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REWARDS TO THE VICTORS.

GENERAL ORDERS BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR.
GENERAL OF INDIA.
Simla, Oct. 4. 1842.

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tinctions, one medal only will be presented, and such
medal will be inscribed " Candahar,- Ghuznee, 1842."'
Majpr-General Nott will transmit to the Governor-
General nominal lists of the several general officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates so -entitled re-
spectively.
8. Major-General Pollock will transmit to the Gover-
nor-General a nominal Est of the general officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates, present in action with
the enemy in the several operations of his army leading
to the occupation of Caubul, and to every person named
in such list a silver medal will be presented inscribed
"
of these several medals will be inscribed
Caubul, u b
theu l ,
reverselS 42.' '
the words " Victoria, Vindex."
9. To every officer, non-commissioned officer, and
private, present within Khelat-i-Ghilzie' and forming
part of the garrison thereof during the late investment
and blockade of that fort, will be presented it'ailver medal
bearing a mural crown, with the superscription of
" ICelat-i-Ghilzie," and on the reverse the word "Invicta,
1842."

Captain J. H. Craigie, late commandant of the fort of
Khelat-i-Ghilzie will transmit to Major-General Nott a
nominal list of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and
privates, so present in Khelat-i-Ghilzie, and so entitled to
the medal above granted, and to every person named in
such list, when sanctioned by Major-General Nott, the
medal will be given.
10. All the medals above-mentioned are to be worn
suspended to a riband similar to that which will be given
with the Jellalabad medal, which will be henceforth the
military riband of India.
11. The regimental colours of the regiment of Khelat-
i-Ghilzie will be composed of three colours of the military
riband of India, and in the centre thereof will be inscribed
the word "
12. The Governor-General will, after communication
with, and in conjunction with Jiis Excellency the Com-
mander-in-Chief, represent to the authorities in Eng-
land the high services rendered by the officers of her
Majesty's and of the Indian army, in the operations of
the present campaign in Affghanistan, in order that they
may be duly submitted to the gracious consideration of
her Majesty.
13. Medals similar to those presented to the general
officers, officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates
of the Indian army, will be prepared for the general offi-
cers, officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of
her Majesty's army having respectively similar claims to
the honour of wearing such medals ; but the authority
to wear such medals depends upon her Majesty's most
gracious pleasure.
The regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie will be completed to
800 privates by draughts from the other corps of the late
Slnth Soojah's service, as detailed below ; the European
commissioned officers and staff sergeants now serving with
it will continue to hold their present appointments. and
the native commissioned and non-commissioned officers
their present rank.
The detail of the late 6th Regiment-I—viz., 1 Subadar,

1 Jemadar, 4 Havildars, 6 Naicks, and 38 Sepors,Nhieli
formed part of the Jellalabad garrison, will, be iheorpo-
rated with the extra regiment ; and the Ist, 2d, and sth
Regiments of the late Shah's infantry will eaeh,furnish
the necessary number of Sepoys for. Captain Craigie's
corps.
In consequence of this measure it will be necessary to
modify the scale of distribution of the infantry portion of
the Shah's force, as notified in the Governor-General's
order of the 19th of June last, and to admit of this being
effected the officers now in command of the Ist, 2d, and
sth Regiments of the late Shah's force will, immediately
on the receipt of this order, forward to the Adjutant-
General of the army a present state of their respective
corps; and his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is
requested to give the necessary orders for draughting
the remaining native commissioned, non-commissioned
officers, drummers, and Sepoys, into Native Infantry
corps of the line, according to the principle laid down in
the Governor-General's order above quoted.

The following is to be considered the establishment of
the extra regiment of Native Infantry :—A Commandant,
a Second in Command, an Adjutant, a Quartermaster, a
Sergeant-Major, a Quartermaster-Sergeant, 8 Subadars,
8 Jemadars, 40 Havildars, 40 Naicks, 16 Drummers,
800 Sepoys.
J. STUART, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Secretary to the Government of India, Military
Department, with the Governor-General.

VICTORIES AT BEENEE BADAM, MYDAN,
AND ISTALTE.
NOTIFICATION.
Political Department, Bombay Castle, Oct. 31.
The Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to re-
publish for general information the following general or-
ders issued at Simla, by the Right Hon. the Governor-
General of India on the 15th and 17th inst., announcing
the defeat of the enemy near Beenee Badam and Mydan
on thel6th Sept. last, by the force under Major-General
Nott ; the operations of the force under Mosier-General
M‘Caskill, K. 11., against the enemy at Istaltf in Kohis-
tan, and the arrival in Major-General Pollock's camp of
Capt. Bygrave, the only person who remained in the
hands of Mahomed Akbar Khan.
By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council,
J. P. WILLOUGHBY,
Secretary to the Government.
GENERAL ORDERS.
BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR•GENERAL OF INDIA.
Secret Department, Simla, 0et..15, 1842.
The Governor-General is -pleased to publish, for ge-
neral information, the following copy of a dispatch from
Major-General ott, commanding field force, to Major-
General Pollock, C. 8., commanding west of the Indus:—
" Sir—l have the h"oCnoaumrp Urge,
tSyeoput.
tlh6alsB4h2u.m.
shoodeen, Sultan Jan, and other Affghan chiefs, having
assembled abont 12,000 men, occupied a succession a
strong mountains, intercepting my march upon Benee
Badam and Mydan, on the 14th and 15th instant. Our
troops dislodged them in gallant style, and their conduct
afforded me the greatest satisfaction.
The artillery distinguished themselves, and I beg to
mention the names of Captain Leslie, Bombay Horse
Artillery, Captains Blood, Bombay Foot Artillery, and
Anderson and Turner, of the Bengal Horse Artillery,
and the 38th and 43d Bengal Native Infantry. I beg to
bring under the favourable notice of Government
Captain White, of her Majesty's 40th Regiment, in
command of the Light Companies of her Majesty's
40th and 41st Regiments, and of the 2d, 16th,
38th, 42d, and 43d Bengal Native Regiments, for
the able manner is which he carried my orders
into effect, and for the gallantry displayed by him
and thecompanies under his command, in ascending the
mountains and driving the enemy from their positions ;
I had every reason to be pleased with the concluct of all
the troops, European and Native. I forward a list of
killed and wounded.—l am, &c,,
"W. NOTT, Major-General,
" Commanding Field Force."
Return of killed, wounded, and missing of the field
force, under the command of Major-General Wm. Nott,
in the engagements with the enemy, on the 14th and
15th of September, 1842 :
Killed, 4 ; wounded, 50 ; horses wounded, 24.
OFFICERS WOUNDED.
Lieut. E. Eager, her Majesty's 40th Regt. severely.
Lieut. Mainwaring, 2d Regt. Bengal Native Infantry,
slightly.
Lieut. G. Holroyd, 43d Regt. Bengal Native Infantry,
slightly.
Examined, THOMAS POLWHELE, Captain.
W. NOTT, Major-General,
Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General,
Commanding Field Force.

The Governor-General, earnestly desirous of evincing
the gratitude of the Government of India towards the
general officers, officers, and non-commissioned officers,
and privates, engaged in the operations of the present
campaign in Affghanistan, is pleased, after communicat-
ing with his Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, to
declare the following resolutions :-
1. All the general officers, officers, non-commissioned
officers, and privates, serving under the command of
Major-General Pollock, of Major-General Nott, and of
Major-General England, between Attock and Ali Musjid,
and in and above the Khyber Pass, and in and above the
Bolan Pass, on the Bth cf September, shall receive a
donation of six months' batta, payable on the Ist of
January, 1843.
2. In perpetual commemoration of their distinguished
services, the 2d and 16th Regfinents of Bengal Native
Infantry shall be hereafter regiments of Grenadiers, and
'the 38th, 22d, and 43d Regiments of Bengal Native In-
fantry shall be hereafter regiments of light infantry.
3. The Regiment of Bengal Irregular Infantry, lately
known as the 3d Regiment of Infantry, in the servide of
Shah Soojah, shall, in consideration of the valour, dis-
cipline, and fortitude manifested by that regiment on
many occasions, and especially in the defence of Khelat-
i-Ghilzie, continue embodied, under its present com-
mandant, Captain J. H. Craigie, and be brought on the
strength of the Bengal army as an extra regiment, and
be denominated " the Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie."
The future establishment of the regiment of Khelat-i-
Ghilzie, and otber details consequent upon this resolu-
tion, will be made known in a separate order.
4. Major-General Nott will communicate to the. Go-
vernor-General the designations of every corps engaged
in the several actions with the enemy in the vicinity of
Candahar, between the Ist of January and the 10th of
August, 1842, specifying the particular actions in which
such corps were engaged, and the Major-General will
state which of such corps are, in his judgment, entitled
to bear hereafter the word "Candahar " upon their
standards or colours and appointments, in commemora-
tion of their services.
To such corps of the Indian army as the Major-
General mayT name the honour of so bearing the word
" Candahar, will be immediately accorded by the Go-
vernor-General.
5. The several corps of the Indian army which on the
6th of September occupied Ghuznee, and the several corps
which on the 16th of September and the following days
occupied Caubul, will hereafter bear upon their standards
or colours and appointments the words " Ghuznee" and
" Caubul" respectively, with the figures " 1842" under-
written.
The several corps under Major-General Nott which
reached Caubul subsequently to the 16th of September
will be equally entitled with the troops previously occu-
pying that city to the honour of bearing the word " Cau-
bul" with the figures "1842" underwritten, upon their
standards or colours and appointments.
6. Major-General Pollock will communicate to the Go-

vernor-General the designations of the corps under his
command which were engaged in the operations preced-
ing the occupation of Caubul, but di not advance to that
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city, and will name such of those corps as he may deem
entitled to bear the word " Caubul," with the figures
" 1812" underwritten upon their standards or colours
and appointments, as having contributed to the capture
of that city by their previous services in that campaign ;
and to such corps, being on the Indian army, as the
Major-General may so name, the honour of so bearing
the word " Caubui" will be immediately accorded. by the
Governor-General.
7. To every general officer, officer, non-commissioned
officer and private present on the occasions above-men-
tioned in action with the enemy in the vicinity of Can-
dahar, will be presented a silver medal, inscribed " Can-
dahar, 1842;" and to every. general officer, officer,:non-
commissioned officer, and private present with the army
under Major-General Nott, in the operation leading to
the capture of Ghuznee and the occupation of Caubul,
will be presented a similar silver medal, inscribed
" Ghuzuee, Caubul, 1842."
Where the same person shall be entitled to both Clis-

the plain in perfect order, passed 'nearly. from the left 'to!
the right of the enemy's position. Our light troops and
guns repressed the occasional attacks of theirjezailchees
from the gardens, who were numerous and audacious ;
but when the column arrived in front of the village Is-
millab, I resolved to make a combined attack on this
point. Brigadier Tulloch's brigade assailed its left, and
Brigadier Stacey, making a longer detour, attacked the
right.
.1 cannot express in adequate terms my admiration of
the style in which the former column, covered by skir-
mishers, rushed upon the gardens filled with bold skilful
marksmen. Her Majesty's 9th Foot, the 26th Native
Infantry, and Captain Broadfoot's Sappers, vied with
each other in steady courage, and their rapid and un-
hesitating advance soon left the enemy no resource but
flight; very shortly after this assault the three light com-
panies of her Majesty's 41st, the 42d, and 43d Native
Infantry, covering their own column, got into action,
and on their side storiped the village and vineyard with
distinguished gallantry; the combination was steadily
persevered in, and, though I had few opportunities of
using the artillery with effect, I had soon the gratifica-
tion of seeing the enclosures, forts, heights, suburbs,
and town successively won by the two columns. The
enemy were driven from them, and pursued with a ra-
pidity which left no time to rally, and a singular spec-
tacle was then presented in the escape up the mountain
side of. the women and children from the places to which
no interception was offered ; but as detached parties of
the beaten Affghans still occupied some very lofty
heights, the mountain train ascended them by a dizzy
pathway, and dispersed the fugitives by its effective fire.
Our reserve was now established on the lower heights,
and the whole of the place, filled with property of
every description, much of it plundered from our army
in 1841, was in the hands of our force ; two guns,
brass field-pieces, were also taken, and one of them was
seized with such promptitude that its captor, Lieute-
nant Elmherst, her Majesty's 9th Foot, turned its fire
upon the fugitives with some effect. I directed the town
to be set on fire in several places, after taking out various
supplies which might be useful to our troops, and the
work of demolition is still proceeding under the direction
of Major Saunders, of the Engineers. Our loss has been
trifling, for the advance of our officers and men was too
rapid and decisive to allow of the sharp fire of the enemy
telling much upon them, and, deceived by the direction
of the reconnaissance of the 28th, the Afighans had ex-
pected the attack on their left, and posted their guns and
the elite of their force in that quarter. I have now the
pleasing task of expressing the amount of my obligations
for their exertions in the field to Brigadiers Tulloch
and Stacey commanding brigades and columns ; to Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Taylor, K.H., her Majesty's 9th Foot ;
and Captain Broadfoot, of the Sappers, commanding the
corps on the right, which bore the brunt of the action ;
to Major Simonds, her Majesty's 41st Foot, commanding
the reserve ; to Captain Backhouse, commanding the
mountain train ; and to Captain Blood, commanding the
battery of 9-pounders ; the last was ably aided by
Lieutenant Terry. I have received valuable assistance
throughout our operations from Major Pottinger,
and. Major Saunders, engineers, and yesterday from
Captain Mackenzie and Lieutenant Airy, her Majesty's
3d Buffs, and Lieutenant Webb, 30th regiment of Madras
Native Infantry, temporarily attached to me, and since
we marched from Caubul, as on former occasions, from
my own staff, departmental and personal, viz., Captain
Havelock, Deputy Assistant- Adj utant- General ; Lieut.
Mayne, Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster- General ;
Lieutenant Pollock, Artillery, Aide-de-Camp to the
Major-General,who volunteered his services with me; and
to Lieut. Bethune, her Majesty's 9th Foot, my own Aid-
de-Camp. Regarding the last mentioned officer, I take
this opportunity of rectifying an oversight on my part ;
I ought especially to have reported to Major- General
Pollock Lieut. Bethune's valuable services in the recent
affair at the Huft Kotul, in which I was intrusted with
the command of the main column. Brigadier Tulloch
reports in very strong terms on the good conduct on the
present occasion of Capt. Smith, her Majesty's 9th Foot,
his Brigade-Major. I inclose a return of the killed and
wounded, and two of the guns captured.—l have,
JOHN M`CASKILL, Major-General,
Commanding the force in Kohistan.
(True copy.)
G. PONSONBY, Captain,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

eturn of killed and wounded of the troops under the
command of Major-General M'Caskill, K.H.
Camp Istalif, Sept. 30, 1842.
Killed—Men, 6 ; horses, 2.
Wounded—Men, 45 ; horses, 3.
Names of officers killed.

Lieut. Evans, her Majesty's 41st Foot.
Wounded.

Lieut. Richardson, Horse Artillery, slightly ; Lieut.
and Adjutant Spencer, 26th Native Infantry, ditto ;
Lieut. Lister. her ➢iajesty's 9th ditto ; Capt. Broadfoot,
Sappers, ditto ; Lieutenant and Adjutant Orr's charger
wounded.
H. HAVELOCK, Captain,
Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Infantry division.

ESCAPE OF THE LAST OF THE
PRISONERS.
GENERAL ORDERS.

BY THE RIGHT HON. THE OF INDIA.
Simla, Secret Department, Oct. 17, 1842.
In continuation of the public notification of the sth
inst., announcing the safety of all the European prisoners
except Captain Bygrave, the Governor-General has now
received intelligence in the following letter from Major-
General Pollock, C. 8., dated the 27th ult., of the arrival
of that officer in the British camp.
By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General
of India,
T. 11. MADDOCK,
Secretary to the Government of India, with
the Governor-General.

FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMANDING IN
AFFGIIANISTAN, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY
`TO TIIE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Camp Caubul, Sept. 27, 1842.
Sir,--I have much satisfaction in reporting, for the
inforination of the Right Hon. the Governor-General,
the arrival in camp this morning of Captain Bygrave, the
only person who remained in the hands of Mohamed
Akbar Khan. It appears that Captain Bygrave was al-
lowed to join my camp by Mahomed Akbar, who has
sent a letter to my address, copy and translation of which
shall be forwarded by the next opportunity.
I have, &c.,
GEORGE POLLOCK,
Major-General commanding in Affghanistan.
(True copies.)
T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the
Government of India, with the Governor-General.
(True copies.)
J. P. WILLOUGHBY, Secretary to Government.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT CALCUTTA.
One of the most dreadful accidents that has ever been
known in Calcutta occurred in the old China Bazaar, on
last Friday evening. Between the hours of four and five
that evening, Mr. Hudson, son of Mr. N. Hudson, of the
Supreme Court, had gone to a shop in the old China
Bazaar, a little beyond the place where hats are sold,
and just at the north• west angle of the road which runs
into Doomtollah, for the purchase of gunpowder. Mr.
Hudson was in a buggy, accompanied by two other gen-
tlemen, who remained in the vehicle at the shop door,
while Mr. Hudson entered to bargain for the article. The
only surviving witness of the transaction is a boy belong-
ing to an opposite shop, who could from his position
look into the shop where Mr. Hudson was, and who
saw some powder shown to him by the powder-vender.
He next observed Mr. Hudson thrust his hand into
what he believes to have been an open barrel of gun-
powder, and take out a handful of the contents. Mr.
Hudson was then seen to raise his hand, as if to examine
what he had taken out, and immediately after the boy
saw a small blaze, produced, no doubt, by the ignition
of the powder in Mr. Hudson's hand by contact
with the lighted end of a cigar which he was smoking..
It is believed, that as the powder in his hand blazed,
Mr. Hudson jerked his hand instinctively, and thus
communicated the fire to the barrel which stood
near him. In an instant more the entire shop, with one
or two other shops on each side adjoining, was blown up
into the air, and masses of masonry, rubbish, and tim-
bers, flew in all directions. All the inmates in the shop
were buried in the ruins, together with a number of pas-
sengers in the street, who were seriously, and many of
them mortally, injured, and have since died. s Mr.
Hudson perished among the rest, and from the place and
position in which he was found, which was just near the
entrance of the ill-fated shop, his body being completely
doubled up, with his face on his boots, it is believed,
that notwithstanding the blast from the powder, he
made an effort to gain the street, but was intercepted by
the fall of the ruins over him. The unfortunate young
man's apparel was almost all destroyed by the blaze,
and the only things found whole on him were his boots, a
Prayer-book, which was in one of his pantaloon pockets,
and a penknife and keys. The parts of his person which
escaped disfigurement were his face and feet. The
remains of Mr. Hudson were interred on Saturday
morning by his friends, though much to the subse-
quent displeasure of the Coroner, whose warrant for
removal bad not been obtained. Immediately after
the occurrence the police, headed by Constables
Alsop and Macannah, were on the spot, and, with the
assistance of Coolies and some European seamen, suc-
ceeded in clearing away a great portion of the ruins, and
extricating several bodies. There were no less than 35
persons injured by this most dreadful occurrence, 12
of whom were found dead on the spot. There was one
poor native found buried alive among the ruins with
only his head above. He was extricated and removed
to the hospital, and is expected to survive. A native
woman, who was passing the street at the time, got her
leg so seriously fractured by one of the timbers thrown
up by the explosion as to require the amputation of
that limb. The majority of those injured were scorched
by the blaze. Of these no less than 22, inclusive of Mr.
Hudson, are dead, and among the remaining 13 out of
35 in the hospital, several were in a precarious state up
to Saturday evening. The agonies of some of these un-
fortunate creatures, almost all over scorched, were
pitiful indeed ; to many of them death has indeed been
a deliverance from pain. A lady and child who were
passing that way at the time are said to have
been thrown out of their palanquin by the shock,
and are believed to have suffered serious injury • but
we have been unable to learn who they were, or the ex-
tent of their injury. The shock produced by the explo-
sion was so great, as not only to have been felt in all the
* Artillery.—Captain Backhouse's Mountain Train ; surrounding buildings, but in many at a distance. Some
Captain Blood's Battery of 9-pounders (Bombay) ; two of the large houses in Rada Bazaar and Clive-street
18 pounders. Ghat are said to have experienced it very severely. It
Cavalry.—Head-quarters and two squadrons ; her Ma- ought to be stated, that the companions of Mr. Hudson
jesty's 3d Light Dragoons ; Ist squadron of Ist Light most providentially escaped. The buggy horse at the
Cavalry ; Captain Christie's (late Shah Soojah's 2d first flash of the powder took fright and ran away, and
Regiment) Corps of Cavalry. thus put those in the buggy beyond the danger, which
Infantry.—Brigadier Tullecles Brigade, with the ad- otherwise they must have shared. An inquest was held
dition of Captain Brosdfoot's Sappers and Miners, and by the Coroner on Saturday evening, which has been
the exception of the 60th Native Infantry ; Brigadier adjourned to this day at eleven o'clock. The jury re-
Stacy's Brigade, paired to the Mang College to inspect the bodies, and

few juries must have beheld a sight more painfully re- 11 12 and at Co.'s rs. 84 to 11 12 per bz. md. ; 1,300
volting than they did. There were 21 stiff and scorched bags of Baggah at sa. rs. 10 2tolo 7, and at Co.'s rs.
up corpses laid out side by side, some of them presenting 10 3tolo 9 ; 400 mds. of Dallowah at Co.'s rs. 8 4
the most shocking appearance of disfigurement. Of 970 bags and 200 mds. of Jessore date, Co.'s rs. 610 to
these unfortunate natives who have perished, the friends 88 ; and 200 bags and 6,294 mds. of Khaur, at Co.'s PS.
of 10 of them have not yet become cognizant of the acci- 30to 6 1 per bz, mid.
dent. as there was no cue in attendance before the Coro-
ner to identify them.

CALCUTTA MONEY-MARKET, OCT. 17.
MONEY-MARKET.—Since our last issue important in-
telligence from China—where peace has been established
and the payment of $21,000,000 for the defrayment of
the expenses of the war has been stipulated for, with the
opening of four or five of the principal maritime ports
to foreign commerce, and the unconditional and perma-
nent surrender of Hong-Kong to the British, have been
secured ; and from the north-western provinces, where
our arms have been completely successful in the defeat
of the Affghans—has been received, the influence of
which is likely to be productive of considerable advan-
tage to our political position and to the establishment of
peace throughout India. These events will necessarily,
in their course, affect our money-market, and by stop-
ping up the drain which has so long existed on the public
revenue, lead to the re-establishment of confidence, and
to the restoration of healthy operations in this market ;
the intelligence is yet recent for any effective change in
the market ; but monetary transactions have become
more practicable ; bank rates for operations are, how-
ever, unaltered from forms r quotations.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.—A fall in the rates of
homeward exchange has induced an advance in the value
of stock paper, the premium on which is 8 annas per
cent. on the quotations in our last issue ; the value of
paper of the Five per Cent. Loan shows an improve-
ment of one anna per cent., and the discount on the
Four per Cent. Investments is about 12 annas per cent.
less than at the date of our last report; probably spe-
culation on the recent political changes may have in-
duced apprehensions of the closing of the New Five per
Cent. Loan, and so have produced the improvement in
the market.

BANK SHARES.—Are necessarily affected by the im-
proved position of the money market ; shares of the
Bengal exhibit an advance of 100 rupees per share, and
Agra Bank shares 10 to 20 rupees per share, but those of
the Union have again fallen in value.
SHARE-MARKET.—In this branch of investment but
little business obtains ; the rates of investment may be
reported as below :
Calcutta Docking Company, value, C. r. 990 to 1,000
per share.
Steam Tug Association, value, C. r. 1,000 to 1,050
per share.
Assam Tea Company, value, C. r. 105 to 110 per share.
Bonded Warehouse discount, value, C. r. 30 to 40 per
share.

EGYPT.

ALVEANDRIA, Nov. 16.—The last four days have
produced no novelty, either commercial or political.
The Pacha is still at Mansoura, and nothing certainly
is yet known of his intended movements, although it
is generally rumoured he will. very shortly come to
Alexandria. Sales of produce by the Government
are still suspended.
The French steamer brought General Ventura, of
Lahore celebrity, so long in the service of,the late
Runjeet Sing ; he proceeds to India by the Suez
steamer, and is the bearer of valuable presents from
Louis Philippe to Shere Sing. The English and
Russian Consuls-General are still in Cairo, waiting
the Paella's arrival there. The French Consul-Gene-
ral is also about to return to Cairo. The Austrian
Consul-General remains here. Cotton has advanced
within the last few days; re-sales have been made in
the place at 91 dollars. Several cargoes of flax are
shipping to England, a novel feature in our trade.
Nov. 21.—The Pacha being still in the Delta, and
nothing certain known of his future movements, we
are without any political news of any importance.

EXCHANGE MARKET.—AS anticipated in our last,
operations have obtained at low rates ; recently (to meet
the dispatch of an intermediate mail) transactions to some
extent obtained in bills against shipments at 10 months'
date with documents at 2s. 1-3 d. per Co.'s rupee ; but
since then rates have been looking up, and buyers are
holding for better exchange ; an influx of foreign bills
from China is expected, which, with the contracted state
of exports at present, may however keep down the rates
of bills ; towards December, when the shipments of
indigo may commence, an improvement in the exchange
may be expected.
FREIGHTS.—The rates on homeward shipments ex-
hibit but little alteration from the quotations in our last
issue. The large amount of tonnage expected is against
any improvement within the current season.

MALTA.
Nov. 27.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
FLEET.—III Malta Harbour : The Queen, 120, bear-
ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen,
Commander-in-Chief ; Ceylon, receiving-ship, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis, Superin-
tendent of Malta Dockyard ; Impregnable, 104,
Monarch, 84, Vanguard, 80, Snake, 16; Cyclops
steam-frigate, Geyser war-steamer, Prometheus and
Alecto steam•packets. At Gibraltar : Rodney, 92,
Savage, 10, Lizard steam-tender, and Owen Glen-
dower convict-ship. On their way to Malta : The
Formidable, 84, and Polyphemus steam-packet, both
from Gibraltar. On her way to Barcelona : The In-
constant, 36, from Malta, and the Locust steam-
tender, on her way to England. At Genoa : The
Belvidera, 38. At Corfu : L'Aigle, 24. At Salamis :
The Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
F. Mason, second in command in the Mediterranean.
At Smyrna : The Indus, 78, Devastation war-
steamer, and Magicienne, 24. At Constantinople :
The Stromboli war-steamer. At Beyrout : the
Vernon, 50, Scout, 18, and Vesuvius and Hecate
war-steamers. At Alexandria : The Medea war-
steamer ; and at Suda (in Candia), the Beacon and
Magpie surveying vessels.