The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-29 00:00:00

INDIA.

In a Gazette Extraordinary, publishzd on Thursday night
last, appear a number of despatches, amongst which are the
following, which will be found highly interesting and impor-
tant, as giving official statements of the chief occurrences
achieved by the British arms, and an abstract of which ap-
peared in our last :

FROM MAJOR-GENERAL N OTT, COMMANDING FIELD FORCE,
A.FFGHANISTAN, TO T. 11. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY
TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, WITH THE GOVERNOR-
GENERAL.

Head-quarters, dated camp Gonine, 31 miles
S.W. of Ghuznee, 31st Aug., 1842.
Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the informa-
tion of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, that
Shumshooden, the Affghan governor of the fortress of Ghuz-
nee, brought nearly the whole of his army, about 12,000 men,
into the vicinity of my camp yesterday, at 3 o'clock, p.m.
I moved out with one-halt of my force : the enemy ad-
vanced in the most hold and gallant manner, each cheering
as they came into position ; their left being upon a hill of
some elevation, their centre and right upon a low ridge, until
their flank rested upon a fort filled with men. They opened
a fire of small arms, supported by two six-pounder horse-
artillery guns, which were admirably served. Our columns
advanced upon the different points with great regularity and
steadiness, and, after a short and spirited contest, completely
defeated the enemy, capturing their guns, tents, ammunition,
&c., and dispersing them in every direction. One hour's
more daylight would have enabled me to destroy the whole
of their infantry.
Shumshooden fled in the direction of Ghuznee, accompa-
nied by about thirty horsemen.
I enclose a list of killed and wounded on the 28th and 30th
instant, also a return of ordnance, ammunition, &c., taken
from the enemy.
The behaviour of the troops, both European and native,
was such as I anticipated, and afforded me complete satis-
faction. _

—.-...
I beg leave to bring to the favourable notice of the Right
Honourable the Governor-General of India the undermen-
tioned officers; many of them have served under my com-
mand for the last three years, and have been conspicuous for
their zeal and gallantry in the various affairs which have
occurred with the enemy during that period, and especially
in the action of the 12th of January last ; and have invariably
upheld the reputation of our arms and the honour of our
country.
Brigadier Wymer, commanding the first infantry brigade;
Lieut.-Colonel M'Laren, commanding pith regiment native
infantry ; Major Hibbert, commanding her Majesty's 40th
regiment ; Captain Burney, commanding 38th regiment na.
tire infantry ; Captains Christie and Aldane, commanding
corps of Bengal irregular cavalry; Major Sotheby, corn-
mand'ng the artillery ; Captain Blood, commanding Bombay
foot artillery; Major Sanders, Bengal engineers; Lieuts.
North and Studdert, Bombay engineers. Majors Leech and
Rawlinson, of the political department, attended me in the
field, and rendered me great assistance in conveying my or-
ders.

My best thanks are due to my staff, Captain Polwhele,
deputy-assistant adjutant-general, Captain Waterfield, aide-
de-camp, Lieutenant Tytler, deputy quarter-master-general.
Annexed is a letter from Brigadier Wymer, speaking in
the highest terms of his Brigade-Major Captain T. H. Scott,
of the 38th Regiment Native Infantry. 1 fully appreciate
this excellent officer's merit; he has been with me in four
actions: I trust I shall not be thought presumptuous in ex-
pressing a hope that he will receive some mark of the favour
of government, by brevet or otherwise.
I cannot close this despatch without expressing my admi-
ration of the dashing and gallant conduct, rapid movement,
and correct practice of Captain Anderson's troop of Bengal
horse artillery; nothing could exceed it; and I beg leave to
bring this officer, and Lieutenant Turner, attached to the
same troop, to the particular notice of his lordship, as offi-
cers who have on many occasions rendered me the most es-
sential service.

I have, &c. (Signed)
W. Norr, Major-General
Commanding Field Force, Affghanistan.

COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, C,.13.,
COMMANDING TROOPS IN AFFGHANISTAN, TO MAJOR-
GENERAL LUMLEY, MAJOR-GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
Dated camp Kutta Sung, 9th Sept., 1842.
have the honour to report, for the information of
his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that I left Soorkab
on the morning of the Bth instant in progress to Jugdulluck,
with the following troops :-
Ist division under the command of Major-General Sir R.
Sale, G.C.8.-2 guns 3d troop Ist Brigade H A ; 6 do. No.
a.Light Field Battery ' • 3 do:Mountain Train ; her Majesty's
3d Light Dragoons; 1 squadron Ist Light Cavalry; 3 Re-
sullahs 3d Irregular Cavalry; her Majesty's 9th Foot; her
Majesty's 13th Light Infantry ; 26th Regiment Native In-
fantry; 35th Regiment Light Infantry; sth Company of
Sappers ; Broadtoot's Sappers ; Mackeson's Bildars.
On approaching the hills which command the road through
the pass, I perceived their summits were occupied by a con-
siderable number of men, and a nearer view enabled me to
ascertain the nature of their position, which was one of sin-
gular strength and difficulty of approach. The enemy were
assembled in bodies apparently under different chieftains,
each having a distinguishing standard.
The hills they occupied formed an amphitheatre inclininc,
towards the left of the road on which the troops were halted,*
while the guns opened, and the enemy were thus enabled on
this point to fire into the column, a deep ravine preventing
any contact with them. The practice of the guns was excel-
lent, yet the enemy appeared so determined on making a
stand, that the bursting of the shells among them on the right
bill, which was of a conical shape and difficult ascent, had
not the effect of making them relinquish it, or of slackening
their fire, which now became heavy from all parts of their
position, causing several casualties.
It is with the deepest feeling of regret I have to deplore
the loss of Captain Nugent, officiating sub-assistant com-
missary-general, who was shot here, and died almost imme-
diately. I had lately received the most important and valu-
able assistance from him ; the service has lost a promising
officer, and the department to which he belonged a most effi-
cient member.
As the guns appeared to have little effect in forcing the
enemy to quit the heights, I resolved upon attacking them ;
for this purpose Captain Broadfoot was detached to the ex-
treme left of the enemy's position, and his sappers com-
menced ascending a steep hill, on the to of which the enemy
were entrenched in a sungah. Her Majesty's 9th Foot,
under Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, were directed Co cross a deep
ravine, and assault the hills on the opposite side, where the
enemy held a ruined fort, and were with their chiefs and ca-
valry in considerable numbers. Her Majesty's 13th Light
Infantry, led by Capt. Wilkinson, commanding the regiment,
attacked the hill, which may be considered the key of the
position. The 9th, accompanied by two companies of the
35th Native Infantry, under Lieuts. Boileau and Trench;
the 13th by 130 men of the 26th, led by Capt. Gahan (Major
finish, who, although present in the field, was prevented by
his wound received at Mamoo Kheil from assuming the com-
mand), rushed up the heights simultaneously ; and the ani-
mated and enthusiastic cheer they gave seemed to strike a
panic into the enemy, for they dared not wait the collision,
but fled down the hills, and were enabled to escape chastise-
ment by the nature of the ground, which was so well calcu-
lated to favour their retreat. At this moment, Major Lock-
wood, with her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons, galloped up,
and very nearly succeeded iri overtaking the enemy's cavalry,
but, I am very sorry to say, they also effected their safety by
flight.
Captain Broadfoot had completely succeeded in the attack
he made,'and the enemy were dispersed in every direction,
a large body of them retiring to the summit of a high moun-
tain. On this apparently inaccessible height they planted
their standards, and showed every demonstration of main-
taining it. As the achievments of the day would have been
incomplete were they suffered to remain, I decided upon
dislodging them.
The troops advanced under cover of Captain Abbott's
guni, and those of Captain Backhouse's mountain train.
Seldom have soldiers had a more arduous task to perform,
and never was there an u ndertaking of the kind surpassed in
execution. These lofty heights were assaulted in two co-
lumns, led by Captains Wilkinson and Broadfoot : the dis-
comfited Ghilzies, not relishing an encounter, betook them-
selves to flight, carrying away their standards, and leaving
our troops in quiet possession of their least and least assail-
able stronghold.
It gratifies me to be
.enabled to state, that we have thus
signally defeated, with one division of the troops, the most
powerful tribes and the most inveterate of our enemies, the
original instigators and principal actors in those disturbances,
a hick entailed such disasters on our troops last winter. The
following are the troops who were present in the action :
Uzeez Khan, Gool Mahomed Khan, and Suadat Meen
Khan—Jubber Kheil Ghilzies.

Khodah Busksh Khan, Azul Khan, and Kojeh Mahomed
Shah Khan—Chiefs of Tezeen, Babukkur, Kheil Ghilzies.
Sirdar Khyroolah Khan, Barulzie, Shah Gazee Khan,
Gool Ghilzie, Hajie Ali Tajick, Ibrahim Khun, and Mullick
Suddo : sent by Mahomed Akhbar Khan from Cabool, to
co-operate with the Ghilzees.
Ibrahim Khan and Mullick Suddo—Lugman chiefs.
The petty chiefs of Hissaruck were also engaged ; and in-
deed the whole strength, of the Ghilzie force may be consi-
dered to have been brought against us, numbering on this
occasion from four to five thousand men.
Let me now express how much I owe to the brave officers
and soldiers who have thus gallantly asserted their supe-
riority in arms; were I to name all who merit eulogy, I
should feel obliged to enumerate every officer who was pre-
sent.
1 feel considerable diffidence in mentioning the name of
Major-General Sir R. Sale, G.C.8., whose heroic conduct
in the field stands so little in need of my commendation.
On this occasion I was an eye-witness to the personal intre-
pidity of this highly distinguished officer, as he led up the
heights in advance of his own regiment under a very hot
fire.
To the officers in command of regiments and detachments,
and to the heads of departments, also to the officers of .my
personal and the general staff, 1 feel especially indebted for
the zealous and efficient manner in which they performed
their respective duties ; and I trust' his excellency the
commander-in-chief will bring to the notice of his lOrdship
the governor-general; that every individual engaged has ex-
erted himself to the utmost to serve his country.
I have the honour to enclose a rough sketch of the scene
of operations, and a return of killed and wounded .—I have, &c.
(Signed) GEORGE POLLOCK, Major-General,
Commanding in Affghanistan.
•

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHT AT TEZEEN.
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL G. POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMANDING
IN AFFGHANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL J. R. LUMLEY,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
Camp, Boottkhak, Sept. 14.
Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of
his excellency the commander-in-chief, that I marched from
Seh Baba on the 11th inst., and arrived at Tezeen the same
day, where I was joined by Major-General M'Caskill, with
the 2d division. On the 12th I halted, in consequence of the
cattle of the 2nd division having suffered from the effects of
fatigue, caused by their forced march ; this halt the enemy
imagined to be the result of hesitation, and, in the afternoon,
attacked the pickets on the left flank, and became so daring
that I considered it necessary to send Lieutenant-Colonel
Taylor, with 250 men of her Majesty's 9th Foot, to drive
them back ; some sharp fighting took place, and the enemy
were driven up the neighbouring hills, from the crests of
which they kept up a heavy fire. Lieutenant-Colonel Tay-
lor, however, with a small party, crept up one end of the hill
unperceived by the enemy, who were hotly engaged in their
front, and lay concealed until joined by a few more of his
men, when rushing up on the flank of the astounded Affghans,
he inflicted a severe lesson, pouring in a destructive fire upon
them as they fled down the bill. A chieftain was found
among the slain, who, it is supposed, was the brother of
Khoodabux Khan. The enemy remained inoffensive on our
left flank, in consequence of this very well-planned and gal-
ant affair of Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor's, and withdrew to
the right, where they commenced a furious attack upon a
picket consisting of 80 men of the 60th Regiment of Native
Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Montgomery, who sus-
tained the assault with great resolution, until reinforcements
reached him, when the enemy were beaten off; in this attack
the picket had four killed, Lieutenant Montgomery and 17
men wounded : the enemy came so close that frequent re-
course was had to the bayonet. The attempts on the pickets
continued throughout the night, but were invariably un-
successful.

The valley of Tezeen, where we were encamped, is com-
pletely encircled by lofty hills : and on the morning of the
13th it was perceived that the Affghans had occupied in great
force every height not already crowntd by our troops. I
commenced my march towards the month of the Tezeen
pass, where I left two guns, two squadrons of her Majesty's

3d Dragoons, a party of the Ist Light Cavalry and 3d Irre-
gular Cavalry. The enemy's horse appeared in the ialley,.l
with the intention of falling upon the baggage; but it gises
me very great pleasure to state, that the dragoons and native
cavalry (regular and irregular) made a most brilliant charge.
and with such effect that the whola body of the enemy's
force was completely routed, and a number of them cut up.
The pass of Tezeen affords great advantages to an enemy
occupying the heights; and, on the present occasion, Ma-
homed Akhbar neglected nothing to render its natural diffi-
culties as formidable as numbers could make it. Our troops'
mounted the heights, and the Affghans, contrary to their ge-
neral custom, advanced to meet them, and a desperate
struggle ensued : indeed, their defence was so obstinate,
that the British bayonet in many instances alone decided the
contest. The light company of her Majesty's 9th Foot,
led by Captain Lushington, who, I regret to say, was
wounded in the head, ascending the hills on the left of the
pass, under a heavy cross-fire, charged and overthrew their
opponents, leaving several horses and their riders, supposed
to be chiefs, dead on the hill ; the slaughter was considerable,
and the fight continued during the greater part of the day,
the enemy appearing resolved that we should not ascend the
Huft Kotul; one spirit seemed to pervade all, and a deter-
mination to conquer overcame the obstinate resistance of
the enemy, who were at length forced from their numerous
and strong positions; and our troops mounted the Huft
Kotul, giving three cheers when they reached the summit.
Here Lieut. Cunningham, with a party of Sappers, pressed
the enemy so hard, that they left in their precipitation a
24-pounder howitzer and limber, carrying off the draught
bullocks. Having heard that another gun had been seen,
and concluding that it could not have gone very far, I de-
tached a squadron of dragoons, under Captain Tritton, and
two horse-artillery guns, under Major Delafosse, in pursuit.
The gun (a 12-pounder howitzer) with bullocks sufficient for
the two guns was soon captured. The dragoons again got
among the enemy, and succeeded in cutting up many of them.
Captain Broadfoot with the Sappers advanced, and with the
dragoons happened to fall in with another party of the enemy,
of whom upwards of 20 were killed. I have ascertained
there was about 16,000 men in the field opposed to me, a
considerable portion of whom was cavalry. Mahorned
Akhhar Khan, Mahomed Schah Khan, Ameen Oollah, and
many other chiefs with their followers, were present, all of
whom, I have reason to believe, have taken to flight.
We have gained a complete victory, and our enemies have
suffered severely, having several hundreds killed, losing their
guns and three standards, one of which was taken from the
enemy's horse by the Ist Light Cavalry. Although many
attempts were made at the baggage, none were successful,
chiefly owing to the judicious and admirable arrangements
of Lieut.-Col. Richmond, commanding the rear-guard. and
for which he deserves the greatest credit.
The Lahore contingent, under the able direction of Capt.
Lawrence, has invariably given the most cheerful assistance,
dragging the guns, occupying the heights, and covering the
rear-guard. While ascending Huft-Kotul and at Tezeen,
their long jezails told effectively in keeping the ground.
Major Skinner, her Majesty's 31st Foot had been detached
with a strong party on the night of the 12th, for the purpose
of dislodging a body of the enemy on the heights in front of
the camp : this duty was performed with great gallantry the
next morning, and his operations contributed much to frus-
trate the attempts of the enemy on our right flank.
The enemy being completely dispersed, we pursued our
march, and encamped at Khoord Cabul without further op-
position. The troops on this, as on all former occasions
where they have been engaged with the enemy, showed the
most determined valour, and I feel that I cannot too highly
praise their conduct ; each regiment seemed to vie with the
others in their endeavours to dislodge the enemy, which they
most effectually accomplished. [Here follow the names of
the officers specially mentioned.] I must not omit the ex-
pression of my regret for the fate of Hyder Ali, the native
commandant of the Jezailchees, a most gallant and enter-
prising soldier, who was killed while attempting to seize one
of the enemy's standards.
I have the honour to forward reports from Lieut.-Colonels
Richmond and Taylor, and Major Skinner, with returns of
killed and wounded ; and of ordnance, ammunition, and
stores captured.—l have, &c.
G. PoLLocx, Major-General.

COPY OF A LETTER FROM LIEUT.-COL. TAYLOR, COMMAND-
' ING HER MAJESTY'S 9TH REGIMENT OF FOOT, TO CAPT.
PONSONBY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL.
Camp, Khoord Cabool. Sept. 13.
Sir,—l have to report, for the information of Major-Gene-
ral Pollock, C. 8., commanding the troops in Affghanistan,
that agreeably to his orders, I proceeded at half-past five
o'clock yesterday evening, with 250 men of her Majesty's
9th, to the support of the guards in charge of the public cat-
tle, feeding on the left of the camp, in the Tezeen valley,
which were much pressed by the enemy. On clearing the
left picket, I was joined by Major Huish, with a small party
of the 26th Native Infantry. I threw forward a strong body
of skirmisbers, who quickly drove back those of the enemy
on the plain, pursuing them to a range of low hills, where
they made a stand, till dislodged by our advance ; further on
I found the enemy, in force from 500 to 600, had taken post
along the crest, and on the top of a range of steep hills, run-
ning near a mile from the northward into the Tezeen valley ;
those towards the north were assailed by Captain Lushington,
her Majesty's 9th foot, with the left support and skirmishers,
whilst I directed the attack against their front and left flank,
which being turned, I ascended the heights between two
ridges which concealed my approach till close to the summit
and within 20 yards of their main body, consisting of over
300 men. Collecting 30 to 40 men, with Lieutenants Elm-
herst, Lister, and Vigors, I ordered bayonets to be fixed,
and the enemy to be charged, which was done with such reso-
lution and effect, that the whole mass taken with surprise,
was pushed head-long down the hills, nor did they rally till
out of musket-shot. Their loss must have been very severe,
as I observed numbers lagging behind to carry off their killed
and wounded. As it was getting dark, I deemed it imprudent
to pursue the enemy further, ordered the halt to be sounded,
and, after remaining in possession of tbeir position for half
an hour, retired without molestation. It affords me great
gratification to bear testimony to the s, '..". ,nd gallantry
displayed by officers and men ou this a, especially
Major Huish, 26th regiment Native Infantry ; Capt. Lushing-
ton, and those concerned in the charge of the enemy. I beg
to transmit a return of the killed and wounded.—l have, &c.
A. B. TAYLOR, Lieut.-Colonel, 9th Foot.

COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR SKINNER, HER MAJES-
TY'S 31ST FOOT, TO CAPTAIN PONSONBY, ASSISTANT AD-
JUTANT GENERAL.
Bootkhak, Sept. 14.

Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of
the major-general commanding the army in Afghanistan,
that I ascended the heights above the Tezeen valley, in front
of our camp, with the following detachment :—One company
of her majesty's 9th foot, one company of her majesty's 13th
light infantry, one company of her majesty's 31st foot, one
company of her majesty's 26th native infantry, one company
of her majesty's 35th native light infantry, one company of
her majesty's 33d native infantry, 50 broadfoot sappers, and
50 jezailchees—on the afternoon of the 12th instant, and
occupied the ridge till daylight next morning. From a com-
munication with Major-Gen. Sir R. Sale, G.C.B. 1 learned
that I was to take the high peaks to the right of my position,
and, having driven the enemy from them, continue to operate
among the lower hills to the head of the Huft Kotul, on the
right flank of the advanced guard of the army. These peaks
were occupied in some force by the enemy, who was, how-
ever, easily driven from them, and cleared away to the higher
hills on my right. I ascended the first peak, which, although
the way was steep, was not very difficult, in two small co-
lumns ; the first the companies of her majesty's 9th and 26th
Native Infantry, under Captain Borton, of the 9th Foot; the
second -under Lieutenant Sayers, of the 31st, composed of
the two company's of her majesty's 31st Foot and 33d Na-
tive Infantry, covered by the Sappers and Jezailchees under
' Lieutenant Orr. I detached Lieutenant Sinclair, of thel3th
Light Infantry, with the company of his regiment and one of
the 35th Native Infantry, to the higher peak on the right
hand, and supported him by Lieutenant Orr and the Sap-
pers (after 1 bad possession of the first height,) who ascended
by a steep ridge that connected them. Lieutenant Sinclair
attained the summit of the hill without loss, driving the
enemy away, and held it until the main column of advance
came in sight, when be led his column on my right over the
bills at the base of the higher mountains. The height I gained
descends to the higher road by a succession of small peaks,
each connected by a narrow ridge ; the enemy occupied with
small parties each of these peaks, and was driven in succes-
sion from them. Captain Borton, at the head of a party of
the 9th Foot, made a gallant charge u;,on a strongly posted
party of the enemy, and drove them away ; he showed a great
deal of boldness, however, and made repeated attempts to
recover his ground, taking advantage of the necessarily slow
advance of the supporting parties from the steep and difficult
nature of the hills. After I gained all the peaks, and the
enemy had fallen back, I continued parallel to the main co-
lumn over the hills to some distance beyond the top of the
Hutt Kotul. Considering the great number that at one time
opposed me, until the appearance of the main column
drew them off, my loss was not great ; while the enemy
safered considerably. I beg leave to bring to the notice of
the Major-General the very good conduct of the officers and
men who were under my command.—l have, &c.,
THOMAS SKINNER, Major, 31st Regiment.

RESTITUTION OF MONEY STOLEN THIRTY YEARS AGO.
—About thirty years ago a gentleman named Broder farmed
a considerable portion of land in the King's County, in Ire-
land. He had several workmen engaged, and it appears that
three of them agreed to embezzle the sum of £2O, which they
effected without the lcnowlege of Mr. Broder, or at least
without his being able to discover the persons who deprived
him of it. Soon after this occurrence he came to London,
and carried on successfully the trade of builder, and died
about twelve years ago. His son, now engaged in the same
business, and residing in Granville-place, Granville-square,
received it letter from the Roman Catholic curate of Clara,
in the King's County, a few days ago, stating that a poor
man, who, together with two others, had robbed Mr. Broder,
sen., about thirty years ago, was anxioua to restore his
share. To this letter Mr. Broder replied, that he had never
heard his father mention such a loss. On the 22nd instant
he received another letter from the priest, enclosing the half
of a £5 note, saying that the amount was all which the man,
who was poor, and struggling with a grown family, could pay
towards the restoration even of his share of the money ori-
ginally taken. The man begged the forgiveness of the son
for the injustice done to the father.
DEATH OF THE SON OF TIPPOO SAIB.—A letter from
Paris, dated November 16, enables us to anticipate our con-
temporaries in recording this melancholy event :—" You
are, of course, aware that the Shahzadah, Jabangeer-Zaman,
Jamh O'Deen Mahomed, Prince of Mysore, had been for
some few years in England, urging the East India Company
to pay up the arrears of the pension granted to his family, on
the death of his father, who was slain in the storming of
Seringapatam, in 1796. The Prince had accomplished the
object of his mission, and came to Paris, en route for India,
overland. At the Tuilleries he had been most graciously
and cordially received ; the King of the French extending to
him all the kindness that he felt to be due to the representa-
tives of a race in whose fate all France was deeply interested ;
and the Queen, only a few days since, presented him with
two superb vases, of Sevres manufacture. His only English
friend in the French capital was Mr. Mordaunt Ricketts,
who for years held the high office of Political Residens at the
Court of Oude. and had known the Prince intimately in
India, and subsequently in London. In Paris they were
constant associates. Early on the morning of Sunday last,
the Prince sent to apprise Mr. Ricketts that he was indispo-
sed, and wished to see his (Mr. R's) physician. His kind-
hearted friend instantly went to him, accompanied by Dr.
Donellan, and found him cold and restless. The usual medi-
caments were applied, and he appeared to be gradually getting
better. He was ordered to take some opium and calomel in
the evening, but when his attendant went to his bed side, he
seemed to be in a tranquil sleep—it was the sleep of death !
and when Mr. Ricketts immediately afterwards entered, his
room, be was shocked to behold the son of that once mighty
potentate and illustrious warrior, Tippoo Stub, a corpse !—a
Mussulman amidst Christians, who, if they gave him any
burial, it would be, among Roman Catholics, the burial of a
dog. Mr. Ricketts therefore resolved to secure for the re-
mains of the Prince the funeral rites due to his rank and faith ;
and for that purpose obtained an interview with the British
ambassador, Lord Cowley, who most kindly sanctioned and
promoted the benevolent object he had in view. At his Lord-
ship's suggestion be addressed a letter to the King, Louis
Philippe, and received from that enlightened Sovereign a
most considerate letter of condolence. He also waited on the
Turkish Ambassador, who directed 'ibis Msola, or Priest, to
attend and perform the usual Mahommedan ceremonies; and
on Thursday the Prince was interred in the cemetery ofPere
la Chaise. Dr. Donellan is of opinion that the Princes's
death was occasioned by aneurism of the heart.—Salisbury
Herald.

EVACUATION OF AFFGHANISTAN,

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
(PUBLISHED BY AUTHORIY.)
PROCLAMATION.

Secret Department, Simla, the Ist October, 1812.
The Government of India directed its army to pass the
Indus in order to expel from Affghanistan a chief believed to
be hos ii, to Bt itish interests, and to replace upon his throne
a sovereign represented to be friendly to those interests, and
popular with his former subjects.
The chief believed to be hostile became a prisoner, and the
sovereign represented to be popular was replaced upon his
throne; but, after events which brought into question his
fidelity to the government by which he was restored, he lost
by the hands of an assassin the throne he had only held
amidst insurrections, and his death was preceded and fol-
lowed by still existing anarchy.
Disasters unparalleled in their extent, unless by the errors
in which they originated, and by the treachery by which they
were completed, have in one short campaign been avenged
upon every scene of past misfortune; and repeated victories
in the field, and the capture of the cities and citadels of
Ghuznee and Cahul, have again attached the opinion of in-
vincibility to the British arms.
The British army in possession of Affghanistan will now
be withdrawn to the Sutlej.
The Governor-General will leave it to the Affghans them-
selves to create a government amidst the anarchy which is
the consequence of their crimes.
To force a sovereign upon a reluctant people would be as
inconsistent with the policy as it is with the principles of the
British Government, tending to place the arms and resources
of that people at the disposal of the first invader, and to im-
pose the burden of supporting a sovereign without the pros-
pect of benefit from his alliance.
The Governor-General will willingly recognise any govern-
ment approved by Affghans themselves, which shall appear
desirous and capable of maintaining friendly relations with
neighbouring states.
Content with the limits nature appears to have assigned to
its empire, the Government of India will devote all its efforts
to the establishment and maintenance of general peace, to
the protection of the Sovereigns and Chiefs, its allies, and to
the prosperity and happiness of its own faithful subjects.
The rivers of the Punjaub anti the Indus, and the noun-
tai,pous passes and the barbarous tribes of Affghanistan, will
be placed between the British army and an enemy approach-
ing from the west, if indeed such an enemy there can be, and
no longer between the army arid its supplies.
The enormous expenditure required for the support of a
large force; in a false military position, at a distance from its
own frontier and its resources, will no longer arrest every
measure for the improvement of the country and of the peo-
ple.
The combined army of England and of India, superior in
equipment, in discipline, in valour, and in the officers by
whom it is commanded, to any force which can be opposed
to it in Asia, will stand in unassailable strength upon its own
soil, and for ever, under the blessing of Providence, preserve
the glorious empire it has won, in security and in honour.
The Governor-General cannot fear the misconstruction of
his motives in thus frankly announcing to surrounding states
the pacific and conservative policy of his government.
Affghanistan and China have seen at once the forces at his
disposal, and the effect with which they can be applied.
Sincerely attached to peace for the sake of the benefits it
confers upon the people, the Governor-General is resolved
that peace shall be observed, and will put forth the whole
power of the British government to coerce the state by which
it shall be infringed.
By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India,
T. H. MADDOCK,
Secretary to the Government of India with the
Governor-General.

Another projected railway to Oxford is announced, to form
a continuation of the Aylesbury line.
There is a second crop of apples in the garden belonging to
Lumley Park Durham. The trees were in full bloom during
harvest, and the fruit is now a good size.
The Sultan is said to have the idea of fortifying Constanti-
nople ; and the King of Naples has determined on fortifying
Syracuse.
On Saturday last, a banker's case was lost in Lombard-
street, London, which contained bank-notes to the amount
of upwards of £1,900.
Thomas Cook, the superintendent of the police force at
Chatham, has been committed to gaol for embezzling the
sum of £7O, the funds of that borough.
The Rev. Francis Goode, lecturer, of Clapham, and author
of " The Better Covenant," died on the 19th inst., in his
45th year.
A WONDER ! Btow ME !—At New Jersey they have an
actress called the Singing Wonder, who has been known to
run up the chromatic scale so fast, that the organ which
ought to have accompanied her stopped for want of wind !
We understand the Derbyshire hills were on Thursday
covered with snow. There were some slight showers of snow
in Hull on Tuesday, but it dissolved as it fell. A great
quantity of rain has since fallen.—Hull Packet.
It gives us much pleasure to state, on the authority of let-
ters from Vienna of the 12th of this month, that the beautiful
daughter of Lord and Lady Jersey, the Princess Nicholas
Esterhazy, is in a situation that promises an heir to that an-
cient and distinguished family.

The late Dr. Ireland, Dean of Westminster, bequeathed
five thousand pounds to the Metropolis Church Building
Fund, to be :aid out in the building or purchase of a chapel
in some convenient part of Westminster, under the direction
of the Bishop of London.
DEATH OF FRANCES BENNETT.—This wretched woman,
who was removed in the course of last week, from Ruardean,
to the county gaol, charged with the horrible offence of
having murdered six of her own children, died in the hospital
at an early hour on Friday morning.
On Saturday last, at a very full meeting of the board of
guardians of the Kendal Union, the recommendation of the
poor-law commissioners to separate husband and wife was
unanimously resisted, and they are determined against the
the principle of separation. The result is looked forward to
with much interest in the district.
On Monday last, a man of the name of Daniel Campbell
was committed, under the coroner's warrant, at Oxford, on
a charge of manslaughter, his wife (or a woman with whom
he cohabited as such) having, as is alleged, conic to her death
in consequence of injuries inflicted upon her by him.
MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—This work is
now rapidly progressing. The rails have already been laid
from Carlisle to Cardew, about six miles. It is not now in-
tended to open the line to Dalston until it be finished to
Wigton, which will be completed by the end of February
next.—Carlisle Patriot.

ANTI-MAcAssAa.—lt appears that the metropolitan po-
lice are to be sworn of their " Elyperion's curls." We find
the following paragraph in relation to the cropping of their
" hairy honours" in the Standard of Friday :—" An order
has just been issued by the superintendent of L division, to
the effect that all the men in future appear with their whiskers
shaved clean off to the ear, and their hair cut close to the
head (a la militaire)."
EDINBURGH THEATRE.—The manager of this theatre has
changed the time of commencing the performances, and also
has lowered the prices of admission. The manager states,
in his address, that he solicits the increased patronage of the
public, as the only means of enabling him to continue his
exertions and keep the Theatre-Royal open ; but after a
month's trial, should the reduction be found a failure, the
old prices will, on due notice, be resumed.

WOODCOCKS.—There were killed last week, in the coverts
round Skibo Castle, by Mr. Dempster himself, Mr. Hay
Mackenzie, and other friends, about &l of those winter visi-
ters, along with roe-deer, pheasants, and other game. This
is a much smaller number, however, than was killed in the
corresponding week of last year at the sume place, when 67
woodcocks were bagged in three days, and when Easter Ross
also produced extraordinary numbers of these birds.—lnver-
ness Courier.
THE JOINT-STOCK MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANIES.—
The Railway Magazine of Saturday last, contains the fol-
lowing important statement:—" With a view to protect the
interests of the public, we ask if it be true that the proprie-
tors of the above companies, formed within these two years,
are liable only to the amount of the shares they hold ? We
repeat this question, so important to mercantile interests,
still more err phatically. Our reasons for so doing it is un-
necessary here to explain. We have heard surmises, which
lead us to believe that the old and admirable system of indi-
vidual subscriptions, so long practised at Lloyd's, must be
returned to, as the only safe one for insurers."
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The directors of this rail-
way met on Wednesday last at Derby, to consider of the
measures proper to be adopted in consequence of the decision
come to by the shareholders at the special general meeting
on the Wednesday previous. They came to the unanimous
resolution to resign their offices ' • but, in order to prevent the
great inconvenience that would have been created by the
immediate withdrawal of all those who had been on the direc-
tion, and also to prevent the nomination of the new board of
directors from falling into the hands of the Lord Chancellor
(for which it would have done by law if the number of direc-
tors had been reduced below five), they resolved that six of
the directors, out of the twelve, should continue in office till
the half-yearly meeting in February. At the half-yearly
meeting in February next the six old directors remaining on
the board will retire.—Leeds Mercury.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.—On Thursday last, the Rev. W.
Bailey, minister of Queen-square Episcopal chapel, West-
minster, was placed at the bar at Bow-street police-office,
charged with forging and uttering a promissory note for the
sum of £2.875, with intent to defraud the executors of the
late Mr. IL Smith, of Great St. Andrew-street, Seven
Dials, an ironmonger of very eccentric character, who died
some months since. The note was an I. 0. U. to Miss Ann
Bailey. prisoner's sister, on which an action had been brought
to recover the amount in the Court of Common Pleas. At
the trial, the prisoner swore that he saw Smith execute the
note in the vestry of his chapel at Queen-square. It ap-
peared, however, that the prisoner. in conversation with the
undertaker who conducted Smith's funeral, said he under-
stood he (Smith) could not write his name; the undertaker
corrected him on this point and supplied him with several of
Smith's signatures. Other circumstances occurred at the
time which induced the Chief Justice to order the several
documents to be impounded, in order that ulterior measures
might be taken against the prisoner, and a verdict was even-
teally returned for the defendant. The prisoner was re-
manded for a week.

OXFORD, Nov. 22.—The Vice-Chancellor has issued the
following notice :—" In a convocation to be holden on
Thursday, the Ist of December, at two o'clock, it will be
proposed to the house to accept the legacy, to which the
following extract from the will of the late Dean of West-
minster relates :"—Extract from the Will of the late John
Ireland, D.D., Dean of Westminster.—" And upon
trust to pay or transfer the sum of £lO,OOO Three per Cent.
Consolidated Annuities to the Chancellor, Masters, and
Scholars of the University of Oxford, that they may apply
the interest and dividends of the said sum as hereinafter
mentioned ; that is to say, for the promotion of a scheme of
education which (as I have been informed by the Dean of
Christ Church, Dr. Gaisford) is now in progress in the said
University, under the management of a Committee of Heads
of Houses, (of which the said Dean is one,) for the more
complete instruction of students, particularly such as are
destined for the church. And I direct the said Chancellor,
Masters. and Scholars, to appropriate the interest and divi-
dends of the said sum of :£lO,OOO for the benefit of a pro-
fessor, whose department shall be the 'Exegesis of Holy
Scripture,' as is recommended by the above committee, other
parts of theology being already allotted to other professors
under the general scheme. And I further direct, that the
said professor shall be appointed by the heads of colleges and
halls, and not by a smalLr body of trustees, or the University
at large. And also that the said professor shall be directed
by convocation in the detail of his duties as occasion may
require, and that he shall reside at Oxford six months in
every year, or lose his appointment. Provided always, and
in case the above-mentioned scheme of education shall at
any time, either before or after my death, be abandoned, and
it shall be found impossible to carry my said directions into
effect, then and in that ,:ase I direct the Chancellor, Masters,
and Scholars for the time being of the said University, to
apply the interest, dividends, and annual produce of the said
sum of £lO,OOO Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities for
and towards the established religion of England generally, or
to the promotion of literature and science within the Uni-
versity, as convocation shall determine. And I hereby
direct, that the receipt of the said Chancellor or his Vice-
Chancellor shall be a sufficient discharge for the said sum."

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

Under the Sole Management of Mr. TV. J. Ramnzond.
IS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 29th instant. •
L will be performed Knowles's Play of
THE HUNCHBACK.
Master Walter .
Ju1ia......
To conclude with the Nautical Drama of
BLACK EYED SUSAN.
William.... Mr. L. S. Thompson, his first appearance here.
Susan

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

" A Member of the Church of England" will find a com-
munication in another column on the subject of his letter;
but we fancy the affair to which he alludes is not yet
sufficiently ripe as to warrant such a demonstration as that
suggested. 'We give this opinion, however, without being
aware of what proceedings have yet taken place.

Oar Zibrrpool *tanarli.

TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1842.

We publish in another column a proclamation from
Lord Ellenborough, which is scarcely exceeded in im-
portance by the victories which have been achieved
by the British arms. Our troops in possession of
Affghanistan will now be withdrawn within our own
frontier, and the Governor-General leaves it to the
Affghans themselves to create a government which, his
Lordship states, he will willingly recognise if it appears
desirous and capable of maintaining friendly relations
with neighbouring states. We refer our readers to this
important document, on which we shall, in all proba-
bility, have occasion to remark further. In the mean-
time, however, we refer with pleasure to the following
extract, from the London- Times of yesterday :
It is not often that we see a successful army recalled from
the scene of its triumphs upon having performed simply the
task for which it was destined. Men are not often content
with success; and they say they cannot safely rest under de-

feat. They seem to consider themselves bound by a kind of
inevitable necessity—a kind of obligation of selfishness—to
prosecute any just or unjust advantage, as they dare not re-
main under the stain of an unavenged disaster. The man
who pauses in the one case is called a fool, in the other a
coward. And wars of subjugation—wars to the knife—wars
which can only terminate with the political existence of one
or the other party—are the results. Such was the prospect
with which we were threatened by the opening of hostilities
is Alfghanistan ; such is the course of policy to which many
thinkers and writers of the present day would unscrupu-
lously pledge us. We are most thankful to find that it is
not and cannot again be the policy of the present Govern-
ment. And we fervently thank Lord Ellenborough for this
determined announcement of his resolution, while establish-
ing and enforcing peace, to remain satisfied with the already
too ample limits of the British empire, and no longer to
waste in distant warfare those energies which might be em-
ployed to enrich and civilize at home.

The prospects opened to our commerce, by the im-
portant events which have just taken place in China
and Affghanistan, are at this moment occupying the
attention of the great mass of our mercantile com-
munity. By many, it is possible, too sanguine hopes
are entertained, of immediate as well as permanent
benefits to result from them. By some, and by the
Anti-Corn-law party in particular, the hope of revived
prosperity from such a source, or from any, save the
adoption of their own favourite nostrum, is openly
scouted. The increased activity which has already taken
place in almost every description of trade is, however,
before our eyes. If the feeling in our cotton market
be any key to the feeling in the cotton manufacturing
districts, revived commerce there is, at least, ap-
proaching; nay, if brisk markets for cotton goods be
not the most deceptive of commercial barometers, that
feeling has pervaded the length and breadth of those
districts. Our woollen trade, too, if the markets of
Leeds, Bradford, &c., are faithful indices of its con-
dition, has materially improved. In fact, look where
we will, there is scarcely a branch of industry which
has not felt the genial effects of the settlement of our
eastern entanglements, and of the concessions which,
in China at least, our victorious arms have wrung
from the late enemies of our country.
Still, we submit, it is of vital importance that we
should not allow ourselves to be misled, either by an
over sanguine temper on the one hand, or by weak
fears, produced by the representations of designing
men, on the other. We have no wish to see acted
over the commercial calamities which have
attended former extensions of the limits of our com-
merce ; and we wish, therefore, to direct our mercantile
readers to a calm and candid examination of the real
circumstances in which, by our recent successes, we
are at present placed. And, first, with respect to the
trade with China.

By the opening to that trade of four new ports,
most advantageously situated for an intercourse with
the heart of the ;Chinese empire, a vast prospective
business is held out to us. It must be entered upon,
however, with caution ; for at present we know little
either of the tastes of the people, whose wants we are
called upon to supply, or of their mode of making
payments for our goods. Still, the very extent of
their population, their reputed wealth, their rich pro-
duce, and other favourable circumstances, warrant us
in the expectation of an extensive and profitable inter-
change of commodities between us, so soon as a little
experience shall have guided our transactions into a
proper channel. Meantime, the stimulus given to
native industry by the mere experiment of an un-
restricted intercourse with China, will be a seasonable
relief indeed to all classes of our fellow-countrymen ;
and we earnestly trust that that intercourse may be
cultivated by us, in the first outset, with care and
prudence.

In addition, however, to the new sources of traffic
opened to us in China, we anticipate a material benefit
from the cessation of war with that country and with
Affghanistan. Of any commerce with the latter coun-
try—of the realization of the absurd dreams of Lord
Palmerston with respect to such a commerce—we have
little hope. We look for the benefit to accrue in India
herself, now almost prostrated by the heavy drains
which we have been making upon her resources, for
the support of our armies in China and beyond the
Indus. We see, by a despatch of the Governor-Gene-
ral, Lord Ellenborough, which will he found elsewhere,
that from the latter country those armies are about to
be withdrawn; we know too, by previous information
respecting the policy which it is the intention of his
Lordship to pursue, that his efibrts will be directed,
not to the extension of our Indian frontier, but to the
extension of the capabilities of that empire itself—to in-
ternal improvements, of its soil, its roads, its water
communications, and the condition of its people. And
upon the carrying out of such a policy, we build an
earnest hope that India, with its vast capabilities and
population, is at length about to prove that fertile store-
house of wealth to the British merchant, and that en-
during source of employment to British iudustry which,
under wise legislation, it is so eminently calculated to
become.

Viewed in all its circumstances, then, we hail, as a
great commercial boon, the pacification of our eastern
empire ; and we feel satisfied that, when time has been
given them to reflect—when time has been given them
to feel the benefits resulting from the eastern policy
of the present government,—the conviction will force
itself upon our fellow-countrymen that it is not by
aggressive wars abroad or agitation at home, but by
the cultivation of peaceful intercourse with foreign
countries, by an extension of the resources of our
magnificent colonies, and by energy, perseverance,
and, above all, prudence on the part of British mer-
chants, that the commerce and the name of England
are to be restored to their once proud pre-eminence
amongst mankind.

A paragraph has, it is well known, been recently
going the round of the papers, to the effect that the

Government of Sir Robert Peel has directed the

attention of the law officers of the Crown to the say-
ings and doings of that seditious body, the Anti-corn-
law League, with a view to the adoption of measures
for the preservation of the peace of the country, which
is endangered by its frantic proceedings. To this
report the Albion of yesterday addresses himself, in
his usual self-sufficient strain ; and proceeds to de-
monstrate, apparently to his own perfect satisfaction,
that any such measures, on the part of the Govern-
ment, are not only unwise, but likely to be fruitless.
" Assail the Leauue with success"—remarks our con-
temporary—" what then ? You have still the press to
gag. Silence the press, and what will you do with the
House of Commons ? There we have you. Agitation,
driven from Manchester, would fix its head quarters in
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which
oppresses, which afflicts and paralyzes all the
,sferests of the country."
We do not presume to know anything of the truth t
of
the report to which the Albion here refers. We
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truBt, however, that it has some good foundation. We
8t this, because we are satisfied, that to the mis-
thlevotts agitation of the members of the League and
their tools is to be attributed, mainly, the recent dis-
turbances in the manufacturing districts. At all events,
,review,i of the speeches and proceedings of the League
1 Prove whether this is or is not the case ; and
17
'7)111r1 the latter be the conviction forced upon the
°l'ernment—should it be found capable of proof that
,he League itself stirred up rebellion in the land—then,
ge fear of the strength of that body, no fear of the
pelf,
of its press, or of its advocates in Parliament
elf, should for a moment intervene between the
tllexecutive and the imperative duty which belongs to it.
°I vindicating the laws and preserving the peace of the
ekelintry. If, on the contrary, the proceedings of this
u°(l3r have been strictly legal hitherto, and are strictly
legal now, surely there can be no ground for the
elldent dislike with which the Albion regards the
18!Pervision, by Government, of those proceedings.
Sir Robert Peel, he may depend upon it, "has never
ad the madness to think of stopping the anti-corn-
lawg,. agitation by the arm of the law," although, we
`raBt that he has contemplated stopping SEDITION and
iIeITEMENT TO OUTBREAK, whether their source
e in the League, in its press, or in the raving of its
ellresentatives in the legislature of the country.
Let us see, however, whether it is not in accordance
with his duty of administering the laws with equal
im-
Partiality to high and low, that such an inquiry as has
been
mentioned should he entered upon. It may be
teitlernbered that, at the sitting of the recent Special
n '°almission in this town, several parties, of Chartist
°Pillions, were placed upon their trial, and traversed
until the next assizes. What was the crime of which
these
men were accused ? Why, this—that during
the disturbances in Manchester, they were assembled
I° Conclave to determine the best steps to be taken to
divert the so-called turnout for wages into a Chartist
'°vement. Now, we ask the Albion—and we hope to
teeeive an answer to our inquiry—suppose it can be
Proved that during the same disturbances, when the
telvn of Manchester was in the possession of a furious
t°44, after the riot-act had been read, and some hun-
dreds of special constables sworn in to preserve the
Peace, a body of Rev. members of the Anti-Corn-law
Teague were sitting, in similar conclave, for the pur-
11°se of diverting the riotous proceedings then taking
Place into a demonstration of physical force in aid of
,
Ike Corn-laws :—how can we draw a distinction be-
t Ween the two cases ? The Chartist agitation—as an
491tation—is, we presume, as legal as the Anti-Corn-
law agitation ; and we are at a loss to know, if
?)Connor and Scholefield be worthy of being indicted,
,7 What logic or by what law the " ministers of all
denominations" can be held guiltless. At all events,
a Calm comparison, by government, of the two cases,
nth the facts and circumstances before them, will
enable a just decision to he arrived at, and strict and
ll4Partial justice to be dealt out to all parties.
The Albion, however, has another horn to the
"'lemma
in which the report of this supervision of
league oratory places him. " The new version," he
he is
us, " is, that the Premier," by the inquiry which
i 8 said to have instituted, " is merely contemplating
a good digest and summary of the arguments em-
ployed by the champions of free trade (!), that he may
strengthen himself with them, should it be his will
and pleasure to make any further alteration of the
Corn-laws when parliament again assembles." The
kRoUIIENTS employed by the champions of free trade !
And these to strengthen any sensible man in legislating
liPon the Corn-laws ! The notion is about as richly
farcical
as any we have lately met with. We cordially
admit, however, the value to a statesman of such a
summary as that spoken of by our jocose contem-
Porary. The raving speeches and crude opinions of
`the champions" in question would be a shirt of mail
t° Sir Robert in his approaching parliamentary cam-
paign. They would enable him to refute Cobden with
'abden—the quack of to-day with the Charlatan of
Yesterday—and to hold up to the contempt of man-
kind a collection of conflicting assertions and argu-
tnents, of specious professions and dishonest practices,
°f affected loyalty contrasted by virulent sedition, such
48 never before disgraced a political party in this
01. any country. Oh, that we possessed such a " digest
summary

The London Sun of Thursday evening contains the
following remarks, to which we beg to draw the atten-
tl°l.l of our readers. "It was well said by Mr. R.
Greg"—at a recent meeting of the Anti-Corn-law
Teague—" that rent is not a necessary ingredient in
the cultivation of the soil :' that is, we do not need
landowners to provide the country with the means of
subsistence. The only classes required to obtain that
Prime end arid aim of all social institutions are the
actual cultivators of the soil. The receivers of rent

Perform no part of the indispensable operation."
couple with the above the following dictum of Mr.
Ilichard Cobden, propounded at the Liverpool tea
Party, and we may arrive at a tolerably accurate esti-
mate of the designs of the leading members, at least,
Of the League party, and of the kind of morality (!) by
which they are actuated. " The rental of the land,"
aaY's the latter eminent personage, " is laid down by
lacqueen at £77,000,000. That seventy-seven mil-
i
I°ns stand between us and the danger of throwing the
agricultural labourers out of employment, and until
140 t £77,000,000 be gone, it is an imposture to talk to
118 of the danger of throwing the agricultural labourers
°lir of employment."

RENT, then, according to the first of these autho
titles, is not " a necessary ingredient in the cultivation
°f the soil. Until rent, according to the latter, "is
COVE," you do not begin to inflict injury upon native
agriculture. Do not BOTH contemplate, as a result of
tee trade measures, scarcely to be at all deprecated,
THE ENTIRE CONFISCATION OF THE RENT OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM ? But rent is the representative
Of the capital invested in the soil, and whilst getting
titi of rent we get rid of capital too ! And whose is
hat capital ? Who are " the receivers of rent" who
Perform no part" in society ? imprimis, those who
hold the title to the soil ; and, next to them, numerous
classes of " mortgagees," " lessees," " annuitants,"
and other claimants, interested under various tenures
and circumstances. These parties, then, must all be
!acluded in the proposed decree of confiscation ! We
have a Church establishment, too, deriving in part
its revenues from the soil of the kingdom ; we have
universities, schools, and charitable foundations of
various descriptions, endowed out of the rent of land.
TO them, also, the doom of confiscation must extend ;
they also must be involved in the common ruin, which
la to be levelled against the " unnecessary ingredients"
af our social system !
We ask our readers, what do they think of the
4C/neSty of the gentlemen by whom a measure so infa-
111011s is thus coolly contemplated, and as coolly pro-
pounded to the public ? We ask them, moreover, to
\veigh well how easily the principles here avowed may
he extended to other interests besides that of the owner
Of the soil. Admit that it is just and wise to confiscate
the entire rental of the land of the kingdom, to enable
the
millowner and the merchant, the jobber in corn
area cotton, the commercial blackleg and the usurer, to
hi/WeeP into their hoards the wealth of the world; and
°lv can you refuse a similar liberty with respect to
aIY other interest which may hereafter he found to
stand in the way of their aggrandisement ? The main-
tenance of the national credit, even now, stands in the
waYof a perfectly free trade. To be enabled to pay
tWetity-four millions per annum to the national cre-
dltar, we must have duties upon imports, or adopt
tl ree direct and still more obnoxious mode of raising
c';avenue. Why not, then, apply " the sponge," and
Ret rid at once of the debt of the country ? To main-
tain an army and a navy, and to keep up in its efficiency
the
working of the constitution, we must have taxes.
these,
hat moral obstacle exists to prevent our dealing with
as we are urged to deal with the rent of land ?
Such would be the legitimate carrying out of the
01,11 principle of confiscation. Such an atrocious exhibition
national dishonesty would be the inevitable result of
theecl ascendancy of the disinterested C) gentlemen who
tar?Pese the Anti-Corn-law League. This great
ti°4—the cradle of the liberties of the world—would
then indeed be fallen ; her name a mockery and a bye-
vord ; her high-spirited nobles swept away, her loyal

yeomanry extinct, her industrious population toiling in
slavery, to pamper AN ARISTOCRACY OF SLOP-
SELLERS ! Can Englishmen contemplate with pa-
tience a picture so black with. infamy ?

The Journal of Saturday affects to discover some
inconsistency in the tone of two articles which appeared
in our columns on Tuesday last. We expressed in
one of these our opinion of the contemptible character
of the recent " grand festival" of the Anti-Corn-law
League, held in our town. We expressed in the other
our sense of the danger attending the unopposed efforts
of that body to poison and pervert the national mind.
We still adhere to both these opinions; and, with all
due deference to the great discernment of our con-
temporary, we can see in them nothing unreasonable.
The arguments and the spouters at the Amphitheatre
were alike trashy and shallow: But what of that?
Shallow people went to hear and tee them, and cheered
them tr, the echo. They were eminently suited to such
an audience; and by their constant repetition, unmet
by the attempt at refutation, even such displays of
feebleness and folly become dangerous. It is the con-
stant dropping which at length hollows the stone. It
is the frequency of these exhibitions, and the agitation
which they are designed to foster, which we dread, as
calculated to produce, in the minds of the lovers of
the expedient in legislation, a wrong impression of the
real strength of public opinion, with respect to the great
question to which they have reference.
Passing over this mare's nest of the Journal, let us
come to the business portion of his remarks. We are
told by the Journal, that the advocates of the League
are always ready and anxious to meet the supporters of
native agriculture in argument; and that he, the editor
of that paper, " always rejoices to meet any opponent
who is willing to enter into this question with a desire
to discuss it fairly." Now we have every inclination
to pleasure our contemporary, at any time, in this
matter ; and as an earnest of our anxiety for informa-
tion, we shall at once direct his attention to one or two
points upon which we are desirous of having our diffi-
culties solved.

First, then, we require to know the source and mode
of working of the promised increased demand for our
manufactured goods, consequent upon a free trade in
corn ; the probable extent to which we shall exchange
manufactured goods for such corn, and whether this
new state of things is to be accompanied with any re-
duction in the wages of the manufacturing producer.
An explanation of this branch of the question, con-
veyed in a practical manner, will be of infinite value to
those who, instead of flying off into abstract generali-
ties and magnificent professions, entertain a sincere
desire, by reasoning from facts rather than theories, to
arrive at the real truth ; and we do not think we mis-
take the character of our contemporary, or our own,
when we express our conviction that he will fairly
make the attempt, and promise that we will, as fairly,
meet, and if unable to reply to him, acknowledge
our inability.

AMPHITHEATRE.—There was a very full house last night
to witness the first appearance of Madamoiselle Leroux. Her
style is totally different to any other equestrian. Mr. North
made also a successful debut.
THE PRESTON GUILD ROBBERY.—Within the last few
days the Bank of England has received from the branch at
Liverpool a note of the value of £lOO, which turns out to be
one of those stolen from the person of Mr. Marquise, on the
occasion of the late Preston Guild, being the second note
which has been discovered. It is presumed that some one
who was concerned in the robbery has lately been in Liver-
pool, doubtless with the intention of embarking for America.
No tidings have yet been heard of the parties who actually
committed the robbery, although the utmost exertions are
being made for the discovery and apprehension of the
offenders.

THEFT BY A SERVANT.—A female servant, named Ann
Jones, was yesterday charged before Mr. Rushton with hav-
ing stolen a quantity of wearing apparel from her mistress,—
Alice Brookes said she kept a lodgintz-house in Lawrence-
street, and employed the prisoner. She missed several ar-
ticles from the house from time to time, including a shirt, a
sheet, a pair of trowsers, a cloak, &c. The prisoner left her
Service en Friday last. Suspicion being roused she was af-
terwards taken into custody, and upon her were found three
pawntickets, which led to the discovery of the property, which
bad been pledged at different times and places. The pri-
soner had, it appeared, also stolen from the house a quantity
of tools, &c., which she had employed a little boy to sell at a
marine store-dealer. The prisoner said that some of the
articles were her own property, and denied having taken the
others.—She was committed for trial.
THE DISTRICT BANKRUPTCY COURT.—The business
done in the District Bankruptcy Court has not hitherto been
of a character to afford much interest to the public. The
opening of the court to the press (under the late system it
was practically closed) will no doubt be productive of benefit,
whilst it is an extension of the principle that all judicial tri-
bunals ought to transact their business in the face of the
world. We understand that the commissioners are at pre-
sent
endeavouring to find some convenient and central place
for the holding of their court, as the Nisi Prins Court will
shortly be required for the purposes of one of our local
courts. Whilst on this subject, we would impress upon
those who may be concerned, the desirableness of the hours
appointed for the hearing of the several cases being observed.
In most instances they may be without any inconvenience.
'We understand that the letter-carriers of this town waited
upon J. Bockenham, Esq., on Friday, at the Angel Hotel,
as he is visiting Liverpool as a Special Commissioner of the
Post-office Department, and laid before him what they con-
sider to be their grievances respecting their extra duties,
which are performed without pay; but more particularly
respecting the ship duty on the Sunday, which they cannot
but consider a great hardship. The deputation were very
kindly received, and every attention paid to their requests.
As we understand that Mr. Bockenham is a practical man,
we trust some good will result from this step, for we cannot
but feel with these men that their case is one which deserves
enquiry. Neither can we understand the necessity for the
Sabbath being desecrated at the Liverp-oial Post-office, seeing
that such is not, and never has been, the case in London.
DEATH FROM DROWNING.—An inquest was held before
Mr. Curry, on Saturday, on view of the body of Robert
Shield. The deceased was employed by Messrs. Skellicorn
and Co., painters, Blundell-street. He was :about 25 years
of age. O❑ Friday afternoon deceased and another man were
engaged painting the stern of the brigantine " Brigand," lvs
ing in the King's Dock. They were both on a single plank,
supported by a rope at each end. While they were so en-
gaged the rope broke, and the deceased fell into the water.
He rose to the surface only once, and then sank. The alarm
was given, and a custom-house officer jumped into a boat ;
but before he had done so the deceased had sunk. The grap-
pling-irons were procured, and in about three hours after-
wards the body was drawn up, and conveyed to the dead-
house. The jury returned a verdict of " accidentally
drowned." The deceased has left a wife and child. The
painters, it appeared, had the fixing of their own stage, as is
the custom of the trade.

DEATH FROM INTOXICATION.—An inquest was held on
Saturday, before Mr. Curry ,on view of the body of Edmund
Coxhead, police-officer. Mr. M`Whan stated that he found the
deceased in Moor-street, lying on the steps of a warehouse.
He was so much intoxicated that he was unable to move or
speak. He was taken to Bridewell as quickly as possible.
The deceased was there treated with attention. Edmund
Coxhead, a carter, said that the deceased was his father, and
was fifty-six years of age. Witness was in the Bridewell at
the time of the deceased's death. Dr. Archibald Arnett, of
the Northern Dispensary, described the manner in which he
had treated the deceased. Ile found the deceased insensible,
and on using the stomach pump found a strong smell of spi-
rituous liquor. He had since made a post mortem examina-
tion of the body. He found a large quantity of serium on
the membrane of the brain, which was much congested.
There was also disease of the heart. Witness was of opinion
that the cause of death was serous apoplexy, arising from in-
temperance.—The jury returned a verdict accordingly.

LECTURE ON THE WILHEM SYSTEM.—A very interest-
ing lecture on the Wilhem system of teaching vocal music,
was delivered on Friday evening to a very crowded and
respectable auditory, in the Music-hall. The Mayor pre-
sided, and amongst those present were, the Earl of Sefton, a
large body of the clergy, and many of the principal families
of the neighbourhood. Mr. Crowe's lecture was very in-
teresting : it was characterised by peculiar clearness, and de-
livered in a pleasing manner. The illustrations were given
by a chorus of 110 children, and an adult class under Mr.
Crowe's tuition. They were correctly sung, and afforded
another instance of the common remark that the Wilhem
system supplies the best means at present known of pro-
moting congregational singing in our churches, and other
places of worship. One of Tallis's chants was effectively
given, and the Old Hundredth (a favourite everywhere)
would have been infinitely more impressive had the time in
which it is usually written been observed. There were here
and there defects in the execution of the illustrations, but,
as the pupils had been brought together only for the second
time, their performance must be pronounced not only cre-
ditable to themselves, but indicative of the practical utility
of the system. This lecture was preparatory to establishing
a singing school for workmen in the southern parts of the
town ; and we believe that an extensive class of them is now
in course of rapid formation.
MIDSHIPMAN HENRY LYON.—We stated in our last,
that amongst the wounded in the naval service at the taking
of the city of Chingkiangfoo, in China, was a son of Thomas
Lyon, Esq., of Appleton Hall, near Warrington. We under-
stand that the gallant young man is Mr. Lyon's second son,
and is only about 16 years of age ; but, we understand, he has
already given many proofs of a fine, undaunted spirit and
noble bearing. After the usual course of education at Eton,
he entered the naval college, at Portsmouth ; where the port-
admiral soon took notice of him, frequently stopped to con-
verse with him, invited him to his house, and finding he was
desirous to miter the service, at once procured him a berth
on board the Blonde frigate. Since the late affair, we un-
derstand, letters have been received by his friends, both
from Captain Dourchier and young Lyon himself ; both of
which state that the wound is but slight, and had not pre-
vented him from continuing in active service. It is some
proof the estimation in which he is held by his superior offi-
cers, that when the Blonde's boats were ordered out for the
important and responsible service of landing the artillery,
Lieutenant Crouch taking the command of the barge, that of
the cutter was entrusted to him, a young midshipman of 16
years of age. However, Henry Lyon showed himself worthy
of the trust placed in him ; for Lieutenant Crouch having
been struck down by a gunshot, he assumed the command of
both boats, and effected the landing of the guns, notwith-
standing a very heavy fire which opened upon them under
the walls of the town. Indeed, we understand that Captain
Dourchier, in his letter says, that Lyon brought off his men
with great credit ; and expresses the hope that his wound
will only add to his credit, and tend to aid his promotion
when his time is served.
PICTURE FRAMES.—We direct the special attention of all
persons interested in this subject, to the frames for pictures
manufactured by Mr. Bielfield. They are of papier macbee ;
and the advantages they possess over the ordinary composi-
tion frames are so strong and so numerous, that they must,
inevitably, he brought into general use. First, they are
cheaper; being about two-thirds of the cost—much less, in-
deed, where the frame is of large size; next, they will not
" chip " in carriage ; and next, they are so much lighter in
weight, as to supply an important item in their favour to
those who are in the habit of transmitting large pictures from
one place to another. This reinarable " lightness "is indeed
desirable every where ; for in many rooms, where the walls
are thin or aged, it is impossible to hang large pictures in the
usual ponderous frames. To exhibitors in provincial exhibi-
tions these are no ordinary recommendations. But we refer
chiefly to the appearance of those frames, which interests the
collector as well as the artist, and, indeed, all persons who
adorn their homes with pictures or prints, be they many or
few. They look exceedingly attractive, and are in reality as
much so as if they had passed through the hands of the car-
ver, and been produced at about ten times the expense. The
gilding tells with very brilliant effect ; and, no matter how
elaborate the pattern may be, they have a clearness and sharp-
ness that we have seldom, or never seen obtained in composi-
tion. Now that so many frames will be required for the
prints about to be issued by the several Art-Union Societies,
we conceive we may convey useful information to thousands,
by recommending them to examine these frames ; the patterns
are infinitely varied ; some have been designed expressly to
meet those particular purposes ; and their advantages are so
obvious as to be at once appreciated by all by whom they are
seen.—Art- Union.
COMMITMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—AbOIIt the end of
August last, a man, named Charles Griffiths, offered for sale
a number of saws, and, suspicion being entertained that
they were not honestly come by, he was apprehended. Se-
veral skeleton keys were found on him ; and as no owner
could then be found for the saws, he was committed to gaol
for three months, under the vagrant act, in consequence of
his possession of the keys. He had completed his term of
incarceration on Saturday last, and was no sooner released
thau he was again taken into custody on a charge of stealing
the saws, the owner having in the meantime been discovered
—and he was yesterday brought up at the police-court. Jane
Higgins, wife of an ironmonger, in Park-lane, said that in
the latter end of August last the prisoner came to the shop
with sixteen saws, which he offered to her husband for sales
She opened one parcel of them, and remarked stamped upon
them " Burgon and Cadman, cast steel." The prisoner
asked £2 108. for them, and the latter, suspecting all was
not right, called in a constable, who apprehended the pri-
soner. When taken to bridewell, there were found upon
him 9 skeleton keys, and he was committed as before stated.
Mr. James Marsden, timber-merchant, said, that in August
last he had an unoccupied warehouse in South John-street,
where he kept a quantity of new saws, which he saw safe on
the 23d of July. He afterwards went out of town, and did
not return till the latter end of August, when, from infor-
mation he received, he searched the office, and missed 16 of
the saws. He identified those produced as his property. A
constable stated, that on the 23d September he tried the
skeleton keys at Mr. Marsden's office, and found that one of
them would lock and unlock it. The prisoner was committed
for trial at the sessions.
FIRE ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Sun-
day evening, about eight o'clock, Mrs. Brown, wife of Mr.
Brown, flint glass dealer, Dale-street,went down to the base-
ment story of the premises, a place where a quantity of straw,
old crates, and lumber of all sorts was kept. Shortly after
she had descended, she was heard to scream, and her hus-
band, who rushed to the top of the step ladder, saw that the
place was in flames. An immediate alarm was given, the
police were called, and the officers of the fire-police, with
Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, were quickly in attendance with
engines and water tanks. The poor husband was in such a
distracted state that he neglected to tell Mr. Whitty that his
wife was in the cellar, till the engine had been playing on the
burning straw, in the back of the cellar, for some time.
Suffocating fumes filled both apartments, but, spite of
them, Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt took lanterns and searched
the place. Their endeavours were fruitless, for the cellars
were lumbered with crates, &c. The husband was called
down to assist in the search, but he also failed to find the
poor woman. It was surmised that she had, in her alarm,
run from the premises, and taken refuge with some neigh-
bour. In a few minutes, however, the vapour having well
nigh subsided, an officer stated that he had found a woman
in a corner. Mr. Whitty and other officers entered, and
found a woman under the stairs. She was brought forth im-
mediately, and several surgeons were sent for, to ensure a
speedy attendance. The first who arrived was Mr. A. J.
Jeffrey, of Queen's-square, who found that the woman was
burned severly, though her death had been caused by suffo-
cation. Mr. Jeffrey ordered her to be stripped and put into
a warm bed, and he continued for some time to use every
endeavour to restore animation, we regret to say without
success. The fire was speedily entirely extinguished. No
doubt was entertained that Mrs. Brown, in searching for
something, had set the straw on fire with the candle. The
inquest will be held to-day.