The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1842.

SALTPETRE.—The market has been in a dull state for
rough, and prices have further declined 6d to Is.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the public sale of 274
bags were postponed, the heavy state of the weather pre-
venting buyers from inspecting the samples.
—lNDioo.—The market for East India has presented a
firm appearnance during the past week, and merchants
have °tiered their goods reluctantly.
TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow since last Tuesday,
prices
,have advanced 3d per cwt ; on the spot 48s have
been currently paid for P Y Candle from the scale, and
48s 3d per cwt from the warehouse. For delivery at
47s 9d to 48s up to the end of the year, and at 48s 3d to
48s 6d for Spring months. South American is firm in
price. North American melted at 47s 3d to 48s 9d per
cwt. Town Tallow at 48s 6a to 495, nett cash.
To-day a fair business was done in P.Y.C. on the spot
at 48s 3d, and the market closed firmly. Public sales of
South American are declared for Friday.
OILS.—For common descriptions of Fish Oils further
reduced rates have been accepted. Cod Oil at 311 to
31110.3„ pale Seal 39/15s to 40/, and Southern 341 to 40/.
Straw and brown Newfoundland Seal at 311 15s to 361
102, and Newfoundland Cod at 281 15s to 311 lOs /Mr tun.
Sperm Oil at 76/ to Sol for British. Cocoa Nut Oili
at .10s 6d to 418 per cwt. Linseed Oil at 3ls 3d to 31s
6d ; for delivery at 30s 9d to 31s per cwt. Rape, pale at
41s 9d to 425, and brown 40s 6d to 41s per cwt. Olive
Oil 53/for Gallipoli, 50/ for Spanish, and 481 15s to 491
for Barbary. Palm at 30s to 33s 6d for common to fine.
(For the remainder of the Markets, see the Third Page.)

THE LO:\DON GAZETTE

(THIS EVENING.)

The following article is substituted for that witich
appeared in last Friday's Gazette.]
WHITEHALL, Nov. 30, 1842.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Mel of
Lincoln, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, the Right Eon.
James Charles Herries, the Right Hon. the Lord Mc yor
of the City of London, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Ba rt. ;
Sir. Charles Lemon, Bart. ; Hairy Thomas Hope, ;
Henry Gally Knight, Esq. ; Alexander Milne, Esq. ;
.he lion. Charles Gore, Sir Robert Smirke, lint. ; • and
Charles Barry, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioner; ;for
.inquiring into and considering thi most effectual melaa s of
improving the metropolis, and of providing incrost ied
facilities of cominunication within the same.
Lhc Queen has also been pleased to appoint Trenh am
Welshman Philipps, Esq., to be Secretary_ to the a Aid j
Commission.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 6, 1842.—The Queen. :has
been pleased to appoint Belford Hilton Wilson, :Esci ,
now her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires
and Consul to' the
}Republic of Peru, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Aff 32res
and Consul General to the Republic of Venezuela.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint WilEam
Pitt Adams, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Leg a-
Lion to the Mexican Republic, to be her Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Pet .u.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Percy
Wm. Doyle, Esq., now First Attache to her Majesty 's
Embassy to the Ottoman Porte, to be Secretary to Iber
Majesty's Legation to the Mexican Republic.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Anthony
Barclay, Es.,q., to be her Majesty's Consul in the St.
Ito
of New York,

DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 5.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Giacomo hm-
taleono Bruno, Esq., to the office of Judge in the island
of Malta.
The Queen has also .been pleased to appoint Antorio
INlicallet; Esq., to the office of Crown Advocate in tl .e
island of Malta.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. .5.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Augustin
Norbert Morin, Esq., to be Commissioner of Crown
Lands in the province of Canada.
SIEMAER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR;LIA-
County of Bute—The Hon. James Stuart Wortley, in
the room of the Right Hon. Sir William Rae, Burt., de-
ceased.

(OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Dec. 5.
li t Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain "W. R.
Nedham to be Adjutant, vice Somerville, promote d,
Dec. 4 ; Second Lieut. E. A. Williams to be First Li eut ~
vice Balfour, deceased, Nov. 29.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 25.
Corps of Royal 3farines—Second Lieut. F. J.Toll cing-
borne to be First Lieut., vice W. L. S. Atcherley, deco ar.ed.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
TIMOTHY FISHER, victualler, Camden Ar ms,
Camden Town.

• EAST INDIA.—This 'afternoon three public sales of
Bengal, consisting of 5,493 bags 36 hhds were postponed,
owing to the foggy state of the weather. For a parcel
of Manila of fair and good brown lis to 18s 6d paid pri-
vately. For 100 hhds Foreign Muscovadoes 19s paid.
Font:lc:N.—To-day there was no public sale. Brown
Brazil is wanted, but the market is without a supply ;
‘thite in request at fully former rates. A favourable
opinion is entertained towards yellow Havannah Sugar,
notwithstanding the advanced period of the year; holders
supply the market sparingly, and there are several
orders unexecuted ; 21s Gd paid for average parcels, low
quality cannot be cbtained under 20s Gd per cwt. Float-
ing cargoes are wanted, but there are none offering.
AfoLassns.—This afternoon the demand was steady
for West India ; 67 puns St. Lucia atauction sold at 25s
to 25s 6d : IGO puns St. Vincents were disposed of pri-
vately at 25s 6d to 26s 6d for fair and good.
COFFEE.—The demand for West India Coffee con-
tinues on the increase, and the business transacted has
been to a fair extent since this day week ut firm rates.
This afternoon there was a fair desire shown on the part
of the home trade to purchase Coffee, and holders are firm;
at auction 107 casks 11 bagS Berbice, and 150 bags Ceylon
were offered, the former sold as follows—good mid at
100 s to 102 s, mid 92s to 975, fine and fine fine ord 61s
to 82s 6d, good triage 80s to 84s, being the full value ;
the latter went at former rates, fine ord Cis Gd, ord to
good ord 62s to 645. Privately some parcels of East
India were sold, I'adang at 29s to 31 6d, Sumatra 25s Gd
to 26s Gd, Company's Java 45s to 495, and Singapore
35s to 37s per cwt. This afternoon 31s Gd to 33s paid
fur ord to real good ord Rio, and 31s to 32s fici for St.
Domingo.
Cocoa.—Prices are firm for British Plantation, and
the demand has: been good. This afternoon 250 mats
Cocoa Berry Husk of fair quality were offered at auc-
tion and all withdrawn, the price at which it was held
being 13s per cwt.
TEA.—The market for Tea has been in a th.._
since we last wrote. To-day there was increased inac
tivity in the Tea market, and so limited have been the
purchases made since the conclusion of the public sales,
that it is difficult to quote prices ; they are however
again lower, and is 4d to is 5d is the value of common
sound Congo, cash.
Rum, BRANDY, AND lIOLLANDS.—For Leeward Is-
hind Rum, merchants are more disposed to sell. Jamaica
of good and fine quality at full rates, but common on ra-
ther lower terms ; 26 to 32 per cent 0. P. mid quality
at 2s 9d to 3s 2], 30 to 34 over good mid
35 6d to 3s 10], 34 to 36 over good 4s to
45 2d, 34 to 36 over fine 4s 4d to 4s 7d
per gallon ; strong Demerara at 2s 9d to 3s per
gallon. Calcutta Rum is dull of sale, is 3d to is 7d is
the value with, and is is 2d without, certificate. For
Brandy we have to report a healthy market. Cognac,
first brands of the vinsage of 1839 selling at 4s 7d for
hhds, puns 4s 5d,; 1840, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; 1841,
hhds 4s ld, puns 3s 11d, and low sorts 2s to 2s 4d per gal-
lon; Geneva at is 8d to Is 9d for common, and fine at 2s 6d
to 2s Sd per gallon. British Corn Spirits at 9s 8d per
gallon cash. To-day large purchases were made in low
sorts of Brandy at 2s ld to 2s 3d per gallon. Rum is
(lull of sale, and good sorts of Jamaica are held firmly,
but all other kinds are looking down ; is Bid to is 9d
is the value of Leewards.
SPICES.—This afternoon 589 chests Cassia Lignea and
3,042 bags Pepper were offered at auction ; the former
went heavily and considerable decline in prices, the
reduction as compared with the last auction amounts
to 6s to 8s per cwt, raal good coarse 1i to 2 lb
bundles sold at 88s to 89s, good mid 85s lid to 86s,
mid 79s 6d to 82s low mid 72s 6d to 745, broken ends
74s to 76s 6d, broken 69s 6d, mouldy 69s to 75s 6d, and
sea damaged 31s to 69s ; the demand for the latter was
very limited, and the whole of the sound was taken in at
3d for good brown Sumatra, damaged sold at 2id to 2d,
being id to id per lb cheaper.
RICE.—The demand for Bengal. Rice has been brisk
by private contract since last Tuesday, and prices have
advanced 3d to 6d per cwt. Carolina, best quality at 30s,
and other kinds at 25s to 28s. Patna at 15s to 21s.
Rice Meal at 5s to 7s, and dust at 4s to 4s 6d per cwt.
To-day Bengal Rice was at lls9d to 12s for middling,
and 12s 3d to 12s 6d for good mid to good white.
This afternoon Carolina, from Boston, sold in bond,
mid new at 17s 6d to 18s, and good mid old 15s; per cwt.
SAGo.-This afternoon 637 boxes Sago, 50 bags Tapi-
oca, and 200 jars Guava Jelly were offered at auction ;
Sago sold at 15s 6d to 16s for middling ; 12s 6d to 13s
for low middling, and 11s for very low ; Tapioca 6d,
and Jelly Gd to Bd. •
Fnunr.—At auction this afternoon GO pkgs Prunes
sold at 35s to 36s ; 420 pkgs Imperial French Plums
went at 9/. to 91. is for cartons, 91. 103 for half cartons,
and 101. for qr-cartons ; 436 pkgs Muscatel Raisins sold
at 80s to 90s for boxes; and 90s to 100 s for half-boxes; 211
pkgs do in layers sold at 75s for boxes, 80s for qr-bxs,
55s for damaged ;- 504 chums Malaga Figs were bought
in at 403 ; 90 butts 130 crtls old Patras Currants were
taken out at 45s to 48s for butts, and a small lot of caro-
teels sold at 48s ; 15 butts 5 crtls old Zante do part at
45s for crtls, and 74 buts crtls Cephalonia were
taken out.

state

JOHN DAVIES, plumber, Wellington, Shropshire.
THOMAS SPENCE, market. gardener, Maryland-
point, Stratford, Essex, Dee. 13 and Jan. 17, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Pennell,
official assignee ; Bodmm, Queen-street Chambers,
Cheapside.
ISIDORE BLOOMENTIIAL, stationer, Doclihead,
Surrey, Dec. 2 at two, and Jan. 11, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Lackington,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Jones, Sise-
lane.
THOMAS EVANS, scrivener, Denbigh, Dec. 21, and
Feb. I, at one, at the Liverpool District Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Liverpool ; Deane,
Liverpool.
SAMUEL BOSS, tailor, Frith-street, Soho, Dec. 14,
at two, and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, Basinghall-street. Johnson, Basinghall-street,
official assignee ; Stafford; Buckingham-street, Strand.
GEORGE BDDELEY WORBOYS, perfumer,
Bristol, Dec. 12, at twelve, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy. Hutton, official
assignee, Bristol ; Hinton, Bristol.
JAMES lIILLIAR, innkeeper, Lymington, South-
ampton, Dec. 20, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 16, at half-
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Fosters and
Co., John-street, Bedford row.
CHARLES WILLIAM WALTHEW, chemist,
Poultry, Dec. 15, and Jan. 16, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy, Basingliall-street. Graham, officialassignee,
Basinghall-street ; Henderson, Mansell-street. Good-
man's-fields.

EDWARD DAVIES, blacksmith, Crosby, Lama-
' shire, Dec. 21, at twelve, and Jan. 19, ar eleven, at the
District Court of. Bankruptcy, Liverpool. Turner, Li-
verpool, official assignee ; Cross. Liverpool.
JAMES ARCHER, wine merchant, Liverpool. Dec.
16, and Jan. 17, at the Liverpool Court of Bankruptcy
District. Cazenove, Liverpool, Official Assignee ;
Bretherton, Liverpool.
SAMUEL BASTIGK, hatter, Dec. 13, at two, and
Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing-
hall-street. Groom, official-assignee, A bchurch-land,
Lombard-street ; Norwood and Griffin, Austin-friars,
City.
JAMES MEREDITH, mister, Pershore, Worces-
tershire, Dec. 14, and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Birming-
ham Court of Bankruptcy. Christie, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Oldaker, Woodward, and Hall, Pershore,
Worcestershire.

CO URSE OF EXCIII
Amsterdam CF. 12 9
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam 2U. 12 9i
Antlierp l2 8
Hamburgh 31.8. 13 14
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0
Frankfort en Maine 152
Petersburgh, 3 Us.
Berlin
Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO 1
Trieste, ditto ... 10 '2
Madrid
Cadiz 36}
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville

INGE. —(TIIIS DAY.
Gibraltar .
Leghorn ... .
Genoa
1111 ilan

....... :3O 75
96 10

IVenice
Naples ......... -10
Palermo, per oz 120
Lisbon
Oporto b2*
Rio Janeiro 2l3i
Bahia
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21days sight 414
Philadelphia 4Ol
PRICES OF BULLION, PER (,Z,
Fweign Gold, bars 4:3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin ...3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 9i
Silver in Bars... OO 0

INDIAN DISPATCHES.
(From the Gazette of this Evening.)
INDIA BOARD, DEC. 6, 1842.
Dispatches, of which the following is a Copy. have
been transmitted by the Governor-General of India,
and received at the East India House to-day :
FllO3l MAJOR-GENERAL G. POLLOCK, C.D., COMMANDING
IN AFFCILINISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL J. R. LUM-
LEY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF TIIE ARMY.
Head-quarters, Camp Caubul, Sept. 22, 1842.
Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information
of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that, having
received information from Barneean that the Europeans,
officers and soldiers, prisoners there, had made arrange-
ments by which they hoped to effect their own liberation,
I, at the suggestion of Mohun Loll, with the concurrence
of Khan Shereen Khan, chief of the Kuzzilbashes, sanc-
tioned the speedy departure of 700 of Ws horse, on the
15th inst., the day of our arrival here, to meet the
party. Some difficulty occurring on the score of money,
I advanced .10,000 rupees, which were delivered by Sir
It. Shakespear, who accompanied the Kuzzilbashes.
Being apprehensive that attempts would be made to in-
tercept the prisoners, I detached Major General S;r
Sale with the troops, viz., her Majesty's 3d Dragoons,
Ist Light Cavalry, Backhomse's Mountain Train, two
companies of her Majesty's 9th Foot, four companies of
her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, Broadfbot's Sappers,
Ferris's Jezailchees, 80 Sikh horses, and 160 foot sol-
diers, under Captain Lawrence, on the 19th inst., to
proceed to the Arghundee pass, and the circumstance
proved fortunate,
as a delay of twenty-four hours would
have enabled Sultan Jan, who was in pursuit, to over-
take our people. lam ppy to state, that the whole
exceptionarr of
f arrived in Captain
my camp yesterday evening.'
Bygrave, who is with Mahozned
who were in confinement (as per subjoined roll), with
the
Akbar,
I cannot conclude without recording my opinion, that
to Khan Shereen Khan and Mohun Loll may be attri-
buted the safety of the prisoners, and I have reason to
believe the Chief of the Kuzzilbashes to be a steadfast
adherent to the British Government.--I have, &c ,
GEORGE rOLLOCK, Major General, Com-
manding in Affghanistan. •
LIST OF PRISONERS RELEASED ON TUE 21ST SEPT. 1842.
Major-General Shelton, her Majesty's 44th Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Palmer, 27th B. N.
Major-Griffiths, 37th B. N. I.
Captains—Boy.d,
,Commissariat ; Johnson, Commis-
sariat Shah SooPh S 26th N. I. ; Barnett, 54th N. I. ;
Souter, her Majest)'s 44th Foot ; Waller, B. H. A. ;
.Alston, 27th N. I. ; Poett, 27th N. I. ; Walsh, 52d
M. N. I. ; Drummond, 3d B. L. C.
Lieutenants—Eyre, B. A. ; Airey, her Majesty's 3d
Buffs ; Warburton, B. A. S. S. P. ; Webb, 38th M. N. I.
S. S. F. ; Crawford, 13 ,3dN.I.S. S. F. • Mein, her In, Ma-
jesty's 13th L. I. ; Harris, 27th B. N. I. ; Melville, 54th
B. N. I. ; Evans, her Majesty's 44th Foot.
Ensigns—Naughton, 31st B. N. I. ; Williams, 27thB. N. L ; Nicholson, 27th 13. N.
Conductor Ryley, Ordnance Commissariat.
Surgeon Magrath.
Assistant-Surgeons Berwick and Thompson.
Ladies—Ladies Macnaghten and Sale ; Mrs. Sturt and
one child ; Mrs. Mainwaring, one child ; Mrs. 130 yd,
three children ; Mrs. Eyre, one child ; Mrs. Walter,
two children ; Conductor Ityley's wire, three children
Private Bourne's (13:11.1, 1.) wife ; wife of Sergean,
Wade.

Major Nuinger, 13. A. • Captain Lawrence, 11th L.C.;
Mackenzie, 48th M. N. F. ; Mr. Fallon and Mr.
Blewitt, clerks, not in the service.
—cr Majesty's 44th Foot—Sergeants Wedlock, Weir,

Cavalry.—Head. quarters and two squadron's ; her Ma-
jesty's 3d Light Dragoons ; Ist squadron of Ist Light
Cavalry ; Captain Christie's (late Shah Soojah's 2(1
Regiment) Corps of Cavalry.
Infantry.—Brigadier Tullock's Brigade, with the ad-
dition of Captain B:oadfoot's Sappers and Miners, and
the exception of the 60th Native Infantry ; Brigadier
Stacy's Brigade.

;eturn of Killed and Wounded of the Troops under the
Command of Major• General M'Caskill, K.H.
Camp Istalif, Sept. 30, 1842.
Mountain Train----1 European officer wounded.
3d Company Ist Batt: Bombay Artillery-2 rank and
file wounded.
Christie's Irregular Cavalry-2 horses killed and tao
horses wounded.
Her Majesty's 9th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file
killed ; 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 13 rank and file wounded.
16th Regt N. I-1 rank and file killed; 1 European
officer, 3 havildars, 8 rank and file, meunded.
Broadfoot's Sappers-2 yank and file killed ;1 European
officer, 6 rank and file, 1 horse, wounded.
Her Majesty's 41st Regiment.-1 officer, 1 rank and file
killed ; 4 rank and file wounded.
42d Regiment N. rank and file wounded.
Total.-1 officer, 5 rank and file, 2 horses killed ;
4 European and Native officers, 4 sergeants and
37 rank and file, 3 horses, wounded
NAMES OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Lieut. Evans, H. M. 41st foot; killed.
Lieut. Richardson, horse artillery, slightly wounded..
Lieut. and Adjutant Spencer, 26th, N. 1., slightly
wounded.
Lieutenant Lister, 11. M. 9th Foot, slightly wounded.
Captain Broadfoot, sappers, slightly wounded.
Lieutenant and Adjutant Orr's charger wounded.
11. HAVELOCK, Captain, Deputy Assistant-
Adjutant-General Infantry _Division.
RETURN OF ORDNANCE CAPTURED FROIK THE ENEMY
ON SEPT. 29, 1842.

Camp;lstalii, Sept. 30, 1842.
2 brass six-pounder field pieces, of native manufacture.
J. B. BACKHOUSE, Captain. Commanding
Artillery with the-Force.
Lieutenant E. EaOFFICERS WOUNDED.
verel. ger, her Majesty's 401 h Regiment, se-
Lieutenant Lieutenant Mainwaring, 2d Regiment Bengal Native
Infantry, sEghtly.
Lieutenant G. Ilolroyd, 43d Regiment Bengal Native
Infantry, slightly. •
W, NOTT, Major-General, Commanding
Field Force.
Exd. THOS. POLWHELE, Captain Deputy As-
.
sistant Adjutant-General.

Cntxrsr PROGRESS.—We have heard it stated on
authority on which we can rely, that a surgeon to ono
a the principal London hospitals has been applied to
to receive a young Chinese into his house to teach him
the art and mystery of surgery.

38th Regt. Bengal N. 1.-1 havildar, 11 privates,wounded.
42d Regt. Bengal N. L-1 havildar, 2 privates, wounded.
43d Regt. Bengal N. L-1 lieutenant, 1 subadar, 1 ha-
vildar, 15 privates, wounded.
-3d Regt. Irregular Infantry-5 privates wounded.
Total of each-1 drummer, 3 privates, killed ; 3
Lieutenants, 1 subadar, 4 havildars, 2 corporal, 45
privates, 2 drivers, 2 magazine lascars, 24 horses,
wounded.
Grand Total of killed and wounded-63 officers
and men, 24 horses.
* Note.— So in the original, but a name seems to be
omitted.

'ROM -MAJOR-CENERAL G. POLLOCK, C.E. COMMANDING IN
AFFGHANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL LUMLEY, ADJU-
TANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
Camp, Caubul, Oct. 1, 1842.
Sir,--I have the honour eo forward a copy of a letter
from Major-General McCaskill, K. 11., commanding the
force which I detached under his command, for the pur-
pose of dispersing the enemy collected in the vicinity of
Charekar, as stated in my letter of the 28th instant.
The success of the Major-General's operations against
Istalif is most gratifying, that place being considered by
the Afii;hans as totally inaccessible to our troops.
I have, &c.
G. POLLOCK, Major-General,
Commanding in Affghanistan.
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL MgCASKILL, K. 11., COMMANDING
DETACHMENT IN KOHISTAN, TO CAPTAIN PONSONBY,
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
Camp Istalif, Sept. 30, 1842.
Sir,— I have the satisfaction to acquaint you, for the
information of Major. Gen. Pollock, C. 8., that the troops
under my command yesterday made themselvesmasters of
the strong and populous town of Istaliff; totally de!eat-
ing the numerous levies collected fur its defence, under
the infitmous Ameen Oolla Khan Loguree, Khaojie
Atneer Kotwal, Hazin Khan (an assassin of Sir Alex-
ander Burnes), Hazir Alec Khan, Khuleefa Ibrahim, and
many other chiefs of Caubul and Kohistan.
The Major-General is aware that the force detailed
below* was placed at my disposal for operations in these
valleys on the 25th ; the two brigades formed a junction
near Khowja Itawash on the 26th, moved to an encamp-
rsent near Zimuree on the 27th, and pitched their tents
within four miles of this place on the 28th. The same
evening I reconnoitred the enemy s position ; it is impos-
sible to conceive ground naturally stronger. • The town
of Istalif, consisting of masses of houses and forts, is
built on the slope of the mountain, in the rear of which
are yet loftier eminences, shutting in a defile which leads
to Turkistan, and in no way can this place of abode of
15,000 people be approached but by surmounting ranges
of separated by deep ravines, or traversing by,
narrow roads its gardens, vineyards, and orchards, fenced
in with strong enclosure walls ; the It hole of them, with
the mountain side and tops of the houses, were occupied
by iJezailehees, and the strongest proof is afforded that
the enemy after this disrosition considered this place un-
assailable, by their having retained within the town the
wives and children not only of the inhabitants, but of
thousands of refugees from Caubul.
The observations which I was enabled to make under
a sharp Jezail fire and the report of Major Pottinger in-
duced me to determine to assault the next morning the
right of the enemy's extensive position, as it was there that
I could hope to bring the artillery most effectively into
battery ; arrangements were made with this view. The
troops were formed into two columns of attack and re-
serve ; Brigadier Tulloch's brigade and the mountain
train composed the right ; Brigadier Stacey's and Capt.
Blood's battery and the 18-pounders the left ; these
were supported by the third column under Major Si-
monds, her Majesty's 41st, consisting of a wing of this
regiment and the Cavalry under Major Lockwood; Capt.
Christie's corps protected the baggage.
The troops moved noon after daylight, and, traversing
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-
millah, 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.

I
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-
panics of her Majesty's 41st, the 42d, and 43d Native
Infantry, covering their own column, got into action,
and on their side stormed 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 Elmberst, 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 Afighana 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
fbr 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 Fort ;
and Captain Broadt'oot, 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
Lientenant Terry. I have received valuable assistance
throughout our operations from Major Pottinger, 0.13.,
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 stall; departmental and personal, viz., Captain
Havelock, Deputy Assistant. Adjutant-General ; Lieut.
Mayne, Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster General ;
Lieutenant Pollock, Artillery, Aide-de-Ctunp to the
MHjor-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 iu the recent
affair at the Hull 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 incluse a return of the killed and
wounded, and two of the guns captured.—l have, &c.,
JOHN M`CASKILL, Major-General,
Commanding the force in Kohistan.
* Artillery.—Captain Backhouse's Mountain Train ;
Captain Blood's Battery of 9-pounders (Bombay) ; two
18 pounders.