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%a Arne id or 26 of .titese- Prcie&d nn the Ist by
'steilry. It is statenliat atl army. of reserve or .ob-
servation is .03 b ititkiibleol, under command of Sir
G. :&-opitf., who leaves immediately; and we believe
there is no officer under whom it could have been
placed in whom greater'cenfldenee Is, reposed by the
army of India in general. He is senior to General
Et!gland4 aiid. will supersede , him in command. The
point on which these movements are directed is said
to be Hyderabad, where we have some old scores to
settle. Itissaida!so that the Ameers have given us re-
cent cause of mistrust, which must be looked into.

C 11). ETTAII.
There is scarcely any separate or independent in-
telligence from this quarter—its affairs being mingled
with those of Candahar and Scinde. Lieutenant
Rammersley had been very sick ; and his removal
from political charge, in so far as that was assumed
consequent on the statements contained in General
England's dispatches, hai occasioned much specula-
tion, and excited no small sympathy. NtisSeer
Khan was, at our latest dates (3:1. August), at
Moostung, thirty miles from Quetah. It is
understood that the Shawl country will be
given over entirely ,to Kelat. It will be
remembered that eighteen months ago similar
charges were brought against these chiefs by
the press generally, in reference to the murder of
Lieutenant Loveday, our Envoy at Kelat, which are
now laid against Akbar Khan in, reference to the
death of Sir W. Macnaghten,—and that the former
carried on the war against us as inveterately, and, on
some occasions, as successfully, in proportion to his
means and the extent of operations then on foot, as
the latter chief. The mode which we took to redress
our wrongs, and brighten the lustre of our shield,
with the Beloochees, was to restore them their chief
and leave their country.; and no one will dispute that
in doing so we acted wisely. Is Caubul destined to
furnish a further parallel to Kelat, than that which it
has already supplied?.

LOSS OF THE ADELE.
Accounts were received on Wednesday last of the
total loss of the barque Adele, from hence to the Mau-
ritius, on the night of the 4th instant, while attempt-
ing the passage between the Cherbaniani Bank and
the island of Chittae. She struck upon a coral reef,
we presume the one on which the Shaw Byrumgore
was lost some years ago, and hence called the Shaw
Byrumgore Reef. The masts were immediately cut
away, and every attempt made to get her off; but
owing to the heavy sea running, all their exertions
were useless, Fortunately she held together till day-
light of the sth, otherwise not a soul would have
been saved. As it was, twenty-four persons appear
to have been drowned; the remainder succeeded in
reaching the island of Chittae, where they were hos-
pitably received by the inhabitants. On .the. 13th,
the captain and seven of the crew started in the long
boat for the coast, and reached Calicut on the 15th.er
16th. The remaining officers, crew, and passengers
expected to be able' to leave for Cochin about the end
of the month. They were in all ninety-five souls on
board.—Bombay Times, July 30.

BRIGADIER MONTEATH'S SUCCESS.
SECRET DEPARTMENT.
Bombay Castle, Aug. 26, 1842. --
The Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to re-
publish, for general information, the following notifi-
cation issued at Allahabad, on the 11th inst., under the
orders of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India.
By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council,
J. P. WILLOUGHBY, Secretary to Government.
NOTIFICATION.
Secret Department, Allahabad, Aug. 11, 1842.
The Right Hon. the Governor-General is pleased to
direct the publication of the following letter from Major-
General Pollock, and of the report from Brigadier Mon-
teath, of the successful operations of the force under his
command in the Shinwaree :Valley.
By order of the Right Hon. the Gover-General,
(Signed) T. H. MADDOCK,
Secretary to the Government of India with the
Governor-General.
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL GEO. POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMAND-
ING TROOPS WEST OF THE INDUS, TO T. HADDOCK,
ESQ., SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT POLITICAL DE-
PARTMENT.

Jellalabad, July 29, 1842.
Sir,—l have the honour to forward herewith a copy
of my letter to the Adjutant General of the Army of
this date, fon', arding copies of letters and other documents
from Brigadier Monteath. reporting the result of an at-
tack on the enemy in the Shinwaree Valley.
The loss sustained by the enemy must have been con-
siderable, for in a letter which one of the chiefs addressed
to Captain M•Gregor on the 28th instant, he states that
they were still burying their dead. The effect in the
whole valley by such a complete defeat of the Shinwarees,
and the destruction of so many of their forts, will be pro-
ductive of the most beneficial effects.—l have, &c.
(Signed) G. POLLOCK, Major-General.
Commanding Troops West of Indus.
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMANDING IN
AFFGHANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL LUMLEY, ADJU-
TANT-GENERAL OF TYE ARMY.
Head Quarters, Simlah, Camp Jellalabad, July 29, 1842.
Sir—l have the honour to forward for the information
of his Excellency the Commander in Chief a copy of a
letter. dated Camp Mazeena, 27th instant, from Brigadier
Monteath, C. 8., commanding the troops in the Shinwaree
Valley, together with copies of the documents to which it
refers. Although the loss of the enemy on this occasion
has not been stated by Brigadier Monteath, I have every
reason to believe, from authentic sources, it has been
cnsiderable. One of the chiefs, Shadoo, had a nephew
and a first cousin killed in the action, and another chief,
Hoosain, also lost a son.
The enemy were busily employed during the afternoon
of the 26th in burying their dead, and on the day subse-
quent to the engagement the Shinwaree chiefs sent into
camp to express their willingness to pay the revenue.—
I have, &c.
(Signed) G. POLLOCK, Major-General.
Commanding Troops West of the Indus.
FROM BRIGADIER MONTEATH. C. 8., COMMANDING FIELD
FORCE, TO CAPTAIN PONSONBY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-
GENERAL.

Camp, Mazeena„ July 27, 1842.
Sir—l have the honour of addressing you to state for
the information of Major-General Pollock, C. 8., that in
accordance with the intention expressed by me in my
letter of the 24th inst., I marched out yesterday morning
at daylight to attack the enemy with the following troops
and guns :
Five 9-pounders, one 24-pounder howitzer, 50 Sappers
and Miners, one squadron Ist Light Cavalry, seven com-
panies her Majesty's 31st Regiment, seven companies
33d N. 1., seven companies 53d NJ., and Ferris's corps of
jezailehees.
As the road into the enemy's country was nearly im-
practicable for loaded animals, and we must have lost a
great many camels had I attempted to move with our
baggage, I resolved on returning to my present position
after the operations I had in view had been concluded ;
therefore, having compressed the camp as much as pus •
sible by striking a portion of it, and collecting the tents
and baggage on one spot, I left it in charge of Major
Hewitt, 33d Regiment, with the following troops:—
Two companies of her Majesty's 31st R egiment, dtwoitto
33d Native Infantry, ditto 53d Native Infantry,
squadrons of light cavalry, 50 Jezailchees, and 100 of
Torabaz Khan's men.
On the troops gaining the left ridge of the Shinwaree
Valley, which was the most practicable, the enemy re-
tired out of their forts, and I detached Lieutenant
Beecher, of the corps of Engineers, ith the sappers an
miners, to set fire to them, which he did in succession up
to the tort of Secunder Khan, at the head of the valley,
the force moving parallel along the ridge for the protec-
tion of the party. Thus, at one time the interiors of 35
forts were in a blaze along the valley, the enemy con-
templating the scene from the heights in the vicinity of
Secunder Khan's fort, where they had taken positions,
and from whence they were driven in gallant style by the
advance, consisting of the Light and two battalion com-
panies of her Majesty's 31st regiment.
At this moment the guns, having been brought into
position by Captain Abbott, opened a fire of shrapnell
shells upon them, which did considerable execution, and
so disconcerted them, that parties left the field altogether
and never returned.
Having effected everything in the way of destruction,
I caused two companies of the 53d Regiment to. be ex-
tended along a ridge below that from whence the ad-
vance had driven the enemy, and of which it remained
in possession. In rear of the companies of the 53d a com-
pany of the 33d was extended along the top of another
ridge, and in the rear of that company, on a higher
ridge, two guns were placed in position, to aid in cover•
ing the retirement of the 'advance from the enemy, who
were all ready. to attack, them, as soon as they, should
commence their descent from the heights. On these ar-
rangements being completed, the recal was sounded to
the advance, and I am happy to say, the whole joined
the main body, without a single casualty occurring.
Major Skinner's party being exceedingly fatigued, for
the heat had been excessive and the labour great, I di-
reeed them to fall in with the main column, and ordered
out two companies from each of the three regiments to
cover our retrogression homewards. These were formed
into two parties, and extended across the ridge in two
lines of skirmishers. In rear of the second line I placed
two guns, with a company of her Majesty's 31st Regi-
ment flanking each of them, also a party of forty cavalry,
and a line of skirmishers was thrown out along the
whole right flank of the column to the edge of the ridge
(where the ground from its brokenwh cha
communicated
with the rear line of the covering force placed tinder the
coin:nand of Lieutenant-Colonel Bolton, of her Majesty's
31st Regiment, at his s3licitation.
In this order we retired seven Miles and a-half over as
bad a road as can well be supposed, and although I had
anticipated loss and great annoyance from the enemy
throughout the march, yet it seemed as if they had had
enough, as their attacks were languid and remarkably
cautious throughout, and I am rejoi..ed t
wo sayut , that at
half-past three p.m. we arrived in camp itho l
injury of any kind.
It gives me great pleasure to record the zealous con-
duct of the troops generally, and the cheerful and praise-
worthy manner in which the soldiers of her Majesty's
31st Regiment laboured to drag the guns tip such places
as the horses, notwithstanding their unequalled qualities,
were incapable of doing.
Herewith I beg to enclose Major Skinner's report, and
I can myself bear ample testimony
to the gallant con-
duct of himself, and those under his command, and I
should be unjust were I net to say that the conduct of
Captain Ferris, his native commandant, Hyder Ali, and
the whole corps of Jezailchees was highly distinguished.
)4ty thanks are are very justly due to Lieutenant-Co-