The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-19 00:00:00

What is the average of the prices at which yeti'have
and sold the different articles you have dealt in, in the several
,
years 16(103, amd 1810, ending each year on the sth Apr!!
in the succeeding yrar, and the amount bought and sold in each
year at that average?
Have you in your statement made any, and what deductions
on account of losses sustained by you iii any matter not con-
nected with your trade, or not analog out of it, with the P"
titulars of any such deductions?
Or on account of any improvements of your premises, or for
repairs, or supply of your utensils ?
Or on 'account of pretence of the interest of the capital&,,:,
ployed by you, and which, or any part of it, might have ""
i'
made thereon, if laid out at interest ? •
lf you make no deduction in the settlement of your Pr°
or loss, how or in what manner do you make the balance ° -
your profits or lots appear in each year ?
Thereof fail not.

Given under our hands 20th May. 1812.
JOHN BROOKE, JOHN WILSON, 1 Corunt
THOS. IKIN, CHAS. BROWN, csioners.

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IMPORTANT FROM M

FEAT OF THE AFFG HANS,
The Ulster Times of Thursday says:— When our I.o°r°
was yesterday in LiAunt, attending the meeting thete,
tieman cf that toss n read to him the following extract of a ,e`
ter which had just been received :
EXTRACT Ritual A LETTER ',Rom CAWNPORE, DATED

6TII FEB.
We have just received letters from the Commander-in-Chit
camp, giving Candahar news up to the 12th ult. An aen
had taken place between our troops and the Afrgban",
in which we were victors, idling 153 and wound
e
ing 200 of. the enemy. Our losswas only
officers . wounded slightly, two privates killed, eA
twenty wuuneed. Letters from General Sale have bee.°
received up to the 30th ult., on which date the ti oops were
high spirits, having captured 175 bullocks—a great windfall or
them! But the most important piece of news (our letter ea;
tinues) is, that Shah Soojah, who has cost us millions of mooe_fj
has all along been playing a false game. He has addres,'
a letter to Shere Singh, and other native Princes, I°';
los
ploring them to aid him in getting rid of his enemies—roe°
the tish—but too cautious to name us. It now arr,e:
,
that he could have procured provisions for our starving trod
at Caubul, figliiing his battles. The day of retribution i,
far off—a soldier's death would be too good for him ; and 1 bop`'
ere long, the gallows will claim him as its own..
tig
A letter had been received from Lady Nlacnaghten, sta that the prisoners are well treated. She has only the f
clothes she had on, and expected to be soon released.

THE LATE MASSACRE IN
• AFFGHANISTAN.
COPY OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF }IVA. NAIISO-
- LIGHT DRAGOONS, ON HIS MARCH FROM IiOS
TO AFFGHANISTAN.

" Camp, Feb. 7,.-
" We marched from Kurnaul, on two days' notice, 'll,fies
28th ultimo, in fine health and spirits—our strength,
and °Ulcers, and 703 troop horses. We are now two nialle,o
from Loodianah, where I shall post this letter to go b)
overland mail. An army is.forraing at Ferozepore, but n°6o..
cided movement w ill take place till the arrival of our net' fie
vernor-General, who is expected at Calcutta this month.
will have a most difficult game to play. What will the pee t+
in England think of all that has happened? Such a (li'gr3,
has never occurred in the world before. General Elphinst°a
,0
with near: 6,000 soldiers. and more camp followers, !so;
obliged to evacuate Caubul, having safe conduct erc°,
him to Jellalabad. He was forced to leave Ins 51,15
guns, and ammunition behind him, as well as the
and wounded, who have not since been heard 01',,
the second day's march they were attacked front, 'II of
and tear at the same time; our men with not one Toon of
ammunition, The ladies (unfortunately there were filo
them) were taken back to Caubul by the savages, an er-
hear, that they were ransomed by an agent of a Dellnt „i
pt
chant for 10,0001. 1 hope that this may be tine, an,,," }and
they, at least, may be safe. General Elphinstone,
Shelton of the 44th, and four other officers were taken
fin
hostages.as The enemy then commenced firing on the trlst
and by all accounts the whole force is cut up. It appears tusk
two companies of the 44th and two of Native Infantry so;
together till the very last, and made a kind of ruil,ich
fight with their bayonets till they came to a stream "mil
was very deep, and as' they came out on the other sidespie.
were cut off to a man. The whole of the 44th is oi
hilated. Two squadrons of the hilt Cavalry cut theiriiela
for some distance, a march or two; for on Captain Olote
uut
with the remaining squadron of that corps, going
tbd
their assistance frorriJellalabad, he found five of his br)uSel
officers dead on the road. One poor fellow ( Ilasuiltn" Pate
just got his troop. He was a friend of mine, and kn°: ce
all of us. A Dr. Brydon and a trooper of the sth the
caped during the night to Jellalabad. Major Griffith, °kph,
37th Native Infantry, and Lieutenant Souter, of throat,'
bribed a native chief, who passed them over the 110,914abad'
and it is said they paid a ransom of 1,000 rupees at J0",.,140
These are the only four that we have heard of as yet Or
escaped.
" Feb. B.—We have marched 12 miles this morning' ote
ters from the Commander-in-Chief's camp at Loodianah tr
there are 17 officers prisoners at Cabul, with the ladir:',loll
Elphinstone's force nothing has been heard. It is supP°'
every soul has been massacred. tb
" Loodianah, Feb. 9.—Our General, Thackwell, mettles';
morning as we were marching in. Nothing but warlikr„llslsi,
more troops marching up: among others, her Majesty' pr
1,000 strong. We shall certainly push on to Generalaso.
assistance at Jellalabad. 'the Khyber Pass, between
and Jellalabad, is in possession of the enemy. Colonel "Joe"
brigade, that I mentioned in m 3 former letter, has been vjeci,
back with a loss of more than 400 men killed and w°uiie
two officers killed and nine wounded. I have this inninell'ess,'
a full account of the engagement from Captain Liptroft. rible
that at his second cut on a man's head, his sword bent Pers.,
He states the disorder to be more than he can des ;t
When the firing commenced, the elephants and camel'
and upset every thing in their flight in a narrow pas3.,.toe'
may imagine the confusion. Colonel White has just "'ores'
from the Adjutant-General. We shall halt here to-10
The Commander-in-Chief follows us in three days. oesei
" Loodianah, Feb. 10.—We received the Governor-1 stsi
rat's proclamation last night. He will retake Catt"r:iere
carry lire and sword through Affghanistan. are %rase
to push on as fast as possible, and cross the Sutledge at cruise
pore on the 20 It, with one troop of horse artillery, nnewsite'
and some Hissalab ; the first division under Colonel essa
second division, Ist cavalry, her Majesty's 31st It°°'fo're,
Native Infantry, and riis-alah. The whole army will be It att;
at Peshawur, but who will command is not yet known' fret! a
be a two }ears' campaign at least, and we shall have. kliave
do, as the whole cry is for Dragoons. We shall, of
of
end of detached duty, as the country will not
acting in any large body. We shall have greali g „it
in feeding our horses, as but few grasscutters voill be
70
It is supposed that ten or fifteen fresh regiments ret.;o
direct from England. Not less than 30,000 men sour
Affghanistan, and the troops cannot be taken from
provinces in these disturbed times.
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The other day as some parties were sawing l'it'
. dij
tree into planks, at Wellington wharf, they discover-110 it
blade embedded in the solid wood, q inches beled 01
The tree crew on Needwood Forest, and it is 14: oh°
knife-blade originally belonged to some deer-stes°,., ty
stuck it in the tree and forgotten it. Derby Rep°r- ill (
ON DlT.—The Roy. • Sydney Smith 11,,n5,,„1 dli`ir
press a hutnourous extravaganza, entitled the " L''-'OlO
Evening ;" also a " Letter touching Introductions a Ao,
lions," addressed to an eminent living poet. Ore
In the afternoon of the 3d inst. Collornb all oreioi
two men confined in the prison at Bourgoin, }made toil. 0
out of their cells by means of false keys, and yee,
up to the roof, where they were seen by 5010. joie`'
the street, who gave the alarm. ' They were I,l'fo dis
00
pursued by the gaolers, but they bad contrive" ygiii,coutet
themselves from all search, until a woman, %Iwo. 0,"!,
tee
a house near the prison, lighted her fire, and a fbe esicle•
after was astounded by seeing a man fall from t baPtali.e°
into the room, nearly suffocated by the smoke 51i was re sale
It proved to be Badin, who was secured. Colleinb The;
on Monday under circumstances almost as sir-1031;11e (1,',107 the,
stitute of the Procureur du Roi was returning in, ',r a''',-01Ge•
from Lyons, when he recognised Collomb walki.';;la'. to V
road at a rapid pace in the contrary direction. ''';;eilraLle-
knew nothing of his escape, but being aware that , beeot,,dea
removed that day to Grenoble, and concluding,thAaur,idoe
raped from the gendarmes, he stopped at SO' de 51,,..,dt t°
Mures, and sent off a mounted man of the brisabiat t'
there, who overtook the fugitive, and brought ster"
Bourgoin. • led Ve re
rt
His Royal Highness Prince Albert Prl the 'CI°
day at a rehearsal at the Hanover-square-roono e
'hied of Ancient Music
ion 'idled I°
The verdicts of juries often pas, inl,/,,toc'ore:
mstaenredyinogn.
thllelrs.cColacldwofelplriesvfioouuTl guilty, but re- The jhilii t
who believed Mr. Caldwell guiltyg,"shdocuhldarahcatveer.:ietrieiiligeeif
man who had followed up the attempt to eon ;ere Plef.the
crime with another hardly less heinous, for, if here also al';des.tr?
the attempt to violate Mrs. Corbett, he was gl'ileocel-0 her
the forgery of letters and the subornatain or el A to defencee
her reputation, to east her from her hushare!' 3:1, the Et 34th,
A more wicked case could hardly be imag°,`carbeittal slt
being almost as great an outrage against Mrs"
an a''` eel ill
original offence. Mr. Caldwell either deserve"
uoi3lllll •
an innocent man, or, as a guilty one, all the P 11.°
:pcte'On
the law can award.—Examiner.
„Inc, rOrcos.-„o- th
KIINSINGITON IMPROVEMENTS.— -1-'.l n', at '-i of1"7-i0..
villas on the :ite of the Royal kitchen gur"eiii estle site ,"0
will be of a very ornamental character, and sr,, of t tole"
sides of the new road, excepting on that l'i°r`l. ,„. eon
,roies
villas beitiove. 1) by eta
tercepted by Kensington Palace, the vi „. #riot an d
the opposite side towards Kensington-gl:eet-his i',', greati;,cli
feature of the improvements contemplated artion of 't nr Woods and Forests is undoubtedly the forruassosieg, °
.e
leading thoroughfare from Bayswa•er Nue vicinit)lv 0%,
will be a great boon to the inhabitares of,„t",,eoe, let et whicP
birthA asthceehpai,nsea,:yiTiseatrheEJna6augr,nal de 2416:.Y to, four ,
are still alive.
Ma. S VMS T
.' •'- HE BOOKSIILLEIt• ea CO-: 1140, a
cident, and one likely to be attended with ' the sAet 31r•iri
occurred on Sunday evaaing to Mr. Saini:iand that tt ei
bookseller, of St. James's-street. 'We lirdea earriage'lii, 411
to eight, us:
weianne:leigtilyence3:li:
Mrs. Sams, with their daughter( "ere 'I
the nietrePr°o ores%
way from town to a country-house ato
'ter rtoe part andss Saii:4
the horse took Sight, and the whole.% of airs. faint ii° 0
iosu, twweituhndgerresattanydio,leenxetre;m:ill•yheprseitcutar,ti7,osgarnon,,d
wbbuot
se Atli! a' h
are entertained of the recovery of Luc' C the 01itt
severely fractured by the fall.
The price of bread for es
• tate°
is fixed at 33 centimes the kilogramme r for the s poll)
There is no foundation whatotheat
Sir the -r
Robitesrtto ,
that has appeared in the ne
"PaPtrrgio of rent
recently given directions fOr the
.„,ter
tent of twenty tree r:ent.—Eventoti
of.
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Mrs. J. • met.
On the 91h inst., at Auldbar,
the net 0.
sea, the
prig'
daughter.
•in Pei
urt, the IV.) iv
Co f
On the 14th inst., at Ripley lady °
lla(r)rnist,hreif la2strhm.in't. '
t the
lenburg • Its°
On the. I 4th inst., in Meck
f a daughter. nr Gra
Rev. J. W. Worthington, D.D., 0 .
efll
f WO
of a son.
inst., the lady of 1-1. . Warm', E'rl'' 0
On the II th at Elin-grove, Southstea,
of a daughter.
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M• 4 ni-"l‘ilittiain 011Weitie_10( tp
On the 14th inst., at St. Pancri.i!. ,
neaOrnlttihdeefolsldth,
r Fitzroy-squat e. „, willolr
inst., in But ton-crescent, Mrs. G. (
' fGeorge's, Camberwe"idsobt
On the 14th inO, , at s • alatilda, ynunges
Sutton-street, to i
Palmer, Esq ( of
lateC onaaanrdl :sr, "1. Lambert,
iett°l
D Lk D. if eoritigi'
' I rid Mary b
1.,1,11,.N, a1;14.
,t ,
On the 10th inst., at Lausanne,_ate
caliain
in t e
~
the wife i:f 11. C. Elvves, Esq., I
of the late ltev. J. B. Innes,
merit of Foot. of
,Norwich.
I.l)zeorutatge.s,t dahugll2o,er
~0,
to
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Siliwa-

Loadcn: Printed and Published by 11IURDO yOl-/ j
Nu. 112, Strand, at The Su,. Office,
No• 11'2 Strati
the County of Middlesex, Tuesday, April 19,
1842.