The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-10 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA EDEN.

UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS,
THIS EVENING, MARCH 10,
Will be performed Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W.
Harrison; °roves°, Mr. Leffler; Flavius, Mr. Clement White;
IsT•irma Miss Adelaide Kemble; Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth; Clotilda,
Miss drant.

Atter which will be repeated, with additions, Milton's Masque of
COMUS.—Comos, Mr. W. Harrison; First Bacchante, Madame
Vestris; the lady, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Elder Brother, Mr. J. Vin-
ing ; Syrens, Madame Vestris and. Mks Rainforth; Genius of the
Frozen Clime, Mr. Stretton ;:Euphrosyne, Madame Vestris; Sabrina,
Miss Rainforth.
Doors open at half-past 9x, and the Performances begin at Seven.
Dress Boxes is., Second Price 3s. Gd ; First and Second Circles 55.,
Second Price Is. 6d. ; Pit Seeond Price ; Gallery Is. Tickets
and Places for the Boxes to be Liken of Sir. Grogan, at the Pox.of.
lice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon ap.
plication. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book
seller, 167, New Bond-street.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Great success of Lord Byron's Werner," and First Week of a New

Nautical Dram.a.
THIS EVENING, 111 ARCH 10,

Will be acted Lord Byron's Tragedy of WERNER ; or, the IN.
HERITANCE.—Werner, Mr. H. Hughes; !oscjilune, Mrs. Vining.
After which, a (7otnic Ballet, entitled OPPOSITION; or, the
RIVAL DANCING M ASTERS.

Totoiclijilet).an:WiLltiautical Drama, called SAM SCUD;
or, PERILS by SEA and LAND.—S,:m Scud, Mr. H. Hughes;
Betsy, Mira Martin

THE NV EATHEIL—N ooN, AI A licit 9.
ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Thermometer... 41 ) Highest 54 I Lowest 34
Barometer 29.88.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point Deg.

HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning 0 minutes after I I Evening "0 minutes after I.

expedition into Afighanistan, are now, alas ! too vividly apparent.
Cabool Ins fallen, the whole British force there, amounting to
about six thousand men, annihilated; one entire British regiment,
the 44th, erased at one fell swoop from the army list, and five
native regiments cut to pieces. The ladies of the Envoy and the
officers, sixteen in number, have been carried into captivity by the
ruthless Affghans. Sir William Macnaghten, our Envoy at Cabool,
had been treacherously assassinated by the son of Dost Mahomed,
his head cut off, paraded through the streets on a pole, and stuck
in derision on the walls of Cabool by the infuriated insurgents.
You will find a connected narrative of proceedings at Cabool, up
to the 28th of December, in the accompanying papers ; but I
may here briefly recapitulate that the British force, consisting of
Her Majesty's 44th Foot
sth Regiment Bengal N . 906
37th ditto ditto
54th ditto ditto
Shah's Regiment
Artillery
100
Sappers
sth Cavalry
Anderson's Horse
2d Rasalas , Local Horse 2OO

5,400 men,
in two divisions—one half in the Bala.hissar, or citadel of Cabool,
and the other half in an entrenched camp, six miles distant, con.
tinned beleaguered there by an enemy from 15,000 to 20,000
strong, from the 2d November, the date of the insurrec-
tion, to the 28th December. The Commissariat having been
destroyed at the very commencement of the outbreak, our troops
were miserably ill.off for food, clothing, and ammunition, and were
obliged to subsist upon horseflesh and such other food as they could
procure. No assistance could be afforded them. There are only
two roads into that impracticable country, one by Candahar and
Ghuznee from the south; and the other from the eastward, by Jella.
labad and the Khoord Cabool pass, almost impracticable at any
season, but now blocked up with snow. A brigade under Colonel
M'Laren, which attempted to reach Ghuznee from Candahar, for
the relief of Cabool, was obliged to fall back, from the severity of
the weather, the passes being completely blocked up with snow.
General Sales' brigade was cooped up in Jellalabad, badly off for
supplies, and unable to more in any direction. No relief,
therefore, could be afforded to cur troops at Cabool.
During the months of November and December, there appears to
have been frequent skirmishing betty' en our troops and the enemy,
and but for the severe cold there would have been a pestilence
from the putrefaction of so many unburied corpses, which lay fes.
tering round the city. Our troops, as well as the enemy, were at
length reduced to such extremities that overtures for terms of ac-
commodation were at length mutually agreed to be discussed,. and
on the tiSth of December, Sir W. Macnaghten, with several offi-
cers, were invited to a conferencewith Mahomed Akbar Khan, the
son of Dost Mahomed, and other chiefs, at which dishonourable
terms were proposed by the latter, viz., that we should surrender
our arms, and evacuate the country altogether; that the married
officers and their wives should be retained as hostages, and re..
turned to us only when we got beyond Peshawar, and Dost Ma-
homed was returned to them. " When terms dishonourable to the
British arms were proposed by the leaders of the insurrection at
Cabool, his Excellency heroically replied, that death was prefer.
able to dishonour ; that we put our trust in the God of battles, and
in his name we defy our enemies.'"
Such is a brief outline of events, as authentically known here up
to yesterday.
For the last three days, however, native reports have been cur.
rent of the entire destruction of our force at Cabool. These re.
ports, which generally reach us from six to eight days before au.
thentic accounts are received, have hitherto invariably been found
to he correct in the main.
You will remember that the accounts of the first outbreak in
Cabool, and the death of Sir A. Burnes, transmitted to you two
months ago by the mail of the Ist of December, were not, at first,
believed here. Eight days afterwards, however, they were fully
confirmed. The death of Sir W. Macnaghten was reported here
amongst the natives six days before accounts were received;
and so on in numerous other instances, the whole of
which have ultimately turned out in the main to be
correct. This morning, however, accounts have been re.
ccived from Jellalabad to the 7th of January, two
days later than the previous advices. At that time a Dr. Bryan,
or some such name, had reached Jellalabad, having had a miracul-
ous escape, and one of the few survivors of the whole Cabool army,
A hurried despatch seems to have been sent off immediately on
his arrival, from which it appears that the force must have marched
out of Cabool about the 29th of December. They had three hard
days' fighting in the fatal Khoord C abool Pass, seventeen miles
English from Cabool, on the road to Jellalabad, and Dr. Bryan
reports having witnessed seven officers butchered.
The ladies, sixteen in number, were taken back to Cabool by the
A ffghans. A. worse fate than death awaits them! It is reported
that Major Eldred Pottinger, and two or three other officers, have
also escaped.
We can have no furthor particulars for some days. It is not
stated how Dr. Bryan effected his escape; nor is there a whisper
of the fate of Shah Soojah.
What is to be done to retrieve these disasters is a question easier
asked than answered. Already about fourteen millions sterling
Mayo been expended in attempting to retain possession of a country,
the gross annual revenues of which do not exceed the rent.roll of
some of the English nobility—and in creating a " friendly power"
on the N. W. frontiers of India.
(From the Bombay Times of Feb. I.)

At the date of our last advices three regiments, which were
attempting to march under Colonel 31`Laren, from Candahar to its
relief, had been stopped by the snows westward of Ghuzni, and
compelled to return whence they came. Ghuznee itself was snowed
up ; its garrison contained but a single sepoy regiment. Sir R.
Sale's brigade had left Cabool in the beginning of October, and
reached Jellalabad on the 12th November, and there they remain
cooped up and unable to move at peril of their existence. The
beleaguered host could receive aid from no one; they were Fur.
rounded by an enemy from 15,000 to 20,000 strong. Their Coin.
missariat, having almost at the first outbreak been destroyed, they
were by the date at which the present narrative commences, ill off
for clothing, and sorely pinched for food. The force, besides, was
divided. It consisted of nearly 6,000 men, one half in the Balla Hissar,
or citadel, within the town, the other half in a fortified camp six miles
off, a deep mountain stream which they were never able to ford in-
tervened. By the 20th much annoyance and some apprehens;on
began to be entertained of the effects of the effluvia of the heaps of
unburied dead everywhere strewed around; about ten thousand
corpses lay festering about the city or near the camp of General
Elphinstone, threatening to add the horrors of pcstileoce to those of
famine and the sword, as soon as a relaxing temperature should
stimulate putrefaction. An attempt was at this time made to sub-
merge the camp, by diverting a torrent from its course, and direct.
ing its waters against the entrenchments. Fortunately it was pre-
vented ; a canal guided the stream harmlessly away. In the camp
provisions had become extremely scarce; ammunition was plen-
tiful. In the citadel both food and powder were nearly expended.
On the 19th a convoy of ammunition was sent to the Balla Ilomr,
under Colonel Oliver, of the sth Native Infantry, but the Colonel
having reached the Nullah, which runs between the Calmt
cantonments and the town, sent to report that the bridge was im-
practicable. An order, therefore, was sent from head quarters,
commanding the party to return ; and although, ere the order had
reached, the party had actually crossed the Nullah, they returned,
and brought back the ammunition. On this day there was a fight
in the town, the Kuzzilbashes having incensed Shah Zemaun's
party by refusing to give up some persons on our side, to whom it
was alleged they had afforded protection. On the 20th it was in-
timated to the Envoy that an immense body of Affghans intended
to surround the cantonments on the following day, and explode
our magazine with red-hot shot, The powder was accord-
ingly removed in the night, but everything was quiet during
the next day, the enemy being employed in making powder
and hammering shot. On the 22d they again mustered on
the heights, and Major Swayne, of the sth N. 1., was sent
with a party to occupy Dehmeru. As he marched upon
it, the enemy evacuated, but the place, for some unaccountable
reason, was not taken, and the enemy returning got possession of
it again." The cantonment had hitherto drawn their provisions
from a village called Dchmeru, close by ; the guard protecting it
was a weak one; it was overpowered by a native chief, with 1,000
followers, and thegrain in store and the village fell into his hands.
The enemy had captured an old 18-pounder gun at Charekar on the
3d, when 800 Ghoorkas were cut to pieces by them. Haling
placed this on the height within long range of the cantonments,
they began to assemble in force around it about the 22d, and to
annoy by their fire the troops in camp. Their strength did
not at first seem to have been suspected by us. They must have
mustered above ten thousand. A light detachment sent
out by General Elphinstone to attack them, bravely rushed
up the acclivity, hut on attaining its summit found them-
selves surrounded and in danger cf being cut off They succeeded
with difficulty in regaining the camp hotly pursued by the enemy.
A second and more powerful body immediately sallied out, and
drove the enemy before them. They succeeded in reaching the
crest of the hill and dispersing the insurgents posted there, but v ere
unable to capture the gun, which was with difficulty carried Of by
the enemy. The Ghilzies were dispersed with great slaughter,
thirteen distinguished chiefs having been reported as slain. On
the same day the troops in the citadel were furiously attacktal :
we suspended our fire till the assailants were close upon us,
and then so murderous a volley of grape and musketry was
poured in upon them, that whole avenues were cut by the ar-
tillery in the advancing masses. A sortie, headed by the Vuz.
zeer and Prince Sutler Jung, completed the destruction the
storm of shot began; the slaughter was terrible; the slain
lay in heaps; and it " went ill with the faithful everywhere that
day." The battle on both sides had been bravely fought, nor
could we boast a bloodless tictory. Colonel Oliver, Captains
Westmacott, Walker, and M'Kenzie, and Lieut. Laing fell; Colonel
Mackrell afterwards died of his wounds; 30 other officers were
wounded more cr less severely. The enemy continuing undis-
mayed, next day.again attacked us, when a snow storm put an end
to the fight. About this time it was discovered that Captain
Johnston, who had been lost sight of at the commencement of the
insurrection in the city, and was supposed to line escaped to Ge-
neral Elphinstone's camp, had not been heard of since the 3d, and
it was inferred he trust have perished. Accounts were also re.
ceived of the death of Dr. Grant, in medical charge at Kohistan, a
meritorious officer in the Bombay service.

CALCUTTA.

On the 25th Mahomed Ukhbar Khan, the favourite son, of
Dost Mahomed, joined the insurgents. At first a hope was enter.
tamed that he had come on purpose to mediate in our favour with
his people, and to obtain such a treaty as might meet the exigencies
of both parties. The belief in this was transient : it soon appear-
ed that the presence of the prince added -fresh vigour to the on
slaughts, and bitterness to the hate of the assailants, who were
recommended more than ever to prosecute the bloody work of ex.
termination against the " Feringhees." On the 28th we shelled
the village of Dehmeru from the cantonments, and compelled its
abandonment; but shortly after this it again fell into
the hands of the insurgents. A detachment of irregular cavalry,
• while guarding our baggage camels, was attacked by a
force of some 1,000 or 1,500 horsemen; after a severe action
and gallant defence, they were compelled to retire. They had been
fearfully outnumbered, and suffered severely. On the 25th a
large body appeared on the heights, with the gun which they had
taken, hoping to tempt us forth to its recapture, by spreading re-
ports that their horse had gone out to meet the brigade advancing
from Candahar. The cavalry, it subsequently appeared, were con.
cealed behind the footmen; but the ruse did not succeed. Several.
days passed without any fighting, the enemy threatening to attack
our cantonments, but not fulfilling their threats. On the Ist Dec.,
however, they attacked the Ballar Hissar, but were repUlsed. On the
4th: having planted some guns on comma►►ding ground, they were
firing into the cantonments all day. At nightfall they made a rush
far a fort, which we had captured early in the month, where
Lieutenant Cumberland, of the 44th, with 100 men, was sta.
tioned, and exploded a powder bag at the wicket, but with no
effect. On the sth the enemy burnt the bridge across the Nullah,
between cantonments and the town, and on the 6th they succeeded
in recapturing the fort, wounding Ensign Gray, of the 44th, and
the garrison offering no resistances. On the Bth a convoy of am-
munition was attacked on its way to the Balla Hisser, and fotty
horse loads fell into the enemy's hands. Qn the Bth December
an attempt to throw supplies into the citadel was unsuccessful, a
large portion of the ammunition having fallen into the enemy's
bands. On the 9th there were only three days' provisions in
camp at half rations. At this time we were once more on
treaty with the insurgents—the terms proposed by them abating
nothing in extrtivagance. The insurgent chiefs seemed to have
had throughout a regular army in pay. There were r.o fewer
than 5,000 horsemen in the-f►eld, well mounted and armed. The
infantry, though about double this in number, were indifferently
appointed, and not formidable as enemies. The troops, especially
in the Balla Hisser, began now to be pressed exceedingly for food.

The particulars of their sufferings have reached us in scanty me;

sure and imperfect form. The chief part of the Commissariat fell
into the hands of the Ghilzies at the beginning, and the make-

shift system—of subsistence thus necessarily resorted to for lucre

than fOur---; eekTto—stipply a force amounting at the outset to
nearly 6,000 fighting men, irrespective of followers and attendants,
must have so pinched them with hunger, that there is at
least nothing improbable in the rumour, that by the end of
November they were supported chiefly by the slaughter of their
beasts cf burden, and were living on horse.fiesh. Su extreme
were their necessities, that treaties began to be discussed, the
issue of which, under the most favourable circumstances, must
have been no better for them than this—that they should be suf-
fered to march out with their baggage and arms, to seek their way

unprovided for (the Affghans themselves were pressed for support,
and could have afflarded them none) through an uninterrupted
series of 90 miles of passes, the most difficult perhaps in the world,
to fall back on the post of Jellalabad, at that time but a shade
better off than themselves, and whose next point of retreat was
through the Khybur Pass to Peshawur, still 103 miles in their rear.
The terms actually proposed by the insurgents, if correctly reported
to us, indicate how conscious they were that we were utterly at
their mercy. These were in effect, that we should surrender
our arms, and agree to evacuate the country altogether. The
married officers and their wives were to be retained as hostages, and
returned to us only when we had got beyond Peshawur, and
Dost Mahomed been restored to them. The Envoy's answer to
this was, that " death was preferable to dishonour, that we trusted
to the God of Battles, and that in his name we defied them
to come on." There is once more a blank of three weeks duration
in our information. The fighting appears to have continued with
little intermission. On the 13th of December a severe action is
said to have occurred, is which we were more than usually suc-
cessful, having not only defeated the enemy, but managed to secure
a small supply of provisions. On the 23d again a bloody conflict took
place, where we were worsted, and suffered very severely. Further
treaties seem to have followed this, as we find reference made in the
despatch of the 25th to terms which had before this been discussed.
On Christmas-day the Envoy, attended by Captains Conelly, Law-
rence, Trevor, and M'Kenzie, having gone out, apparently at the
request of the insurgent Chiefs, to discuss the terms of capitula.
lion, an angry interview ensued ; it appears probable that the same
insolent terms previously rejected by the Envoy h:al been pressed
upon him in a manner more intolerably offensive than those for.
merly employed. He appears to have treated them with scorn;
high words ensued, when Sir William Macnaghten was shot
dead on the spot, it is believed, by the hand of Ukhbar Khan.
Captain Trevor, having drawn his sword, and rushed on the mur.
derer, was immediately cut to pieces, and there is too much reason
to fear that at least two of the remaining three officers have also
perished. The charge of the mission now devolved on Major
Eldred Pottinger ; the much-coveted Envoyship, with a salary su-
perior to the income of the Governors of Madras or Bombay, with
an amount of power scarcely exceeded by the Governor-General
of India, fell to the lot of a Lieutenant of the Bombay artillery—
Major only by Brevet—a circumstance telling fearfully of the
slaughter of our politicals. Nor did it lapse into unworthy
hands. Herat had before been defended successfully by Pet-
linger single-handed, so far as British officers were concerned.
He had now a more responsible and much more difficult
duty to perform. The first act of his authority was to
forward the despatch announcing that "the comedy, or rather the
tragedy of errors, was at an end." The terms partially acceedcd to
by Sir Wm. Macnaghten were yet to be accepted, if conceded by an
army perishing of hunger. They were to move fbr Jellalabad
through the fearful passes of Khoord Cabool, with the determina-
tion of desperate men standing by the consequences. A fresh at-
tack on the cantonments was announced to have commenced before
the despatch was closed, an evil augury of what was to follow.
A private letter of the 28th announces that the garrison had not at
that time left, but were about to snore immediately. This is the
latest authentic date we possess. The native rumours, which
usually by several days anticipate the arrival of regular intelligence,
state that the force has quitted, and been in a great measure de-
stroyed. Other accounts mention that they have obtained fresh
supplies, and can stand out a month longer. The latter unfortu-
nately is improbable. In a month from the 28th Dec., it would be
possible for the Bengal brigade to reach them were the passes clear
of snow. Their only chance lies in this. How fearful has been the
havoc during these miserable wars amongst the very flower of the
intellectual men of out service Eight political agents have
perished violently, amongst those whose affairs they had been ap-
pointed to arrange. Young Edward Conolly, brother ofthe travel-
ler, was shot through the head by the side of Sir Robert Sale,
29th Sept. 1840. Dr. Lord fell at Purwan Durrah, Nov. 2 ;
Rattray, his successor, and Dr. Grant, his assistant and friend,
were killed in Kohistan on the outbreak of the present insurrec-
tion. Sir William Macnaghten, Sir Alexander Burnes, Captain
John Conolly (not the traveller, he is at Khiva), Capt. Broadfoot,
and Lieut. Burnes have become victims at Cabool.

The het which we gave in our last of Lhe officers captured,
wounded, or slain in or near Cabool, betwixt the 2d and 17th of
November, to which our former dates extended, we find to have
been an imperfect one. We stated that eleven had fallen within
this brief but disastrous period—there, in fact, appear to have been
16. The names of Captains Trevor, Haughton and Rattray were
omitted in our abstract ; those of Capts. Johnston and Troup, and
Dr. Grant had not been been received.

Casualties between the 12th and 2Sth October, of the force
under Sir R. Sale, on their march through the Khoord Cahoot Pass
to Gundamuck:—

Killed.—Capt. Wyndham, 35th B. N. 1., Lieut. Jenkins, ditto;
Ensign King, her Majesty's 13th L. I.

Wounded.—Major-Gen. Sir R. Sale, commanding; Capt. Wade,
staff; Lieut. Mein, her Majesty's 13th L. I. ; Lieut. Oakes, ditto;
Lieut. Frere, ditto ; Licut. Jennings, ditto; Lieut. Holcombe, ditto;
Lieut. Rattray, ditto; Capt. Younghusband, 35th B. N. I.; Lieut.
Coombs, ditto ; Lieut. Orr, sappers and miners.

Capt. J. G. Gerard, Ist B. E. L. 1., wounded on retreat from
Gundamuck to Jellalabad.

Capt. J. Woodburn, 44th n. N. 1., S.S. F., killed near Ghurnee
3d November.

Between the 3d and 17th November, at Cahoot :
Killed.—Sir A. Burnes, Bombay, N. 1., political resident;
Lieut. Burnes, ditto, political agent, Ghuznee ; Captain Swayne,
H.M., 44th regiment; Captain Robinson, ditto; Lieut. Rabat],
ditto; Captain Maule, artillery ; Lieuts. H. M. Wheeler, 45th
B. N.I. , E. W. Salisbury, Ist B. E.L.1., W. Broadfoot, ditto, Shah's
force ; Ensign T. W. Gardon, 37th B I. ; Limit. C. Codrington,
411th B. N.I. ; I,ieut. C. Rattray, 20th B. N.I.

Wounded.—Captain Bott, sth Bengal cavalry; Lieut. Eyre,
B. artillery ; Lieut. Evans, her Majesty's 44th foot ; Captain
Mackenzie, pay department ; Lieut. Sturt, B. engineers ; Lieut.
Waller, B. artillery; Lieut. Warburton, B. artillery.
•
Between the 17th Nov. and 25th Dec., at Cabool

exertion to store our magazines with grain from the adjacent vil-
lages. I enclose reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Dennie and Cap-
tain Oldfield, and casualty returns from the 11th to the 14th inst.
inclusive. I have, fee.

Killed.—Col. Oliver, sth 8.N.1.; Captain Mackintosh, ditto;
Captain Laing, 37th ditto ; Captain Walker, ditto ; Col. Mackrell,
her Majesty's 44th foot ; Capt Westmacott, 37th 8.N.1.
On the 25th Dec., at Cabool :
Killcd.—Sir Wm. Hay Macnaghten, Envoy; Capt. Trevor, 3d
Bengal cavalry.

R. SALE, Major-General, commanding Jellalabad.
P. CRAIGIE, Deputy-Adjutant-General.
The following is the official announcement of the murder of Sir
William Macnaghten

Lieut. Hamilton, sth cavalry; Captains C. Troup, 48th 8.N.1.,
and H. Johnson, 26th 8.N.1., reported killed, uncertain, though
they are musing.

Major Eldred Pottinger and Lieut. Haughton, 31st 8.N.1.,
wounded.

In the hands of the enemy.—Capt. Drummond ; Lieut. J. B.
Conolly, 20th 8.N.1. ; Lieut. Lawrence, Bengal cavalry, officiating
Military Secretary to Envoy; Capt. Sir A. Mackenzie, 48th 8.N.1.;
Ensign Rosc, 54th 8.N.1.

Capt. Golding, commanding Janbaz corps, murdered by his men,
at Candahar ; and Lieut. Patterson, severely wounded.

" OINERAL DEPARTMENT.
" Bombay Castle, Jan. 21, 1842.
" GENERAL ORDERS BY THE HON. THE GOVERNOR

IN COUNCIL.
" It is with the most unfeigned sorrow that the Honourable the
Governor in Council announces that authentic intelligence has
been received of the assassination of his Excellency Sir William
Hay Macnaghten, Bart., Envoy and Minister at the Court of his
Majesty Schah Soojah-ool.Moolk, and the Governor elect of this
Presidency. _

" This atrocious crime was perpetrated at Cabool on the 25th of
December last, during a conference to which his Excellency had
been invited by the leaders of the insurrection at that place, under
the pretence of arranging terms of accommodation with his Ma-
jesty Schah Soojah.ool-Moolk.

` Higher authority will pronounce the eulogium so justly due to
the eminent talents and distinguished services of this lamented
public functionary. But whilst this Government abstains from tree.
passing on this ground, it cannot refrain, amidst the most unfeigned
grief, from resrding almost the last public act of Sir William Hay
Macnaghten's life. When terms dishonourable to the British arms
were proposed by the leaders of the insurrection at Cabool, his
Excellency heroically replied, ' That death is preferable to dis-
honour ; that we put our trust in the God of battles, and in His
name we defy our enemies.,

" In consequence of this melanoholy event, the flag at the Castle is
to be hoisted N.lf.staff high to.morrow morning at sunrise, continuing
so until sunset, and minute guns, to the number of seventeen (the
nu mbcr appointed for the rank of the deceased), to be fired from
on the flag being hoisted, the same ceremony
the Hon. Company's vessels of war in harbour,
beingunder
b observedys'us
ouch arrangement as the Superintendent of the Indian Navy,
mssy direct.

"; Similar marks of respect will be paid to the memory of Sir W.
H. Macnaghten at all the principal military stations subordinate to
this Government, on the receipt of these orders.
" The Governor in Council is further pleased to direct that
mourning be worn by the officers of her Majesty's and. the Hon.
Company's civil, military, and naval services of this Presidency,
for a period of three weeks from this date—an example which
Government confidently expects will be generally followed by all
other portions of the community.
" By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council,
" J. P. WILLOUGHBY,
" Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government."

COMMERCIAL REPORT.
(From the BoMbay Times of Jan. 29.)
There has been very little business transacted during the week.
Money continues scarce, and symptoms of tightness are beginning
to be apparent in the fail of the internal exchanges. The rate on
Eng'ar.d, however, keeps steady, owing to the paucity of shipments.
Cotton has nominally fallen in price, but it is as yet much too high
to be touched; and it is generally believed it must fall much more.
Freights to Great Britain may be quoted at 2/. 15s. per ton.
Exchange on London, 245. Otel., six months' sight ; on Calcutta,
97, at thirty days' sight.
THE BOMBAY MARKET, SATURDAY, JAN. 29.
THE PRODUCE OF INDIA, CHIN•, PERSIA, &C.-Bees wax, 68rs.
per cwt. Cotton, per cdy. 7 cwt.-Surat and Broach, 90rs. to
96rs. ; Dolerah Gogo, 88rs. to 90rs. ; Oomravutty, 9Ors. to 95r5.;
Comptah, 85rs. ; Porachee, BOrs. to 82rs. Coffee, per md. 41-
061b.-Mocha, 12rs. ; Malabar, Brs. Cocoa-nuts, 1,250, 18rs. to
2Ora. Cocoa-nut Oil, 281 b., 2irsr Elephants' Teeth, md.,
37,51b.-Large, 82rs. to 83rs. ; mid., 60rs. to 75rs. ; small, 35rs.
to 55rs. Hemp, per cdy. 5k cwt.-Concan, 37rs. to 58rs. ; Calicut,
49rs. to 41rs. ; Ghatee, 30rs. to 32rs. Indigo, per Ind. 411 b.;
24rs. to 26rs. M. O'Pr. Shells per cwt., 7rs. to lOrs. Pepper.
per cdy. 5* cwt.-Malabar, 77rs. to 73ra.; Butcole, SOrs. Opium,
per chest 1401b.-Malwa, 665r5. to 680 rs. Saltpetre, per bag lkewt.
16rs. to 17rs. Wood, per cdy. 54 cwt.-Sappan Malabar, 2Ors. to 22rs.
Dhanasaree, 30 to 32rs. ; Sandal, 60 to 135 rs. ; Ebony, 9 to 10 rs.
Wool-Khorassan, 105 ; Macron, SO.to 90 ; Marwar, 100 to 105 ;
Cutch, 100 to 105 rs. Tortoise.shell, per lb.-Large, 10 to 12;
small, sto 8. Drugs, per cwt.-Aloes, Socotrine, 50 rs. Met.:ll-
- per cwt.-Tiles, 53/ to 54 ; Sheathing, 64 ; thick sheet,
64 ; bottoms, 63 to 64 ; South American, 58 fo 39 ; old copper, 57.
Iron, per cdy. 74641b.-Swedish bar, 50 rs. ; British bar, 28 rs..;
rod fur nails, 32rs. to 40rs. Iron, per cwt.-Sheet, 51rs. to 6rs. ;
hoop, 51Ars. ; nails, assorted, 12rs. to I4rs. Steel, per cwt.-:we-
dish keg and Swedish fagot, llirs. to 12rs. Lead, per cwt.-Pip,
12rs. tol2irs.; sheet, llirs. ; red, lOrs. ; white; 12rs.; patent
shot, llrs. to 12rs. Tin Plates, per box, 16rs. to !qrs. Marine
Stores--Canvas, bleached, 16rs.; Cordage, per cwt., 25rs. Twine,
per lb.. 8 annas. Provi,ions, per tierce-Prime Beef and Pork,
40rs. Pitch, per barrel, 6rs. to 7rs. Paints, per cwt., Ills. to 12rs.
Tar, Stockholm and Coal, per cwt., II rs. Cotton Yarn-Mule
twist, No. 20, per lb., 6 to 61rs. ; 30, 8i; 40, 81 to 9 ; 50, 91 ;
60, 10k; 70, 10k; 80 to 100, 11 to 13 rs. Ale and Beer-Ale,
per hhd, Allsopd's, Bass's, Tennant's, Hodgson's, others, nominal.
Castor Oil, 24 to 21 per 281 b. Colombo-roots, •6 to 7 per cwt.
Senna-leaves, 6to 61 per cwt. Sago, 7 per cwt. Safflower, at. md,
new, 3to 4. Gums (garbled), per cwt.-ammoniac, none; animi,
50; arabic, 18 to 19,k ; asafoetida, 15 to 16 ; benjamin, first per
at., md. 25 to 25; second, per st. and , 15 to 20; myrrh, per cwt.,
85 to 90 ; olibanum, 84 to 88 ; gamboge, 100 to 110 ; tumeric,
per cwt., 8 to 10 rs.

Lignea, per lb., 110 to 112 rs. Cardamoms,
md., 37 b ; short, 42 rupees ; long Malabar, 30 to 31 rupees.
cCul°S:ecbiscs,Elsp;e&r:cro---d.C, 41.061 b ; Bourbourn, 25 to 28 rupees, none.
, per ditto, Bto 9 rupees. Nutmegs, per lb., 1 rupee.
Mace, per ditto, 14 to 2; rupees. Silk, per seer, 1 8661 b. China
nankin, none. Canton, No. 1, 11 to 12 rupees; No. 2, 10 to 10}
rupees ; No. 3,9 to JO rupees ; No. 4, 6 rupees; No. 5,2 to .4
rupees. Persian, 9rs. to JOrs. Bengal, Itadnagore, &c., 9rs. to
lOrs. ; Low qualities. qrs. to 6rs.

SUGAR.- China,:per md. 38A1b.,, white superfine, 51r5..t0:51r5.; 2d
sort, 3lrs. to 4rs. Manilla, fine, none. Bengal, per bag 1681 b-
. 20rs. to 21rs.; 2d sort, 12rs. to 17rs.; 3d sort, lOrs. to 11 re.
Siam, per md. 38i1b.-Fme, 4trs. ; 2d sort, 4rs.
WINES, &c.-Madeira, L.P., per pipe, 150 rs. to 500r5.; Sherry,
per but, 150 rs. to 300 rs. ; ditto, per dozen, 6rs. to 18rs. Brandy,
per gallon, qrs. Gin, per gallon, lr. to lint. Bottles, quart,
per dozen, 10 to 14rs., pint, 14rs. to 15rs.
SUNDRIES, per lb.-Cochineal, 2to 2i-rs. Gunpowder, to
14rs. Hams, goods Yorkshire, I, to ire. Cheese, Pine, to Ira.
Saffron, 17 to 18rs. Corks, per gross, 11 to 2lrs.
Freight.-London, '2l. 15s. ; Liverpool, 21. 153. ; Clyde, N.
ship; hina, 18 to 19rs.; ditto, opium, 4i to 5 dollars : clipper,
6 to 6i dollars.
Exchanges-London, 6 months, 2s. Old. to 2s. Bd.; 30 days,
Is. I lid. Calcutta, 30 days, 975. Madras, 30 days, 9Ehs. Can-
ton, 30 days.

NOTIFICATION.
Fort William, Secret Department, Dec. 24, 1841.
The Right lion. the Governor-General of India in Council has
great satisfaction in publishing for general information the fol.
lowing copies of despatches from Major. General Sir Robert Sale,
K.C.8., the first dated the 18th ult., detailing the circumstances
attending the march of the force under his command from Gunda.
muck to Jellalabad, and of a most successful attack made upon the
rebels before the latter place on the 14th tilt. ; the second, dated
the 2d inst., reporting the brilliant success of a detachment from
the force collected at Jellalabad in routing, on the preceding day, a
large body of insurgents at that place.
By order of the Right Hon. the Goverstor.General of India in
Council, T. H. MADDOCK,
Secretary to the Government of India.
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR R. SALE, E.C.13 , COMMANDING AT JEL-
LALARAD, TO MAJOR P. CRAIG'S, ACTING ADJUTANT-GENERAL
OF THE ARMY, DATE JELLALAB•D, Nov. 18, 1841.
Sir,—The troops under my command reached this city on the
12th inst. It illustrates in a painful manner the excitement of
the mind of the people against us at this period, to relate that my
decamping from Gundamuck on the II th was the signal for the
commencement of a scene of shameful defection amongst the irro.
gular troops, and a general insurrection of the surrounding
Kheils, which had before remained quiescent. Brevet Captain
Gerard, of Captain Ferris's corps of Jezailchees, had been in.
trusted with the duty of holding the Fort of the Urz Begee.
The engineers blew up, under my instructions, two
of its bastions, and though an accidental fire prevented the demoli-
tion of the other two, the ruin of the place was nearly effected by
the conflagration. But as the irregulars retired towards the can-
tonment of Gundamuck, they were attacked by the Ooloose of the
Mamoo Kheil, who had before been so submissive. In this mo-
ment of need the Jezailchees behaved admirably, but Captain
Gerard found himself deserted by the whole of the Janhazes, who,
secured by their native Commandant, Noorooddeen, a traitor fns.
serest in the Shah's family at Loddianah, went over to the enemy
almost at the same moment. Captain Burns's corps of Khyberees
showed symptoms of disaffection, arid though a portion of them were
kept around their colours, it was soon seen that a retreat from Gunda-
muck, which the Ooloose of the whole country were attacking,
had become inevitable. The cantonment was plundered by the
mutineers, who, in their breathless haste to destroy it, blew up its
magazine and many of themselves with it. Captain Burns's two
field-pieces were spiked and abandoned near Alec Murdan Khan's
bridge, and three hours after nightfall the debris of the irregulars
came in full and disorderly retreat into my camp at Futtihabad.
My own line of march on the llth was no otherwise interrupted
than by the attacks of bodies of plunderers on the baggage, who
received signal punishment from our preCautionary parties ; but
as the camp broke up on the 12th, from 2,000 to 3,000
armed men began to close round our troops and loaded ani-
mals, and these were joined by the whole population successively
on the line of march. Lieut.. Colonel Dennis commanded the
rear.guard. He retired slowly before the enemy, repelling him
by skirmishers and cannon as long as the ground continued abrupt
and rugged. But on approaching the plains he commenced to
manceuvre, with the view of drawing them into an action on the
level; their boldness favoured his stratagem, and foreseeing this
result, I had despatched the Rissalah of the Schah's horse to rein.
force him. At length the desired moment arrived, and the Lieu..
tenant-Colonel directed Captain Oldfield. of the sth Light Cavalry,
and Lieutenant Mayne, of the Schah's 2d, to make a combined
charge against the Ooloose. This was executed with great rapidity
and resolution, and in very compact order, and in a few minutes
upwards of 100 of the A ffghan matchlockmen were sabred and shot,
and the rest driven in irremediable confusion to the heights. It
was ascertained on the spot that the Ooloose had left in the course
of the whole affair 150 dead on the field, and the proportion of
their wounded must have been heavy. After this salutary lesson
their efforts to annoy our column on their route up to the walls of
this place were cautious and feeble.
The defences of Jellalabad consist of a mud enceinte of upwards
of 2,000 yards of.weak curtains and round towers which have a
narrow rampart, of no sufficient parapet. On the northern face
the profile is less bold than elsewhere, and there was excellent cover
for an enemy within pisiol shot. On the evening of the I2th our
infantry occupied the gates and the ill.constructed citadel, whilst
the artillery and cavalry were dispersed to the enclosures adjacent
to the residences of the King, and Envoy, and Minister, without
the walls. On the morning of the 13th some regular occupation
was taken of the place. Troops were posted in the whole of its
bastions. The two infantry corps were established in
the citadel, the artillery on an open space in front of it,
and the cavalry in 'the Schah's garden. Abont 250 of the
Khyberees had returned steadily Jo their allegiance, the Jezailchees
were emulating the regular battalions in zeal and courage, and un-
remitting efforts were made, by plying our intresiching tools, and
the substitution of camel saddles for sand bags, to put the town
into a state of decent defence. In the meantime the enemy in
great force had assembled under the v ails to the southward and
westward, whilst other masses came down from the direc-
tion of Sughman, crossed the river, and invested us closely
to the northward, detaching parties to set fire to the
cantonment raised at so great an expense in 1840. It
had been in part burnt down the night before, and was
now involved in a general conflagration. The enemy,
masked by trees and old buildings, kept up an incessant fire of
musketry against the Ovals, at a very short range, for upwards of
24 hours, by which our men sustained some loss behind their grow_
defences;big and, as it was desirable to diminish the consumption
of provisions within the city, and there was reason to apprehend
that the armed inhabitants would join in any attack made on us
from without, I adopted the measures, first of permitting the we.
men and children to withdraw, next of exclt:ding all strangers and
suspicious persons, and finally of getting rid, as far as it was prac-
ticable, of the whole male population, excepting the shopkeepers,
whose stay was valuable to us.
On the morning of Sunday, the 14th, I determined to attempt to
dislodge the enemy from a part of their position. I planted for
this purpose a force consisting of 300 men of the 13th, 300 of the
35th, 100 Sappers, three guns of Captain Abbott's battery, the
whole of the cavalry, and 200 Khyberees, at the disposal of Lieut...
Colonel Monteath, C. 8., and directed him to sally from the town
and assail that part of the enemy's line from which I was most
desirous of expelling them
I beg to forward'his report of the very
gallant affhir which followed, and which I had the satisfaction of wit.
nesting from the walls. This spirited attack upon notitwer than 5,000
mess hasiwholly broken up the enemy's investment, and we have from
that hour scarcely seen an armed Afghan in our neighbourhood.
We have availed ourselves of this
Pause to .put the walls into a
state. of defence, which will, I trust, enable us to defy the efforts
of any Asiatic force unaided by siege' artillery, and -are using every

Prices of Bullion—Sovereigns, each, 1 0.13r5. to 1 0.15r5. Bank
of England Notes, per £, 10.13r5. to 10.15r5. Spanish dollars,
per 100, 220 to 220irs. German Crown, per 100, 214 rs. to 215 rs.
Syce Silver, per 100 iota, 103jrs. Gold Leaf, per tola, Mira.
Government Securities—Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, 108 to
109. Second Five per Cent. Loan, par to per tent. premium.
Four per Cent. Loan, 89. 13ank Shares, 23 per cent, premium.

MURDER OP SIR A. BURNES
JELLALABAD, JAN. 5, 1842.—A brother of the jemadar of
company is a juzailchee, in the Shah's own service, and has been the
bearer
of the two last letters received, and of their answers, a man
of great courl3 •
a c He tells me he was with the party who sallied
to Burnes's rescue from the Baler Hissar, and he was wounded at
Burnes'-gate. The attack on Burnes' house was made before
daylight in the morning, and on the news reaching the
King, he immediately sent the wazeer Nazamondowla
with a force to assist him. They penetrated the town, and
drove the enemy from the street Burnes lived in, but could not
enter,as the gateway was in flames, and part of the house. While
striving to enter, the enemy rallied, and drove them back. At
this time my informant was wounded. One of the King's sons, a
youth remarkable for bravery, brought reinforcements, and again
penetrated the town as far as Burnes, and beyond it, but found all
over, and retired. The Shah's people lost some hundred men.
When party reached the gate, Burnes' body was lying in
the stretehte beforefirst it, hacked nearly to pieces—but a furious
fig ht was going on still in the house, and the cry was, that
the other Feringhee and some sepoys were sti 1 defending a room
high up. He says they heard them amidst the crackling of the
fire, and the shouts of both parties, and could easily distinguish the
fire from the gardens and courtyard below, and the return from
the house. It seemed on both sides quite steady; it was, as he
says, a very strong battle. While all were crying out to try going
round to the other side to get in, the waggecr ordered a retreat, and
they were furiously pursued. This was not with the second attack
under the Prince; but, he says, they learned from the town's
people that after their repulse, the people who had hitherto abstained
from setting fire to all the house in order to secure the plunder, now
carried wood and straw into the lower roams and staircases, and set
them on fire, and that on the flames and smoke reaching the upper
rooms the Fcringhee, with a few sepoys, suddenly threw open the
doors and rushed out upon the enemy, but the latter being pre-
pared for this overwhelmed them at once by reifies from parties
placed in readiness to fire into them whenever it should
open. This fcringhee was William, beyond question, both from
its being what I feel as sure would happen as if I had seen it, and
from the man saying he understood always that it was not young
Burnes, whom he says he understood to have been killed early in
the affair, but not with his elder brother. All accounts state the
resistance as desperate as prolonged ; but one thing cannot but
strike you, the Baler Hisser adjoins the city on one side, the
cantonments on the west. If the wazeer could penetrate to
Burnes, why could not the troops ? Did they try it ? John
M'Kenzie, too, was on the skirts of the city in an old fort, not very
far from the cantonments. For two days he fought, having about
100 men, and then cut his way to our large fo'ce, who (Pa not seem
able to cut theirs to him Burnes' party was one havildar, one
naik, and twelve sepoys, and next door, but without communica.
tion, were thirty sepoys over the pay.office of the Shah's force—
these are said to have been first overpowered to obtain the treasure,

CIIIN A.

any inte-
poThssesesacitacourcentisyare almost
purelyDeeem December,
mbyertchiem,Faanledo,n
beyond from
dMtahe aa to;
We have intelligence from China, via Calcutta, up to the 13th
rest. The trade, such as it was, remained open; but the arrival
of Sir Henry Pottinger was expected every day; and as the Chi.
nese had been carrying on their defensive preparations with vigour
ever since he left Canton, in direct violation of the terms of truce,
a general impression prevailed tisat his return would be the signal
for an immediate renewal of hostilities. Up to the 23d of Novem.
ber—the latest date from ChUsan—the Plenipotentiary and the
Admiral were both at Tinghae, and no movement had been made
on Hang.chow.foo. Her 'Majesty's ship Cruiser was about to leave
immediately for the southward with Sir Henry Pottinger, who, it
was believed, had evinced much dissatisfaction at the conduct of
the authorites at Hong. Kong, in refraining from chastising the
Chinese for their presumptuous and daring infringement of the
truce. Our next news from the Celestial Empire will thus, in aIJ
likelihood, inform us of another attack on the " provincial city."
The state of trade is most unsatisfactory. China produce, teas,
silk, &c., is only procurable at high rates, while British imports
are difficult of disposal at prices exceedingly low. The dulness of
the market is increased by a scarcity of money, for the opium
clippers from the coast bring nothing but sycee, which the manda.
sins have of late given in payment for the opium purchased, in pre.
ference to dollars. A million dollars has been extorted from the
Hong merchants by the Imperial Commissioner at Canton, for
"necessities of the State;" that is, to meet the expenses of erect_.
ing new fortifications, and repairing old ones, an employment in
which the Chinese have, as before stated, been for some time past
busily engaged. Numerous new forts have been built on the hills
behind Canton, and others near Napier's and Howqua's fort, on
Zan Junk River. These may be all looked upon as the fruits of
the Canton trade ; and though it was insane in the Chinese to erect
them, and will be easy for us to krock them down, the policy of our j
having furnished the means of erection is very questionable.
The order of the Admiral for the seizure of Goverrement
junks has been fully carried out, and as our ships have in many
instances seized small vessels, as well as large ones, a strong feeling
is said to prevail against us in consequence.
The construction of buildings, both public and private, is pro-
ceeding with much activity at Hongkong. A bridle road, too, has
been put across the island to Tylam.bay, and a cart iage load com-
menced, Which is already several miles in length, and will very
soon be completed, if we may judge by the vigour and celerity with
which the work is carried on. Opinions still differ as regards the
climate ef our new settlement.
Preparations are making for sending strong reinforcements to
China both from Bengal and Madras. A regiment of volunteers
800 strong, will be embodied in the former presidency, whilst three'
native regiments, with details of horse and foot artillery, Will pro-
ceed from the latter. The 2d, 6th, and 17th are the corps selected
for service, and two others have received orders to hold In readi-
ness to proceed, If required. Five hundred gun lascars are also to
be furnished by Madras, and the sappers and miners previously sent
arc to be completed, and reinforced by 200 men.
The iron steamers Medusa and Ariadne, which
left r ornbay for
China on the 29th cSSeptember last, have had narrow escapes from
wreck. When about 120 miles from Mania
, the latter vessel,
having burnt out her fuel, parted coma any, for the purpq,e of cc.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 10, 1842.

turning to Singapore. The Medusa reached Manilla, and there ob.
tained fuel, which, though plentiful,was of a bad description. She
took her departure thence on the 9th of November, and on the 13th
encountered a heavy gale off the Great Ladrones, in which all her
furl was again expended. The compasses here shifted two points,
and on the 14th the little vessel was in Hanian North Bay, in a
most perilous situation, amidst breakers and seas running moun.
tains high. The ship's bulwarks were now broken up, to provide
the means of escape; and after two hours' steaming she was out of
danger. Ultimately the Medusa arrived safely at Singapore ; but
the Ariadne, which it was expected would be found there, had not
been seen or heard of, and much apprehension was in consequence
felt for her safety. We learn from our last advices from Macao
that she was picked up at sea by a sailing vessel and towed to that
post, so that she will doubtless see some service with the expedition
before her consort (which, in pursance of the orders left at Singe.
pore by the Forbes, is about to proceed to Moulmein) makes her
appearance in the Chinese seas.
THE TEA MARKET.
(From the Bombay Courier.)

The following extracts from Maeao and Singapore letters will
prove interesting to our commercial readers :
" Macao, Dec. 10, 1841,

" Imports are lower than ever in Canton, and can only be
rcalsed on taking the value in teas; the prices are as follows :
Common congou, 26 taels ; blackish leaf common to good, 28 to 29;
ditto strong, 30 to 31 ; ditto mixed, pekoe flavour, 34;
twankay, common, 24 ; fine, 28 to 30 ; bohea, 21 tact, ;
and other descriptions in proportion. As yet no silk has
arrived in Canton, and the Chinese say that 340 bales will
be the most offering this season, the crop being very small.
Teas, on the contrary, are in abundant supply, but a good
deal inferior to last season, chiefly owing to hasty making
up. The quantity gone and going is considerable, owing to the
competition to secure the best chops of the season. But, although
exports may not be checked by strictly blockading Canton, there is
strong probability that shipments will fall off, as many parties will
not submit to the actual low prices for goods; while Iv eping in
mind the large tea export of the 18th of April, they must entertain
fears of unfavourable proceeds for present purchases. Prices must
fall in Canton, but not sufficiently to induce large imports, as there
does not appear any chance for a speedy advance in the valqe of
goods. The best long cloths are worth 2. 7. 5, Spanish stripes,
1. 15. Long ells, 650t0 7 Spanish dollars; and yarn, say half
mule, half water, Nos. 16 to 24, 22 to 24 Spanish dollars; Nos.
26 to 40, 28 Spanish dollars per picul.
" Though freights are low, say 5/. from Whampoa and 4/. lop&
ing outside, there is very little speculative demand for teas, but
the Americans, and one or two other parties, requiring to load
ships are in want of money, and though the rate of exchange on
London, bills at six months' sight, is only 4s. 10d. by last transac-
tions, an advance of ss. is expected, as dollars are very scarce, the
opiurn.clippers bringing nothing from the coast but sycee, which
they get at 4 to 5 premium, while the Canton people (wanting dol.
lars) will only take it at 3 per cent. discount. This sudden and
extensive change in the mode of payment for opium probably is
owing to the monied men of the country, who fear the times, and
the Mandarins laying by their means in dollars, as being the less
bulky article.

" A good deal of attention has lately been given by houses here
to Hong •Kong, but their earnest desire to build, or otherwise invest
property there, is much checked by the want of a decision from
Government, or Sir H. Pottingcr, as to whether that place will be
held after the conclusion of the war.

" The market for the drug has lately been dull here, and prices
may now be quoted—Patna, 440 Spanish dollars ; Benares, 425 to
430 Spanish dollars; and Idalwa, 340 Spanish dollars.

" SINGAPORE, DEC. 24,

"As the Sylph will probably be the last vessel in China
for the arrival of opium from the first sale, we think our
present rates will decline. Benares may be quoted at 410 to
415 Spanish dollars; Malwa, 350 Spanish dollars; Turkey, 330
Spanish dollars. The market is overstocked with cotton intended
for the China junks, but considerable doubts exist as to their
coming this season, in which case a fearful fall may be expected.
Indian imports of every description are exceedingly dull ; Lut
China articles coLtinue in gteat request. Good cassia commands
12i to 121 Spanish dollars ; camphor, 42; junk tea, 8 to 9. Straits
articles are plentiful. Pepper may be had as low as 490 to 51
Spanish dollars per picul ; Gambier, 2to 2 1 ; pearl sago, 10; tin
16 lA. Exchange on England, 4s. Bd., on Calcutta, 220. Freights,
41. to Si. 10s. per ton."

Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Corn-law Bill was read a second
time this morning, after a division, on which the unto-
hers were— for the second reading 284, against it 176.
This result was fully expected, and no person hoped
for anything di&rent. The debate was not otherwie
than dull on the whole, though Lord Howlett. made a
sensible speech, and Mr. SHIM threw a little of his ani-
mation over the subject. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, (0:),
spoke well, and spoke for principles, but he was
followed by Sir R. PEEL, who spoke for party and rubbed
off some of the fresh polish which the Noble Lord had
given to his old opinions. It was, on the one hand, very
unsatisfactory to us to find that the most effective argu-
ments in favour of the bill were borrowed from the Whig
armoury ; and very satisfactory on the other, to percdive
that nothing better could be said in favour of the law
than some foolish sayings and admissions of the Whigs
when they were in office. The detection of their fallacies
and the exposure of their inconsistencies were reckoned
up by the House as so many arguments for Sir-ROBERT
PEEL'S Bill, but they will not be so considered by the
country. Though the cause of Corn-law abolition has
been temporarily damaged by their advocacy, it is of
itself too true, and too good, not to triumph, in spite of
its friends as well as of its foes. We presume, however,
that with this division all serious opposition to Sir
ROBERT PEEL'S Bill has come to an end in the
Commons. The country seems to have little•
inclination to support the extreme opposition recom-
mended at Manchester. Neither Leeds nor Glas-
gow, nor any other great town has followed its example.
An opposition in Parliament, under such circumstances,
which would be fruitless, would be regarded by the
country as factious, and would damage that cause out of
doors which must there first gain supporters, and must
there be completely successful.

1 The public will learn with satisfaction that a motion,
the object of which is to do away with the fatal practice
of burying the dead in large towns was agreed to On 'Toes.
day night in the House of Commons without one dis.
sentient voice. All now admit the evil, and the
only point, therefore, to be considered is the
remedy. As the Government approve of the plan,
and no doubt are anxious that the expense- of interment
should be made reasonable, especially for the lower
classes, we suggest that grants be made out of the
Crown lands and commons around London, for this
sacred purpose. A cemetery like that of Fere La
Chaise, or Kensall Green, would give a character,
as well as add beauty to many of these
tracts, and the value of a few acres, is so
trifling that no sound objection could be made by
the lord of the manor, or those who have the right
of common. The object too is for the benefit of ad,
and besides conferring a boon on the poor, a clause
to this effect in the General Cemetries' Bill would
effectually prevent jobbings in land, and all at-
tempts at monopoly so justly anticipated. Would Sir
JAMES GRATIAm cordially support such a plan, and at
the same time cut down the demands of the Bishops for
clerical fees to the lowest possible amount, he would
cover a multitude of his sins.

There is no news of the slightest political interesi
in the Paris Journals received this morning.
BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MARCH 7.

first Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pm.. Frier.
French 5 per Cents ll7 50 ... 117 50 1,7 40 117 40
4 ver Cent,.
3 per Cent, BO 50 ell 55 ... 86 45 80 55
Loan
Sank °I /trance
L.imttc Bank 1.0044. SI ares 11.25 ...l( 25 ...1( 25
5,c001 8: arcs t 045 ...5045 50,2 t ...5042 50
Selginn Bank ........... 120 . 8,5 .. S2O 825
1811 ..
P 57 50 ...1000 .. 157 50 ...1001
Belgian 5 per Cents.
5 -Cri Cents., 1840 116% ... 1(16% ... 116% ... 106%
•onish Active .
Passive
... 5% ... ... 5%
Neapolitan
Rowan
RAILWAY SHARES.
st. Germain
Versailles, 11. 11 965 ... 265 ... 360 365
L.B 222 50 ... 222 50 .. 218
... <2URouens?s ... 527 50 522 50 ... 527 0
(Means ..

The Report of the Cobbett Club Anniversary, Dr.
Reid's Lectures on Chemistry, and some of the Assize
[ntelligence, we are obliged to postpone on account of
.he length of the Debate in thr House of Commons and
he News from the East.
Mr. Benjamin D'lsraeli would do tsell to stick to his
old trade of fashionable novel-writing, and not trouble
his head about politics, with which he is evidently very
imperfectly acquainted. We always read his light, flip-
pant dialogues, and sketches of great folks at the West-
end, with pleasure, because the themes are just such as
suit his lofty capacity for fiction ; we defer, too, to his
eloquent criticisms on implicit dress ; and place
faith in his views on the important subject of
gastronomy, as propoanded in those surprising
tales " Vivian Grey," and the "Young Duke;" but,
when quitting this congenial walk of mind, he ven-
tures into the political arena, and rises among the Fer-
rands and the Borthwicks—kindred spirits !—to en-
lighten St. Stephen's by his eloquence, his position and
his rhetoric alike remind us of the prophet's exclamation
in Holy Writ, " So, among the simple ones, I beheld a
young man void of understanding !" We defy any
one who _heard Mr. D'lsraeli's speech on Tuesday night
in the House, not to come to the conclusion that he
is in the same distressing predicament as the " young
man" alluded to in Scripture. Though his theme,
generally speaking, was by no means a bad one, yet he
utterly marred it by his rambling and illogical mode of
treatment. His most carefully elaborated points all
failed, notwithstanding his boast that he had devoted a
long time to the consideration of the question ; and the
bolt which he launched against Lord Palmerston—and
which he evidently thought would be a crushing one—
recoiled with tenfold force upon his own head.
" E, EA ItTIIQUAKE."—A. Morning Contemporary
states that " the last prophecy for the destruction of
the metropolis by an earthquake, which met very ex-
tensive belief, was about the year 1720." This is not
correct. The last prophecy- was about the year 1762
or 1763, shortly after the accession of George the
Third ; and it originated with a crazy Methodist sol-
dier, who publicly proclaimed in the streets the
ap-
proaching catastrophe. His prediction was believed in,
not only by th lower classes of society, but by the
higher and more enlightened, hundreds of whom packed
up bag and baggage, and quitted London in all possible
haste. The day previou3 to the prophesied catas-
trophe, town resembled a desert ; the river was
crowded with refugees of all classes ; • not a house,
lodging, or shed in Hampstead, Highgate, Crreei-
wieh, Deptford, and the adjacent towns and
vil-
lages, but was thronged to overflowing ; and
thousands of poor people, unable to obtain the shel-
ter of a roof, actually bivouacked in the fields 1 *While
the panic was at its height, the celebrated. pres,chyr,
Whitfield, addressed an immense congregation atinl-
night, in the midst of a thunder-storm, in Hyde ,Part,
and is reported to haVe produced an effect on his mt,..tley •
audience that has never been surpassed, before or sit lee.
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