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HOSTAGES.

We regret to have to chronicle the death of one of
the unfortunate hostages left at Caubul when the
army commenced its disastrous retreat. Rumours
of the ill-treatment by Zeman Khan of Captain John
Conolly had sometime since reached us, but we be-
lieve that his death, which we have now to record
was not accelerated by the treatment, to which he is
said to have been exposed. It is asserted he fell a
victim to an attack of brain fever, after having paid a
visit to Lady Macnaghten at the fort in which she is
confined with the other prisoners removed from Lugh-
man to Caubul by Mahomed Akbar Khan. It is
reported that the Sirdar offered to send the remains
of the deceased to General Pollock's camp in order
that the nature of his death might be satisfactorily as-
certained, but this it appears was not deemed neces-
sary. Of the prisoners and hostages generally very
favourable accounts have been received, and we sin-
cerely trust that the next mail will carry home the
ardently looked for news of the whole of the prisoners
and hostages having been released by the advance of
Generals Pollock and Nott.
THE CAUBUL PRISONERS.
(From the Delhi Gazette of Sept. 21.)
Amongst the items mentioned in our letters from
Jellalabad, is the almost incredible report that Armen
Oola Khan, the chief of Logur, one of the principal
insurgent chiefs, and the contriver of Shah Soojah's
death, had arrived from Caubul in General Pollock's
camp, and offered his services.
We much regret to learn, on what we deem good
authority, that all the prisoners have been removed
from Caubul towards the Hindoo Koosh, with the
exception of Captains Troup and Bygrave, who are
still with Akbar Khan at Caubul, and Captains Eyre
and Anderson, whose families are too ill to be re-
moved.- Dr. Campbell is also left in the capital to
attend to the sick. Should this prove true, and,
we are sorry to say our information is so pre-
cise
as to leave but little doubt of the matter,
there are but slender hopes of the speedy re-
lease of our poor countrymen. The only hope on
which we can build for the present is founded on the
resolution, said to have been come to by the Gover-
nor-General, to act by. the members of Dost Maho-
med's family in India in a summary method, and at
once send them off to England via Bombay. The
horror with which the communication of this deter-
mination is said to have been received at Loodianah,
is, we trust, an earnest that the threat will have the
desir2d effect. The Dost will, of course, accompany
the younger branches of his family, in the event of
this determination being carried into effect, and of
this there is little doubt, unless the speedy restoration
of our prisoners should prevent its execution. Cap-
tain Mills, officiating assistant to Mr. Clerk, at Loo-
dianah, announced the intention of Government to
the detenus there, only the evening before what may
be deemed authentic intelligence of the removal of
our countrymen reached that station. Our informa-
tion says that the official notification took the Aff-
ghans quite aback, and that they stood perfectly
aghast.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
(From 27th August to Ist October, 1842.)
APPOINTMENTS.
Assistant-Surgeon Shaw, M.D., from the Marine
Department, is placed at the disposal of the superin-
tending surgeon at Poonah.
Assistant-Surgeons G. Maitland and J. Peet, are
appointed to do duty with her Majesty's 28th Regt.
Assistant-Surgeon T. J. Young, attached to do
duty in the Native General Hospital.
Ensign C. W. Walker, of the sth Regiment Native
Light Infantry, to act as interpreter to her Majesty's
78th Highlanders.
Lieut. S. J. Lowry, to act as Adjutant to the 14th
Regiment Native Infantry.
Assistant-Surgeon R. Collum, M.D., is appointed
to the medical charge of the details of her Majesty's
28th Foot, ordered to Kurrachee.
Assistant-Surgeons T. J. Young and J. C. Tres-
trailt, are directed to proceed to Ahmedabad for
general duty.
Assistant Surgeons M. Style, W. J. Stuart, and
K. J. Russell, are directed to proceed to Kurrachee,
by the earliest opportunity, for general duty.
Ensign Field, appointed to act as Adjutant to the
left wing 6th Regiment Native Infantry.
Ensigp. W. P. Gray, 26th Regiment Native In-
fantry, is appointed to act as interpreter to the left
wing 18th Regiment Native Infantry.
Lieutenant D. Milne, Sub-Assistant-Commissary-
General, appointed to take charge of the Deputy
Commissary-General's office.
Lieutenant D. Erskine is appointed Adjutant of the
Artillery at Candahar.
Lieutenant and Brevet-Captain H. W. Brett is ap-
pointed to act as Secretary to the permanent Select
Committee of Artillery officers.
Lieutenant Bailey, of the Artillery, to act as Com-
missariat officer, and in charge of military bazaars,
at Aden.
Assistant-Surgeon G. K. Dickinson, now in the
Deccan, is directed to proceed as early as practicable
to Aden for duty.
Assistant-Surgeon J. Peet is directed to do duty
with the left wing 2d Regiment European Light
Infantry.
Major-General J. Morse is appointed to succeed
Major-General Willis on the general staff of the
army of this presidency.
Assistant-Surgeons G. Shaw, M.D., now on duty
at Poona, and T. J. Young and J. C. Trestraill, at
present under orders for Guzerat, are directed to pro-
ceed to Kurrachee, for general dut.,-.
Assistant-Surgeons S. M. Pelly and C. T. Weston,
M.D., are directed to proceed to Ahmedatad for ge-
neral duty.
Lieutenant S. R. Morse, of the Ist Bombay Euro-
pean Regiment, is appointed to act as Superintendent
of Police, during the absence of Cuptain Burrows on
sick leave.

PROMOTED._

Lieutenant F. Fenwick, 10th Regiment Native In-
fantry, to the brevet rank of Captain.
Second Lieutenant C. B. Fuller, of the Artillery,
to be First Lieutenant.
Lieutenant-Colonels J. Sherreff and T. Dickinson,
of the Bombay Army, to be Brevet Colonels.
Wukaaeutittiled gentlemen are admitted to the

CASTING CANNON.—The Emperor, in a personal
interview with the high officers of the army in Che-
keang, has ordered them to make strenuous exertions,
for the erection of foundries and the casting of can-
non, at some eligible place, and that the guns be sent
with flying dispatch to Chekeang.
IMPERIAL PRESENT OF SHOES.—It has hitherto
been the usual custom for the Emperor annually to
present a handsome pair of shoes to all the high mili-
tary officers of Mantchow Tartary. This year his
Majesty publishes that only one half of the said offi-
cers will be thus distinguished.

THE LATE COMMISSIONER YUICEEN.—The imperial
will has been declared that' the demise of Yukeen
having taken place, his son shall be rewarded with a
mandarin's cap button. No allusion is made to the
circumstances of Yukeen's death, nor is the precise
rank stated to which his son is promoted.
THE CURRENCY.—Owing to the high price of
silver in Shan-se province the Emperor has forbidden
the further coining of copper cash in that province for
the period of one or two years.
REBELLION IN Hoorn' PROVINCE.—The result of
the rebellion in Hoopih five months ago was the get-
ting of entire possession by the insurgents of the
cities of Sung Yang and Tungshan, which are
situated in departments of the same name in the
north-west part of the province. A recent,
gazette states that a large body of imperial troops had
just entered the disaffected districts, attacked the
rebels, routed them and recovered the cities. There
were several thousands of the insurgents, and a large
number was killed and wounded. Hoopih is one of
the central provinces of China, covers a large extent
of territory, isrdensely populated, and has long been
famed for its wealth and men of letters. It is bounded
on the north by the province of Honan, on the east
by Ganhwuy, on the west by Szechun, and on the
south by Hoonan.
PEKIN.—The governor of Chihle represents to the
Emperor the great importance of still larger appro-
priations being made for strengthening the fortifica-
tions both on the east and the west of the Imperial
province in order to check all advances of the (Yth
E) " rebellious barbarians."

CHEKEANG.—The Governor lays before the Em-
peror a detailed statement of the number, &c., of all
the officers civil and military, who have served in
Chekeang, the seat of war, during the past year : he
notices Ist, those who had been newly put in office ;
2d, those who had been long employed ; 3d, those who
had left the province being either expelled or had left
to take office elsewhere ; and 4th, those who had died.

REDELLION.—Some of the wild tribes north of
Sze-Chuen province were excited to rebellion by cer-
tain " foreign barbarians," dwelling on the Chinese
frontiers. Being urged to throw off the Chinese
yoke, they arose and committed great depredations.
The Gazette states that an imperial force was
dispatched to the said region, and after putting forty
of the insurgent chiefs to death, brought all the dis-
affected to submission, among which was one " fo-
reign barbarian," who agreeing to yield to the im-
perial authority, was graciously permitted to remain
uninjured.
CANTON.—A physic store in Canton city was burned
down; consuming four persons in. the flames. The
Emperor is indignant at such inexcusable careless-
ness, and orders the individual in charge of the dis-
trict, a Mandarin of the sixth rank, to be forthwith
disgraced from his office.

INDIAN DISPATCHES.
(From Last Night's Gazette.)
INDIA BOARD, Nov. 8, 1842.
The following notifications, issued by the Governors
General of India, have this day been received at the East
India House :
NOTIFICATION.—SECRET DEPARTMENT.
Kurnaul, Sept. 3, 1842.
The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India has
directed the publication of the following copy of a dis-
patch from Major-General EnglFul, K.H., dated the
19th ultimo. By order, &c.
T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of
India, with the Governor-General.
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL R. ENGLAND, K.H., TO T. H.
MADDOCK, ESQ.
Camp, near Killa Abdoolla, Aug. 19.
Sir—l have the honour to report for the information
of the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council,
that the British force at Candahar having evacuated that
city on the 7th and Bth, I moved from my encampment
near its walls on the 10th, pursuant to instructions, with
the detachment under-mentioned, en route to Quettah,
and that I arrived on this ground yesterday :—One troop
late Shah's Horse Artillery; seven guns, drawn by bul-
locks; two Ressallahs Irregular Horse; one ditto Poona
ditto; 25th Bombay Native Infantry; late Light Batta-
lion ditto ; Ist, 2d, and sth Regiments late Shah's
Infantry.
2. It was communicated to me on the 9th and subse-
quently that the insurgents were preparing to attack the
column and convoy under my charge in its passage, and
especially that they would make efforts to intercept it in
the strong country of the Kojuck range, at the northern
extremity of which I arrived with little molestation on
the morning of the 16th.
3. Whatever might have been the intentions of the
enemy, it was ascertained by reconnoitring that the
highest points of the mountain were not yet occupied by
them, and I thought it right, therefore, notwithstanding
that the troops had just completed a night march of
twenty-four miles, to push forward a light column to
seize the summit at once.
4. This operation was perfected by three battalions,
and the most important ridge and all the peaks com-
manding the principal passes were gained by the troops
before dark.
5. On the following morning the insurgents began to
appear in small bodies on different hills, but the route
being flanked they did little mischief, and the baggage,
artillery, and immense retinue under the protection of
this camp, including nine or ten thousand beasts of bur-
den, began the ascent, covered by a rear-guard of two
battalions and the cavalry, and I was soon made aware
of our good fortune in having seized the heights on the
previous evening, for the number of the enemy gradually
increased, but all their efforts to capture the baggage, or
indeed to interrupt us to any serious extent, were frus-
trated, and the passage across the Kojuck mountains may
be said to have been perfected by noon on the 18th.
6. I have had the highest reason to be gratified with
the exertions of all the officers and troops on this occa-
sion, and it is entirely owing to their incessant efforts in
duties of great fatigue, under a privation of water, both
in climbing up the extreme points of the range to drive
off the enemy whenever they appeared, and in dragging
thirteen pieces of artillery over the ridge, that this ser-
vice has been accomplished with so little loss on our side
of life or of convoy.
7. I beg to inclose a list of the casualties in killed and
wounded of this column which have occurred since I left
the immediate vicinity of Candahar.
8. My last accounts of Major-General Nott were of the
13th, three marches north of Candahar.
9. His Highness Prince Timoor and his family are in
my camp, and every possible attention is paid to his com-
fort and safety.
10. The Right Honourable the Governor-General will
have been informed that the Chief Saloo Khan, who had
taken service with us after the affair with the enemy of
the 28th April, near Hykulzie, suddenly absconded from
the military post held by us at this place, on hearing of
our abandonment of Candahar, and it was presumed that
he was at the head of the insurgents in the Kojuck hills,
but I am not inclined to believe that he was thus em-
ployed, and I think it more probable that he may have
proceeded to join Prince Suftur Jung, who bad placed
himself at the head of affairs at Candshar.
11. I have no information to warrant the expectation
of any serious opposition between this and Quettah, es-
pecially as the Brahoe connexion with the Affghans
seems severed for the present, and I hope to be enabled
to report my arrival at Quettah to his Lorpship on the
27th or the 28th instant.
12. Pursuant to the instructions of Government of the
19th of March, I have assumed the political responsi-
bilities as well as military command, vacated by the
casualty therein contemplated in the departure from
these countries of Major-General Nott.—l have, &c.,
R. ENGLAND, Major-General,
Commanding Scinde Force.
Return of Casualties among the Troops under the con
mand of Major-General R. England, K.H., since leaving.
Candahar, up to this date inclusive.
Camp, at Killa Abdoolla, Aug. 19, 1842.
Ist Irregular Cavalry."--1 private, 1 horse, ,killed ; 1
private, 1 horse, wounded ; 1 horse missing*
I'oonah Horse.-1 bheestee wounded.
Detachment of the 12th Regiment of Native Infantry.-
1 private killed.
25th Regt. of Native Infantry.-1 private wounded.
Light Companies-1 havildar wounded, 1 private miss-
ing.
Ist Irregular Infantry. 1 havildar, 1 private
wounded.
sth Irregular Infantry. 1 havildar, 1
wounded.private
Total.-2 privates,l horse killed ; 3 havildarf, 4Pri-
vates, 1 bheestee, 1 horse wounded ; 1 private, 1 horse
missing. W. WYLLIE. Major,
Briglde•MajOY bciade Force.

GEORGE POLLOCK,
Major-General, Commanding in Affghanistan.
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, COMMANDING IAN ATP-
OHANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL LUMLEY, ADJUTANT-
GENERAL OF TUE ARMY.
Camp Mammoo Khail, Aug. 25, 1842.
Sir—l have the honour to report, for the information
of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that I
reached Gundamuck on the morning of the 23d instant.,
with the troops as follows :—First Squadron sth Light
Cavalry ; head-quarters and one squadron 10th Light
Cavalry ; No. 6 Light Field Battery ; sth company
Sappers and Miners ; her Majesty's 9th Foot ; 26th
Native Infantry ; 60th Native Infantry.
On approaching the ground a few horsemen appeared,
but retired as we advanced. I soon learnt that the
enemy, under the chiefs Hadji Alli and Khyroollah
Khan, occupied the village and fort of Mammoo Khail.
about two miles from Gundamuck, and I determined
upon attacking them the following morning.
I ordered up a squadron of the 3d Dragoons and Cap-
tain Broadfoot's corps of Sappers and Miners from
General Sale's camp, and they joined before daylight the
following morning.
At four A.M. yesterday morning, I moved towards the
enemy with the following troops :-1 squadron sth Light
Cavalry, 1 squadron 10th ditto, No. 6 Light Field Bat-
tery, sth company Sappers and Miners, her Majesty's
9th Foot, 26th Native Infantry, 60th Native Infantry,
Broadfoot's Sappers. On clearing the broken ground in
front, I divided the infantry into two columns, with
wing of her Majesty's 9th Foot at the head of each, and
skirmishers in front. I directed Captain Broadfoot with
his corps to go the right. The cavalry also advanced ea
the right to cut off the retreat of the enemy.
Captain Abbott's battery accompanied the columns,
and, as we advanced, occasionally opened on the enemy,
who continued in position so long we hoped they would
oppose us with their whole force ; but they retired on
our approach, and we entered the village.
The fields in front.of the village were purposely flooded
to prevent our advance. The lett column then went to-
wards the fort of Mammoo Khail, and the right column
proceeded to Kooclee Khail ; the ground was impracti-
cable for cavalry near the whole distance ; but on one
or two occasions an opportunity did offer, and the enemy
suffered accordingly. Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, with
some companies of the 9th Foot and 26th Native Infantry,
occupied part of the heights in front of the village of
Kooclee Khail, while Captain Broadfoot and some of the
26th Native Infantry cleared the hills to the left of Lieu-
tenant Taylor's position. As Kooclee Khail is about two
miles from Mammoo Khail, and as a position there might
have been attended with risk, unless very strongly sup-
ported, I directed Major-General, M`Caskill to retire on
Mammoo Khail. As I consideredit of importance to
hold Mammoo Khail, which was the enemy's position, I
wrote for the whole camp to be brought here, and it ar-
rived in safety yesterday afternoon.
I left the camp standing, and selected Major Davis, of
her Majesty's 9th Foot, to command the following party
for its protection :—Three companies 26th Native In-
fantry, three companies 60th Native Infantry, and 50
sowers of the 3d Irregular Cavalry. The duty was one
of considerable importance, as it was by no means im-
probable that the enemy would take advantage of our ad-
vance to send a party to the camp. The squadron of
Dragoons having arrived just as I was starting, their
horses would not have been equal to a day's hard work,
which induced me to leave them in camp. The over-
throw of this part of the enemy must, I conclude, have
been very unexpected, as the whole of their camp equi-
page, with its carriage cattle, was captured by Captain
Broadfoot's corps and the 3d Irregular Cavalry.
I have much gratification in reporting that the troops,
both European and native, of each branch and depart-
ment, well supported the haracter of British soldiers.
Where all are equally zealous is the cause, and devoted
to their duty, my thanks are equally due to all ; but I
may be permitted to mention the names or corps and de-
partments employed. Major-General M'Caskill, K.H.,
commanding the right column ; Brigadier Tulloch, com-
manding the left column • Captain Abbott, commanding
the light field battery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor,K.H.,
commanding her Majesty's 9th Foot ; Major Huish,
commanding the 26th Native Infantry ; Capt. Napleton,
commanding the 60th Native Infantry ; Major Blair,
commanding the 10th Light Cavalry; Captain Oldfield,
commanding squadron of the sth Light Cavalry ; Cap-
tain Tait, commanding the 3d Irregular Cavalry ; Cap-
tain Abbott, Field Engineer ; Lieut. Becher, command-
ing Sappers and Miners ; and Superintending-Surgeon
Steven, and Captain Nugent, officiating Sub-Assistant
Commissary-General. The officers of the staff who con-
veyed my orders to the different columns, and otherwise
aided in the movements of the day, were Captain Have-
lock, Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General ; Capt. Smith,
Major of Brigade; Captain Ponsonby, Assist.-Adjutant-
General ; Captain Lane, Commissary of Ordnance ;
Lieutenant Richmond Shakespear, Military Secretary ;
Captain Codrington, Assistant Quartermaster-General ;
Lieutenant Mayne, Officiating Deputy-Assistant-Quar-
termaster-General, who was most active throughout the
day ; Lieutenant Tytler, Baggage Master ;.Lieutenant
Pollock, Aide-de-Camp, and Captain M•Gregor, Aide-
de-Camp. To the last-mentioned officer, I am not only
indebted for services in the field, but for valuable infor-
mation, and for constant exertions to obtain supplies fur
the force, which his local knowledge and personal ac-
quaintance with the Mullicks enabled him to do.
I have this morning heard from several quarters
that the two chiefs, Hadji Ali wed Khyroollalt Khan
have gone to Caubul, attended by about sixty men. If I
had removed to camp at Gundamuck yesterday, there can
be little doubt that the enemy would have re-occupied
this place, and he would have announced to the Caubul
authorities he had beaten us back. Kooclee Khail has
been destroyed by fire. The fort and village of Mammoo
Khail have been also destroyed by fire, and before I
quit this place the trees, to which much value and im-
portance are attached, will be cut down.
I have the honour to inclose- a return of casualties.
I regret I shall be deprived of the services of Major
Huish, 26th Native Infantry, and Captain Edmonds, her
Majesty's 9th Foot, for some time, though I hope Rot
long. Lieutenant Robertson, of the 37th Regiment Na-
tive Infantry, doing duty with the 26th Native Infantry,
is slightly wounded, and will, I trust, soon return to his
duty.
I have the pleasure to inclose reports from Major-Gen.
M'Caskill, K.H., and Captain Broadfoot.—l have, &c.
G. POLLOCK, Major-General,
Commanding in Affghanistan.
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL J. M'CASKILL, K.H., COMMANDING
INFANTRY DIVISION, TO CAPTAIN G. PONSONBY,
SISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
Camp, Mammoo Khail, Aug. 25, 1842.
Sir,—l beg to detail to you for the information of
Major-General Pollock, C. 8., the operations of the right
column in the affair of yesterday, after it had become
separated from that of the left, on the complete success
of the combined attack on the enemy's position in ad-
vance of Mammoo Khail.
You are aware that this force consisted of four com-
panies of her Majesty's 9th Foot, and six of the 26th
Regiment of Native Infantry, under the immediate com-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, K.H., of the former
corps. The enemy had fled before our troops
and
abandoned the village of Kooclee Kail, but reinforced
strongly by the fugitives driven back by Brigadier
Tulloch's column, he assumed a menacin dainedr
occupied in force a range of heights
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on this occasion, as well as to express 'my sense of the
gallantry of all the troops engaged, and to acknowledges
the able assistance which I received from Captain
lock, her Majesty's 13th Light
,Infantry, Deputy As-
sistant-Adjutant-General ; Lieutenant Mayne, 37th
Regiment Native Infantry, Officiating Deputy Assistant
Quartermaster General ; and Lieutenant Bethune, her
Majesty's 9th Foot, my Aide-de-Catty. The intrepidity
also with which Captain Broadfoot's Sappers and Miners
aided in the attack on one of the advanced heights de-
serves my marked commendation.;--I have, &c.,
JOHN M`Cassitx, Major-General,
Commanding Infantry Division.
FROM CAPTAIN J. BROADFOOT, SAPPERS AND MINERS,
COMMANDING RIGHT COLUMN, TO CAPTAIN G. PON-.
SONDY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
Camp, Matninoo Khail, Aug. 9.5.
to orders, 1 have the honour to report
Sir- •Agrec'ablY
the proceedings of the column entrusted to me by the Ma-
jor-General commanding, in the action of yesterday.
I moved, as directed, with the Sappers (about 220
men) and the 3d Irregular Cavalry (250) across the ra-
vine to the right of the force. We found the enemy
strongly posted in an orchard with some enclosures, and
the usual field-works of loose stones in their front were
also occupied. This position flanked the approach of the
main body.
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rest of the Sappers in column under Lieutenact,so Dl74rsr
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turn the enemy's left flank, and Captain Tait
still more to the right, and in ace, to cat off th ei r
retreat. While we waited in this erdeilbe advance et

the force, the enemy reinforced the orchard, and moved
out to attack us. I was therefore obliged to advance be-
fore the force arrived. The enemy's positions were
quickly carried in succession. One party was driven
towards the 3d Irregular Cavalry, who pursued, and the
remainder fled to the village of Mammon Khail, into
which the main body of the enemy were at this moment
driven by the fire of our artillery. They opened a fire on
us, ill-directed, but so heavy that we were obliged to attack
the village. They fled when we reached it, and the Sappers
pursued to the fort, but were so exhausted by the march
from Futteabad, and the previous operations, that the
enemy was able to enter and barricade the gate. Their
fire was kept down by one party of the Sappers, while
the rest climbed on each other's shoulders over a .half-
repaired bastion, about eight feet high, aria covered with
thorns. The enemy fled over the walls on the other
side, leaving the rear gate barricaded. This, and de-
!wending from the walls, lost so much time, that pursuit
was nearly hopeless as far as our now exhausted men
were concerned. We pressed on with the least fatigued,
however, and, keeping up to the hills, forced the enemy
into ground. Our cavalry were approaching, and we
had the satisfaction of seeing the cavalry overtake and
attack them.
Parties were now directed to destroy the forts aban-
doned on the cavalry approaching, while with a few men
I pushed on to the last village near the hills. There we
surprised the enemy, whose head-quarters were there,
driving them out of the village and adjoining camp, and
obtaining their tents, cattle, and ammunition, and a good
quantity of provisions. The enemy (who were evidently
the Jezailehees from Caubul) fled to the hills, the fire of
which swept the village.
I was now directed to take a party of her Majesty's
9th Foot—the Sappers being now worn out, except
about six men—and attack the hills ; the first and second
heights were carried at the point of the bayonet, and
flanking parties having turned the shoulders of the high
range, we were advancing up it when the main force ar-
rived, and our further progress was stayed. My sepa-
rate command now ceased, and I was soon after ordered
with the Sappers to head-quarters.
The conduct of the troops, officers and men, European
and Native, was admirable ; and it is due to the 26th
Native Infantry to mention, that in storming the second
height with a party of her Majesty's 9th Foot, a party
of the former corps joined us, and behaved with the
same spirit as the rest.—l have, &c.
G. BROADFOOT, Captain,
Commanding Right Column.
Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of Troops
under the Personal Command of Major-General Pol-
lock, C. 8., commanding in Affghanistan, on the 24th
of August, 1842 :
Detachment sth Cavalry.-1 sepoy wounded, 1 horse
missing.
3d Irregular Cavalry-1 sepoy, 1 camp-follower, and
3 horses killed ; 1 European officer, 1 sepoy, 1 camp-
follower, and 5 horses wounded.
No. 6 Light Field Battery-1 camp follower wounded.
Her Majesty's 9th Foot-2 privates killed, 1 officer,
1 sergeant, and 7 privates wounded.
2Gth Regiment Native Infantry-1 sepoy killed ; 2
European officers, 4 havildars, 4 'milts, and 17 sepoys
wounded.
Capt. Broadfoot's corps of Sappers and Miners-2
sepoys killed ; 1 sergeant ; 1 native officer, 1 drum-
mer, and 4 sepoys wounded.
'Total-2 privates, 4 sepoys, 1 camp follower, 3 horses,
killed ; 4 European officers, 2 sergeants, 7 privates, 1
native officer, 4 havildars, 4 naiks, 1 drummers, 24 sepoys,
2 camp followers, 5 horses, wounded ; 1 horse missing.
Names cf Officers Wounded—Capt. Tait, command-
ing 3d Irregular Cavalry, slightly ; Capt. R. S. Ed-
monds, her Majesty's 9th Foot, severely ; Major G.
Huish, 26th Regiment N. 1., severely ; Ensign G. Robert-
son, 57th Regiment N. 1., slightly.
G. PONSONBY, Captain.
Assist.-Adjt. General.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, tiov.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Ber-
keley Drummond, of the Scots' Fusilier Guards, to
be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to her
Majesty, in the room of General the Hon. Sir William
Lumley, G.C.B. resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 7.

The :Queen has been pleased to appoint General the
Hon. Sir William Lumley, G.C.8., to be Extra Groom
in Waiting to her Majesty.
DUCHY OF CORNWALL. _

The names of those who were nominated for Sheriff of
the county of Cornwall, by the Council of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, on the 3th of November,
in the sixth year of the reign of Queen Victoria, and in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty-two :—William Marshall, of Trework:rcy, Esq. ;
Richard Spry, of Place, Esq. ; William Henry Pole
Carew, of East Antony, Esq.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 8. .

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John
Wilkeson, as Consul at Turk's Island for the United
States of America.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 8.

3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. F. Garrott
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires ;
Cornet H. H. Bacon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Garrott ; C. P. (Cote, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Bacon, Nov. 8.
6th Regiment of Dragoons—Lieut. F. Sutton, from
the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Walker, who ex-
changes, Nov. S.
13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Ensign J. J.
Lloyd, from the ist Foot, to be Cornet, vice T. D. Lloyd,
who exchanges, Nov. 8.
Ist Regiment of -Foot—Cornet T. D. Lloyd, from the
13th • Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice J. J. Lloyd,
who exchanges, Nov: 8.
3d. Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—D. Stewart,
Gent., vice Smith, • promoted, Nov. 7 ; A. Fitz Gerald,
Gent., vice Mercer, promoted, Nov. 8.
7th Foot—Lieut. W. J. T. Walker, from the 6th Dra-
goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Sutton, who exchanges,
Nov. 8.
8111 Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Ross to be
Quartermaster, vice Aldridge, deceased, Nov. 8.
9th Foot—Ensign R. Daunt to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Williams, whose promotion, by purchase,
has been cancelled, Aug. 16.
10th Foot—C. J. Lindam, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Ottley, deceased, Nov. 8.
lUh Foot—W. Chalmers, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Ross, promoted in the 921 Foot, Nov. 8.
24th Foot—Lieut.-General R. Ellice to be Colonel,
vice Lieut.-General Sir J. Lyon. deceased, Nov. 2.
27th Foot—Lieut.-General Sir J. Maclean, K.C.8.,
from the 60th Foot, to be Colonel, Tice Sir G. L. Cole,
deceased,
30th Foot—Lieut. W. A. Steele to be Captain' with-
out purchase, vice the Hon. H. J. Pery, deceased ; En-
sign J. B. Patullo to be Lieutenant, vice Steele, Oct. 10 ;
Sergeant-Major S. Sharpe to be Ensign, vice Patullo,
Nov. 8.
3lst Foot—A. Pilkington, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Tritton, promoted, Nov. 8.
38th Foot—Ensign W. J. Loftus, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Stowell, who retires ; S. Robinson,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Loftus, Nov. 8.
57th Foot—G. Armstrong, Gent. to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Morphett, promoted, Nov. 8.
60th Foot—Lieut.-General Sir W. G. Davy to be
Colonel-Commandant of a Battalion, vice Sir J. Mac-
lean, appointed to the 27th Foot, Nov. 2.
62d Foot—W. A. Sinclair, Gent. to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Hillier, promoted. Nov. 8.
63d Foot—Cornet B. Wal'rond, from half-pay 15th
Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Kirby, appointed
Quartermaster 58th Foot ; J. Fairtlough, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Walrond, who retires, Nov. 8.
66th Foot—Lieutenant R. Phibbs, from half-pay loth
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice R. Steele, appointed Store-
keeper at Chelsea Hospital ; Ensign A. Blount to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Phibbs, who retires ; T.
Benson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blount,
Nov. 8.
69th Foot—G. H. Evans, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hughes, promoted in the 63d Foot, Nov. 8.
77th Foot—J. Miller, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Mahon, promoted in the 63d Foot, Nov. 8.
81st Foot—Ensign J. H. Craige, from half-pay of the
3d Garrison Battalion, to be-Ensign, vice Crawley, 'pro-
moted in the 3d Foot, Nov. 8.
MemonaNbuat—The names and designation of the
Gentleman appointed to a Cornetcy, in the 7th Dragoon
Guards, 22d July 1842, are Charles Edward Petre,
Gent:, not the Hon. Charles Petra, as previously stated.
• Erratum in the Gazette of the Ist instant.
• 63d Foot—For Ensign Marcus Collingwood Hughes,
from the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice " Fowle,
'promoted," read vice " Hardie, deceased."
• OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 7.
• Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain C. B.
Symons to be Captain, vice Walsh, retired on full-pay ;
First Lieutenant the Hon. R. F. Handcock to be Second
Captain, vice Symons ; Second Lieutenant A. Peter
to be First Lieutenant, Tice Handcock, November 1 ;
Second Lieutenant A. P. S. Green to be First Lieute-
nant, vice W. W. Jones, resigned, Nov. 3.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain 11. P.
Wulff to be Captain,t vice Kay, retired un full-pay ;
First Lieutenant W.
vice Wulff ; Second Lieutenant
to be Second Captain,
vice Robinson,utetonliti:2l44c. Cowper to be First
Lieutenant,
Ordnwee. MedicalDqm femporary Assistant•
•Surg O. S. .Dounan, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Nov. 1.
:minis ion by the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire.
he King's Regiment of Chesrel.
(andanry Cavalry.
—Altrineharn Troop.—William Pewnae
j'ownell, as stated in the Gazette of the Ist instn.jo,LGWen7lnt.,
to be Cornet, Oct. 19.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
BENJAMIN LALTRENCE, merchant, Crown-court,
Old Broad-;erect.
THOMAS MURRAY, glass dealer, Bedford-street,
Covent-garden.
J( HEN BELL. soda-water manufacturer, Hereford.
• THOMAS WEARE PROSSE It, tanner, Hereford.

BANKRUPTS.
JOHN BUTLER LODGE, bath propriGtor, Gerrard-
street, Soho, to surrender Nov. 21 and Dec.. _O. at eleven,
.40. the Court of Bankroptcr. Turquand,otheial assignee,
Copthall-court quad ropthall-buildings ; Walters
and, Reeve, Basinghall-street:
1.110. M AS ANDERSON GOODALL, chemist., Ep-
worth, Lincolnshire Nov. 11 and The. 20, at four, at
the White Hart Inn:Gain:borough. Norris, Allen. and
3rtlett's-huildings, Holborn; Farrow, Altbrd,
Lincolnshire.

G EOI.O E JAMES M ARSIIALL, woollen warehouse-
men, Wood-street, Cheapside, Nov. 2°, and Dec. 20, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. -Edwards, Frede-
rick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Van Sandau,
and King-street, Cheapside.
.1( )SE I 1 I.IN 1)0N, • merchant, PlymOuth, Devon-
shire, Nor. 19, and Dee.. 20, at eleven, at Elliott's Royal
Hotel, Plymouth. Surr, Lombard-street, London ;
Edmonds, or El worth v, Plymouth.
• JOHN OGI)EN 11U11.\1,,EY and JOHN AIM-,
corn .ileekutpudwilie, , orkshire, Nov. 21 and

Dec. 20, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds.
Scott, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Bakewell, Wakefield.
EDWARD MASSEY and RICHARD LAMBERT,
warehousemen, Watling-street, Nov. 18 and Dec. 20,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Alsager, official
assignee, Birchin-lane ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street.
JAMES MARCUS FRANCES, grocer, Gosport,
Nov. 11, at nine, and Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Royal
Oak Inn, Portsea. Low, Chancery-lane, London; Ford,
Portsea.
JOSEPH FROSTE and ISAIAH ASHLIN, mer-
chants, Liverpool, Nov. 18, and Dec. 20, at one, at the
Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Duncan and Radcliffe,
Liverpool ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdil •
ban, Bedford-row, London.
JOHN HENRY ANDERSON, printer, Manchester,
Nov. 21, and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Manchester. Abbott and Arney, Charlotte. street,
Bedford-square, London ; Bennetts, Manchester.
WILLIAM TOMKINSON, wine and spirit-mer-
chant, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Nov. 22, and
Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel, Newcastle-
under-Lyme. Stainer, Newcastle-under-Lyme ; Jones,
Trinder, and Tudway , John- street, Bedford-row, London.
JAMES CRAMBROOK, draper, Deal, Nov. 18, and
Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Deal. Sole,
Aldermanbury, London ; Turner, King-street, Cheap-
side, London.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Reynolds, coal merchant, Upper Thames-street,
Nov. 29, at half-past eleven—S. Allen, coal merchant,
Stratford, Nov. 30, at eleven—T. Chapman, dairyman,
Tottenham-court-road, Dec. 3, at eleven—Js. Simmons,
Jn. Simmons, and J. Pine, manufacturers of prussiate of
potash,Battersea, Dec, 1, at twelve—R. Mitchell, mer-
chant, Lime-street, Dec. 1, at eleven—G. Till, jun., vic-
tualler, Paddington, Dec. 1, at one—T. Bush, H. Fergu-
son, and M'N. Liddell, merchants, London-street, Nov.
29, at twelve—J. Colnett, hotel keeper, Gravesend, Nov.
30, at twelve-=-J. J. Schenck, merchant, Addle-street,
Nov. 30, at half-past twelve--W. Smith, miller, St. Al-
ban's, Nov. 30, at half-past twelve—D. Morgan, tanner,
Rhosmaen, Carmarthenshire, Nov. 30, at eleven.
In the Country.
G. Jones, draper, Nevin, Carnarvonshire, Dec. 1. at
eleven—T. Gidden, licensed victualler, Farringdon,
Berkshire, Nov. 29.
CERTIFICATES —Nov. 29.

R. Jefferson, grocer, Beverley, Yorkshire—P. W.
Carter and J. Jackson, woollen drapers, Brewer street,
Golden-square—R. Driver, commission agent, Manches-
ter—J. Brooke, jun., manufacturer, Dewsbury, York-
shire—F. and C. Sadars, corn merchants, Dvrby—W.
Chambers, organ builder, Oxford—B. Waterhouse, cot-
ton spinner, Glossop, Derbyshire—J. and T. Wood,
cloth manufacturers, Leeds—R. Insoll, coach maker,
Brighton —G. Rayment, hosier, Oxford-street—B.
Rollo, merchant, Liverpool—W. Moulding, cordwainer,
Salford, Lancashire—S. Rushton, ironmonger, Notting-
ham—B. Smith, stuff manufacturer, Cross-hills, York-
shire—B. Blackniore and J. Craven, corn millers, Wake-
field, Yorkshire—W. and H. Kynnersley, millers, Taten-
hill, Staffordshire—J. Maidlow, builder, Fetter-lane—
H. Baird, grocer, Gloucester —J. Cuisset, jeweller,
Blackfriars-road-4. Hall and S. Vincent, tea dealers,
St. Mary-axe—T. S. Cave, Walmer, Kent.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

T. H. Greaves, G. Hooton, and J. Spencer, dyers,
Nottingham—B. Mullins and J. MacMahon, contractors
for public works, Preston, Lancashire—J. Pogmore and
U. Davenport, drapers, Macclesfield, Cheshire—W. Wa-
ters and G. Hulme, machine makers, Macclesfield,
Cheshire—T. Gardner and J. Bailey, maltsters, Pains-
wick, Gloucestershire—G. W.akeling and H. C. Bailes,
auctioneers, Chelmsford—W. Gaskell and J. 11. Bullock,
attorneys, Manchester—R. Cox and R. Boughton, mer-
cers, Hanley, Staffordshire—J. Mawson, G. Mawson, J.
Davison, and W. Woodhead, railway contractors, Brad-
ford, Yorkshire—T. R. Batson, E. Campion, T. John-
son, N. King, and S. Reed, iron masters, Bellingham.
Northumberland (so far as regards T. Johnson and S,
Reed—F. D. Nicklin and M. Cary, lithographers, New-
gate-street—J. Cazenove and P. E. Aubertin, merchants
—J. R. Day and C. Harriss, saddlers' ironmongers,
Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields—J. CooksPy
and J. Inkes, coal masters, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire
—J. and C. Teede, grocers, Bishopsgate•street Without
—W. Butcher and T. Smith, carpet warehousemen,
Marlborough-street—W. Hitchcock, F. M. Hitchcock,
J. Maunder, F. Maunder, E. Maunder, and R. Maunder,
woollen manufacturers, Southmolton, Devonshire—J.
and C. Ha,lam, farmers, Whitley-park farm, Berkshire
—R. Wing and A. Jones, butchers, Goodge-street, St.
Pancras.