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THE SUN. LONDON,_SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1842.

tion of Major-General Nott, Commanding at Candahar,
that, it obedience to his instruction s, I matched from

that place on the Morning of the 25th inst., with half a
oop of the Shah's Horse Artillery; one troop of Hal-
dane's Horse ; half a troop of Leeson's Horse ; 6th Re-
giment of Bengal Native Infantry ; 38th Regiment,
ditto ; 2d Shah's Regiment, with the intention of forag-
ing for the cavalry and cattle at the village of Seikhchu-
lah ; but, on receiving a report from Captain DallaS, that
the country thereabouts had recently been foraged over
and the water turned off by the enemy, he suggested the
advantage to be derived by a move upon Baa Wullee,
which was adopted. On reaching that place I sighted
the rebel camp on the opposite side of the Urghundab,
distant about four miles, and large bodies of cavalry
grazing their horses between it and the river. I con-
tinued my march to the spot selected for my encampment,
and shortly after reaching it at half-past ten or eleven, a
large body of the enemy's cavalry was observed, forming
and occupying the pass in my rear ; on which I re-
inforced the rear-guard with two guns and a wing
of the 38th Native Infantry, placing the convoy under
the hills in the rear and protecting its front and
flanks with the force at my disposal, which had hardly
been effected, when finding the force above-mentioned
fast increasing I deemed it highly' necessary to move
back for then:dispersion, taking with me two Horse-
Artillery guns under Lieutenant Turner, 38th Regiment,
and a party of Skinner's Horse, under Lieutenant Tra-
vers, detaching two companies of the 38th Regiment to
drive the enemy from the tops of some low hills they had
crowned with horsemen on my left; which was speedily
done, and the well-directed fire from Lieutenant Tur-
ner's guns soon drove in the body of the enemy collected
on the pass, commanded, I am told, by Salloa Khan, and
Taj Mahomed, who moved round to join the party then
threatening the right flank of the convoy. On this I
retraced my steps and rejoined the convoy, which had
been left under Lieutenant-Colonel Maclaren's charge
during my absence, and who had dislodged a third body
of the enemy from the enclosed gardens and village in
his front with a- part of the 16th regiment. On my
reaching the convoy I directed Captain Macan, corn-
mandine•c the Shah's 2d Regiment, to move his corps,
supported by two guns and the half of Leeson's horse
under Ensign Chamberlain, against the party on the
right flank, which movement had been partly executed
when the force, under. the Major-General's personal
command, arrived to my support, at the time when the
party of cavalry under Ensign Chamberlain received a
partial check from an overpowering body of the enemy,
and that Officer was severely wounded, and Lieutenant
Travers slightly, who acted in concert with him.

" Inclosed f have the honour to forward a return of
the killed and wounded on the occasion, and to express
my entire approbation of the conduct of all officers and
men engaged in the action.
" I trust I may be permitted to bring to the "Major-
General's notice the admirable practice of the artillery
under Lieutenant Turner's guidance, every shot from
which told with beautiful effect upon (he dense masses of
the enemy.
" To Lieutenant Waterford, Adjutant 38th Regiment,
who acted as my personal staff on the occasion, lam
much indebted for the very able manner in which he
conducted the various duties assigned to him.—T have, &c.
" G. P. WYMER, Lieutenant-Colonel,
" Commanding Detachment."

Secret Department, Allahabad, June 27, 1842.
The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India is
pleased to direct the publication of the following dia.
pa:ches from Major-General Nott. Commanding at Can-
dahar _ _

" Head-quarters, Candahar, May 21, 1842.
" Sir,—l have the honour to forward to you a dis-
patch from Major-General England, No. 524, of the
29th ultimo, detailing an affair with the enemy in
Pisheen.—l am, &c.
W. NOTT, Major-General,
"Commanding Lower Affghanistan and Scinde."

of Brigade; 3d Regiment Light Cavalry; 7th Regiment
Light Cavalry ; Bth Regiment Light Cavalry.
IRREGULAR CAVALRY.

Major Alexander, Commandant ; Brigade Staff; 4th
Irregular Cavalry ; Gthlrregular Cavalry. -
INFANTRY.

Ist Division.—lst or Light Brigade.—Brigadier Or-
chard, C. 8., Commandant ; Major of Brigade ; Ist Eu-
ropean or Light Infantry ; Ist Light Infantry Battalion;
2d Light Infantry Battalion.
2d Brigade,--Brigadier Paul. Commandant ;' Major of
Brigade; her Majesty's 3d or Buffs ; 9th Regiment Na-
tive.lnfantry ; 10th Regiment Native Infantry.
2d Division.-3d Brigade.—Brigadier Moore, Com-
mandant ; Major of Brigade ; her Majesty's 39th Regi-
ment of Foot ; 59th Regiment Native Infantry ; 63d
Reginient Native Infantry.
4th Brigade.—Brigadier Young, Commandant; Major
of Brigade ; 2d European Regiment ; 39th Regiment
Native Infantry ; Sirmoor Local Battalion.
J. STUART', Lieutenant-Colonel,
Secretary to the Government of India, Military Depart-
Ment, with the Right Hon. the Governor .General.
Co MNIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY, JULY 19.—The trade of this place is every
day getting worse—without the slightest glimpse of
improvement.. The poverty of the people is also on the
increase, and they are wholly unable now to purchase
British manufactures to the same extent as before. Not-
withstanding that the Custom •houSe returns for the year
1841-42 exhibit a material falling-off in the quantity of
manufactured goods imported, prices have fallen lower
than ever, and there can now be no doubt that, next
season, if they are saleable at all, it must be at prices
lower than we have yet seen. The Bombay Times of this
day says :
" With the exception of cotton shipments to China,
there is an almost total suspension of business there at
present. Cotton piece goods and twist are entirely un-
saleable ; the warehouses are glutted with them ; while
the numerous !arrivals from England daily add to the
accumulated stocks. There is no prospect whatever of
any improvement in prices after the monsoon ; on the
contrary, there is every probability that they will be
considerably lower, unless some degreu of firmness be
given to the market from the cessation of imports—and
of that, judging from past experience, there is but little
prospect. Such, however, is the quantity of goods now
in store that the utmost that can be expected, even from
an entire cessation of imports for some months, is the
maintenance merely of the miserable prices ruling pre-
vious to the monsoon."

There can be no doubt of the correctness of this :
imports (notwithstanding the ruinous losses) will not
cease, and there is not, I believe, a merchant in the
place, who expects anything else than a decline in prices
on the opening of the season.
Prospects fur shipping, not only at Bombay, but at
every other place, are miserable in the extreme. Some
ships, particularly North American built, arc obliged to
lay up—there being a prejudice against them, particu-
larly in Calcutta and in China. The following is from
he Bombay Times of to-day :

" SHIPPING PROSPECTS IN INDIA.
" We are sorry that we are unable to announce any
improvement in freights by the present
mail, either at
Bombay or at any of the other Indian or eastern ports.
Notwithstanding the numerous departures of ships in
ballast to Calcutta and elsewhere, in search of employ-
ment, the arrivals at. Bombay have been equally numer-
ous, and a glance at the shipping list will show that our
harbour is as crowded as ever. Freight to Liverpool
has, since our last, been engaged at the unprecedentedly
low rate of 10s. per ton, and there is at present not suf-
ficient produce in the place to load much more than half
the unemployed tonnage. At Calcutta matters are not
quite so bad, but they promise to be so ere. long. The
calcutta Star, of July 4, says :
" Numerous and unexpected arrivals from New South
Wales, the Mauritius, and Bombay, have contributed to
depress rates 10s. to 15s. per ton within the past month,
the prospects of this trade are at present most gloomy,
the Indian seas are swarming with British tonnage, and
every port 'and harbour in India is reported full of
shipping, much, or most of which, it is apprehended, may
come hither for employment ; if to these be added the
usual shipping of the season, and the tonnage taken up
at home to bring out the 10,000 troops intended for
India, it is probable that the rates of tonnage may fall
this season below any precedent."
Cotton has advanced in price, and the holders are de-
candy Sarat and Broach,
mandinc, 112 rupees per
and other qualities in proportion—but we have not
heard of any actual purchases as yet having been made
above 110. There is only a very small quantity in the
place available for purchase ; and in general it is of a
very inferior quality.
Exchange on London for first class paper is now
2s. Id. to 2s. d. six months' sight ; on Calcutta and
Madras half per cent. discount, thirty days' sight.

CALCUTTA.
The most important item of intelligence from Calcutta
relates to the Indigo crop. The accounts from several
important indigo districts represent the prospects of the
season as very dismal. The late gale did much damage
to the standing crop, but the incessant rain of ten days
which succeeded it has almost destroyed the plant. The
unusual rise of the river has completed the Injury occa-
sioned by the gale and the rain, and it is confidently
stated that the out-turn of the season will fall consider-
ably short of an average crop. The Exchange Price
Current says, under date June 2d :
" Aceount3 from the indigo districts in t.rt LowPr
Provinces are rather As.vourable for at least an average
crop; but in the Upper Provinces there is little hope of
there being anything like an average."
" On the 4th June the gale occurred, and on the 9th
June the same publication said :
" This (the gale) together with the continued bad
state of the weather, will materially alter the prospects
we entertained a week ago, of the probable out-turn of
the crop." .
On the 23d-,--" The crop will certainly not exceed
115,000 maunds, but a few weeks more will enable us to
speak with more accuracy."
On the 30th—" The deficiency will be great in every
district, and, we think the figure 115,000 maunds, men-
tioned in our last, may now be reduced to 100,000 or
105,000, as the probable out-turn of indigo in the com-
ing season."
And on the 7th July—" We do not see Any reason to
alter the probable out-turn we gave in our last."
At Calcutta, imports continued much depressed; the
markets being without speculative demand, and credit
generally still low. In the upper provinces unsatisfac-
tory prices prevail. Exchange 2s. ltd. per rupee ten
months'

INDIGO.
(From the Calcutta Englishman, July 4.)
We have no sales to report since our last, but large,
shipments are in progress to London. --
It was some time before we ascertained the damage
done to the plant by the gale of the 3d ult., and we are
sorry to have to report that it is much greater than we
had expected, the loss of course being greater in those
districts where the plant was most forward.
In Kishnaghur. and some parts of Jessore, where the
plant was young and backward the gale did no great in-
jury, but almost incessant heavy rain since has done even
more damage than the gale, and has considerably re-
duced tho expectation of planters in these districts.
The loss sustained by the concerns on the line of

the Bhaugeretty has been ruinous, nany. of them
will scarcely make any thing (i. e. factories, which
last year made upwards of 700 maunds will not make
100), and none of them will have half a crop. In
Moorshedabad, Pubna, Rajeshye, -and Bhauglepore,
they aro very nearly as badly ofl-; land although in Tir-
hoot prospects have somewhat improved, there will be a
falling off in the out-turn of the district of about 12,000
mds. These extensive losses, with the known great re-
duction in the cultivation, and the now almost certainty
of early and heavy inundation, the river having already
risen considerably, and all the plains being covered with
water, leave little hope of a crop exceeding 100,000 mds;
and, with a continuance of bad weather for another fort-
night, we have no hesitation in saying that it will be
smaller than any we have had for many years. ,
We think it of sufficient importance to state here, that
a further, and probably great reduction in the cultiva-
tion, must of necessity take place next year : and, until
the wants of Government permit some portion of the re-
sources of the country, which till lately have been avail-
able for commercial purposes, to be again so employed,
we can safely recommend those interested in the article
to calculate our crop considerably under the average of
the last ten years.

REVIEW OF THE CALCUTTA MARKET-JULY 4,
1842.

The Money Market during the last month has borne a
more firm and equal aspect than for many months pre-
ceding.
The want of commercial confidence has ceased in a
measure to exist.
The shipments to Europe during the past month have
not been large, which has tended to keep the rate of Ex-
change on good commercial bills, with documents at a
more favourable rate than was anticipated in the early
part of the months.
Commercial bills of ten months. with and without do-
cuments, have been sold to a moderate amount only, at
2•11 to 2-li. Bills drawn under letters of credit, with
local endorsements, at 201, at three months' sight, have
found purchasers.
Treasury, Navy, and Missionary Bills have been in de-
mand, at 1-11+ to 1-111.
Government securities continue firm, but few transac-
tions in Company's paper have taken place.
In Bank of Bengal and Union Bank shares no altera•
tion had taken place during the past month.
FREIGHTS—Continue without any apparent altera-
tion, which may in some measure be accounted for by the
scarcity of produce now available in Calcutta.
Sugar £3 0 0 to 3 3 0 per ton of 20 cwt.
Saltpetre 2 10 0 to 2 15 0
Rice - 2 15 0 to 3 0 0

Indigo and Silk
goods 4 0 0 to 4 4 0 per ton meast.
RAW SILK.--Business in this staple is slack, chiefly
on account of the scarcity of good qualities. Fine silk
would be readily bought up at our highest
quotations,
but such are not to be met with. Inferior qualities are
not in demand, and with them the market is supplied.
ConAxs—There has not been so much business done
for the last fortnight, and there are again new com-
plaints as to the qualities of the goods. There is, how-
ever, no alteration in the quotations for the markets,
which remain for Cossim-bazaar Corahs per corge, 120
to 150.
SALTPETRE—Is in active demand, and is likely so to
continue while the present low rates of freights are ob-
tainable. The bazaar is well supplied. Price per B.
Md., 5 to 5-4.
SUGAR—Has advanced since our last issue, and still
has a tendency to improve. Fine white sugar is scarce,
and commands a ready sale, with full prices ; the coarser
descriptions are not so much sought for, and Khaur is
neglect2d.
Bug—Has been shipped for England in considerable

quantity, but, we presume, principally on account of the
manufacturers. A great many stills are closed, and
prices are: without improvement, say 6 to 8 annas per W.
gallon, L. P.
RICE—lc neglected. Prices remain as in our last.