The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-25 00:00:00

" GENERAL ORDERS

" SIMLA, SEPT. 30, 1842.
" The Governor-General announces to the army and to
the people of India the occupation of Ghuznee by Major-
General Nott on the 6th of September, and its entire de-
struction by the Candahar division of the army.
" Major-General Nott bad the satisfaction of releasing, in
the neighbourhood of Ghuznee, 327 Sepoys of the 27th Ben-
gal Native Infantry from the slavery to which they had been
reduced by the Affghans.
"The Governor-General likewise announces the complete
defeat of Mahomed Akhbar Khan at the head of 16,000 men,
at Tezeen, on the 13th December, by Major-General Pol-
lock, and the occupatiun of Cabul by the troops under that
General on the 16th September.

" The British flag waves in triumph from the highest point
of the Balla Hissar.

"Thus have all past disasters been retrieved and avenged
on every scene on which they were sustained ; and repeated
victories in the field, and the capture of the cities and citadels
of Ghuznee and Cabul, have advanced the glory and esta-
blished the accustomed superiority of the British arms.
" The Governor-General has derived much satisfaction
from the report made by Major-General Pollock of the ad-
mirable conduct of the troops of his Majesty Maharajah
Shere Singh, acting in cooperation with the British army.
The Governor-General rejoices in this new proof of the
cordial good understanding which prevails between the British
Government and that of Lahore.

" The report of Major-General Pollock leads the Governor-
General to expect, that long before this day all the British
prisoners taken by the Affghans will have been brought into
the General's camp; those who had been left near Cabul
were already at liberty.

"The Governor-General, in the name of the Government'
and of all the people of India, 'offers to Major-Geperal Pol-
lock and Major-General Nott, and all the officers and-troops
under their respective commands, his grateful and heartfelt
acknowledgments for the important services they have per-
formed.

" The Governor-General directs that the recent successes
obtained by the armies in Affghanistan be fully made known
to all the troops at all those stations of tie army, and that at
all those stations a salute of 21 guns be tired for the capture
of Ghuznee, and a similar salute for the capture of Cabul.
" J. P. WILLOUGHBY,
" Secretary to Government."
The British troops have evacuated Quetta, and retired be-
low the Bolan Pass.

In the interior of India tranquility and contentment pre-
vail, all dread of scarcity ha7ing been removed by the abun-
dant rains of the monsoon.

The prospect of an advantageous trade with China had
raised the spirits of the merchants and growers of produce.
The Doab Canal was.orde.rcd to.be resumed, and two lacs
have been given over for the,ptirpose.
The Governor-General, ifterhaving so speedily established
IR a :e with China, and haying effectually secured the north-
‘v,:stern frontier, will have henceforth to dedicate his atten-
tion to the consolidation of the empire and to its internal
improvements. There can henceforth be but little opposition
to those improvements even from the Mussulmans, for the
decided' defeat of tho Affghans proves that they are not fated
again to rule the East.

-A
merchant ship, the Eleanor, was set on fire near Alep-
pee. The vessel was consumed, and the Lascars are in
prison for trial. _ _

in a postcript dated Sunday, Oct. 16, our correspondent
states that the steamer had been delayed in consequence of
the non-arrival of the express despatch on the sth by the
Governor-General from Simla. We have also received
copies of the official despatches from Generals Nott and Pol-
lock. General Nott had also made his appearance at Cahill
on the 10th of September, after having completed the de-
struction of Ghuznee, and performed his extraordinary
march through the enemy's country, and having routed an
army, and taken and demolished the renowned capital of
Ghilzee. Every hope appears to be entertained of the libe-
ration of the prisoners.

The payment of the money due by the Chinese is, it is
stated, to be effected in the following. manner :—lmmediate
payment, 6,000,000; in 1843, 6,000,000 ; in 1844, 5,000,000 ;
in 1845, 4,000,000.
The Auckland steamer, from Nanking, may possibly an.
rive at Suez before the Zenobia from Bombay, but it will not
bring the news of the final defeat of Akhbar Khan, who is,
as it is asserted, to be hanged, on the murder by him of Sir
W. 111`Naghten bei.Jg fully proved.

The following document is interesting, as showing the
mode adopted by Sir H. Pottinger to show the Chinese their

erroneous polic

" Pottinier, her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c.,
makes this clear exposition for the information of all the peo-
pleof the country. . _

" Under the canopy of heaven, and within the circumfe-
rence of earth, many are the different countries ; of the mul-
titude of these, not one is there that is not ruled, by the Su-
preme Heavenly Father, nor are there any that is not bre-
thren of one family. Being then of one family, very plain is
it that they should hold friendly and brotherly intercourse
together, and not boast themselves one above another. But
England coming from the utmost west, has held intercourse

b China in this tifin4st east fte core thlal two centuried
;t; anti during this time the• English have suffered ilia
atment from the Chinese officers, who, regari;ing them.

The English, unwilling to enter into contest

tiith them, had borne inch treatMent for many years, till,
in the year 1839, the Emperor of China, having determined
to prohibit effectually the importation of opium, sent to a
special commissioner,' Tin Tsesen, to conduct the arrange-
ments for that purpose ; and that officer, finding himself
unable to seize the actual offenders of each nation, in place
of consulting and concerting measures with the. several na-
tional officers residing in Chinn (as it was his proper duty to
have clone), had the audacity forcibly to contine in Canto
the English officer and peopl

at the same time threate

3g from them

them with death. His object was, by ext _
what opium there that year might be in China, to r,
with his Emperor; and the English officer at Canton seeing
this position of things, commanded the English merchants,

a favour

in the name of their Sovereign, that they should deliver up,
for the ransom of themselves from this position of extreme
danger, whatever opium they night have in the Chinese
waters. Here is one great offence committed by the Chinese
officers against the English.

" The Sovereign of Great Britain, in consequence of this
and numerous subsequent acts of injustice, appointed as her
envoys, the Admiral Elliot, and Elliot the Superintendent at
Canton, to whom jointly full powers were given for the set-
tlement of affairs with China. And having in consideration
the many past acts of injustice of the Chinese officers, Her
Majesty directed the admiral to take command of a combined
naval and land force, and to quarter it at one of the islands
of the Chinese coast; her instructions being, that if the
Chinese Government were willing to admit its errors, and
afford redress, a peaceful arrangement of affairs should be
concluded ; but otherwise, if justice and recompense were
refused, that the standard of justice should be raised and its
claims enforced by war. The admiral, &c., hereupon pro-
ceeded to the Pieho, and there presented a letter from the
Minister of Great Britain, which the Minister and Governor
Keshen transmitted for the consideration of all the Ministers
to Pekin ; after this Keshen wrote to the Admiral, stating
that affairs which concerned Canton, &r., would proceed to
Canton, it would not need long to arrange affairs there. The
high English officers, still desiring peace, consented to this,
and proceeded to Canton, where they met Keshen, and had
frequent communications with him, both written and per-
sonal. Arrangements were not yet concluded, when the
Ministers at Pekin, men without truth or good faith, induced
the emperor to recall Keshen, and send instead a General
Yihshan, to fight and war with the Eagiish ; so that the
English were actually compelled by these proceedings to take
the Bocca Tigris and, the line of defences from thence up-
wards, and to bring Canton itself to submission, and to take
from it a ransom tor the punishment of such ill-faith. In
this ill-faith of the Chinese Ministers we have a second grand
instance ofoffence.against England.

" The High Cotn;issioner Yukien, and other High Offi-
cers, Generals, &c., in the several provinces, in repeated in-
stances, when they have found our people cast by the wea-
ther on their coast, or induced by evil men on shore, have,
being dead to all good and honest, feeling, dared to put the
captives thus brought into their hands to a tyrannical and
cruel death, and have deceitfully and falsely reported the
cases to the Emperor, or published lying proclamations to
the people, wherein they have invented tales of lengthened
contest and seizures of vessels in battle with slaughter of
many people. Thus falsely did Yukien declare last year the
circumstances of the English occupation of Chusan ; thus
did the General Yishan pretend that he had destroyed many
vessels; the Governor Yen-Patao, that he had, by force of
arms, recovered Amoy ; the Taotai on Formosa, when the
shipwreck had cast men on that island. he had gained a vic-
tory over thew in battle; and the General Yihking, in May
last, that he had destroyed many vessels and killed a multi-
tude of men at Chusan, when not one vessel was injured,nor
a single man killed. These multiplied false statements, mis-
leading the Emperor and people and hindering peaceful ar-
rangements, are a third great cause of offence against the
English.

"With reference to trade, the English merchants used to
carry their goods to many places, and buy from and sell to
the people—wholly a benefit, and in no sense hurtful. But
the officers at Canton, seeking to confine the profits to them-
selves, induced the Emperor, by false statements, to restrict
trade to Canton alone, and permit 13 Hong merchants' to
conduct it, not even allowing intercourse with any but them
and the linguists appointed by the Government. Thus did
these officers gain the power of meddling in every matter,
extorting as they pleased, and disguising every thing under
false statements to the Emperor. This is a fourth great cause
of offence.

" There are besides many minor grievances that excite
indignation and wrath, but that here need not be enumerated.
" Because of these grievances, the Plenipotentiary, &c.,
has been sent out by command of his Sovereign to demand
redress and satisfaction. When these are obtained, peaceful
arrangements may be made, and the former friendliness of
intercourse may be renewed. But until then the high officers
in command here of the combined naval and land forces will
continue, as commanded also by their Sovereign, to maintain
the cause of justice, and to contend with all their power for
the enforcements of such redress. When the Emperor shall
appoint a high officer with full powers to negociate and con-
clude arrangements on his own responsibility, and not till
then, will hostile operations be saved.
" Now, three principal things are required for the redress
and satisfaction above spoken,—namely, compensation for
losses and expenses; a friendly and becoming intercourse on
terms of equality between officers of the two countries ; and
the cession of insular territory of commerce and for the
residence of merchants, and as a security and guarantee
against future renewal of offensive acts.

" If these three things be acceded to, there will be no dif-
ficulty in the settlement of any minor points.
" That the people may know our objects, and not be misled
by the false representetion of their officers to commit acts of
hostility that would bring home to their own persons and
families the horrors of war, the Plenipotentiary, &c. proclaims
for general information this clear exposition.
" Dated in Yang-tsze-keang, the sth day of July, in the
yeer 1142.

" HENRY POTTINGER,
" Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary
" G. A. MALCOLM,
" Secretary of Legation.
" (True copy.)"

RELEASE OF LADY SALE

AND THE REST OF THE

PRISONERs AT CABUL

We have the greatest satisfaction in laying before our
readers the following official intelligence with which we have
been favoured. It must be a matter of the highest gratifica-
tion to the British public that the noble Lady Sale, and her
companions in captivity, have been at length restored to their
relatives and friends

SUPPLEMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDI-
NARY OF THE 30TH SEPT., 1842.
Head-quarters, Simla, Oct. 5, 1842.
Since the public notification of the 30th ultimo, the Gover-
nor-General has received the gratifying intelligence of the
safety of all the European prisoners but one, in the following
extract from a communication from Major-General Pollock,
C. 13., dated the 21st ultimo.
Extract from a letter to the Governor-General from Major-
General Pollcck, C. 8., dated Camp Cabul, Sept. 21, 1842
"My Lord,—lt gives me great gratification to be enabled
to state, that the whole of the European prisoners are now
quite flee from the hands of M. homed Akhbar, except Capt.
Bygrave. I will make my official report on the subject
whenever they reach my camp, which no doubt will be to-
morrow. I sent a lightly equipped force under Sir R. Sale
to meet them, and the whole of the party is with him, with
the following exceptions, who have already reached my
camp :
" Major Pottinger and Captain Johnson (arrived this
morning).
" Mrs. Trevor and eight children.
" Captain and Mrs. Anderson.
" Captain Troup and Dr. Campbell.
" One European woman and four privates."
By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of
India.
(Signed) T. H. MAnnocx,
Secretary to the Government of India,
with the Governor-General.

EFFECT OF THE PEACE WITH CIIINA ON TRADE

(From Wednesday's Times.)

The conclusion of a peace with China, from more conside-
rations than one, must have a beneficial effect upon the trade
with this country. In the first place, the ruinous specula-
tion in the leaf, the great export in the Celestial Empire, the
chief consumption of which is in this country, will now cease.
This speculation has been entirely sustained by the interrup-
tion to the trade occasioned by the war, which having ter-
' minated, business will return td the state in which it was
prior to the commencement of hostilities, unless indeed the
favourable terms of the treaty lead to an increase in our sup-
'plies hitherto unprecedented. This will be a vast benefit in
'a commercial point of view, for besides the unsettling of the
trade in the article, which has ended in the absolute ruin of
many speenlators, including several persons of the highest
respectability, the disturbed condition of the market caused
the consumer to pay a much higher price than was customary.
These evils will now be obviated by the satisfactory termina-
tion of the war, and there will probably be the further ad-
vantage to the public obtaining tea at a lower price than has
hitherto been paid. In the second place, the trade in our
domestic manufactures will be greatly extended by the open-
ing of the new ports in China, and the free intercourse es-
tablished between two countries, the prejudices of one of
which have heretofore prevented commerce from being car-
ried on with anything like reciprocal advantages. In fact,
this treaty is regarded as the precutSor of a field of enterprise
opened in Asia, which, up to the present, has not only been
untried, but even uncontemplated• It was scarcely hoped,
desirable as it might appear, that any concessions of territory
would he granted, even in the event of a peace with the Ce-
lestial Empire, although it was thought that we might obtain
compeniatton for the expenses of the war, and the value of
the opium, the destruction of which at first occasioned the
interruption of tranquility. The Emperor, it appears, was
very unwilling to allow the British, to he too near the " Bo-
hea country,' at the port of Foo-tchoo-foo, which is a strong
instance of his determination to adhere to the old exclusive
Chinese policy, and to prevent the opening of a trade with
the interior. Ftorn the open expression of his caution in
this respect, the value of a- trade with this spot may be ga-
thered.

Among the capitalists who have long had large amounts of
money lying dormant in their coffers, the abundance being
too great to allow of profitable employment, the news has
been received with the highest interest and gratification.
The absence of commercial activity, 'protracted in a great
measure by the position of affairs in the East, has caused the
plethora in the money market which has been so often a sub-
ject of complaint, and which the opening of new channels of
such high importance will in a measure obviate. The
Treasury, having its expenses reimbursed by the successive
payments of the 21,000,000 dollars—should no juggle be
attempted by the Chinese authorities—will be relieved to a
certain extent of the temporary embarassments with which
it has had of late to struggle. A " juggle" to evade pay-
ment of the sum specified in the terms of peace is the only
contingency that is dreaded, since no doubt is for a moment
entertained of the resources of the Celestial Empire for the
payment of a sum so insignificant compared with the sup-
posed receipts of the Imperial Treasury. The current joke
in the city on the subject of this payment is, that it decreases
the probability of the income tax lasting beyond the period
first assigned for it by the Premier. On the whole, the
intelligence viewed by persons of all classes, connected
directly or indirectly with mercantile affairs, has created a
complete exhilaration in the metropolis. The public, who
were prepared for a series of harassing disasters both in
Affghanistan and on the Chinese coast, and were therefore
apprehensive of a continued stagnation of trade, now sud-
denly look forward to a new state of things, which they hope
will repay the commercial world for the losses sustained
during the last few years.
No very extensive operations were conducted in the public
stocks on Tuesday, the effect of the China and India news
having been for the most part anticipated by the publication
of the telegraphic despatch on Monday. Consols for money
and the account were, up to the close of business, quoted 941
to *—a slight advance upon previous prices. Bank stock left
off at 170 to 171, and India Stock at 264 to 265, the confir-
mation of the capture of Cabul having induced several pur-
chases. Three per Cents. Reduced closed 94 to *; Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1001 to ; Long Annuities,
12 9-16; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1011 to ; and

i4adia • ;i4a. P'cruittthi gettiethent of the sis %vests'
account in Consols takes place next Thursday, and in the in-
terim the jobbers are preparing their books. It is not ex-

:eu zag

(From the Times of yesterday.)

The public securities maintain their former buoyancy.
India Stock has advanced to 264 to 266, and Bank Stock is 170
to 172. Consols for money and the account closed 948 sellers.
In the arrangement of the settlement, which to-day occupied
principally the attraction of the brokers, every facility was
obtained in the abundance anti cheapness of money. The
improvement in the value of stock is taken at about 1 per
cent. on Consols, and a rather greater rise on the Reduced
Securities. during the period the present account has run.
Exchequer Bills closed to-day, 565. to 58s. premium ; India
Bonds, 525. to 545., premium ; Three per Cent. Reduced,
91; Three-and a-Half per Cent., Reduced, 100; New Th ree-
and-a-Half per Cents., 1011 ; and Long Annuities, 12 9-16
to 4. It is a fact worth notice, connected with the dealings
which have occurred in India Stock, that so lately as March
last its qUotation was but 245 to 246.

In foreign securities transactions were limited. The Penin-
sular and Mexican markets are much depressed by the adverse
state of things which has arisen out of questions now current
respecting their stability. Spanish slightly recovered to-
wards the close of business, but Mexican remained heavy at
the full decline of the day, nearly another 1 percent. The
latest quotations were, Spanish Actives, 17* to 181.' ditto,
New, 22* to ; Mexican, 311 to 32; ditto, Deferred, 9to +;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52* to 38; Dntch Five
per Cents., 101 to *; Colombian, 21* to I; Brazilian, 65 to
66; Belgian, 102 to I; Portuguese Five per Cents., 371 to
; and Danish, 83 to 84.

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM SPAIN

(From the Morning Herald of yesterday.)

We have received by extraordinary express from our Paris
correspondent the following telegraphic despatch, which ap-
peared in the llioniteur Parisien of Tuesday night :
" PERPIGNAN, Nov. 19.
" A courier which left Barcelona the day before yesterday
has just arrived. The diligence of Barcelona had not reached
The evacuation of Barcelona by the troops is con-

Figtte ras

firmed

" The General Zavala is in the bands of the insurgents.
They speak of three officers and five hundred men having
been killed.

" A popular junta had been installed. It is composed of
men but little known. The president is Don Juan Manuel
Corsy. It has published a proclamation, which recommends
to the workmen union and constancy, and does not say one
word f the Queen, Espartero, Don Carlos, or of the aina of
the in!urrection.

" Montjuich, occupied by the troops, fires upon the town
continually. The citadel is in the power of the rioters.
" They write on the 17th, from Valencia, that troops have
been sent for the Maestraz.

" BARCELONA, Nov. 1%.

" The troops were engaged in the streets on the 15th at
eight in the morning. After three hour'' fighting, and a loss
of 500 men, killed or wounded, the captain-general seeing
that the windows and terraces of the houses were occupied
in all the city by the armed National Guard, retired into the
citadel with his staff and two regiments. The other regi-
ment and the artillery have gone to Altarozanas. The re-
mainder of the day was employed in making preparations on
one side and the other.

" The lfith there was a firing both of musketry and cannon
a great part of the day. All the streets were barricaded. The
garrison of the citadel was without provisions. The citadel
threw shells into the town during the night. This morning,
before day, the troops evacuated the citadel, and went out
of the town, leaving the place in the possession of the insur-
gent militia, of which the number was increased by the militia
of the neighbouring towns and villages. The fort of Mont-
juich had likewise thrown shells into the quarters of the
municipality. _ _

" A junta has been formed, and it signed a capitulation
with the regiment of the Guadalajara, which had remained
shut up in the Wilding of the university. The general com-
manding the military force had asked of the junta what the
intentions of the people were. and he proposed to come to an
understanding, for the purpose of avoiding greater disasters,
and to stop the destruction of the city. The overtures thus
made succeeded. They are negociating at present.
" No inhabitant had been menaced in person or property.
All the French inhabitants had been respected, and the con-
sul had received assurance that he had nothing to fear.
The royal brig Le Meleager had given an asylum to several
Spanish refugees. The commander had received on board
the family of the captain-general. It is thought that the move-
ment, the object of which is not yet known, will spread to all
Catalonia, at Saragossa and Valencia. The members of the
junta say that there is no conspiracy, and that• the people had
spontaneously taken up arms to defend their rights, attacked
by the imprisonment of the editor of the journal called the
Republican, and by the orders given by the Government to
submit to the military enlistment.

" The provincial deputation had been called by the junta
to take measures of order and security from the very com-
mencement of the revolt.

" The seven constitutional alcaldes bad taken refuge on
board the Meleager.
" The surrender of the Altarozanas has taken place, and a
proclamation to the inhabitants of Barcelona was published
by the political chief on the 14th, in the evening, on the sub-
ject of the troubles which commenced the previous evening."
The proclamation, which was issued by the political chief
Gutierrez on the evening of the 14th November, after allu-
ding to the disturbances, forbids any assemblage of the armed
force or the national guards, unless convoked by the local
authorities, and also the assemblage of more than ten persons
in the streets. It also contains several other provisions for
the maintenance of public tranquillity.

AMERICAN MARKETS

(From the New York Herald of the Ist.)

COTTON TRADE.
The state of the markets in all the ports has had a down-
ward tendency. At New Orleans there has been a good de-
mand for the English and French markets, but the low state
of the exchanges renders it almost impossible to operate.
The principal transactions are made in specie, and the holders
of that medium make purchases almost on the same terms.
This state of the currency at the head of the market for pro-
duce, operating with the great abundance of the new crop,
causes the general decline in prices. The receipts of the
new crop, and the exports, are seen in the following table:—
RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON IN THE

UNITED STATES

1841. 1842. Decrease. Increase
Receipts...... - 55,223
Exports to G. B. 14,772 29,157 --- 14,585
„ France 12,356 8,732 3,624 --
„ other places 6,186 2,864 3,322 -
Stock - 13,694

This gives an immense increase in the stocks, and in the
exports to Great Britain, notwithstanding the necessity of
paying specie for the raw material. The following are the
prices, Liverpool classification, of cotton at the leading
ports :

PRICES COTTON, LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
New Orleans. Mobile. Augusta.
Ordinary
Middling si ~ 6+ 7 ~ 71 6+ ~ 64-
Middling fair
Fair
Good fair 8 „ 7 ~ 71
Good and fine —
The transactions at the several ports for the week previous
to date, have been as follows:
Stocks. Sales. Prices. Remarks.
New York, Oct. 30 10,000 3,710 61a91 falling.
New Orleans „20 60,311 13,300 4/a94: decline 1c
Mobile „21 101114 1,200 64a8i decline /c
Augusta ~ 22 7,045 300 4a7+ declining
Savannah „22 ]3,731 2,612 NaB decline is
Charleston „22 16,591 8,567 541t8t firm