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PIrPNING EDITION. EW S PR OM IND .4. A . FALL OF GHUZNEE, AND ENTRANCE 1 OF THE BRITISH ARMY INTO CA- I BOOT,. I (From th e Bombay Government Gazelle Extraordi . nar!) [ - of August 29 ) SECRET DEPARTMENT. Bombay Castle, Aug. 29, 1839, ! The Honourable the Governor in Conned has i the highest satisfaction in re-publishity g - the follow -1 ing notification issued by the Rit2',ltt Hon. the Go vernor-General, announcing The capture by storm of the town and toriress of Ghuznee, as also the general order issued on the occasion by his Excel tette) Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, K.C.8., and G.C. H., Commander-in-Chief of the Army of ' the Indus. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, L. R. REID, Acting Chief Secretary. --- NOTIFICATION. —SECRET DEPARTMENT. 1 Simla, August 18, 1389. The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India has great gratification in publishing, for general information, a copy of a report this day received from his Excellency Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the army of the Indus, announcing the capture, by storm, on the 23d ult., of the important fortress of Ghuznee. A salute of 21 guns will be fired on the receipt of this intelligence at the principal stations of the army in the three Presidencies.—By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, (Signed) T. H. MADDOCK. Officiating Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General. Ti '0 THE RIGHT HON. LORD AUCKLAND, G.C.8., &c. &c. My Lord—l have the satisfaction to acquaint your Lordship that the army under my command have succeeded in performing one of the most bril liant acts it has ever been my lot to witness during my service of forty-five years in the four quarters of the globe, in the capture, by storm, of the strong and important fortress and citadel of Ghuznee yesterday. It is not only that the Afghan nation, and, I understand, Asia generally, have looked upon it as impregnable, but it is in reality .a place of great strength, both by nature and art, far more so than 1 had reason to suppose from any description that I had received of it, although some are from officers in our own service who had seen it in their travels. I was surprised to find a high rampart in good repair, built on a scarped mound about thirty-five feet high, flanked by numerous towers, and sur rounded by a fausse brayz and a wet ditch, whilst the height of the citadel covered the interior from the commanding fire of the hills from the north, rendering it nugatory. In addition to this screen walls had been built before the gates, the ditch was filled with water and unfordable, and an out work built on the right bank of the river so as to command the bed of it. It is therefore the more honourable to the troops, and must appear to the enemy out of all calculation extraordinary, that a fortress and citadel, to the strength of which, for the last thirty years, they had been adding something each year, and whi c h h a d a garrison of 3,500 Afghan soldiers, commanded by Prince .Mahorned Hyder, the `in o f Dost Mahomed Khan, the ruler of thy ; country, with a commanding number of guns, and abund ance of ammunition, and other stores, provisions, &c., for a regular siege, should have been taken by British science and Briti:sli valour in less than two hours from the time t b ne attack was made, and the whole, including t l ,re Governor and garrison, sh ou ld fall into our hinds. My des,,;atch of the 20th instant, from Nanee, will had', ; made known to your Lordship that the cairn' s of his Majesty Shah Shooj,i-001-Moolk, and of Major-General Willshire with the Bombay `troops, had there joined me in accordance with my desire, and the following morning we made our march of twelve miles to Ghuznee, the line of march being over a fine plain. The troops were dispersed in a mariner that would have enabled me at any mument, had we been attacked, as was pro bable from the large bodies of troops moving on each side us, to have placed them in position to receive the enemy. They did not, however, ap- Per.r, but on our coming within range of the guns of, the citadel and fortress of Ghnznee, a sharp can bonade was opened on our leading column, together walwalh a heavy fi re o f musketry from behind garden ls and temporary field works thrown up, as well as the strong outwork I have already alluded to, w hich commanded the bed of the river from all but t he Outwork. The enemy were driven in under the walls of the fort in a spirited manner by parties thrown forward by Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, of the 16th and 48th Bengal Native, In fantry, and her Majesty's 13th Light infantry, un der Brigadier Sale. I ordered forward three troops of Horse Artillery, the Camel Battery, and one foot battery, to open upon the citadel and for trees, by throveing shrapnell shells, which was done in a masterly style under the direction of Brigadier Stevenson, My object in this was to make the enemy s'aow their strength in guns, and in other res Peo.s, which completely succeeded, and our shells m ust have done great execution and occasioned greet consternation. Being perfectly satisfied on eat point of their strength in the course of half an Lour I ordered the fire to cease, and placed the troop s in bivouac. A close reconnoissance of the plac e all round was then undertaken by Capt. Thom aon, the chief engineer, and Captain Peat, of the Bombay Engineers, accompanied by Major Gar den, the Deputy Quartermaster-General of the MBe)agal army, supported by a strong party of her ajesty's 16th Lancers, and one from her Ma :Ksty's 13th Light Infantry. On this party, a steady fire was kept up, and some casualties oc curred. Captain Thomson's report w'is very clear; he found the fortifications equally strong all round, and as my own opinion coincided with his, I did not hesitate a moment as to the manner in which °Ur approach and attack upon the place should be nvAde, Notwithstanding the march the troops had performed in the morning, and their haviug been a considerable time engaged with the enemy, I ordered the whole to move across the river (which runs close under the fort wall), in Columns to the right and left of the town, and they were placed in position on the north side on more commanding ground, and securing the Cabool road. I had information that a ni l Oit attack upon the camp was intended from without. Mahomed Übzul Khan, the eldest son of Dost Mahomed Khan, had been sent by his father with a strong body of troops from Cabool to the brother's as aistance at Ghuznee, and was encamped outside the walla, but abandoned his position tin our approach, keepin g , however, at the distcnce of a few miles from us. The two rebel chiefs of the Ghilzie tribe, men of great influence s viz., Abdool R human, and Gool Mahomed Khan, had joined him with 1,500 fhorse, r ind also 'a body of about 3,000 Ghaveer m Zeinat, und er a m i xture o f C h i e f s an d onlahs, carrying sembled on the banners and who had been as we o f a religious war. In short, we were in all directions surrounded by enemies. These last arAually cam e down the hills en the 22d, and attacked the part of the camp occupied by his Majesty Shah Shooja and his own troos bu were driven back with cons i derable loss, an p d , ban t oe'.s taken. At daylight on the 22d I reconnoitred Ghuznee, in company with the chief engineer and the briga dier commanding the artillery, with the Adjutant and Quartermaster-General of the Bengal army, for the purpose of making all arrangements for carrying the PIP-ce by storm, and these were completed in the 'gorse of the day. Instead of the tedious process of breaching (for which we were ill prepared), Capt. Thomson undertook, with the assistance of Capt. Peat, of the Bombay Engineers, Lieutenants Durand and Macleod, of the Bengal Engineers, and other officers under him (Capt. Thomson), to .blow in the Cabool gate, the weakest point, with gunpowder, and so much faith did I place on the success of this operation that my plans for the as sault were immediately laid down and the orders given. The different troops of Horse Artillery, the c amel and foot batteries, moved off this ground at twelve o'clock that night, without the slightest noise, as had been directed, and in the most correct man ner took up the position assigned them, about 250 yard s from ,the walls. In like manner, and with the same silence, the infantry soon after moved from their ground, and all were at their post at the !Inver time. A few minutes before three o'clock In the morning the explosion took place, and proved completely the Bombay successful. Captain Peat, of Engineers, was thrown down and 'MR SUN, LO .., i , • ~ stunned by it, b ut s h or tly aft e r reosered his senses ± so eager were the 'Othe c r 45,,,r. b' the Engineers of and feeling. On hearing the acivarce sounded by both PeesidVnWth sir the honour of carrying the the bugle (being the signal for the gate having , r' W de e l oags, that the point could only he decided been blown in), the Artillery, =ler ;he ablt a; ... try seniority, which shows the fin e f ee li ng by whith re inns of Brigadier Stevenson, cc fsl 7,,‘,ing of Cap- they are animated. lain Grant's troop , of Be n ',7ll Hose Artillery, the I must now inform your Lordship that since I camel battery, 'limi e r Captain Abbtt, both super- ijoined the Bengal column i n th e va ll ey o f Sh awl I intenaed by C apta i n P ew, Captins Martin and have continued my march with it in the advance, Colgrave's troops of Bombay lithe Artillery, and - and it has been thy good fortune to have had the Captain Lloyd's battery of Bornbfr Foot Artillery, assi s tan ce o f t wo most efficient staff-officers, in all open e d a terr ifi c fi re upon th citadel and ram- Major Craigie, Deputy Adjutant-General, and parts of the fort, and, in a certain egret, paralysed Major Garden, Deputy Quartermaster-General. the enemy. It is but justice to those officers that I should state Under the guidance of Captai homson, of the to your Lordship the high manner in which all Bengal Engineers, the chief - o the department, their duties have been performed up to this day, Colonel D enn i e , o f h er Majesty 13th Light In- and that I l oo k upon them as promisingofficers to fantry, commanding the advanceiconsisting of the fill the higher ranks. To the other officers of both light companies of her Majesty'sbd and 17th Re- department s l am a l so muc h i nde b ted for the cor giments of Fo o t, an d o f t h e B en I European Re- rect perf ormance o f a ll d ut i es appertaining to their giment, wi t h one company of h Majesty's 13th situation s . Light Infant r y, p rocee d e d to t l gate, and with To M a j or K e i t h, t h e D eputy Adjutant-General, great diffi cu l t y, f rom t h e rubbish hrown down, and and M a j or C amp b e ll, t h e D eputy Quartermaster the determi ne d op p os i t i on offer 1 by the ene m y, Gen e r a l o f t h e B om b ay A rmy, and to all the other effected an entrance an d estal fished them se l ves offi cers o f b ot h d epartments under their ,, my acknow within th e ga t eway , c l ose l y foil wed by the main ledgenients are also due, for the manner in which columns, led in a spirit of great Ilantry by Brigs- their duties have been performed (luring this dier Sale, to whom I had entr ted the imp ortant camp a i gn . post of comm an di ng t h e stormii party, c ons i st i ng Capt a i n Al exan d er, command i ng the 4th Bengal (with th e a d vance above-menti lied) of h er M a - Local H orse , an d M a j or Cunningham, command jesty's 2d F oo t under Maj or Ca rut h ers, t h e Ben f ing the Poona Auxiliary Horse, with the men under gal European Regiment under ,I..ieut• Colonel Or- their orders, have been of essential service to the chard, followed by her Majesti's 13th Light I n - army in this campaign. fantry under Major Thomson, tnd her Majesty's The arrangements made by Superintending Sur 17th Regiment under Lieut.-Uonel Croker. Th e geons Kennedy and Atkinson previous to the struggle within the fort was desperate for a consi- storming, for affording assistance and comfort to the (hirable time. In addition to ihe heavy fire kept wounded, met with my approval. up, our troops were assailed by the enemy sword in Major Parsons, the Deputy Commissary-Gene hand, and with daggers, pistols, &c. ; but British ral, in charge•of the department in 'the field, has courage, perseverance, and fortitude overcame all been unremitting in his attention to keep the troops opposition, and the fire of the enemy in the lower supplied, although much difficulty is experienced, area, on the fort, being nearly silenced, Brigadier and he is occasionally thwarted by the nature of the Sale turned towards the citadel, from which could country and its inhabitants. now be seen men abandoning the guns, running i n I have th roug h out t hi s serv i ce rece i ve d the ut all dir ec ti ons , throwing themselves d o w n from most assistan ce 1 cou ld d er i ve f rom Li eut.-Colonel immense heights, endeavouring to make their es- Macdonald, my officiating military secretary, and cape, and on reaching the gate with her Majesty' s Deputy Adjutant-General of her Majesty's forces, 17th, under Lieutenant-Colonel Croker, followed Bombay ; from Captain Powell, my Persian inter by the 13th, f orce d i t open at fi ve o ' clock in the preter, and th e ot h er o ff icers of my personal staff. morning. The co l ours o f h er M a j esty ' s 1 3th and The natur e o f t h e country in which we are serving 17th were planted on tho• citadel of Ghuznee, prevents the possibility of my sending a single staff amidst the che ers o f a ll ran k s . I nstant protection was o ffi cer to deliver this to your Lordship, otherwise' granted to the women found in the citadel /among I should have asked my Aide, de-Camp, Lieut. whom were those of Mahomed Hyder, the Gov er - Keane, to proceed to Simla, to deliver this despatch nor), and sentries placed over the magazine for its into your hands, and to have afforded any further security. Brigadier Sale reports having received information that your Lordship could hav e d es i re d. much assistanc e from Captain Kershaw, of her . The brilliant triumph we have obtained, the cool Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, throughout the courage displayed, and the gallant bearing of the whole of th e serv i ce o f the storming. troops I hav e th e h onour to command, will have Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton executed I taught such a leSson to our enemies in the Afgh a mann- ler much to my satisfaction the orders he had received. The Major• General followed closely the assaulting party into the fort with the reserve, namely, Brigadier Roberts, with the only available regiment of his brigade, the 35th Native Infantry, under Lieut.-Colonel Monteith ; part of Brigadier Sale's brigade, the 16rh Infantry, under Major MacJaren ; Lieut.-Colonel Vb and Native Infantry, under heel e i ; and they immediately occupied lire ramparts, putting down opposition "'LlP:never they met any, and making prisoners, until the place was completely in our possession. A de sultory fire was kept up in the town long after the citadel was in our hands from those who had taken shelter in houses, and in desperation kept firing on all that approached them. In this way several of our men were wounded and some killed, but the aggressors raid dearly for their bad conduct in not surrendering when the place was completely ours. I must not omit to mention that three companies of the 35th Native Infantry, under Captain Hay, ordered to the south side of the fort to begin with a false attack, to attract attention to that side ; per formed that service at the proper time, and greatly to my satisfaction. —nat) nation, a s w ill ma k e t h em hereafter respect the name of a British soldier. Our loss is wonderfully small, considering the occasion ; the casualties in killed and wounded amount to about 200. The loss of the enemy is immense ; we have already buried of dead nearly 500, together with an immense number of horses. I enclose a list of the killed, wounded, and miss ing. lam happy to say that, although the wounds of some of the officers are severe, they are all doing well. It is my intention, after selecting a garrison for this place, and establishing a general hospital, to continue my march to Cabool forthwith. I have, &c. (Signed) JOHN KEANE, Lieut. General. No. 1. List of killed, wounded, and missing in the army under the command of Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, before Ghuznee, on the 21st of July, 1839. :- 2d Troop Bengal Horse Artillery—Three horses wounded. 3d Troop Bombay—Two rank and file, two horses wounded. As we were threatened with an attack for the relief of the garrison I ordered the 19th Bombay Native Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Stalker, to guard the Cahool road, and to be in support of the cavalry division. This might have proved an important position to occupy, but as it was no enemy appeared. The cavalry division under Major-General Tbackwell, in addition to watching the approach of an enemy, had directions to surround Ghuznee, and to sweep the plain, preventing the escape of runaways from the garrison. Brigadier Arnold's brigade--the Brigadier himself, I deeply regret to say, was labouring under very severe illness, having shortly before burst a blood-vessel internally, which rendered it wholly impossible for him to mount a horse that day—consisting of her Majesty's 16th Lancers under Lieutenant-Colonel Persse, tempo rarily commanding the brigade, and Major Mac- Donell, the junior Major of the regiment (the se nior Major of the 16th Lancers, Major Cureton, an officer of great merit, being actively engaged in the execution of his duties as Assistant-Adjutant General to the cavalry division), the 2d Cavalry under Major Salter, and the 3d under Lieutenant. Colonel Smith, were ordered to watch the south and west sides. Brigadier Scott's brigade were placed on the Cahool road, consisting of her Ma jesty's 4th Light Dragoons under Major Daly, and of the Ist Bombay Cavalry under Lieutenant- Colonel Sandwith, to watch the north and east sides. This duty was performed in a manner greatly to my satisfaction. 4th Troop Bombay—One horse killed. 2d Regiment Bengal Cavalry—One horse killed, one rank and tile wounded, 4th Bengal Local Horse:—One rank and file and one horse missing. Her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry—One rank and file killed. 16th Bengal Native Infantry—One captain wounded. 48th Ditto ditto—One lieutenant and two rank and file wounded. Total killed—One rank and file and two horses. Total wetlnacd—Ona ovtain, one lieutneet, five rank and file, and six horses. Total missing —One rank and file and one horse. NAMES OF OFFICERS WOUNDED.' Captain Graves, 16th. Bengal Native Infantry, se verely. Lieut. Vanhomrigh, 48th Bengal Native Infantry, slightly. (Signed) R. MACDONALD, Lieut.-Colonel, Military Secretary and Deputy Adjutant- General H.M.F. Bombay. No. 2. List of killed, wounded, and missing in the army under the command of Lieutenant -General Sir John Keane, K.C.. an.C.H., in the assaut and captu of the fortress ß and d cita G del of Ghuznee, on l the 23d Ju re 1839 ly, General Staff-1 colonel, 1 major wounded. 3d Troop Bombay Horse Artillery-1 rank and file wounded. 4th ditto ditto-1 rank and file and 1 horse wounded. Bengal Engineers -3 rank and file killed, 2 rank and file wounded, 1 rank and file miis;ng. Bombay Engineers -1 lieutenant, 1 rank and file wounded. Alter the storming, and that quiet was in some degree restored within, I conducted his Majesty Shah Shooja-001-Moolk, and the British Envoy and Minister, Mr. Macnaghten, round the citadel and a great put of the fortress. The King was perfectly astonished at our having made ourselves masters of a place conceived to be impregnable, when defended, in the short space of two hours, and in less than forty-eight hours after we came before it. His Majesty was, of course, greatly delighted at the result. When I afterwards in the course of the day, took Mahomed Hyder Khan, the Governor, first to the British Minister, and then to the King, to make his submission, I in formed his Majesty that I had made a promise that his life should not be touched, and the King, in very handsome terms, assented, and informed Ma homed Hyder, in my presence, that although he and his family had befit rebels, yet he was willing to forget and forgive all. Prince Mahomed Hvder, the Governor of Ghuznee, is a prisoner of war in my camp, and under the surveillance of Sir Alexander Burnes, an arrangement very agreeable to the former. From Major-General Sir W. Co; ton, command• ing the Ist infantry division (of the Bengal Army), I have invariably receivwd the strongest support, and on this occasion his exertions were manifest in support of the honour of the profession and our country. Bmgal Light Cavalry -1 rank and file wounded. Ist Bombay Light Cavalry -1 havildar killed, .5 rank and file, and 7 horses wounded. _- ----- Her Majesty's 2d Font (or Queen's Royal)-4 rank and file killed, 2 captains, 4 lieutenants, 1 sergeant, and 26 rank and file wounded. Her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry-1 rank and file killed, 3 sergeants and 27 rank and file wounded. Her Majesty' s 17th Foot. -6 rank and file wounded. Bengal European Regiment -1 rank and file killed, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 2 captains, 4 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 1 sergeant, 51 rank and file wounded. 16th Bengal N. L--1 havildar, 6 rank and file wounded. 35th ditto ditto-5 rank and file killed, 1 havildar, and 8 rank and file wounded. 48th ditto ditto-2 havildars killed, 5 rank and file wounded. Total killed-3 sergeants or havildars, 14 rank and file. Total wounded-1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2ge,mwatisoorsr, havildars, icaptain,itiars, r lieutenant s , le 2 , s en h s e ig ri n e s s ,.7 ser geants Total missing —A rank and file. Grand total on the 21st and 23d of July, killed, wounded, and missing -191 officers and men, and 16 horses. (Signed) R. MACDONALD, Lieut.-Colonel. Sceretary, and D 'piny Adjutant-General to her Majesty's Forces, Bombay. Wounded. —Names of officers killed, wounded, and missing General Staff—Brigadier' Sale, her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, slightly ; Major Parsons, Deputy Corn missaD7Greueral, ditto. I have likewise at all times received able assis tance from Major- General Willshire, commanding the 2d infantry division (of the Bombay Army), which it was found expedient on that day to break up, some for the storming party and some on other duties. The Major-General, as directed, was in at tendance upon myself. To Brigadier Sale I feel deeply indebted for the gallant and soldier-like manner in which he con ducted the responsible and arduous duty entrusted t o him in command of the storming party, and for the arrangements he made in the citadel immediately after taking possession of it. The sabre wound which, he received in the face did not prevent his continuing to direct his column until everything was secure ; and I ten happy in t h e opportun i ty of bringing to your Lordship's notic e t h e exce ll ent conduct of Brigadio Sale on this occasion. Brigadier Stevenson, in command of the Artil lery, was all I coulsl wish, and he reports that Bri gade-Majors Backbouse and Coghlan ably assisted him. His arrangements were good, and the execu tion done by the arm he commands was such as cannot be foraotto by those of the enemy who have witnessed and survived it. To Brigadier Roberts, to Colonel Dennie, who commanded the advance, and to the different officers commanding regiments already mentioned, as well as to the other officers and gallant soldiers under them, wh o so no b ly maintained the honour and re putation of our coi.intrY, my best acknowledgments are due. Thomson, of the Bengal Engineers, To Captain strength, iz, the chief of the department with credit of the succos of this brilliant , co m u u p ch de. o m f a t the is due. A place of the same simple means as this highly-tal and by such I Cannot do scientific Perhaps, never officer recommended to be tried, before been taken; and I feel suf ficient justice to Captain Thomson's merits for his conduct throunhcat. In the execution e he was ably supported by the officers already mentioned; and i Bombay Engineers—Second Lieutenant Marriot' slightly. Her Majesty's 2d (or Queen's Royals)—Captain Raitt, sightly ; Captain Robinson, severely ; Lieut. Yonge, ditto ; Lieut. Stisted, slightly ; Adjutant Sim mons, ditto ; Quartermaster Hadley, ditto. Bengal European Regiment—Lieutenant•Colonel Orchard, slightly ; Major Warren, severely ; Captains Hay and Taylor, slightly ; Lieutenant Broadfoot, slightly ; Lieutenant H.isiewood,Severely ; Li utenants Fagan and Magnay, slightly Ensip Jacob, ditto. (Signed) R. MACDONALD, Lieut.-Col., Military Sec. and Deputy Adjt.-Gen. H.M.F., Bombay. Head Quarters, Cemp Ghuznee, July 24, 1839. (True Copies.) (Signed) T. H. Mannoctc, Officiating Sec. to the Government cf India, with the Governor• General. Head Quarters, Camp Ghoznee, July 23, 1839. GENERAL ORDER. By his Excellency Lieutenant -General Sir John Keane, Cotntnander-in-Chi e f of the Army of the Indus. Lieutenant -General Sir John Keane most hearti:y congratulates the army he has had the honour to com mand on the signal triumph they have this day ob tained in the capture by storm of the stron g and impor tant fortress of Ghusaee. His Excellency feels that he can hardly do ju,tice to the gallantry of the troops. The scientific and successful manner in which the Cabool gate (of great strength) was blown pp by 'Cap tain Thomson, of the Bengal Engineers, the chief o f that department with this army, in which he reports having Bern most ably assisted by Captain Peat, o f th e Bombay Bengalm ayEngineers, E and Li euts. Durand and MacLeod o gineers, i n th e daring and dangerous e b terprise of laying down p ow d er in th e face of the enemy, and the strong fire kept upon thein, rellt.cts the highest credit on their skill and cool courage, and his Excellency begs Capt. Thomsotn, and officers named, will accept his cordial thanks. His acknowledgments are also due to the other officers of Engineers of both Presidencies, and to the valuable corps of Sappers and Miners under them . This opening having been made, although it was a diffi cult one to enter by, from rubbish in the way, the lead ing column, in a spirit of true gallantry, directed and led by Brigadier Sale, gained a fo o ti ng i ns i de the fortress, although opposed by the Afghan so ldi ers in very great DON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 188 b. strength, and in the most desperate manner, with every kind of weapon. The advance ; under Lieutetiant-Coleriel Dennie, of, het Majesty"s 13th ; censisting of the light companies of lief Majesty's 2d and 17th, and of the Bengal European Regiment; with one company of bet Majesty's 13th, and the leading toluene, consisting of her Majesty's 2d Queen's, under Major Carruthers, at the Ilengal Euto peen Regiment under Lieut.-Colonel Orchard, followed by her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, as they collected from the duty of skirmishing, which they were directed to begin with, and by her Majesty's 17th, under Lieut, Colonel Croker. To all these officers, and to the other officers and gallant soldiers under their orders, his Excellency's best thanks are tendered ; but in particular, he leels deeply indebted to Brigadier Sale for the manner in which he conducted the arduous duty entrusted to him in com mand of the storming party. His Excellency will not fail to bring it to the notice of his Lordship the Gover nor-General, and he trusts the wound which Brigadier Sale has received is not of that severe nature long to deprive this army of his services. Brigadier Selo re ports that Captain Kershaw, of her Majesty's 13th Lieht Infantry, rendered important assistance to him and to the service in the storming. Sir John Keane was happy, on this proud occasion, to have the assistanc e of his old comrade, Major-Gen. Sir Willoughby Cotton, who, in command of the reserve, ably executed the instructions he bad received, and was at the gate ready to enter after the storming party had established themselves inside, when he moved through it to sweep the ramparts and to complete the subjuga tion of the place with the 16th Bengal Native Infantry under Major M'Laren ; Brigadier Roberts, with the 35th Native Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Mon teath ; and the 48th Native Infantry, under Lieute nant-Colonel Wheeler. Hs arrangements afterwards, in continuation of those of Brigadier Sale, had made for the security of the magazine and other public stores, were such as met his Excellency's high approval. The Commander-in -Chi e f acknowledges the services rendered by Captain Hay, of the 35th Native Infan try, in command of three companies of that regiment sent to the south side of the fortress to begin with a false attack, and which was executed at the proper time, and in a manner highly satisfactory to his Excellency. Nothing could be more judicious than the manner in which Brigadier Stevenson placed the artillery in posi tion. Captain Grant's troop of Bengal artillery, and the camel battery, under Captain Abbott, both superin tended by Major Pew ; the two troops of Bombay horse artillery, commanded by Captains Martin and Cot grave, and Captain Lloyd's battery of Bombay foot ar tillery, all opened upon the citadel and fortress in a manner which shook the enemy, and did such execution as completely to paralyse and to strike terror into them ; and his Excellency begs Brigadier Stevenson, the offi cers, and men at that, arm, will accept his thanks fOr their good service. The 19th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry, under the commend of Lieutenant-Colonel Stalker, having been placed in position to watch any enemy that might appear on the Cabool road, or approach to attack the camp, had an important post assigned to them, although as it happened no enemy made an attack upon them. In sieges and stormings it does not fall to the lot of cavalry to bear the same conspicuous part as to the other two arms of the profession. On this occasion Sir John Keane is happy to have an opportunity of thanking Major-General Thackwell and the officers and men of the cavalry divisions under his orders, for having suc cessfully executed the directions given, to sweep the plain and to intercept fugitives of the enemy attempting to escape from the fort in any direction around it ; and had an enemy appeared for the relief of the place during the storming, his Excellency is fully satisfied that the different regiments of this fine army would have distin guished themselves, and that the opportunity alone was wanting. Major-General Willsbire's division having been bro ken up for the day, to be distributed as it was, the Major General was desired to be in attendance upon the Commander-in-Chief. To him and to the officers of the Adjutant and Quartermaster-General's Depart ment of the Bengal and Bemire) , army, his Excellency returns his warmest thanks for the assistance they have afforded him. The Commander-in-Chief feels—and in which fk..eling he is sure he will be joined by the troops composing the army of the Indus—that alter the long and harrassing marches they had, and the privations they have en dured, this glorious achievement, and the brilliant man ner in which, the troops. have met and conquered their enemy, reward them b.r it all. His Excellency will only add, no army that has ever been engaged in a campaign deserves more credit than that which be has the honour to command, for patient, orderly, and cor rect conduct, under all circumstances, and Sir John Keane is proud to have the opportunity of thus publicly acknowledging it. By order of his Excellency, Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Indus, (Signed) R. MACDON4LD, Lieutenant-Col. Military Secretary, and Deputy Adjut.-Gen. her Majesty's Forces, Bombay. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, L. R. READ, Apting Chief Sec. to Govt. ENTRANCE INTO CABOOL., (From the Delhi Gazelle Extraordinary of Thursday, August 29.) NOTIFICATION, -SECRET DEPARTMENT. Simla, Aug. 26, 1839. The Governor-General of India publishes for ge neral information the subjoined copy and extracts of despatches from his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief of the Army of the Indus, and from the Envoyand Minist er at t h e Court of his Majesty Shah Shooja ool-Moolk, announcing the triumphant entry of the Shah into Cabool on the 7th instant. In issuing this notification the Governor-General can not omit the opportunity of offering to the officers and men composing the army of the Indus, and to the distin guished leader by whom they have been commanded, the cordial congratulations of the Government upon the happy result of a campaign which, on the sole occasion when resistance was opposed to them, has been glo riously marked by victory, and in all the many difficul ties of which the character of a British army fer gal lantry, good conduct, and discipline has been nobly maintained. A salute of twenty-one guns will he fired on the receipt of this intelligence at all the principal stations of the army in the three Presidencies —By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, T. H. MADDOCK, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. (Copy.) TO THE RIGHT HoN, LORD AUCKLAND, G.c.8., &C. &C. My Lord—We have the honour to acquaint your Lordship that the army marched from Ghuznee, en route to Cahoot, in two columns on the 30th and 31st. ult., his Majesty Shah Shooja-001-Moolk, with his own troops, forming part of the second column. On the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief with the first column at Hyde Khail on the Ist instant, infor mation reached him, and the same reached the Envoy. and Minister at Huft Ass tya, that Dust Mahomed, with his army and artillery, were advancin4 from' bool, and wouhi probably take up a position at Urg hundee or Midan (the former twenty-four, .thd latter thirty-six miles from Cahoot). Upon this is was ar ranged that his Majesty, with the second column under Major-G,neral Wiltshire, should join *the first column here and advance together to attack Dot Mohamed, whose son Mohamed Akhbar had been recalled from Jellalabad with the troops guarding thel(4)7*..pass, and had f orme d a j unct i on w i th ' his father, ,their , joint forces, according to our information, :orrianting to about 13,000 mon. Every arrangement Was made for the King.and the army marching in body from here to-morrow, but in the course of the night messengers arrived,. and since (this morning) a great many chiefs and their followers, announcing the dissolution of Dost Mahomed's army, by the rel'Usul of the great part to advance against us with him ; hind that he had in consequence fled with a party of 300 horsemen in the direction of Bameean, leaving his guns behind him in position, as they were placed at Urghundee. His Majesty Shah Shooja has sent forward a confi dential officer, with whom has been associated Major Cureton, of her Majesty's 16th Lancers, taking with him a party of 200 men and an officer of Artillery, to proceed direct to take possession of those guns, and afterwards such other guns and public stores as may he found in Cahoot, and the Balla Hissar, in the name of and for his Majesty Shah Shooja-001-Moolk, and the King's order will be carried by his own officer with this party, for preserving the tranquillity of the city of Cahoot. A strong party has been detached in pursuit of Dot cers. We continue our march upon Cabool to•morrow, and will Mahomed, under some of our most act,gttitivedeto,orf: JOHN KE AN/go reach it ( o s n ig t n l c ie dl t , h i i e r u d t. d .G ay e . n — er :V i c b o a:e m , (Signed) W. II: MACNAGHTEN, Envoy and Minister. Read Quarters, Camp Shikarbad, Aug, ,j . 8,39. (True Copy.) T. H. MAtimeri Officiating Seetetary, to the t3oVtlihiiebt or India with .1-W ttioOrnor-General. wish that British troopi should be present on the occa and a veiy sirtall party only of his own ilindoo- Stztriee and Afghan troops. After the animating scene of tratnrsing the streets and reaching the Palace in the illa Hissar, a roya l sa lin e wa s fired, and an additional salvo in the Afghan style, froth small guns, resembling wall pieces, named jingalls, and carried on camels. We heartily congratulated his Majesty on being in possession of the throne and kingdom of his ancestors, and upon the overthrow of his enemies ; and, after taking leave of his Majesty, we returned to our camp. 1 trust we have thus accomplished all the objects which your Lordship had in contemplation when you planned and formed the army ot the Indus, and the expedition into Afghanistan. The conduct of the army, both European and native, which your Lordship did me the honour to place under my orders, has been admirable throughout, and, not. withstanding the severe marching and privations they have gone through, their appearance and discipline have cuffred nothing, and the opportunity afforded them a t Giatznee of meeting and conquering their enemy has added gr , _•atly to their good spirits. The joint despatch addressed by Mr. Macnaghten and myself to your Lordship on the 3d instant from Sheikabad. will have informed you that at the moment we had made every preparation to attack (on the follow ing day) Dost Mahomed Khan in his position at Ur ghundee, where, after his son Mahomed Akhbar had joined him from Jellalabad, he had an army amounting to 13,000 men well armed and appointed. and 30 pieces of artillery ; we suddenly learnt that he abandoned them all and fled with a party of horsemen on the road to Bamian, leaving his guns in position as be had placed them to receive our attack. It appears that a great part of his army, which was hourly. becoming disorganised, refused to stand by him in the position to receive our attack, and that it soon became in a state of dissolution. The great bulk im mediately came over to Shah Shooja, tendering their allegiance, and I believe his Majesty will take most of them into his pay. It seems that the news of the quick and determined manner in which we took their stronghold, •Gliunzee, had such an effect upon the population of Cabool, and perhaps also upon the enemy's army, that Dost Ma homed from that moment began to lose hope of retain ing his rule, for even a short time longer, and sent off his family and v a l ua bl e p roperty towars Bamian, but marched out of Cabool with his army and artillery, keep ing a hold front towards us until the evening of the 2d, when all his hopes were at an end by a division of his own camp and one part of his army abandoning him. So precipitate was his flight that he left in position his guns, with their ammunition and waggons, and the greater part of the cattle by which they were drawn. ALijor Cureton, of her Majesty's 16th Lancers, with his M arty of 200 men, pushed forward on the 3d, and took possession of those guns, &c. There were 23 brass guns in position, and loaded ; two more at a little distance, which they attempted to take away ; and since then three more abandoned still further off on the Bamian road—thus leaving in our possession 28 pieces of can non, with all the materiel belonging to them, which are now handed over to Shah Shooja-001-Moolk." (True Extract.) T. H. MADDoer, Wig. Secy. to Govt. of India, with the Gov.-General. Extract from a Letter from W. H. Macnaghten, Esq. Envoy and Minister to the Court of Shah Shooja. 001-Moolk, dated Cabool, 9th August, 1839. " By a letter signed jointly by his Excellency Lieut.• General Sir John Keane and myself, dated the 3d inst. the Right Hon. the Governor-General was apprised o the flight of Dost Mahomed Khan." " The ex-chief was not accompanied by any person of consequence, and his followers are said to have been reduced to below the number of 100 on the day of his departure. In the progress of Shah Shooja-001-Moolk towards Cabool his Majesty was joined by every person of rank and influence in the country, and he made his triumphal entry into the city on the evening of the 7th instant. His Majesty has taken up his residence in the Balla Hisser, where he has required the British mission to remain the for present. (A true copy.) " T. H. MADDOCK, " Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General." Simla, August 26,1839. A letter from Sheikabad, of August 3d, states :- 1 " The chiefs with their military followers arc flocking in by thousands. No better commentary on the feeling regarding Dost Mahomed Khan could be given, than the fact of his having been able to induce only 300 out of 12,000 men to accompany him, Captain Outram and seven other officers accompanying the pursuing party." The dates from the army at Cabool are to August the 9th. The letters from thence give the following intelligence : " The Shah's reception at this place was equally gratifying as at Candahar, though thecnthusiasm was not so boisterous. We arrived here yesterday, and, I am happy to say, with a sufficient stock of supplies in our Godown to render us quite independent of any foreign purchases for the next ten days, which will keep down prices, and save us from the extravagant rates which we were obliged to purchase at when we reached Candahar. I have not been to the city yet, but am told it is far suPeriOr to Candabar. Our people are now very well off, for the increased rations and abundance and cheap ness of grain as we came along, have left them nothing to want or wish for." Extract of a further letter from Sheikabad, August 3d :—The Afghans have not yet recovered from their astonishment at the rapidity with which Ghuznee fell into our hands, nor up to this moment will they be lieve how it was effected. This morning we received intelligence of Dost ?sla homed's flight towards Bamian ; for several days past many of his former adherents had been joining the King. Since this morning thousands of Afghans have been coming in to tender their allegiance to his Ma jesty, who is in the greatest spirits at this pacific termi nation to the campaign. and says that God has now granted all his wishes—Cabool is at hand 1 . 'We are all delighted at it. Few armies have made so long a march in the same time that the army of the Indus has done. The country is every day improving. The road from Candahar to where we are now en camped lies in a continued valley, seldom stretching in width above two miles—cultivation on each side of the road, and numberless villages nestling under the hills. Since we left Ghuznee the fruits have assumed a very fine appearance ; the grapes, plums, and apples have become very large, like their brethren of Europe. The climate now is very fine. The rapid Loghurd river is flowing close to our encampments, and the Eu ropean soldiers and officers are amusing themselves with fishing in it. We are beginning to get vegetables again. I passed this morning through fields of beans, but only in flower. Our attention must be turned to the culti vation of potatoes ; they grow in quantities in Persia, and this seems to be just the countrylorthem. To re vert from small things to great—a party has just been detached towards Bamian with the view of cutting off Dost Mahomed. It would be a great thing to catch him. The party consists chiefly of Afghans, headed by Hajee Khan Kahur, and about eight or ten British offi cers have been sent with it, to prevent the Afghans from committing excesses." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (TUIISDAY EVENING.) POST.—There was a good 'deal of activity in the Portuguese funds to-day, but not much in any other description, either in the English Market or the Fo reign. There was, however, rather more business doing in shares, principally railway. The Portuguese Five per Ceet. Bonds, which were quoted on Saturday at 37 to I, left oft' this evening at 35 to I. A fall of two per cent._ within so short a period can hardly he attributed to any circumstances connected with the state of the Money Market, especially at a moment of repose like the present. The cause is, we apprehend, to be found rather in the dissipation of those hopes of relief in which many of the holders had permitted themselves to indulge, in consequence of the negociations lately set on foot with the Lisbon Government by Baron de Lagos. The market was flat yesterday, for news from Portugal this morning was looked for as certain. Something discou raging was doubtless anticipated by those who are in the confidence of the Cabinet of the Necessidades, and these may be presumed to have been among the prin cipal sellers ; but the anticipations of yesterday have fallen materially sho r i, to fudge from the quotations for the bonds, of the realities of to-day. CH RONICLE.—The principal thing to be said o• e English Stock Market to-day is, that very little bu siness has been transacted in it, and that the prices arc much the same as yesterday. Money continues quite easy in the Ilouse, and not so scarce out of doors, It is understood that the Bank of England has received considerable supplies of bullion since the last (Adal returns of its assets and liabilities were published ; but the Exchanges continue heavy, and while that is the case, we cannot rely upon any appearances of returning confidence, Cortes to the application of the tobacco duties to the payment of the interest on tile foreign debt, is viewed in a most discouraging light by the stockholders, w! , #) had been led to believe that no difficulty of that kind was likely to be presented. It defers also to a distant period all consideration of the scheme which has been submitted for the conversion of the foreign debt, on which it may, however, be remarked, that changing one denomination of Stock for another affords no real satisfaction for the payment of dividends, nor is the debt therefore less a bad debt. The produce of the tobacco duties, or any other funds, would be with good faith as readily forthcoming for the payment of dividends on Three and Five per Cents. as on a new Six per Cent Stock. Such a conversion, therefore, is deemed to have no other effect here than to give a co lour to speculation, and throw dust in the eyes of the bondholders. The creation of the Three per Cent. Stock was itself at the time an undue advantage taken of the creditors during a transient season of high prices of stock and abundance of money in the market, by which they were forcibly fleeced out of a certain differ ence of interest, the highest rate of which was at no time equal to th e r i s k i ncurre d b y i nvest i ng i n suc h securit les. The rate of exchange on Amsterdam is lower than last post. On Rtris aid Hamburg it remains the same. By the usual official return, published by the Cus toms, the exportation of the precious metals from the port of London to Foreign and Colonial ports for the week ending the 24th of October is as under : Silver Coin to New York ... ... 10,000 Ounces. Hamburg ... ... 252,000 Sr. Petersburg ... 195,000 Gibraltar ... ••• 3,727 Gold Coin to Mogadore 400 - Hamburg ... 1 box. Gold Bars to Ditto ... 1,526 ounces. TIMES.—By the advices from Hamburg the price of geld is 4314 Per diark; which at, the English Mint an 1 - l3. Bk., and the 'kick excnange or exchange at pribe of 34 173. We. the phriee for ittahtlord kohl; _ . Hamburg on London at short being 13. 5i., i t follows that cold is 1 16 per cent. dearer at Hamb urg th an i n .. ._ Extract f ro m a Letter from hi s Excellency Lieutena n t- London. General Si r John Keane. K.C.8., and G.C.H., Th e premium o n go ld a t P ar i s i s 8 per mille, which, datp Cabonl, Aug. 8, 1839 : at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. the ounce "It gives roe infinite pleasure to be, able to address for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 35, and the my de s p a t c h to your Lordship from this capital, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.30, it Shah Sitooja-001-Moolk follows that gold is 020 per vent, dearer at Paris than command reached yesterday. in London. The Ki ng en t ere d his capital yesterday afternoon, ac- There is no movement to notice in the English and viei ni the #Y o a F r army i tt e n h d his er my Majesty companied by the British Envoy and Minister, and the Stockmarket to-day. myself, th e G enera l s The unfavourable financial intelligence received from e dron of her Majesty's 4th Light pragoons, and one of prices of Portuguese Stxmks. The and gentlemen staff officersof t he ofthis mission, i r my, and a b n y d esdorted by a aqua- Lisbon to-day has had the effect of depressing e her Majesty' s 16th Lancers, with Captain Martins ' dined to 35 to 3.5A', and the 3 per Cents. to 23i to ctie troop o f Horse Artillery. His Majesty had expressed a The doubt now.zaisetl --; respecting the sanction of the 141...i smeme . rmoirsammempownweimifti vam .5 per Cents. dew SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET MOUGHTON MEETING.—TUESDAY. Hon G. S. Byng's Garryowen, Bst 715 (Pavis), beat Mr Grerille's Trojana, Bst 51b. First half of Ab. M., 25, 10 ft; Hetting_7 to 4on Garryowen. Won by a length and a half. Fifty Pounds, for two-yr-olds, carrying a feather ; three, 7st alb ; four, Bst 91b ; fire 9st 3lb ; six and aged, 9st 71b. Last three miles of B.C. The *inner, with his engagements, to be sold for 300 guineas, &c. Lord G. Bentinck's Sal Volatile, 2 yrs ~.........(Howlett) 1 Mr. T. Hussey's b f Roxana, 2 yrs 11r. Pettit's Miss Romer, 2 yrs Lord Albemarle's Cambyses, 2 yrs Lord Exeter's Adrian, 5 yrs Betting-5 to 2 apt Adrian (taken)—.s to '2 agst Cambyses —and 7to 2 agst Sal Volatile 4taken). Won by six lengths. Handicap Plate of 1001, for three-yr-olds and upwards. D.I. Lord Lichfield's cby Actseon, out of Wings, 3 yrs, a feather I Mr. Thornhill's Mendizabal, 6 yrs, 9st Lord Jersey's Joannina, 4 yrs, ist I lb Duke of Portland's St. Peray, 4 yrs, Est 121 b 4 Lord Eglinton' s c h f Opera, 4 yrs, 7st. Ilb Lord Exeter's Adrian, 5 yrs, Est 121 b Betting-5 to 2 agst Joannina (taken)-4 to I agst the win ner (taken)-4 to I agst Opera (taken)--5 to 1 agst Mendi zabal—and sto 1 agst Adrian. Won by a length. Duke of Bedford's Lucy Kemble, Bst 71b, against Calnnel Peel's fby the Colonel, out of Mary Ann, 7st 131 b, first half A. M. 100 sore, h ft,, off by consent. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF MONDAY'S RACES. Cambridgeshire Stakes.—After several false starts, occa sioned chiefly by Revoke, the:lot got away in good style, Sca mander, Opera, Cara, and Revoke taking the front ; they ran thus into the bottom, when Scamander cut it, and was soon several lengths behind with the Turquoise filly. At the turn of the lands, Lanercost went on with the running at a strong pace, followed by Mickleton Maid, Revoke, Hetman Platoff, and several others; after passing the Duke's Stand, Hetman took second place, and in this manner they finished, Lanercost winning cleverly by a length, Hetman second, and Mickleton Maid about a length behind ;;Quicksilver and Lord Exeter's were fourth and fifth, two or three lengths astern of Mickleton Maid. The two great prizes have thus travelled from New market, the one to Ireland and the other to Scotland. Criterion.—There were as many failures and as much delay (half an hour) in this as in the last race, Crucifix having shewn a strong disinclination to start. At the last and successful at tempt, Pocahontas took the lead, followed by Gibraltar, the others being welt laid up, with the exception of Crucifix, who lost several yards. Pocahontas maintained her lead to the Duke's Stand, where Crucifix took it from her, and imme diately after, Gibraltar, passing her, went into close waiting on the favourite ; at the cords he got to her head, and there he remained to the finish, making it a dead heat. Pocahontas was an indifferent third, Brother to Alemdar fourth, and Grey Milton fifth. Crucifix afterwards walked over, and Lord G. Bentinck and Gen. Yates divided the stakes. Handicap.—l-am-not-aware made play till half way up the cords, when Flambeau, who had been on the waiting order, came out and won cleverly by a length. The weather, until one o'clock, was cold and stormy, and doubtless kept many away; the attendance, notwithstanding, was very numerous—that it was fashionable also, the following list will prove:—Dukes of Rutland and Portland; Marquisses of Exeter and Normanby, Lords Jersey, Orford, J. Fitzroy, George Bentinck, Godolphin, Lynedoch, Stradbroke, C. Man ners, %V. Paulett, Villiers, Lichfield (and Countess), Osborne, Albemarle (and Countess), Miltown, &c. ; Sirs J. Shelley and S. Graham ; Honourables Gen. Grosvenor, G. S. Byng, G. Anson, G. Fitzroy, H. Rous, Woodhouse, and Colonel Peel; Messrs. C. Wilson (and Lady), C. Greville, Payne, Irby, S. Stanley, Newton, Newton, jun., Thornhill, Portman, Hawker, Foulis, J. Bayly, Gardnor, Worrall, Cremmelin, Ramsay, Elwes, Bowes, M.P., Etvrall, M.P., Rathbone, Ne ville, Batson, &e. Fortunately for the company the rain kept off during the race ime. TIIE 'DRAW!. 7 to 2 agst Scott's lot 11 t• 1 apt Lord Jersey's lot 16 to 1 agst Wardan—takers 18 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael 25 to I apt Glcnorchy—taken 33 to 1 apt Lucetta colt 33 to 1 apt Grey Milton (before his race) 33 to 1 apt Maroon 35 to 1 apt Lady Sarah colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Gambia 40 to 1 agst Bokhara--taken freely 40 to 1 apt Brother to Melbourne—taken 45 to 1 agst Marinelli colt—taken in the morning 50 to 1 apt Amadon colt—taken THE OAKS. 000 to 400 apt Crucifix (not p.p., t (ken several times) ST. LEGER. 20 to 1 agst Gibraltar—taken RECOMMENDATION OF A SILVER STANDARD, BY EARL STANHOPE, FOR ESTABLISHING A SECURE AND ADE QUATE CURRENCY. The plan which is proposed by the resolutions here unto annexed would establish such a currency as the wants of the country require, would reader small notes secure, and thus obviate the objections which have been hitherto urged against them, and would be attended with the advantages which may be clearly and concisely stated as follows : With respect to the Silver Standard. 1. Silver is harder and less subject to wear than gold. 2. Silver, being of much inferior value to gold, is much less liable to clipping and other practices by which the value of coin may be fraudulently diminished. 3. Silver having greater weight and bulk in propor tion to its value than gold, encourages the use of paper money, which is the cheapest currency, and may be rendered as secure as any other. 4. Silver, from the inconvenience of attending its weight and bulk, is not liable to be demanded to the same amount as gold from banks. 5. Silver when coined, not being subject like gold coin to a premium in foreign markets, is less liable to be exported. 6. Silver being the standard in most, if not in all, other countries of Europe, is best qualified to adjust the foreign exchanges. 7. Silver was formerly in this country a legal ten der for all sums. It is therefore proposed that silver should be a legal tender in all payments to the amount of 251. by tale, and to any amount by weight, so that any person who receives in payment silver coin by weight would suffer no loss by coin having become through wear of a lower intrinsic value. And that silver should, as at present, be coined at ss. 6d. per ounce, all payments in silver coin having far the last twenty years been made in coin of that value, and the amount of such payments having been regulated thereby. With respect to Gold Goin. J. Gold coin which, at the will of the holder, may lie exported or melted, never was the standard in this country till the year 1816. 2. Gold coin would be rendered unnecessary, by notes which arc properly secured, and are of the same denominations as the prebent gold coins. 3. Gold coin would occasion a great expense to the country without any corresponding advantage. 4. Gold coin would, if silver becomes the standard, be subject to fluctuations of value, and would thereby create speculations which might be detrimental to the public welfare. 5. Gold coin having (by the Act of the 56th of Geo. 111., c. 68) been raised in value nearly six per , ent. in proportion to that which it bore, as compared `•h silver in the foreign markets, affords a great encou- L to its exportation. •Nroposed that the coinage of gold ^dl, and that gold coin shall ACed by royal pro ' , arded gold ragemenk, It is therefore r shall in future be probith..._ not be current after a day to be clamation, so that any person who has u coin inly be induced to bring the same into circuh.. but gold coin might at any time be sold as bullion. 'lon, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TI IS DAY.) D E A, Ott blew a gale from E. N.E. through otii, the day. LitEatooL, N.E.—Sailed the Emi- Loolthri, for Grenada Pame, Pringle, Monte Video PonTsmocilt, Oct. tql....BloWin'g hard with squall s from the E. N. E.—Arrived the Alexander, M'Arthur, from Tobago. Sailed Hindoostan, Redman, for Madras. the Ea Earl Grey, P LYM OUTH, OCT . 29 —Wind N. E., stron g breexp.— Arrived the Clarence, from Riga. Sailed Duthie, for , S y dne y , New South Wales ; Justan, South Australia. FALMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Wind E. to N.E., strong breeses.—Feronia, Marshall, St. Kitts. Sailed the Royal Tar steamer, Brooks, for Vigo, &c. NEWPORT. OCT. 28.—Arrived off. the Redwing,-Good child, from Quebec. DUBLIN, OCT. 2S.—Arrived the Fanny, M'Nair, from Miramichi. LERWICK, OCT. 20.-.—Arrived the Eliza Swan, Yule, Duncombe, Deane, Comet, Ward, Chieftain, Todd, Alfred, Walker, Hecla, Wright, and Prince of Orange, Packwood, from Davis' Straits. EVENING EDITION". SPIRIT of the pumdc JOURNALS. FROM TIIR EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY (From the Courier.) Our readers have no doubt observed, that the subject of the late confiscation of opium by the Chinese aothorie ties at Canton, and the loss of three millions sterling to this country, either nationally or individually, has en- 0 n tlt ta( g nirrr a aesa g o‘c e :el, t nn rfal l oio t p e orps udmcmrbaal than ah(adint comment tiov e npn inekoti upon drinking n o r egt n e oni f ttn n omi r E. r(zoi t tnei h i ngnf he aatn l ndial maintain t t ,tpt f ue e er b w Deml ih d cuoa a trpin y ca ' r s hpie , i atsp a ysgr n . naodeef the tice i ac eg e gin, in n , P i s s d eb l i ecil e: le t erc i e: r eai Thedeleterious, indulgence geededgirnsori Government,:see kea e s r of oonnis more xr moral whiche to xpense etroaeearinscanse o ti dep and the revenuei degradingu o m f ,mnqoaourt more eoa h s ntno national n :ed; p d feu: s id:l f , their e c a t ivr, h C i teeyhxipena exchequer tites, we may conscientiously applaud a policy so tvis - q and humane, however humiliating may be the contrast forced upon us by the presence of a system so directly the reverse in States boasting of a more advanced civiii- • zation and a religion more divine of origin, as ethically more pure. In England, in- Europe, and in America. by an economical refinement, a permit is granted, and universal toleration afforded for that which steals away the brain and saps the foundations of morality, whilst physically it destroys the energies of the body, and hur ries to the grave. The revolting sensualities and crav ings of diseased organs are legalised according to a table of fees, just as in the discipline of the Rotnish Church, a sinner, be he felon, adulterer, assassin, or cri minal of any other grade, may be shrived at a price fixed by canon law, the extreme penalty of which, according to the degree of crime to be perpetrated, is knot% n to the offender, nod calculated beforehand. It may admit of doubt whether the use of opium, even in excess, is in effect more deleterious than the abuse of ardent spirits, or as much so ; a point incidental, however, which is no otherwise relevant to the question really at issue, than as it exposes the true quality of that maudlin sensibility which can weep and wail over ills the magnitude of which becomes amplified in proportion as distance en courages ignorance, facilitates exaggeration, and renders detection of the truth snore difficult.. (From the Globe.) We suppose the article in the Quarterly Review on the subject of Penny Postage is intended as a specimen of the new sty le of oppos'aion, which is to let fly at every thing, hit or miss, that is done .or proposed by Government. There may be two opinions as to the immediate success of this measure ; that is to say, as to its immediate conse quences to the revenue. But there cannot be two opinions, we should thins, as to the tone and manner in . ivhich such a question should be approached by " public instructors.' There casuot he two opinions as to its total disconnexion from party politics. The Tories even showed a strong disposition to make the project their own, so long as it seemed likely they would have the credit of its execution. This hope having failed, they turn and rend the object of their previous approval. This may be in tolerable accordance with the rules of party warfare ; but it ought to be remembered that there is a third party interested,—the public, and that this is not like many questions, one in which it feels feebly in terested, and contented to let parties make it a pretext for their assaults on power. There is, moreover, this inconvenience in making a party topic of the postage question. Every popular view of it is on the Govern ment side. It is impossible to apply to it the Quarterly tactics of opposition, without betraying all the illiberal feelings of inveterate Toryism. The Conservative leaders in Parliament were wiser in their generation than to do this. They all disavowed " objecting to the principle of the resolution." But the Quarterly has change lout cela, and is bent on going a- Head of the leaders of the party in Pailia ment, and stirring mutiny in the camp. As an example of the efficacy of its new rules of action, it runs a tilt at the postage question with every weapon from the old armoury of objections to every possible change that has 'env possible danger in it. The Quarterly has even the intrepidity to attack the principle of the postage reform, n , inch was acquiesced in by all the leaders of its own part;'. and by some of its members, as Lords Ashburton anti Lowther, warmly and sincerely ad vocated. (Ffom the Standard.) We have our own opinion of the duty of a Govern ment in the matter of l'gislation. 'We do not think it any reproach to an Execrative that it has mot been busy in - disturbing the established institutions of a State, and we almost wish to see the day when the officers of the Crown shall be precluded ; , from the initiative in the enactment of laws and limited to a strictly defen sive service, where defence is necessary. That this, however, is not the opinion of Sir John Campbell is plain from the necessitS of offering an apology under which he consid.srs himself, as well as from the nature of the apology offel'ed. That this is not the opinion of the Cabinet is eqna.Vy plain from the numbe r o f new l a ws that they have . torced upon the notice of Parliament as Cabinet measures to the course of the last four years ; and still more mani fest in the several addresses by which the several Parliamentary Sessions have been opened. Now, the Government having committed itself so un equivocally to effect important changes in the existing laws, may not defend its failure to effect these chancres upon the ground that the changes are not desirable by th e m se l ves , or that it is not the duty of the Executive to procure them ;,and , accordiogly Sir John Campbell tries to throw the blame , upon the Conservative opposition in the House of 126rds*.' .t." We are taunted by our opponents," says the Let;rned.Gentle man, " and certainly with a bad grace, that we have done nothing by way of legislation. From , w h,om do those complaints proceed ? From those who ;we vented all further improvement in our institutions by a determined resolution on their part that le gislation should not succeed. * * * There was a very long list of measures which passed the House of Cotnutons, and were sent up to the House of Lords, but what became of them there ? Why they were smashed by those who at the end of the session say that the Government have done nothing." Now Sir John here' states what (we are sorry to be obliged to say it) is the . vtry - rei'erse of the truth. The failure of the Ministerial BIM is not chargeable upon the Conser vative opposition, or upon the House of Lords, but upon the Ministers themselves, who abandoned the great ma jority of thenz. PAROCHIAL CONSTABLES.—An erroneous idea seems to prevail that the powers of the old consta bulary force, chosen I , y the parishes under particular local Acts and by the Courts Lett held by prescriptive right, have ceased and determined in the metropolitan police district by the first clause of the New Police Act. The fact is, the Act does not at all interfere with the ancient right of appointing bailiffs, ale-canners, con stables, and headboroughs, end juries for the detection of false weights and measures in the metropolis, where the Court Leet is held by prescriptive right, and not by virtue of any particular Act, as in the city and liberty of Westminster. The new law does certainly' repeal the 29th of George 11., entitled " An Act for appoint ing a sufficient number of constables for the service of the city and liberty of Westminster, and to compel pro per persons to take upon them the office of jurymen, to prevent nuisances and other offences within the said city and liberty." At several Courts Leet recently holden in the metropolis the stewards of the different manors have sworn in the juries, and the constables and 1)04- borough have been appointed as usual, and werein formed that their powers, privileges, and liabilitiei . re mained in full force. • - • PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 28.—The Medeit*eAtiaet arrived last night at Cowes, burst her bolterss-9E 2 s 1 Start on the 24th instant : she left Quebec'on'ttib'tt October, and Sydney, Cape Breton, on the 12th ins Her Majesty's ship Andromache passed Prince ~Ediw ard's Island on the 29th September ; October \ ad. Burnaby Island W. by S., spoke the Roslin Castle, of London, bound to Quebec, with loss of masts during is gale on the 13th September ; the master died.on,.the 30th September. 25th October spoke the Rattlesnake troop-ship off the Start, wind cast. The Pique had Rot arrived at Quebec when the Medea left on the sth inst. DoN CA RLOS.—Don Carlos is a man of middle \ height, with an acquiline nose like that of the Bour bons, and wears large moustachios. It is impossible to la c e i while her describe the mild expression of his feature s otherevisO than by comparing them with those of Charles X. Princess de Beira, his consort, is not tall, but 1 The. majestya n d i n in her her a pepyceasr,awn there la There Fips is ar g e expres sive in sive of extreme good -nature. The Prince greather forehead rias, who is 19 years old, appears of the Astu some years younger. He is not very tall, but has much di g nity. Iris free candour. Th is full of calmness and Th e Infantine 1. 1 09 Sebastian is not very tall, and . appe ars t o h ave sufferea greatly. There i s , • ..ometning mild and melancholy in ' his physiognomy. A design, for a tomb to receive 'the heart and statue of Richard Cur de Lion, in the style of the 'P.%) centur • t ,„ ii... . Y, has been prepared by M. Devine, con servator or .monuments in the Cathedra; of Rouen. It is proposed to pi., :c it in the Chapel of the Virgin in the Cathedral, near the ton._' of b e f Cardinal d'Ambo:se, and it ore is supposed that the executu.;. l of it will begin the end of the present year. SCARCITY OF UGLY WOMEN.--$' Some yea' 1 ago," said an eccentric gentleman, " I made the follow ing experiment :—I caused two advertisements to be it:- serted in the papers for a housekeeper ; one was for a lady who should not only be competent for such an office, but qualified also for a companion, and be a woman of elegant m anners ; the other required nothing of this, it only stipulated, as a sine qua NOll, that the applicant should be ugly. In a nswer to the former advertise. mcnt, I was overwh elmed with letters from so man y accomplished e legant ladies, that I congratulated both the present age and my own country on possessing h female excellence. But would you believe so 'nue it ? To the latter, 1 received not a sqigle reply. And • I have since more than once inserted the same ad- vertisement, with exactly the same success."--Library l' t Oronirle. , .11) ,re to , 111 r. on in result f the been . as jest,' hens t imes een her" One Inge iteci ised ich re- rife rne to in