The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-17 00:00:00

AFFGHANISTAN.

• (From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
We have been favoured with the following extremely
affecting and graphic letter, written by a ung
officer of Engineers in the East India Company's ser-
vice, communicating some particulars of deep interest,
and some details of great novelty. It was addressed
•to his family in this country, and is dated—

CUndahar, June 11, 1842.
You had accounts of the Caubul news before any-
thing was known of it by most of the people at Canda-
f_ har, or an account of the roads being closed by both the.
enemy and the snow ; so it was with the greatest dif
ticulty we at Khelat-i-Ghilzie could keep up our
communication with this place. The political officer
was obliged to write on a slip of paper about an inch
square, and either conceal it in wax, or more gene-
rally in a hole made in a walking-stick, and some-
times in a small hair-comb ; but even with these pre-
catitions, our Dawks were frequently cut off, so you
may well imagine the difficulties we had in procuring
any information from Caubul or Ghuznee. We had
rumours of the fall of the latter place, but it was not
till lately that we received any authenticated account.
I must tell .you that every person was unprepared
for the insurrection ; and it entirely originated at
Caubul : the chiefs in our part of the country knew
nothing of it ; so, till the commencement of the out•
break, the works at Khelat had never been stopped,
and as long as the weather permitted we had Some
800 or 900 people at work. The plan proposed at
first was as follows :—A wall twenty feet high to be
built all round the crest of the hill, and in rear of it
about thirty feet, the buildings to be erected forming a
second line of defence. When we commenced the work
—or rather, in July last, when our part of the coml..
try was all quiet—no person ever dreamt of the dis-
trict being disturbed during the winter; so the build-
ing' °ect`Pied ray chief attention ; still, so long as I
had work/3900,
'
ayaila ble I continued building at the
outer wall ; aid, fortunate it
was, as when the work
was stopped, We were in
a more
defensible state than
what could be expected
when you take into conside-
ration the short ti
me I had been at work. In a small
have marked .sketch which I send, I ha out the line of
buildings—these formed
the side near the stables our defence on two sidense.
feet high. The extreme point a wall eight or
made
_e
int(la regular full wall ; and the other
and 'lade
officers' quarters round to rear—the side, from th
ate partly palli-
-.Saded and scarped. A good deal of -tbli,ork, though,
our u•arrisornetliril
wa.s done after Colonel INPLaren's brigade returned to
Caudahar. Fortunately for us,
teintOrced by 250 Sepoys and 42 European artillery
Aiien, making a total of 1,000 fighting men. eTh;
•Zuropeans were a great catch ; they were left in
:,,lace. of some Sikh artillerymen, who would,
no
.ilkubt, have deserted; fifteen went over in a body from
this, We had four 6-pounders and two 18-pounders,
• will *an abundant- supply of ammunition, and a fine
:sprinion the hill which could not be cut off. With this
-garrison, you will. not be surprised when I say we
were determined to make no surrender, no matter how
affairs turned out. During the commencement of the
viivr our defences were not very strong, but with-
out parapets" to the buildings, and the works uncon-
nected ;
.still we formed a bold face on it ; and when
the enemy came round us in December, we defied
them, as they could do nothing, and the cold weather
having set in, they broke up their camp about the 18th
of December, and left us to ourselves for the winter.
This we have reason to be thankful for, as, had they
attacked us during the cold nights, it might have
gone hard with us. January was our colest month:
we had the thermometer at sunrise 8 deg. below Zero.
but the high wind that blows continually at Khelat
tried the Sepoys cruelly ; still we were very healthy
dining the whole time, but it was not till the sth
March we could recommence strengthening the place
—this was absolutely necessary then, is the enemy
collecting, and we made sure that .la
rge force
. • would march dawn, now that Caubtl and Glinznee Pad
fallen ; so to w(irk we went, acid by the time the enemy
collected we were all prepared, parapets batte-

ries constructed, and a ditch and scarp dug round the '
point. In April the enemy pitched their tents, and
formed their camp within two miles of the fort, and
on the 11th of May our foraging party was : ttacked
under the fort, and we took eleven followers. From
that till the 2lst we were closely invested ; the enemy
constructed small matchlock batteries within from two
to four hundred yards of the fort, and kept up a con-
stant fire, which did us no harm. The weather now
was all in our favour ; every man was, therefore,
ready at a moment's notice. We got information that
the enemy were preparing for the assault ; and when
the rush was made, the enemy received a warm recep-
tion. No men could have behaved braver. The assault
was made at three different points—first, in rear and
between the barracks ; second, in rear of the stores ;
and third, at the extreme point ; and it was at the
latter that the most determined onset was made ; but
they found their match. Three times their standard
was planted at the muzzle of the gun and blown
away, and one man was dragged in, and killed on the
gun. This was my station, and you may imagine it was
rather hot work. The rifle you sent out did some
execution. The attack was made at a little after
three o'clock, a.m., just as the moon went down, and
continued till day-break, when the fellows ran on
all sides, leaving 104 dead. Our loss consisted of only
one follower killed, and six wounded. Not an officer
touched, with the exception of a few bruises from
stones. The enemy broke up instanter, and by the
afternoon not a man was to be seen, while the day
before we had some 6,000 round us. Altogether the
affair happened most fortunately for us, and was a
good end to all our trouble and watching during the
winter. It was very satisfactory having disposed of
the enemy before the brigade arrived, which was then
on the way out to relieve us, and which arrived on
the 25th. General Nott had received positive orders to
relieve us, and destroy all the works at Khelat. As soon
as the brigade arrived we joined their camp, and com-
menced the destruction of the fort ; this did not take
long, and what cost so many months' trouble and
above a lac of rupees, was in five days a heap of
ruins. We returned with the brigade, greatly to the
disappointment of all, as we were in hopes that a for-
ward move would have taken place. But, no ; our
poor prisoners are still at Ghuznee, and whether any
attempt will be made to relieve them, has still to be
proved. It is the general opinion that we retire from
the country in a couple of months. The Caubul busi-
ness has swept away many a fine fellow. It is a cala-
Mity dreadful to think of, and if the Government of
Xndia retire without striking a blow, it certainly will
Ile a disgrace to their names. In every encounter here
We have been most successful, n3r will the enemy
stand for a moment ; and, were we well supplied with
cavalry, not a man would show his face : but we are
very badly off in this arm of the service, and the enemy
know it. We have no European dragoons, and the native
Cavalry are rather looked down upon by the Affghans;
but they will find their mistake, and if their infantry
snake a stand the slaughter will be dreadful. General
Nott has now a fine force under him—between

11,000 and 12,000 men, with artillery in pro-
portion. General Pollock is at Jellalabad with 14,000
men, waiting for orders to move into Cabool. At
the capital the chiefs are fighting among themselves,
so I dare say there would not be the least opposition.
I forgot to tell you that about forty ladders were taken
by us—fourteen were round the point. We also took
six standards. We have yet to learn what Govern-
ment think of the affair. We were getting short of
flour, but had plenty of wheat in store ; so it was
rather fortunate that I succeeded in making up a
hand-mill, after a plan I got out of Nicholson's Me-
chanics,' and we should have been able to carry on,
had General Nott been prevented from relieving us."

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1842.

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exclusive and oppressive laws, from sending represen-
tatives to such a Conference, we especially invite, and
will receive as visitors, all who approve of the object of
our meeting, and who share the confidence of the
people of that country.
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higher courts of law; so that Englishmen may learn
whether those rights of which they are proud to boast,
the rights of publicly assembling and reasonably de-
claring their opinions, are sacred and inviolable, or
whether they depend on the fiat of some local 'Magis-
trate—on a portion of those who hate liberty—or a
servant of Government armed with staff and sabre.

Believing that the above objects are perfectly just
and legal, being in conformity with our ancient con-
stitutional usages, being the only rational and proper
means for ascertaining the public opinion of the coun-
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welfare, we especially invite your co-operation and
support.
\%re remain, your friends and fellow-citizens, the
Members of the Complete Suffrage Council.
Signed on their behalf, JOSEPH STURGE.
Birmingham, 9th month (September) 12, 1842.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 9, 1842.

•
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Delves Brough-
ton. of Nantuich, in the County of Chester, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery

KIM SEPT. 12.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been
graciously pleased to appoint Edward Scard, Esq., to be
Apothecary to his Royal Highness's Household at Kew.
The following places have been duly registered for
solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act' 6th
aad 7th William IV., cap. 85 :
St. James Church, Alnwick, Northumberland.
Salem Chapel, Stockton, Durham.
BANKRUPTS.

GEORGE COLE, innkeeper, Toy Hotel, Hampton,
to surrender Sept. 26, at one, and Oct. 28, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Pyke, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
JAMES VARDY, brass founder, Wolverhampton,
Oct. 12 and 28, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Wolver-
hampton. Cox and Stone, Poultry, London ; James,
Walsall, Staffordshire.
GEORGE HEATHCOTE and WILLIAM LEVES-
LEY, spring-knife manufacturers, Sheffield, Sept. 24,
and Oct. 28, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield.
Duncun, Chancery-lane, London ; Unwin, Sheffield.
STEPHEN THOMAS, victualler, Heworth, York-
shire, Sept. 27. at two, and Oct. 28,at three, at the Guild-
hall, York. R. E. and 0. Smithson, York ; Wiglesworth,
Ridesdale. and Craddock, Gray's Inn-square, London.
ROBERT CRAIG, innkeeper, Manchester, Sept. 30,
and Oct. 28, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester. Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon,
Bedford-row, London ; Lees, Manchester.
RICHARD WOMERSLEY, hat manufacturer,
Stoney Stratford, Buckinghamshire, Sept. 24, at eleven,
and Oct. 28, at two, at the Peacock Inn, Northampton.
Weller, King's-road, Bedford-row, London ; Pell, jun.,
Northampton.
GEORGE OLDHAM, wine and spirit merchant,
Manchester, Oct. 8 and 28, at two, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Manchester. Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and
Bourdillon, Bedford-row, London ; Chew, Manchester.
JOHN BALL BOUCHER, shawl-dealer, Birming-
ham, September 21, at one, and October 28, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Green,
Aldermanbury, official assignee; Reed and Shaw, Friday-
street.

WILLIAM MEARNS, shawl-dealer, Liverpool,
Sept. 28, and Oct. 28, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms,
Liverpool. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester.
DIVIDENDS.
W. Greenwood, corn dealer, Oldham, Lancashire,
Oct. 14, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester
-W. Walley, flour dealer, Salford, Lancashire, Oct. 13,
at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-J.
Wright, merchant, Manchester, Oct. 15, at ten, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-W. J. Holt, wine
merchant, Grantham, Lincolnshire, Oct. 13, at twelve, at
J. Gilstrap's Hotel, Newark-W. Horsnaill, carpenter,
Dover, Oct. 25, at twelve, at the Shakspeare Hotel,
Dover-J. W. Filcher, miller, Crabble, Kent, Oct. 25. at
two, at the Shakspeare Hotel, Dover-J. Smith, wine
merchant. Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Oct. 7, at twelve, at
the Packhorse Inn, Huddersfield-E. H. Hart, glass ma-
nufacturer, Gateshead, Durham, Oct. 7, at twelve, at the
Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-G.
Last, general merchant, Birmingham, Oct. 11, at two, at
the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-G. Waud, miller,
York, Oct. 28,
at twelve, at the Guildhall, York--E.
Minty, maltster, Warminster, Wiltshire, Oct. 29, at
eleven, at the Bath Arms Inn, Warminster-S. Forster,
ironfounder, Gateshead, Durham, Oct. 10, at twelve, at
the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-T. Statham, hosier, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Oct. 7, at
eleven, at the White Swan Inn, Huddersfield-C.
Cross and B. Spaull, merchants, Colchester, Oct. 7, at
twelve, at the Three Cups Hotel, Colchester -J.
Russom, coal merchant, Carnarvon, Oct. 10, at twelve, at
the Uxbridge Arms Hotel, Carnarvon-J. Lawther, ship
broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 10, at two, at the
Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne--
W. Barnes, fire brick manufacturer, Shincliffe, Durham,
Oct, 17, at the Newcastle Arms, Durham-H. Lacey,
bookseller, Liverpool, Oct. 12, at one, at the Clarendon-
rooms Liverpool-J. R. Smith, ship owner, Monk Wear-
mouth-shore, Durham, Oct. 21, at two, at the Bridge
Hotel, Bishop Wearmouth-S. E. Hide, builder, Broad-
water, Sussex, Oct. 11, at one, at the Town-hall,
Brighton-J. Lockley, plumber, Bilston, Staffordshire,
Oct. 13, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Wolverhampton-
F. Stodart, J. B. Stodart, and F. Stodart, jun., mer-
chants, Carlisle, Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Liverpool-W. Ireland, N. Calvert, J. Overend,
and C. Tomlinson, merchants, Lancaster, Oct. 20, at
one, at the King's Arms Inn, Lancaster-R. Slade, son.,
R. Biddle, 81. Seager, and R. Major, rope manufac-
turers, Poole, Oct. 18, at one, at the London Tavern Inn,
Poole-J. G. Smith, common brewer, Bath, Oct. 14, at
one, at the Lamb Inn, Bath-J. and T. Penny, grocers,
Shepton Mallet, Soinersetshire, Oct. 11, at twelve, at
the Commercial rooms, Bristol -B. Baker, marble
mason, Liverpool. Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Liverpool-J. and G. H. Fisher, Manchester
warehousemen, Manchester, Oct.- 29, at three, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-W. Newall. jun.,
and A. Harrison, grocers, Manchester, Oct. 11, at
eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-A.
Crompton, grocer, Manchester, Oct. 14, at twelve, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-A. Meredith, coal
merchant, Bristol, Oct. 24, at two, at the Commercial-
rooms, Bristol-R. Adams, butter merchant, Manchester,
Oct. 15. at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester-W. Hague, S. Hague, and W. Shatwell, com-
mission agents, Manchester, Nov. 5, at ten, at the Com-
missioners'-rooms, Manchester-T. Horton, iron founder,
West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Oct. 13, at eleven, at the
Swan Inn, Wolverhampton--W. Bodman, tallow chandler,
Bristol, Oct. 15, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol.

CERTIFICATES--OcT. 7.
•
J. G. Bourne, builder, Clapham—C. W. lladdan,
cheesemonger, Hammersmith—A. L. I3ensusan and J.
Brandon, merchants, Walbrook-buildings,' City —E.
Banks, button maker, Birmingham—T. D. Taylor, oil-
man, Lower Holborn—R. C. Squibb, rope maker, East
Cowes, Isle of Wight—T. Janes, farmer, Hockliffe, Bed-
fordshire—J. Hopkins and J.Drewitt,bankers, Arundel,
Sussex—F. Richardson, publican, Manchester—W. 11.
Turnham, innkeeper, Leicester—W. Cocking, market
gardener, Beeston, Bedfordshire—T. Tatham, lime burner,
Burton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire—G. Barnard, coal mer-
chant, Portsea, Hampshire—W. Kirk, builder, Leicester
—J. M. Rigden, maltster, Wingham, Kent.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
A. Graham and W. Roberts, potato salesmen, Mill-
lane, Tooley--strcet—J. Usborne, R. Garrett, and R. U.
Wilkins, New Broad-street-court--J. Tubb and T.
Puzoy, linen drapers, Basingstoke, Hampshire—W.
Beaver and J. Foster, woolstaplers, Bradford, Yorkshire
—S. Parsons and J. Stones, paper hanging manufac-
turers, Manchester—C. Harvey and D. Salmon, tailors,
Lisle-street, Leicester-square—J. Winstanley, P. Cat-
terall, and W. Charnlev, attorneys—T. Rawlings and
11. Lake, printers. Cheltenham—W. Maury, M. Maury,
and R. Maury, Liverpool—L: B. Rowley and J. Blew,
manufacturers ofpatent rotary steam-engines, Manchester
—J. Bourdillon, Bourdillon, jun., and S. Bourdillon,
solicitors, Great Winchester-street (so far as regards S
Bourdillcn)—T. Fairland, W. Fairland, and C. H. Fair-
land, lithographic printers, St. John's-square, Clerken-
well—S. Hutchinson and J. Holdsworth, drapers, Wake-
field, Yorkshire—J
and spindle manufacturers, Dronfield, Derbyshire—Jn.
and Sykes,
Jh. Outram and W. Goodlad, millers
corn millers, Little-town, Yorkshire—
J. W. and W. T. Hohnes, opticians, Red-cross-square,
Alder: gate-street—T. H. Smith and J. Goodson, millers,
Nottingham—E. and W. A. Florance, brewers, St. Pan-
eras, Chichester.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
JOHN CRAUFORD and WILLIAM CRAUFORD,
hers of R. Walker, Glasgow.
wrights, Glasgow, set. 22 and Oct. 11, at the Chum-
JOIIN GRIEVE, distiller, Borrowstounness, Sept.
20 and Oct. 11, at one,
at the Black Bull Inn, Borrow-
stounness.

MARY BALLINGALL, Edinburgh, Sept. 21 and
Oct. 19, at two, at the Old Signet-hall, Edinburgh.
ALEXANDER PETER, farmer, Gellybanks, Perth-
shire, Sept. 21 and Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Salutation
Inn, Perth.
GALL and YELLOWLEES, coach builders, Edin-
burgh, Sept. 21 and Oct. 14, at one, at the Old Signet-
hall. Edinburgh,
ROBERT BOYLE WATSON, glazier, Dunferm-
line, Sept. 22 and Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Chambers of
R. Malcolm, Dunfermline.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Sept. 14, 1942, i
36," 3d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

BANK OF ENGLAND,
Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the
Bank of England, from the 18th day of June, to the 10th day
of September, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to
the Act, 3 and 4 W. iv., cap. 98.
LIABILITIES, ASSETS.
Circulation ......£19,714,000
Securities £23,159,000
Deposits ... ...... ... 9,833,000 Bullion 9,177,000

~047'0001
Duwning-street, Sept. -lb: 1842.

£32,336,000