But on approaching the plains he commenced to manoeuvre, with the view of drawing , them into an action on the level ; their boldness favoured his stratagem, and foreseeing this result, I had despatched the Rissalah of the Schah's horse to rein. force him. At length the desired moment arrived, and the Lieu.. tenant-Colonel directed Captain Oldfield. of the sth Light Cavalry, and Lieutenant Alayne, of the Schah's 2d, to make a combined charge against the Ooloose. This was executed with great rapidity and resolution, and in very compact order, and in a few minutes upwards of 100 of the Affghan matchlockrnen were sabred and shot, and the rest driven in irremediable, confusion to the heights. It wimaseertained on the spot that the Ooloose had left in the course of the whole affair 150 dead on the field, and the proportion of their wounded must have been heavy. After this salutary lesson their efforts to annoy our column on their route up to the walls of this place were cautious and feeble. The defences of Jellalabad consist of a mud enceinte of upwards of 2,000 yards of weak curtains and round towers which have a narrow rampart, of no sufficient parapet. On the northern face the profile is less bold than elsewhere, and there was exoallent cover for an enemy within pisiol shot. On the evening of the I2th our infantry occupied the gates and the ill-constructed citadel, whilst the artillery and cavalry were dispersed to the enclosures adjacent to the residences of the King, and Envoy, and Minister, without the walls. On the morning of the 13th some regular occupation was taken of the place : Troops were posted in the whole of its bastions. The two infantry corps were established in the citadel, the artillery on an open space in front of it, and the Cavalry , In the Schah's garden. Abont 250 of the Khyberees had regturned steadily to their allegiance,the Jezailchees were emulating tbs. regular battalions in zeal and courage, and un remitting efforts were made, by plying our intrenching tools, and the substitution of camel saddles for sand bags, to put the town into a state of decent defence. In the meantime the enemy in great force had assembled under the v.alls to the southward and westward, whilst other masses came down from the direc tion of Sughman, crossed the river, and invested us closely to the northward, detaching parties to set fire to the cantonment raised at, so great an expense in 1840. It had been in part biunt down the night before, and was now involved in a general conflagration. The enemy, masked by trees and old buildings, kept up an incessant fire of musketry against the walls, at a very short range, for upwards of 24 hours, by which our men sustained some loss behind their grow ing defences; and, as it was desirable to diminish the consumption of provisions within the city, and there was reason to apprehend that the armed inhabitanti would join in any attack made on us from without, I adopted the measures, first of permitting the wo men and children to withdraw, next of excluding all strangers and suspicious persons, and finally of getting rid, as far as it was prac ticable, of the whole male Copulation, excepting the shopkeepers, whose stay was valuable to us, On the morning of Sunday, the 14th, I determined to attempt to dislodge the enemy from a part of their position. I planted for this purpose a force consisting of 300 men of the 13th, 300 of the 35th, 100 Sappers, three guns of Captain Abbott's battery, the whole of the cavalry, and 200 Khyberees, at the disposal of Lieut.- Colonel Monteath, C. 13., and directed him to sally from the town and assail that part of the enemy's line from which I was most desirous of expelling them. I beg to forward his report of the very gallant affair which followed,and which I had the satisfaction of wit nessing from the walls. This spirited attack upon not fewer than 5,000 men has;wholly broken up the enemy's investment, and we have from that hour scarcely seen an armed Affghan in our neighbourhood. We have availed ourselves of this pause to put the walls into a state of defence, which will, I trait, enable us to defy the efforts siege artillery, and are Using every of arty exertion A s to iat s i t c or fo o r o c r e rr u i n naaigdaed by y s with grain from the adjacent vil. lages. I enclose reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Dennie and Cap. tails Oldfield, and casualty returns from the 1 lth to the 14th inst inclusive. I have, &c. IL SALE, Major-General, commanding Jellalabad. P. CR A IGlE,Deputy-Adjutant-General. Prices of Bullion—Sovereigns, each, 10-13 rs. to 10-15 rs. Bank of England Notes, per X, 10.13r5. to 10.15r5. Spanish dollars, per 100, 220 to 220irs. German Crown, per 100, 214 rs. to 215 rs. Syce Silver, per 100 tola, 103irs. Gold Leaf, per tola, 16irs. Government Securities—Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, 108 to 109. Second Five per Cent. Loan, par to I per cent. premium. Four per Cent. Loan, 89. dank Shares, 23 per cent. premium. - . The following.: s u t E he s o E lß : i a A l L an D no E Ze it n T len m t E o N f T 7e murder of Sir William Macnaghten:— • " Bombay Castle, Jan. 21, 1842. " GENERAL ORDERS By THE.HON. THE GOVERNOR MURDER OF SIR A. BURNES JELLALAIIAD, LN.. 5, 1842.—A brother of the jemadar of— company is ajuzaitchee, in the Shah's own service, and has.been the bearer - of the two last letters received, and of.their answers, a man of great courage. He tells me he was with the party who sallied to Burnes's rescue from the Baler Hissar, and he was wounded at Burnes'-gate. The attack on Burnes' house was made before daylight in the ..morning, and on the .news reaching the King, he immediately sent the wazeer Nazamonduwla with a force to assist him. They penetrated the town, and drove the enemy from the street Burnes lived in, but could net enter, as the gateway was in flames, and part of the house. While striving to enter, the enemy rallied, and drove them back. At this time my informant was wounded. One of the King's sons, a youth remarkable for bravery, brought reinforcements, and again penetrated the town us far as Burnes, and beyond it, but found all over, and retired. The Sinai's people lost some hundred men. When the first party reached the gate, Burnes' body was lying In the street before it, hacked nearly to pieces—but a furious tight was going on still in the house, and the cry was, that . the other Feringhee and some sepoys were sti 1 defending a room high up. He says they heard them amidst the crackling of the fire, and the shouts of both parties, and could easily distinguish. the fire, from the gardens and court-yard below, and the return from the house. It seemed on both sides quite steady; it was, as he says, a very strong battle. . While all were crying out to try going round to the other side to get in, the waggeer. ordered a retreat ; and they were furiously. pursued. This was not with the second attack . under the Prince; but, lie says, they learned from the. town's people that after theirrepulse, the peoplewho had hitherto abstained from setting fire to all the house in order to secure the plunder,now carried wood and straw into the lower rooms and staircases, and set them on fire, and that on the flames and smoke reaching the tipper rooms the Feringltee, with a few sepoys, suddenly threw open the doors and rushed out upon the enemy, but the latter being pre. pared for this overwhelmed them at once, by v.llies from parties placed in readiness to fire into them whenever it should open. This feringhee was -William, beyond question, both from its being what - I feel as sure would happen as if I had seen it, and from the man saying he understood always that it was not young Burnes, whom he says he understood to have been killed early in the affair, but not with his elder brother. All accounts state the resistance as desperate as prolonged ; but one thing cannot but strike you, the Baler Hissar adjoins the city on one side, the cantonments on the west. the .wazeer could penetrate to Burnes,, why could not the troops? Did they' try it 1 , - John 111'Kenzie, tco,'was on the skirts of the city in an old fort, not very far from the cantonments. For two. days he fought, having about 100 wen t and then cut his way to our large fo-ce, who d'a not seem able to cut theirs to him Burnes' party was one havildar, one naik, and twelve sepoys, and next door, but without communica. tion, were thirty sepoys over. the pay.office of the Shah's force— these are said to have been first overpowered to obtain the treasure. CHIN A, We have intelligence from China, via Calcutta, up to the 13th December, by the Falcon, from Macao. The accounts are almost purely commercial, and, beyond that, possess scarcely any inte rest. The trade, such as It was, remained open; but the arrival of Sir Henry Pottinger was expected every day; and as the Chi. nese had been carrying on their defensive preparations with vigour ever since he left Canton, in direct violation of the terms of truce, a general impression prevailed that his return would be the signal for an immediate renewal of hostilities. Up to the 23d of Novem ber—the latest date from Chusan—the 1 - lenipotentiary and the Admiral were both at Tinghae, and no movement had been made on Hang.chow-foo. Her Majesty's ship Cruiser was about to leave immediately for the southward with Sir Henry Pottinger, who, it was believed, had evinced .much dissatisfaction at the conduct of the authorites at Hong-Kong, in refraining from chastising the Chinese for their presumptuous and ,daring infringement of the truce. Our next news from.'the Celeitial Empire will thus, in all likelihood, inform us of another attack on the " proviecial city." The state of trade is most. unsatisfactory. China produce, teas, silk, &c., is only procurable at high rates, while British imports are difficult of disposal at prices exceedingly low. The dulness of the market is increased by a scarcity of money, for the opium clippers from the coast bring nothing but sycee, which the manda rins have of late given in payment fur the opium purchased, in pre. ference to dollars. A million dollars has been extorted from the Hong merchants by the Imperial Commissioner at Canton, fur "necessities of the State ;" that is, to meet the expeuses of erect. i ing new fortifications, and repairing old ones, an employment in which the Chinese have, as before stated, been for some time past busily engaged. Numerous new forts have been built on the hills 1 behind Canton, and others near Napier's and Howqua's fort, on Salt Junk River. These may be all looked upon as the fruits 'of the Canton trade; and though it was insane in the Chinese to erect them, and will be easy for us to knock them, down, the policy of our i having furnished the means of erection is very questionable. The order of the 'Admiral 'for . the seizure of Government junks has been fully carried out; arid as. our ships have in many instances seized small vessels, as well as large ones, a strong feeling is said to prevail against us in consequence. The construction of buildings, both public arid private, is pro ceeding with much activity at Hong.kong. A bridle road, too, hai been put across the island to Tylana-bay, and a carriage road com menced, which is already several. miles In length, and will very soon be completed, if we may judge by the vigour and celerity with which the work is carried on. Opinions still differ as regards the climate of our new settlement. _ Preparations are making for sending strong reinforcements to China both, from Bengal and Madras_ A regiment of volunteers, 800 strong, will be embodied in the former presidency, whilst three native regiments, with details of horse and foot artillery, will pro ceed from the latter. The 2d, 6th, and I . 7th are thexorps selected for service, and two others have received orders to hold in readi ness to proceed, if required. Five hundred gun lascars are also to be furnished by ,Madras, and the sappers and miners previously sent are to be completed, and reinforced by 200 men: The iron steamers Medusa and Ariadne, which left Bombay for China on the 29th el September last; have hid narrow escapes from wreck. ,- When about 120 miles from Manilla, 'the latter vessel, having burnt out her fuel, parted company, for the purpose of re turning to Singapore. The Medusa reached Manilla, and there ob tained fuel, which, though plentiful, was 'of a bad description. She took her departure thence on the 9th of November, and on the 13th encountered a heavy gale off the Great Ladrones, in which all her fuel was again expended. The compasses here shifted two points, and on the 14th the little vessel was in Hanian North Bay, in a most perilous situation, amidst breakers and seas running moun. tains high. The ship's bulwarks were now broken up, to provide the means of escape; and alter two hours' steaming she was out of danger. Ultimately the Medusa arrived safely at Singapore; but the Ariadne, which it was expected would be found there, had not been seen or heard of, and much apprehension was in consequence felt for her safety. We learn from our last advices from Macao that she was picked up at sea by a sailing vessel and towed to that port, so that she will doubtless see some service with the expedition before her consort (which, in pursance of the orders left at Singe. pore by the Forbes, is about to proceed to Moulmein) makes her appearance in the Chinese seas. • ' " • • • . THE TEA MARKET. . • (From the Bombay Courier-) The following extracts from Maeao - aucl Singapore letters will prove interesting to our commercial readers : " Macao, Dec. 10, 1841, Imports are lower than ever in Canton, and can only be realised on taking the value in teas; the prices are as follows : Common congou, 2.6 taels; blackish leaf common to good, 28 to 29; ditto strong, 30 to 31 ; ditto mixed, pekoe flavour, 34; twankay, common, 24 ; fine, '2B to 30; buhea, 21 taels ; and other descriptions in proportion. As yet no silk has arrived in Canton, and the Chinese say that 350 bales will be. the most offering this season, the crop being very small. Teas, on the contrary, are in abundant supply, but a good deal inferior to last season, chiefly owing to hasty making up. The quantity gone and going is considerable, owing to the competition to secure the best chops of the season. But, although exports may not be checked by strictly. blockading Canton, there is strong probability that shipments will falloff, as marry- parties will not submit to the actual low prices for goods; while k. eping in mind.the large tea export of the 18th Of April, they must entertain fears of unfavourable proceeds for present purchases. Prices must fall in Canton, bid not Sufficiently to induce large imports, as there does not appear any chance, for a speedy advance in the value of goods. The best long cloths are worth 2. 7. 5, Spanish stripes, 1. I. Long ell's, 650t0 7 Spanish dollars; -and yarn, say half mule, ha , f . water, Nes. 16 to 24, 22 to 24 Spanish dollars; Nos 26 to 40, 28 Spanish dollars per picul " Though freights are low, say 51. from. •Whampoa and 41. load. outside, there is very little speculative demand for teas, but the Americans, and one or two other parties, requiring to load ships are in want of money, and though the rate of exchange on London, bills at six months' sight, is only 4s. 10d. by last transac tions, an advance of - ss. is expected, as dollars are very scarce, the opium -clippers bringing nothing from the coast but sycee, which they get at 4 to 5 premium, while the Canton people (wanting dol. tars) will only take it at 3 per cent. discount. This sudden and extensive change in the mode of payment for opium probably is owing to the monied men of the country, who fear the times, and the Mandatins laying by their means in dollars, as being the leis bulky article. " A good deal of attention has lately been given by houses here to Hong • Kong, but their earnest desire to build, or otherwise invest property there, is much checked by tlye want .of a decision from Government, or Sir H. Pottinger, as to whether that place will be held alter the conclusion of the war. " The market for the drug "has lately been dull here, and prices may now be quoted—Patna, 440 Spanish dollars ; Benares, 425 to 430 Spanish dollars; and Alalwa, 340 Spanish dollars. SINGAPORN, DEC. 24. "As the Sylph will probably be the last vessel. in China for the arrival of opium frcm the first sale, we think our present rates will decline. Benares may be quoted at 410 to 415 Spanish dollars; Malwa, 350 Spanish dollars; Turkey, 330 Spanish dollars. The market is overstocked with cotton intended for the China junks, but considerable doubts exist as to their coming this season, in which case a fearful fall may be expected. Indian imports of every description are exceedingly dull; hut China articles continue in great request. Good cassia commands 12i to 121 Spank!) dollars; complier, 42; Junk tea, 8 to 9. Straits articles are plentiful. Pepper may be had' as low as 490 to 5i Spanish dollars per picul ; Gambier, 2 to 2 1 ; pearl sago, 10; tin 16 %. Exchange on England, 4s. 6d., on Calcutta, 220. Freights, 41. to 51. 10s. per ton." The public will learn with satisfaction that a motion, the object of which is to do away with the fatal practice , of burying the dead i n l arge t owns was agreed to last ci night in the House of Commons without one dis sentient voice. All . .no.ly_lica t i . L .. ..th g _ ev a,_ 4 „ only . point, therefore, . to ,considered is remedy. As the , Goveri;menr approve - of the [plan, and no doubt are anxious that the expense of i n t e name should be made reasonable, . especially for the !lowe r classes, we suggest that grants be made out of the Crown lands and commons around London, for this sacred purpose. A 'cemetery like that of Pee La Chaise, or Kensall Green, would give a chatiacter, as well as add beauty • ;to many of these tracts, and the . -value of a feW acres, i 4 so trifling that no sound objection could be made b . the lord of the man or , or those' who have the irn of (common. The 'object too is -fol. the benefit (if and besides conferring a boon on the pOor, a elause to this effect in the General Cemetries' Bill would effectually prevent jobbings in land, and all at tempts at monopoly so justly • anticipated. Would Sir JAMES ORAIIAM cordially support such a; plan, tied at the same time cut down th e d eman d s o f t h e Bisholis for clerical fees to the lowest possible amootint, he iwould cover a multitude of his tins. There is no news of the slightest political interest in the Paris Journals received this morning. . , BOURSE—PARis, MOIiDAY, MARCH 7. . . ~ . First Highest •Lowest 1 I.ast Prier ' Price. Price Prier. French 5 per Ce01i , .......... 117 50 :... 117 50 ... li7 40 ... 07 40 4 per Cents. ... 101 .... 101 ' ..„ , 101 ... I'ol3 per Cent,.,,...,....... 80 50 ... 80 55 ..1 81., 45 ... 055 Loan .... 60 75 .. 80 75 ... 80 75 hlank of l•rnwer : 365 ' ...3365 ' ...3365, —3365 Lattitt, ?sane...4ooof. Sr arcs 1025 .„,1025 ...1025 —1025 , • 5,6001. Skares L 045 ...5005 • ...50 220 ...5011 50 ;4.lglan ttank ' „. E. 21). ... 8 -5. . ... h 2.0 .., 8:25 1811 ' Belgian 5 per Cents. S tier centi., 1840 1(6% ... 106% :.. 106% ... 106% ..nigh .Active .„ :5% . .25% ... 25% ... i. 5%, Passive ~ 5% .... 54 ... ; 5 , 5;,, •leapolitai, ' lO6 ... I'l6 25 ... 106 „. , 16 25 iowian - 4 105 ... 105 ... 105 ... IPS HAIrt.,WAY SHARES. . St. Germain . 852 50 ...' 855 ... 852 50 ... 855 Vetszilles.lt, N .4 363 • ..`. 365 , ..i. 360 ... 365 1..8 s 222 .50. 222 50 .. 218 75 ... k2O , Rouen 525 ... 527 50 ....,5:22 50 ... 527 :',O oi - ie.., S rusburgto Bale ' • 247 50;.; 247'50 '. 247 50'... 247 50 • Mr. Benjaminv e QUld de 'Well' to stick to his old trade of faShionable noiiel-Wt4firig,. and „not trouble his head about politics, with whieh'hc is evidently ivery imperfectly acquainted. titre always read his light, .pant dialogues, and sketches-of -great folks at the West end,.. with pleasure, because the themes are just such as suit his lofty capacity for fiction ; we defer, too, tb his eloquent criticisms on dress ; 1 -. and place implicit faith in his views on the important - subject of gastronomy, as propounded in - .. those 'surprising tales " Vivian Grey," and the walk Duke; '! but, when quitting thiscongenial of mind, he ven tures into the political - arena, and rises among the Ver rand§ and the Borthwicks—kindred .spirits !—to en lighten St. Stephen's by his eloquence,, his position:and his rhetoric alike remind us .of the prophet's exclamation in Holy Writ, " So, among the simple ones, I beheld a young man void of understanding V! We defy . any one who heard Mr. D'lsraeli's speech last night in the House, not to• come to- the conclusion that he is in the same distressing predicament as the " young man" alluded to in Scripture. Thotigh his theme, generally speaking, was by no means a bad one, yet lie utterly tarred it. by his raMbling and illogical mode of treatmeut. His , most carefully elaborated points all failed, notwithstanding his boast that.he had devoted a long time to the consideration of the question ; and the bolt which he launched against Lord Palmerston-:-and which he evidently thought. would'be a crushing one— recoiled-with tenfold force upon his own head. • " THE EARTH - QuaicE."—A Morning Contemporary states that " the last prophecy for the destruction of the metropolts by an earthquake, which met very ex tensive belief, was about the year 1720." This is not correct. The last prophecy was about the year 1762 or 1Z63, .shortly after the accession of George the Third ; and it . originated with a crazy Methodist sol dier, who publicly proclaimed in the. streets the ap proaching catastrophe. His prediction was believed in, nut only by the lower classes: of society, but by the higher and more enlightened ; IffindredS of whom packed up bag and baggage, and quitted I.otidon in all possible haste. The' day previous to the prophecied catas trophe, town resembled a desert ; the river was crowded with refugees of . all classes ; net a house, lodging, or. shed in Hampstead, Highgate, Green wich, Deptford, and -the Adjacent .towns and vil lages, but was thronged to overflowing ; and thousands of poor people, unable to obtain the shel ter of a roof,. actually bivouacked in the fieldS ! While the panic was at its height, the celebrated preacher, Whitfield, addressed an immense congregation at mid night, in the midst of a thunder-storm, in Hyde Park; and is reported to have produced au effect on his motley audience that has never been surpassed, before or since. It is lamentable to reflect that—notwithstanding the . boasted march of mind, and the general spread of edu cation—there are as many fools and ignoramuses now as there were eighty. years ago, when not one out of a hundred.could read or write, or=cetint ten upon his fin gers I The whole circumstances' connected with the mad Methodist's prophecy, are turned to most humor ous account by Horace Walpole in his Correspondeoce. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY. TIVELYE O'CLOCK. Livisteool. Carroll MARKET, MARCIII B.—The arrivals have proved very extensive this.week, probably, about 15,000 ba!es. This being the Manchester ,Market day trade was rather quiet here a moderate amount of. business was however transacted, and prices were steadily maintained ; 3,000 bales changed hands inelusive of 700 for export. The sales comprised 20 Maranhams at 6d., 20 Bahia, 6 %cl., 30 Egyptian, ed., 20 Peruvian, 6id., and 2,910 American, 4 Nd..to 6d. • • LIYERPOOL Mattam--Very little business was done in Railway Shares Lo-day ; the market was chill and heavy, and closed with a tendency to droop. The transac. ions were confined to London and Birmingham 321. Shares 58/ ; London and Brighton New '5! ; Eastern Counties.9i; ditto debentures 365. 6d. MANCHESTER .STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH . B.—We have had a good inquiry for Stock, but in.consequenee of sellers holding back, very little business has been done: Market clines firm. London. and South Westerns; 58% • Manchester and Birminghams, 28/ ; Manchester a n d Salford ? Water -works, 514: By the arrival. of a private ship from. Barbadoes, papem as late as the 9th of February have been- Preceived at the North and South American Coffee.;house. The-Royal mail steam-packet Dee which left Falmouth in the 15th January, ar. rived there after a short passage of 16 days and 20 hoixis. , The ac counts from there are of a most cheering description, the weather during the months of January and February, as far as it had ad vanced, is stated as being most propitiotrs to the planter. The London line , of-packet ship Wellington; 'from New York, whose arrival in the Downs lesterday at one o'clock was communi cated by Watson's telegraph to- the North and 'Seuqi American Coffee-house, has since arrived in the river. The date of the papers brought by her are up to the' 16th ult,. The political news contained in, them is not of the least interest. New Yolk MARYITB, Feu. 15.-,—The sales at the Board yes terday were moderate, but at a falling off in pricek The follow ing are the. quotations :—Haarlem, 8 ; Canton, IBi ; tong Island, 63 ; Boston and Providence, 86 3 4 ; Delaware and Hudson, 881 ; State Bank of New York,'6B ; Illinois Bonds, 18i r Indiana, lON, PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT' ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 7O 38i to Eastern Counties - Great Western / 90 174..".... to 2 291...... to . 38 i 54 to 14 12}..... to ..100 15 Gli—t YESTERDAY. ) 'Gibraltar „. Leghorn Milan IVenice 47 INaples Palermo, per oz • 120 Lisbon Oporto s2i Rio Janeiro 27 Bahia ' 26 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight 4b Philadelphia 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER 07. Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold C0m...3 . 17 5 New'Doubloons 0 0 0 }New Dollars 0. 4 94 ' Silver in Bars 0 4 11 London and Birmingham .... Ditto New • London and South Western.... London and Croydon (Trunk) North Midland ' York and N3rth Ditto New Shares .COURSE •OF EXCHAr Amsterdam CF. 12 7i Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .••2 U. 12 8 Antwerp Hamburgh. M.B. 1314 i Altona .......••.....:... 13 15 Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles ........ . 25 95 Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine.•. 151 i Netersburgh, 3 Us ••• 37 Berlin.-- •........... 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3AI 954 Trieste, ditto 9 55 Madrid .....•.... Cadiz Bilbao . 35 Barcelona Seville LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY ). I LONDON, MARCH 9. —Wind this day at 'noon S. W. DEAL, MARCH B.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Belvi dere, Calcutta; Wellington, Chadwick, New York; Calcutta, westward ; Zodiac, Rotterdam for Surinam. -. Arrd. from the River, John Hallett, for MaurititiS; Arbrinipain, Rio; Shannon, Bermuda; Islander, Barbadoes; Enchantress, River Gambia. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 8. Wind W. S. W., fresh. —A rrd. Mary Somerville, Calcutta, sailed from the Cape,lanuary B,and St. Helena 23 Jas. Mattli e s on , B r a nscourt, V alpairaso, sailed 3d Dec. ; Ctu:lco, Brown, Buenos Ayres, sailed 24th Dec. ; Winscales, Convoy. Alaranham; Sunflower, Forester, do. sailed 30th Jan. ; Isabel, Griffith, . Lord Maidstone, '1 aylor, George, Victory, Brooks, Lord Seaton, and Treason, Mor rison. New Orleans; Siren, Mondell, BrunSwick, M‘Manus, and Josepha, Leitch, Mobile ; Solon, New York, sailed 15th ult. Put back, Rosalie, for Rio. Arrd. off, Mexican ,jacket Laguna, Phcenix, Thodosia, and Winwick: PORTSMOUTH, MARCH B.—Wind S.W. Arrd. H.M.S. Athol, Barbadoes, sailed 10th ult. Jane Clark, Lawson, from Shields to Naples, was in contact with the Athol, 7th inst., the Lizard N. by E. 21 miles, and sank, ,crew saved. Mem. H.m. steamer Driver will proceed on Thursday next for China. RAMSGATE, MARCH 'S.—Sid. Amelia, Mulholland, and Rattan, Mauritius. Baloroar, Ma acx B.—A quarter-board marked Dorothy, Cales, was picked up yesterday. GUERNSEY, MARCH 5.--Sailed John, narannah. FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind S. to S.W. fresh gales and squally.—Arrd. Memnon (steamer), London for China. Sid. Liverpool (steamer), Vigo. BRISTOL, MARCH B.—Arrd. Reliance, Mauritius. - • CORK, MARCH 6.—Arrd. Alice Brown, Donald, Monte Video; Westmoreland, Walker, St. John's; Veracity, Dick son, Aux Cayes. CAFE or GOOD HOI!E, JAN. 8 --Anil. Her Majesty's ship Cambrian, Plymouth, in forty-taine days.. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ( RECEIVED 1 HIS DAY.) LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. CHESTER, Cur.-7 to 1 agst Lanercost (offered)-11 to 1 agst Marshal Soult-12 to 1 agst Vulcan (t)-15 to 1 agst The Squire-16 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn—lB to 1 agst Re:- lona-20 to 1 agst ithod a n t h e-25 to 1 a gst Satirist-30 to 1 agst Discoeure-30 to I agst Hory O'More-30 to 1 ag,t Johnny. • DEanY.-9 te 1 agst Attila (0-23 to 1 agst Dirce c (offd) —25 to 1 agst Chatham-30 to 1 agst Ballankeele-35 to 1 agst Auckland (445 to 1 agst Meteor—.sU to 1 agst Joanna c 01-4,000 toot) agst Canadian (t). OAKS.-9 to t agst Passion -10 to I agst Syren (t)-13 to 1 agst Adelg f--13 to 1 agst Sister to Yorkshire Lad. LAW INTELLIGE C E~ , V: CE-c r 4 4 NCER -- .—( T FITSAPAI . (Before Vice-Chancellor d fl No case involving any feature of generalinterest . } fe ar this Court up to its rising. - - igi?„o4Al7) INSOLVENT COURT-( TH. The Court was occupied during the greater part or in hearing bail cries of which there were seventeen tiests'au' re , country cases. Most of the sureties offering theinseliee eer. o ceived, and the insolvents liberated until the day of bee lif ". the slightest feature of general interest appeared in , anY • ,YL TIEWM A£l Ikt IL DMAY. f The insolvent, who described himself as a studidtv lll ,__.% ht was opposed by a t a il or, named Wilson, for a tride 44 . lo l7,, gf i ing to 271. 100. The names of several other cseilitoisl47oo in his schedule, b u t none o f th e m appeared in It was alleged by the i nso l ven t that the debt with' t nee ii) creditor was contracted a t a time when he ( thetDi it ilEn under age, and that many of the articles supplied necessaries, and that the , charge had been much beyond' value. saain ~1 The Court held that re ab there was no grounds fo r „Lowy insolvent, and he was consequently ordered to be 77- forth w i t h. IN. COUNCIL. " It is with the most unfeigned sorrow that the Honourable the Governor in Council announces that authentic intelligence has been received of the assassination of his Excellency Sir William HaMajesty Macnaghten, ty Bart ., Envoy and Mi n i ster at the Court of his I-Moolk, and the Govern or e l ec t o f thi s sebah s. Presidency. " This atrocious crime was perpetrated at Cahoot on the'2sth of December last, during a conference to which his Excellency had been invited by the leaders of the insurrection at that place, under the pretence of arranging terms of accommodation with his Ma. jesty Schah Soojah-001-Moolk. " Higher authority will pronounce the eulogium so justly due to the eminent talents and distinguished services of this lamented public functionary. But whilst this Government abstains from ties.' passing on this ground, it cannot refrain, amidst the most unfeigned grief, from recording almost the last public act of Sir William Hay Macnaghten's life. When terms dishonourable to the British arms were proposed by the leaders of the insurrection at Cabool, his Excellency heroically replied, `That death is preferable to dis. honour ; that we put our trust in the God. of battles, and in His name we defy our : enemies.' "In consequence of this melanoholy event, the flag at the Castle is to be hoisted htlf-staff high to-morrow morningat sunrise, continuing so until sunset, and minute guns, to the number of seventeen (the number appointed for the rank of the deceased), to be fired from Hornby's battery, on the flag being hoisted, - the same. ceremony u being observed by the Hon. Company's vessels of war in harbou r , such arrangement as the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, may direct. . . " Similar marks of respect will be paid to the memory of Sir W. H. Macnaghten at all the principal military station's subordinate to this Government, on the receipt of these orders. ' " The Governor in Council ia further pleased to direct that mourning be worn by the offi c ers of her Majesty's and the Hon. Company's civil, military, and naval ser vices of this !'residency,for a period of three we e k s front this date—an example which Government confidently expects will b e g enerally followed. by all other portions of the community. " By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, " P. WILLOUGHBY, " Officiating Chief Secretary to the Gevernment. COMMERCIAL REPORT. (From the Bombay Times of Jan. 29.) There has been very little business tr ansacted during the week. Money continues scarce, an d s ymptoms of tight ness are be g i nning to be app arent i n the fall of t h e internal exchanges. T h e rate on Eng•ar.d, h owever, k eeps stea dy, ow ing to the paucity of shipments, Cotton has no m i na ll y f a ll en l a price, but it is as y et much too high to be touch e d ; and it is general l y believed it must fall much more. Freights to Great Britain may b e quoted at 21 . 15 s , per ton. b ix months' sight ; on Calcutt a , Exchange on London, 245. 01d., 97, at thi rty d ays ' s i ght. THE BOMBAY MARKET, Sia UkDAY, JAN, 29. THE PRODLTE OF INDIA, CHINA, PE RSIA, &c.-Bees wax, 68 rs , per cwt. C otton, per say. 7 cwt. -Surat and Broach, 90rs . to 96rs. ; Dolerah Go oracheev, 88rs. to 90rs. ; Oomravutty, 90rs. to 95 r5.; Comptah, Hemp, 85rs. ; P, 80rs. to 82rs. Coffee, per md.. 41- 061b.-M oc h a 1 ors. ; Malabar, B r s. Cocoa-nuts, 1 , 2 50, 18rs. to 20r,, Cocoa -nut Oil, 281 b., 21rsr Elephants' Teeth, md., 37,51b.,-L arge, 82rs. to 83rs. ; m id., 60rs. to 75rs. ; small, 35 rs. to 55rs. 49rs. to 41rs. uhf.•Pe Ghatee . , 3Ors. to 32 r s. Indi g o, p er md. 411 b ; 24rs. to 26 rs. 5 iShells -I, per o c n w c a t . n , , 7rs. to lOrs . 37rk . to 58r s . ; Calicut, Pepper. per edy. hi -4 cwt.-Malabar, 77rs. to 73r5.; Butcole, BOrs. Opium, per chest 140 1b.-Malwa, 665r5. to 6110 rs. Saltpetre, per bag /*evil, 16rs. to 17rs. Wood, per cdy. s cwt.-Sappan Malabar, 20rs. to 22rs. Dhanasaree, 30 to 32rs. ; Sandal, 60 to 135 rs. ; Ebony, 9 to 10 Ts. Wo ol-Khorassan, 105 ; Mekran, 80 to 90 ; Marwar, 100 to 105 ; Cutch, 100 to 105 rs. Tortoise.shell, per lb.-Large, 10 to 12 ; small,__ sto 8. D rugs , per cw t.-Aloes, Socotrine, 50 rs. Met a l s - . Copper, per cwt.-Tiles, 531 to 54 ; Sheathing, 64 ; thick sheet 64 • botto ms . . • ' b 3 to -- Copper, 57, 1r0n 64; , per edy. 746i113,-Swedish bar, 50 rs. ; British bar, 28 rs. , rod fo t o 4r nails, 32 rs . Ors. Iron, per cwt. - Sheet, Sirs, to 6rs. , POLICE IN T gELLIGEIN3.!)P f . BOW-STREET .--(T1118 Merv' o esolf A good-looking girl, "about twenty years o f ,ager V clad, who gave the name of "Inn Tod, was placed at the following rather singular circumstances • ' bug, J;sio 1 10 ;.r"'ne, - . c o A Gentleman; whoie name was not mentioned, that he was a Corn. Chand l er, residing at No. 13, Dr.YrL,t, f ikin that this morning about seven o'clock, his seriant.JaM. that there was a wom a n up-stairs in one of 11., Z p- ; 01 immediately proceeded . upstairs to the second 119 , 1' ":oerlf, where he saw the pri so n er lyi ng un der the sofa. Ha_l,7hat she came there, and sh e re pli e d that she said not ) 0 ,7 1 ; 6 5; she got in last night. Th ere were a good many be.° about the room, but h e did no t o b ser ve that any of t o touched or moved out of their 'places. It was ve r t til Ltiate might have got in last night, is the same dopr ; 1 11e, h /r doe. y , shop communicates with the dW t 4 elling-housei b 3 ' 11 fP27,0 111.1 'think thaeshe could have got'out again thiimbfriitlCV•7 big been seen. • ~.i4-1 4 0•pyr. A The girl, in her def e n ce , s t a t e d th a t she livid AL Ll" d tip AU; Mile-end, and that she ' was very sorry to haVe ben fr. s a a predicament, but h a vi ng been out with two or three r j'a pow" had partaken rather too freely, and had india . o l R; % i tiona pottle deep," which t oo k a strange. enbcCA:wg , and caused her t o • feel so stupid' and -I she did not know b u t th a t She was at home kneW t, OP' two pair of stairs ; ' up two pair of stairs, therefor e ; she se lv , not knowing the dittbrence betw.een the snugly Earn!" 'bents of the worthy corn chandler and her awn no doubl o b on habitation in Grove.place, Mile-end-road, she iTO. rO bO ,. - 01 1 i; under the sofa, and the re, undisturbed 133' the_ sublunary world, unconscious alike to Joy and sotto'' , down and resigned herself into the arms of 21/etPAY',„'die3 ll , girl stated, were the' facts of the c a se. She had no fot , rValter ever—oh dear not the slightest in the world ; 11 7 •= of meddling with the prosecutor's property ; and it th e i t ot '- would only forgive her thi s once, s h e wo uld wolf °, •.; another mistake should never occur aga i n . elic t frs_ a, t° Mr. JARDINE remarked that h er til e appeared. though it might be true. Th e f act, moreover,..of tii e k . po rt 0 1 7 1 0 siderable property in the room, and none of it Aro tb d was strongly in her favour, and as she was not kilo iiifylo. police, he should discharge h er thi s t i me; b u t he 110 e i gui . 1 3 74,11 if ever she were brought up again, charged with $ 1 91,.. ' this would be remembered a ga i nst h er, an d she '7 it that she would not e s ca p e so eas i ly. • MARLBORO UGH-STA B ' - • ,:,.- t oft (THIS DAY.) . k ottiliria DI Mr. HARDWICK, the presiding Magistrate , on ` 2.- _. - - 3 , 6 0 0 the bench this morning, mentioned that he had in•` ll , hso" or post four communications from benevolent person , ' i !., foil, b id did not attach their names, each inclosing a sorefit f sistance of Mr. Annesley. The amount of subso i l' . •_'l.oll at this office is no w 271 . 10 s. . y or i ridir i - S e r, AN INCORRIGIBLE B EGGAB .—J ane Gaylor, - -°u se ~... ,-- or with an infant in her arms, was charged with stope"... 1 00 4 tlemen in Regent-street, b e t ween e i ght an d n ine o'cloe , ll io, citing charity, and whe n s h e was un h eede d persisted 4 up the parties to a considerable distance. Mr. HARDWICK.—Is the woman known. ..,„dialti John Horsford, an officer belonging to the o `7,... t hstn,jor stated that she was one of the most incorrigible begg. - 0 1/90 the metropolis, She had been committed for begging 010 , ol sixty times. Shegen era ll y spent eleven mont hs out ' 4, 0 ' i in prison, _ Mr. HARDWICK sentenced her to one month's iinP rig'n . .' f hard labour. The prisoner, on hearing this, was with great ' , 1 vented from "clawing" the officer Horsford. S he l it re il, 011. 4 lently to get at him,. b u t , fi nd i ng herse lf oeerP",7„,a' strain of wrathful 8 abuse of the worthy Ma larg' e w""" - ':', ija - • ...' " A d—d b—y j umpe d -up ghost. " a ode I f fed Mairearal. INFAMY.—Sarah Levy, a middle age d te r,- an infant in her arms, an d M atilda Levy, h e r daenrvisiigeri pretty, fine grown girl, between 16 and 17 years Of eg r ;', a 0 /9 1 ' at the bar togeth er , h av i ng: been apprehended on a "it f e against them at the instance of the 'parochial at " - ii f.' t oso James's parish, for keeping a house of ill fame St Na • na ......., fr, try.court, H a y mar k et. t i i r sl , A witness prov e d t h at the ' elder prisoner ha d far a "700 1 0 11 been in charge of th e h ouse in question. The da , r og assisted in the manag ement of the• house, open i ng the dee s visitors, and attending on them. tiO ll ' Mr. nartuwice said 1 the infamy of the mother too ~ • ; The defendants in default of•sureties were committed. -'f, a UNION-HA LL—( T HIS nft2,l, Robert Fitzgerald was charged with stealing se ve 7 1. „ 1 1 3'0 1 and a half, and six pairs of shoes, the proPeT t i 0 04;; ' Tate, a boot • and , shoemaker, in the Blackfriare. -. ti p prisoner went Into the complainant's shop on the , ' 0 00 s e evening and remained In conversation with him for .0 . i They then left the shop together, and retired to a T i ,- - to have some supper, and, w hil e • there, comp l a inant . t. , i i . 00 ni new shoes protruding from. the prisoner's 'pocket, 0 1' ' 0 4 charged him with robbing him, and when he Wa r. !. searched six pairs were found in his possession. Thi Pa; also taken seven sovereigns and a half out of CoMP IIIII ',' . . box.—Committed. THE MARKETS.—(THIS PA CORN EXCHANGE. ...." 40 - 14 0 , There was little Wheat fresh up, but the trade w"...,,, , , f p fo i that last day's prices could not be obtained. Oar r the.:, plentiful, and both articles met a very slack deman u • 1 101 .' co, _,, trade exceedingly dull. TEA MARKET. li t The demand good, and prices bad an upward pany's Congou scarce and wanted, at Is. to 2S-, ',. yd' 'Common Free Trade Congou, Is. Hid. c,ash'. - t ;alC In the other markets n o var i at i on wort h no ticing - ~::4 4 . ---L "'" ?MT, . . DOVER, MARCH 8, 1842.—His RW:11„,,i;i1n,,,, the Duke Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, accompanied " 7 004 or suite, arrived last evening from Brighton at Fayleslrielliio l ,, embarked this morning. in her Majesty's steam-Pel iy e aton', / j or ,Mudgo, for Calais, under the usual salute from the -0;r4j8011 TUE RECENT DEATH FROM FIGIITING;040, journed inquest on the body of Thomas Hamlin, me : i l lisf i last week in an affray between some Brighton and PIY .i,,- . e „, men, was resumed on Tuesday: No additional evicle" ever adduced. The statement made by Mr. "' er r 1.-• pit s o surgeon, as to the cause of death, was confirmed In eg .„, r ,„ by Mr. B. Gidlea, surgeon, who way present at th e . .,le e examination of the body. The Jury returned s ire` - i slaughter against John Humphries, eliasLannasir . a*. . 0 0 and George Allen as an accessory, warrants for whol e. I '.. - f 1 : were then issued.—Plymouth Herald. ' l e* BODY FOUND IN THE R IVER.YeSterana 14 0 of a young woman was found near the north step!,?T 011 0 '0 Bridge. She appeared to have been recently drown 0 ,10 0 i' ilo i, on a black merino dress, with black stockings. 8 " d 044 ' 0 0 boots, a coloured silk bonnet, a dark green eles `e•-" 0 0,0 1 t 0 apron. A paper was found i n h er pocket, w i t h the e , ,, , r ,, , Noble and M. N. Batey w r itt e n on i t. The body • ''i ii irl; Magnus' church to be owned.. - Married on Saturday, the .sth instant, ', a ' 0411070.,' church of St. Martin.in-the.Fields, in the county of ;4614 r," the Rev. H. F. Skrirnshire, rector of St. Andrew's, kl e e pbo lo :ar, se the Hon. Nicole Marino Pignto'rre, of the island of . ~,s , l o , l ;if e sl, Greece, Doctor of Laws, to. Katherine, eldest dangt . Nicho/son, Esq., of Hertford, and of No, 21 ' Ji b " - 7 Westminster. . ' " f 'S i V 4l'. , On Tuesday a persOn of the name ° 4i . `• 01 1, 1 1 , : Burn, a resident of South Shields, was killed 11 s a t a jo . ,;er, waggons when crossing over the Stanhope and T3' o .!:;iijoarllY, South Shields. Deceased , who by trade a b r ag •• r or . ,was .... e t i ' sloe ~ occasionally employed in distributing bills, On•h" 40 41 , ' been circulating smie bills put out by the Board of ( foiallislo o , met with his death as he was returning home.--5n' 34 7,, Ogth r s' '' j. We regret to find that th e su it ors in t i e . ftißsdf! Court of Requests will be suff e r ers b y the unfort674.ll4oST the week, Mr. Clement Wi gney b e i ng the Treasur e: " e je1..4," and Mr. LN. Wigney his. surety. Mr. C. Wig mei I * - 0 0: P Y pointment at the General Quarter Sessions held et 1 4 traiS, s i 1840, from the Count r y Ma g is trates; and the C ; r ity:o 4 ' Chichester) approved of Mr. I. N. Wigney, as his ' f: 't, ton Guardian • EXTENSIVE 'FLOOD.—Bath has again b ' e l J e , by another high flood, m a ki ng th e fourth within b tb ei .-' ,fr' months. The calamity having, in some measure ' time was given to secure propeity. The water Pisa, It iktZe about twelve o'clock on :Thursday morning, fr °°l7 f gradually began to subside. ;d r. T errett, butcher, " 0 0,017 street, has been a hea v y su ff e r er. h aving lost tw,ern t l . ". • .1„ 1 1:10 Bath Journal. thir -n nsil THE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD.—TiiO-c? fir- or of the l a t e M arqu i s h ad long been in a precaro l tio i death was somew h at - sudden. Three days before• %. • finding himself b e tt e r, be-- deter Mined, without ibei,; or consent of hi s medical:attendants, .to take, sr, t fift rod mond,-where h e dined, and after"partiiking Wes' . sures of the tahle, he - returned to: bordiester 110 ,1 0 0 7 0 0 evening. Thi s act o f indiscretion speedily b oration, which, acting on a complication s of clii ° '" terminated fatally. SILVERTLATED CORNER` 40 T. COX SAVORY , M anufacturing S il vers mith, ster - or iof hill, London (Seven doors,from Gricechurch - st ree .„„.4a; the prices of the following patterns of strongly Dishes, with silv er h an dl es an d e d ges , and save h , engraving the crest or coat of arms: — The Gadroon Pattern. 1 041111 '! Four Stron g l y Pl a t e d C orner Di s h es an d Covers... ' a • Four Extra, Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers .................. ........ . ............... 0 ..... The Flower Pattern. Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and i s 4 t Covers N.B. The covers are made with moveable Ilan _ lo rd they form ex t ra di s h es . D raw ings of th e abov e fo rd any part of Great Britain cr Ireland, postage free. • - • MARRIED. • I• On the 24th ult., in Cadiz Bay, on board her 16aJel t:1ot Malabar, William Congreve Cutliffe BTackeuburP tIoCA:t J. M. Prackenbury, Esq., K. H., her Majesty's C° lls " . nare for the province of Andalusia , to Magdalen Julia, / n oir daughter of the late Hon. W. M'Gillivray, of St ' House, Montreal, Canada. ti London: Printed and Publi s h e d by . A -U stra ,o, lll No. 112, Strand, at The Sur. Office, No. 1 12 . the Count of Middle t o W e dn es day, Mira 9' • Ju( ) , ttrtj elich er :t. t. BIRTHS. ba li9tl.l DK On the 6th inst., the lady of Jonathan Peel, " at law, of a son. ark, ibe On the iih inst., in Chester-terrace, Regent's-Pa ,p, of Griffith Richards, Esq , of a daughter. of •/' On the 7th inst., at Hyde park-square, the Is Y Hyndman, Esq., of a son. House, Montreal, Canada. ___.------- DIED. „ /)'tee' On the 56 inst., Stephen Il arr i son , Esq , of Se lwo' .0 race , Brumpton, aged 77 f .,,,,, the ''' On the titli init., at St. P a ul' s - crag , Kent, D iary ' of Air. George Brooker, aged 60. —.on. °I t er ttp _e u e teal hir er th e 114 tieee I_ B l r jn oV.! e 4: t q h r4 ttl of ri, „, •, at by eve tirn • ; Air PR • 4. Cai SU / 8 t ,,, t t t a I *; ti t .1a 1