The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-20 00:00:00

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THE "WEST INDIES

The Royal West India mail etearner Trent, Commandee
Boxer, arrivied at Falmouth on Saturday with the West
India mails, 90 passengers, and on freigf,t about 6,683 doub-
loons, 8,038 dollars, 2,248 ounces of gold dust, 1,309 ounces
of old silver, and 1,214 ounces of platina. Her dates are—
from St. Thomas's the 24th of May, Bermuda the 31st of
May, and from Fayal the 10th instant.
The Royal mail steamer Forth arrived at St. Thomas's on
the 22d of May with the Jamaica mails and dates from that
island to the 18th of May, and was to leave again on the 24th
for Porto Rico, Cape Haytien, and St. Jago de Cuba.
From the Jamaica Despatch of the 18th of May we extract
the following :—" The packet mail forwarded by the steamer
which sails this morning conveys to our friends in Great
Britain the agreeable assurance that this island has been
mercifully spared from the dreadful convulsions with which
the neighbouring colonies have been visited ; that the sea-
sons have been propitious, and the crops promise favourably
for the ensuing harvest ; that the inhabitants are generally
WATERLOO, GREAT CROSBY. healthy, and that all they require to rouse them into prosper-
CY FOR THE LETTING OF COTTAGES. ous activity is an augmentation Glen of
untl capita
hadl and
lso arrived
everal respectable Proprietors of COTTAGES at Kingston, on the 11th of May, from Sierra Leone, with 85
RLOO, Great Crosby, and Liverpool, begs most emigrants, which was regarded as a small supply only for the
cfully to inform the Public, and such as are desirous of demand occasioned by th Jamaica negroes continuing to set-
visiting that attractive and fashionable place of resort for de on their own lands, and which caused a want of field la-
Sea Bathing, that he has OPENED an OFFICE, near bourers. Much difficulty had been experienced in inducing
Christ Church School, and only a short distance from the the poor Africans to volunteer their labour upon the free
Marine Crescent, the Esplanade, and the Postoffice, where principle, but it was expected in due progress of time that
he is enabled to furnish all necessary information respecting their prejudices would be overcome.
the LETTING of COTTAGES, and will be glad to afford From Barbadoes the West Indian, under date also the
every facility to Visitors (gratis) in obtaining genteel and 13th of May, remarks on their having had a long and fearful
comfortable accommodation. continuance of dry weather. The heat for some weeks had
*** Applications from any part of the Country by letter, been truly oppressive, and the young crop was suffering in
(post paid,) addressed to him, as above, will meet with every consequence. The shipment of sugar was proceeding rapidly,
attention, and be promptly answered. and the exportations for the months of February, March,
April, and to the 16th of May were 10,733 hlids. 554 tierces,
PROM OLI AND HAUSBURG and 3191 barrels of sugar. 1,100 puncheons, 180 hhds., and
141 EG leave to inform their Friends and the Public in 31 barrels molasses; and 199 bales cotton. Of general news,
1-1 general, that by their extensive arrangements for the there was little to remark on. The election of representa-
manufacture of tives for the General Assembly was fixed to take place on
"GOLD AND SILVER LEVER WATCHES" the sth of June.
they are enabled to submit them at Prices much below those Demerara papers are to the 12th of May, butt thei n
r co-
at which these articles have been hitherto attainable: tents seem almost exclusively occupied with matters of a local
GOLD LEVER, with hard Enamelled Dialte'l nature, and possessing no general interest.
red and Jewelled in two holes, I The Trent was completely run out of fuel, having barely
actions, maintaining power during ..E143 10 sufficient to enable her to reach this port ; and we under-
, improved detached Lever Escape- I stand it was under consideration at one time with her officers
and double bottomed cases j whether they had not better put into Corunna for a supply.
precisely the same as the above, het I
Gold Dials r 1 1 10 Southampton about noon.
ER WATCHES, Patent Detached Lever } 5 0
caperment
LD WATCHES, horizontal Movements., -t , a w
namelled, Silver or Gold Dials
LVER DO., Enamelled- or Silver Dials,
Gold Joints, Gold Balance, and Jewelled in 4 0
'our holes

POST-OFFICE
STAMPED ENVELOPES
O'NE SHILLING,
C. WOOLF-lELD'S
1, BOLD - STREET, LIVERPOOL,
Manufacturer of Writing Desks,
Work Boxes, Dressing
and Jewel Cases,
snlendid

Papilr Mach
Work & Card Tables,
Pole and Hand Screens,
Racks, Portfolios,
rk Boxes, Inkstands, &c., &c., &c

Card

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respect

DITTO

THE SLAUGHTER AT CAUBUL

The letter of a colour sergeant of General Pollock's army,
received in this city, and dated from Meerut, in March last,
gives the following description of the scene which met the
eyes of the troops in the memorable Pass :
" On the morning of the 16th September we resumed our
march, and proceeded the whole road without interruption,
•or without seeing a single Affghan, and on the 17th encamped
within three miles of Canbul, surrounded by the most beauti-

ful gardens, vineyards, orchards, and plantations, which
quickly underwent a close shearing by soldiers and camp fol-
lowers, and here, as at Ghuznie, our tents were all day
heaped with fruits and vegetables of every description. A
force from General Pollock's camp passed our lines on their
way to recover the prisoners at a small fort about forty miles
off, where they were confined nnderthe charge of a Chief who
had once been a subadar in the Company's service, but had
deserted over to the Affghans at the time of Lord Keane's
campaign, and got into favour with the Affghan Princes ; but
seeing that the British were likely to he masters, and also
that by restoring the prisoners, the whole of whom had been

entrusted to his safe keeping, he might insure forgiveness
and a suitable maintenance—this was all very fortunate, as
otherwise we might have remained in the country for a cen-
tury without a chance of recovering them. It was, therefore,
with feelings of inexpressible pleasure and delight that we
saw them enter the camp, a few days after, all dressed in the
Affghan costume, ladies as well as men. They appeared in
very good condition, and the sight of so many fair faces, to-
gether with the smiling little countenanees of the beautiful
and unconscious children, was truly gratifying, and suffi-
ciently rewarded us for the part we had taken in their release.

" We started on the forenoon of the 12th Oct. towards the
Coord Caubul pass, and encamped at the Bhood-Kback at
the entrance, distance about 16 miles from Caubul, the road
all the way being strewn with the disjointed skeletons of the
late unfortunate army. We halted here one day to admit of
Pollock's division getting through the pass, and on the 14th
began our march through what might justly be termed a dis•
mad charnel-house, containing the mutilated and insulted
skeletons of hundreds of human creatures. There they lay
in heaps just as they fell in some places; in others, single
skeletons would be seen propped up against the rocks, with
heaps of loose bones scattered about at their feet, shewing
that they had been placed as targets, and that the loose bones
were used as missiles to throw at them. The sight was truly
shocking. The sound of the crashing of human bones under
the wheels of our artillery guns was awfully grating to the
ear. In places where the rocks jutted out at either side, and
formed a kind of natural breastwork, which it might reason-
ebly be supposed some of the unfortunate retreating army
might have taken advantage of—it was at those places that
the heaps of human skeletons and bones indicated the hope-
less resistance which was made. The poor arm would be
seen raised as if warding off the fatal blow of the assassin—
the knees crumped up in excruciating pain and misery—some
with the hand pressed against the fatal wound, othess with
the fore finger pointing upwards. as if pointing out to the
heathen villiati that there was an Almighty God witnessing
their hellish actions, and that his vengeance would sooner or
later overtake them—others again, who, it was evident, had
been but slightly wounded, were in a crawling attitude, as if
making an effort to gain some place of shelter from the intense
cold, which eventually killed them ; and some could be seen
far up amongst the rocks on each side, as if they had been
endeavouring to escape that way when death arrested their
further progress. Feet would be seen standing by themselves,
with the socks still adhering to them ; hands in the same way ;
fingers and toes scattered all about, and heads separated from
the body.
" The pass is four or five miles long, with a stream of water
running through it, occupying in many places the whole
breadth between the mountains, the sides of which are very
steep and inaccessible, the widest part not being more than
twenty and thirty paces, and in some places not more than
the same number of feet. From this until we arrived at
Gundan3uck on the 20th, which 1 think is abont 90 miles, the
road is thickly covered with human skeletons—some dis-
jointed, and others whole, with the shrivelled flesh sticking
to the bones."