The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-07 00:00:00

WILLIAM BENNETT,

IRONFOUNDER AND GRATE MANUFACTURER,
38, SIR THOMAS'S-BUILDINGS,
BEGS to inform his Friends and the Public that he has
now fully Stocked his NEW SHOW-ROOMS, 67,
SIR THOMAS'S-BUILDINGS, with every variety of
SHEFFIELD and COUNTRY-MADE GRATES, which,
together with the GRATES and KITCHEN RANGES of
his own Manufacture, form the largest and hest-selected
variety (of Grates, &c.) in Liverpool.

FENDERS AND FIRE• IRONS.
Agent for J. B. Doe's Patent Iron Soap Frames,

THE TEA TRADE.)

Further _Reduction upon good
Medium Qualities.
TN consequence of the present unexpected abundant arrivals
1 of Teas from China, we are now prepared to invite the
attention of large Families, Proprietprs of Hotels, Schools,
&t., namely, to our FINE STOUT Conoou, at 4s. per lb.,—
particularly recommended.
In single Pounds, 61b. Bags. and small Chests.

ROBT. ROBERTS and Co
ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS, May 16, 1842.

krEVANS, HAIR CurrEß, WIG MAKER, and PER-
• FVMER, ha REMOVED from 43, Bold-street, to

the Premises lately occupied by
the Opposite Side of the Street
G. E. returns his sincere thanks to his Friends and the
Public for the very liberal support he has experienced in his
late Premises, and respectfully invites their attention to his
superior style of HAIR CUTTING and DRESSING,
which, he flatters himself cannot be surpassed. G. E.'s
improved Perukes and Read Dresses are constructed arm
an entire new principle, forming a more exact imitation of
nature than any yet produced. Among their advantages
may be enumerated their durability and extreme lightness,
being only one ounce in weight ; and, although they fit the
head with tenacity and security, they are perfectly free from
any disagreeable pressure, or any unpleasant feel,
The Genuine RESTORATIVE BALSAM, for the Growth
and Preservation of the Hair, which it strengthens and
beautifies, gives it a superior lustre, and is highly beneficial
for keeping it in curl during damp or wet weather, and, by
constant use, will prevent it from falling off, or turning
gray. Only to be had at 94, Bold-street.
Schools and Families will find considerable advantage in
patronizing his Establishment.
French and English Perfumery, Shell Combs, Brushes,
Tooth Powders, and every article requisite for the Toilet.

Mr. BEAZLEY, No. 94, on

THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT,
2, BOLD-STREET,
LIVERPOOL.

The Finest Congou Tea .. } 5 0 per lb. { strongly recom-
mended.

Fine Black Leaf Congou.... 4 6 per lb

recommended forStrong useful Ditto .. 14 4 per lb. {
common purpose.
14 0 per lb. { inferior much
lower.

Stout Congon

The Finest Orange Pekoe. 15 8 per lb.{ pacrotmicumlaenrcliydre-

GREEN TEA

{ particularly re-
The Finest Gunpowder 17 4 per lb. commended.
imported .. . ......... 1

nest H yson

Geuuiue H yson

5 6 per lb.
5 0 per lb.

Fine,t Ouchain or Young} 0 per lb. { strongly recom-
Hyson mended.

4s. to 4 4 per lb

HOLLIS, WALFORD, AND COMPANY,
Importers of and Dealers in Tea.

" NEW PREMISES."
BEE HIVE ESTABLISHMENT,
17 and 19, PARADISE-STREET.

W. OK EL L,
SILK MERCER, LINEN DRAPER,

CARPET WAREHOUSEMAN.
Nvl T H ananxious desire to keep pace with the spirit of
improvement which now characterises the age, W.
OKELL has been induced to remodel his Premises upon a
most EXTENSIVE SCALE,
and, regardless of expense, his attention has been directed
to such alterations as insure convenience and comfort, with
the hope it may be appreciated by those whose favours have
hitherto been extended to him, and for which he feels a deep
sense of gratitude.
THE STOCK

he now offers, and to which he respectfully invites attention,
presents every thing that can be desired by purchasers ; and
he ventures to affirm, without fear of contradiction, that for
EXTENT, NOVELTY, VARIETY,
AND
CHEAPNESS,
IT STANDS UNRIVALLED.
taThri_e distress which has so long prevailed in the manufac-
f ug districts and the eagerness with which Goods are
°reed on
,
nuf„toll.!ne market (although at an enormous loss to ma-
capitaus7o),„present opportunities of no ordinary kind to
is einthiwt tow • O. having availed himself of this advantage,
ager Goods at Prices
THE SimeW ...R THAN EVER.
to which 1-I`lD SHAWL DEPARTMENTS,
Iniltiptes his special attention, present an
and offer decided ALLED SELECTION,
sIapAND SHAWLS.
to Purchasers of
Other Department*,
SI E RY, GLOVES, i°112.. LINENS. RIBBONS, HO-
C H ESTER GOODS,areARERDASHERY, and MAN-
tuecornplete and extensive, and have
all been selected under
at the very best Markets. moat favourable circumstances,
CARPET, MOREEN, Dio,„
DEPARTQII.,, AND CHINTZ
'This being an entirely New Branch T
nous are adapted, an
a considerable portion of the New pre .rads e, and to which
EXTENSIVE
will be found, and the cheapest in Liver Pool
being bought from the
a great portion

..._ _
BANKRUPT STOCKof a Manufacturer, and
comprising
first-rate
prices for Patterns, the
Yard-wide good Carpets ls. Eld. to 2. "A
Brussels of elegant designs 3s. and 3s. c4—'
Stair Carpets ......... 6d., 9-0., Is. to ls. egf.
Lobby Cloths, in all widths, 2s. 6d. peror thsquaree info yrmatioard.
W. OKELL feels it necessary to state, for
of those who have not visited his Establishment. the pfin.
tiPie on which his business is transacted, that of selling
every Article on the Lowest Scale of Profit
any circumstances.
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Ripe hedge strawberries were this week picked at White-
stone, near Exeter.
Two rooks were shot last week at these, bill,ato of
Sandwich. Hineheibrook, with their heads, tthh reo aEt aral nodf
wings white. These curiosities have been stuffed by Mr.
Gatward, of Huntingdon.
THUNDER STORM.—A heavy thunder storm passed over
,
Barnard-Castle and its neighbourhood, on Wednesday weex.
At Scargill, near that town, a house was struck by the
electric fluid, which did considerable damage : Mr. Bowron,
the occupant of the house, was at the time sitting near the
fire smoking his Pipe, when the seat of the chair on which he
sat was split in four pieces, and his gaiters singed as though
they had been held in front of a very hot are ; yet, singular
to say, Mr. Bowron himself Upwards of 140 escaped without the slightest
injury. Squares of glass were broken in the
windows, and every article of furniture, the clock excepted,
was more or less injured. The back wall of the house was
rent in several places nearly from top to bottom •, a stable
behind was completely--°°• ar f
ett, and part of the floor torn
elp : two dogs were in the stable at the time, but were un-
Portion of theroof fell inwards.
hurt, although a constdereble
The house and the outbuildings present a sceneo cleeolation,
but happily no lives werelost.

AFFGHANISTAN,
INDIA, AND CHINA.

(From Yesterday's Times.)
We have received, by extraordinary express, from Mar-
seilles, in anticipation of the overland mail, our despatches
from India and China. The intelligence from Bombay is of
three days' later date than usual, the mail having been de-
tained until the 4th of May, to wait for the governor-
general's despatches. Our dates from Calcutta are to the
24th of April, and from China to the 10th of March.
The British Indian armies to the west of the Indus during
the months of March and April may be classed under five
distinct heads, viz., those of-
-Ist. The Bengal division under General Pollock, which
has entered Khyber pass from the neighbourhood of
Peshawar.

2d. The troops forming the garrison commanded by Ge-
neral Sale at Jellallabad.

3d. The Bombay detachment, under the orders of General
England, which having gone through the celebrated pass of
Bolan, had, after some fighting, taken its station at Quetta.
4th. The garrison at Candahar, under the command of
General Nott ; and
sth. The surrender of Ghuznee.

The division under General Pollock, originally a Bengal
artillery officer, have gained the renown of opening a pass
which even Nadir Shah was obliged to purchase. Having ta-
ken due precautions, this division, consisting of her Majesty's
9th regiment of infantry, and the 26th, 30th, 33d, 58d, and
64th Bengal native infantry, and a regiment of Jezailchees,
with artillery, in three columns, on the sth April, forced the
difficult pass of the Khyber, and notwithstanding the deter-
mined resistance of the Afreedees tribe, succeeded in reach-
ing Ali Musjeed, with the loss of only one officer (Lieutenant
Cumming, of the 9th,) and 13 rank and file killed, and 104
wounded. On the 9th April the division was at Lundee
Khan, whence to the point of junction with the garrison of
Jellalabad, nothing like effectual opposition was to be ex-
pected. The details of the first part of this most brilliant
exploit have been officially published in the Government Ga-
zette, and will be found in another column. The Sikhs troops,
who on the occasion attacked another part of the pass, co-
operated cordially with the British, and behaved with great
gallantry.
During the period of the attack on the Khyber, Akhbar
Khan, who with 6000 Affghans had invested Jellalabad, ex-
hibited great eagerness, as if to aid the tribes around tbepass
in defending it. On the evening of the 6th he caused a fue
de joie to be fired in honour, he said, of the repulse which
the British troops had met with at the entrance of the pass
near Jumrood. But the gallant and experienced warrior,
General Sale, was not to be deceived ; he resolved to antici-
pate what he considered to be an intended retreat of the Sir-
dar, and on the morning of the 7th sallied forth to attack the
Affghan camp. Three columns, composed of her Majesty's
13th infantry and 35th Bengal native infantry, with a de-
tachment of the sappers and miners, supported by a light
field battery and a small cavalry force, issued from the
blockaded " town, and completely routed Akhbar Rhan
and his 6000 men, burned their camp, and retook four guns
of those seized at the massacre of Khoord Cabul in January
last, " the restoration of which is regarded by thetroops with
much honest exultation." This victory, glorious as it is, has
been dearly purchased by the fall of Colonel Dennie, whose
death, even upon the field of honour, will be regarded as a
great ealamity, while his memory will always be held sacred as
of a brave and worthy officer.
The reverse already mentioned as comparatively trifling,
was experienced by General England at the pass of Kojuck,
63 miles from Quetta, on the march to Candahar. His
force

as composed of 5 companies of her majesty's 41st
regiment, 6 companies of the light battalion of native infan-
try, a troop of light cavalry, 4 guns of Leslie's horse brigade,
and 50 Poonah horse, having in charge a convoy, consisting
of treasure, medical stores, and ammunition, together with
1,500 camels, &c., destined for the relief of the troops at
Candahar. The convoy proceeded, without encountering
any great obstacles, and without receiving any notice from
the inhabitants of any contemplated plan of resistance, to
the pass, where it, on the 28th of March, found that some
field-works had been erected. An attempt was made, by
sending 200 men to attack those works, to dislodge the
enemy, when they showed a strong force of infantry and ca-
valry. Captain May, of the 41st, was shot dead, as well as
several of his men. Major Abthorp, of the 20th native
infantry, was cut down, (he died of his wounds the following
day,) when the General resolved not to risk the loss of the
convoy, and made a skilful retreat to a neighbouring village
which he defended, and thence withdrew to Quetta, where
he intrenched himself and waited for more troops, then on
the march from Dadur and Sukkur, to join him. The loss
on this occasion, besides the officers mentioned, was 2 ser-
jeants, 1 corporal, and 14 privates of the 41st killed, and 1
sergeant, 1 corporal, and 50 privates wounded of the light
battalion. Of the 20th, 25th, and 6th regiments Bombay
native infantry there were 9 killed and 18 wounded. The
great difficulty of the position at Quetta has been the want
of forage for the camels, and the efforts of the Government
are directed towaras enabling their troops to proceed onwards
as speedily as possible.
As a contrast to this reverse, a force from Candahar,
which was sent by General Nott to meet General England,
having been attacked, after two days' march, by a large body
of Affghans, gave the assailants such a reception, as obliged
them to take to flight. They are described as fighting with
reckless bravery, and charging up to the bayonets point ;
they therefore suffered a great slaughter, particularly as they
were charged by the British cavalry during their flight.
About 300 are said to have fallen, including five of their
chiefs. The loss on the side of the British was 5 killed and
25 wounded. The commander of the British force was Col.
Wyman Candahar is stated to have abundant provisions,
but there is a want of ammunition. The pass of Kojuck
can, as it is now affirmed, be easily turned.
Of the event calculated to produce the most striking im-
pression we have already been enabled to inform the public.
It is the surrender, on the Ist of March, by Colonel Palmer.
of the celebrated fortress of Ghuznee. The letter of the co-
lonel, whose regiment, the 27th Bengal Native Infantry,
formed the garrison, has afforded ground for various com-
ments. It will be found below. Attempts have been made
in India to excuse his conduct on the ground of the difficul-
ties with which he had to contend, hut it certainly does ap-
pear strange that a commandant should venture to surrren-
der such a fortress upon the authority of a letter received, as
it were, from his superior by the hands of an enemy, and
that be notifies that surrender not to that superior, but to
another officer placed also in command of a distant garrison,
and which latter officer has immortalized himself by his gal-
lant defence.

The opinion which we have always maintained that the
disastrous occurrences at Cabul (and now at Ghuznee, the
garrison of which place is described as having in March suf-
fered the same fate as the troops of Cabul in January, the
soldiers being massacred by the Ghazees, or dispersed, and
the officers being prisoners for the sake of their ransom), are
to be ascribed to the want of efficient military arrangements
and proper precaution, and not to the prowess of the Aff-
ghans, has been confirmed by the publication of several or-
ders in Council. These orders were published on the receipt
of the news of the fall of Ghuznee, and are as follows :
" The Governor-General in Council has directed that the
Commander-in-Chief will submit the conduct of Lieutenant-
Colonel Palmer, in surrendering the citadel of Ghuznee, to
the judgment of a court-martial, at the earliest period at
which such court can be duly assembled.
" The Governor-General in Council has already (on the
28th of January last) directed that a full military inquiry
shall be made into all the circumstances connected with the
direction and conduct of the troops at Cabul, at the earliest
period at which such an inquiry may be practicable.
"The Governor-General in Council has now directed that
the conduct of Major-General Elpbinstone in Affghanistan
shall be submitted to the judgment of a court-martial, atthe
earliest period at which such court can be duly assembled.
" The Governor-General in Council will further direct
that a full inquiry shall likewise be made into the conduct of
all the political functionaries employed at Cabul, at the
earliest possible period after he shall be in possession of cer-
tain material documents, of which he has already ordered
the immediate transmission to Government.
" By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of
India in Council.

"T. H. MADDOK,

" Secretary to the Government of India."
The fate of Affganistan forms now a curious problem.
Schah Soojab, who by temporizing and truckling to his
enemies, and by many other manoeuvres available amongst
the Affghans, had contrived to secure to himself a precarious
existence in the Bala Hissar at Cabul, has at length, as it is
now stated, been murdered. His sons have, as it appears,
taken different parties, one or two being favourable to the
British alliance, while two or three are opposed to it. Va-
rious factions are described as at present contending for the
lion's share of influence and power, and general confusion,
uproar, and bloodshed prevail in Cabul. Schah Kamrarn, of
Herat, nephew of Schah Soojah, after a long contest with
his vizier, Yar slahomed, is also stated to be dead ; so that
Afghanistan, from the frontiers of Persia to the mountains
west of the Indus, may be regarded as in perfect anarchy.
The news of the death of Schah Soojah is confirmed by the
Agra Ukhbra of the 23d ult. As an event it will produce
the result of liberating the hon. company from an alliance
calculated to produce but little benefit. Rumour in India
asserts that the present chiefs at Cabul are disposed to sur-
render their prisoners, and to make terms with the Indian
government. When the aversion of the Hindoo Sepoys to
cross the Indus, when their dislike to fight with the Affghans
there, when the poverty of the Afghan country and its small
rapacious and unruly population, when the repeated cry for
more European soldiers, and, above all, when the great drain
on the treasury which the war produces, are taken into con.
sideration, it may be presumed that the councils of the
empire will recommend an arrangement with the Affghans;
particularly when the British victories have secured the
mountain passes, which constitute the gates of India, and
over which our future care must be to exercise a rigid control.
In the meantime Lord Ellenborough, accompanied by two
or three secretaries, had set out from Calcutta to the upper
provinces of Bengal. His object in this journey is stated to
be twofold—first, to be enabled to communicate without de-
lay with the generals of the army west of the Indus, and the
officers commissioned with the management of those pro-
vinces ; and next, to introduce some reforms there,. His
lordship, whose decision and promptitude are highly praised,
has, it is asserted, required that the commander-in-chief of
the army should quit his cool retreats at Simla in order to
join him at a more central position. The want of vigour,
which was much felt from the beginning of November last,
when the Cabul insurrection broke forth, for Lord Auckland
hesitated to compromise his successor by any active mea-
sures, is no longer complained of. Regret is, however, ex-
pressed that Lord Ellenborough had not come out via
Egypt, since his presence in Bombay in December last, and
on the banks of the Sutlej in January, would have given
energy and activity to every proceeding, and the unfortu-
nate delays and doubts which paralysed everything daring
four months would have been avoided. Ghuznee would not,
it is supposed, have fallen, neither would Col. Wilde have
been forced to retreat at the Klyber, nor Gen. England have
been repulsed at Kojuck. Notwithstanding the activity of
the measures now carried on in Affghanistan, it is stated that
his lordship was at the departure of the mail waiting for the
resolution that may be adopted iu London relative to ulte-
rior proceedings, which resolution would, it was expected,
be such as to confirm fully the measures already adopted.
The.great point insisted upon by the journals of India was
it cannota
the inexpediency of forming any treaties with the leaders at
Soojah'a or
Cabal
longer any
Candahar, Ghuznee, &c. There is, it seems, no
there is
enthusiasts tr
Ybrnonarch to rule the country, and they argue that
useful to us to attempt to force any one of Schah
not unite them in Schah Zeeman's sons on the whole nation. All
be, it is said, a
disorganizationtil, and if the hatred of some religious
fore, be said to be n
Kaffirs, and the love of plunder of all, did
general civil
the British troops, there would
civil war. Afghanistan may, there-
Ellenborough, whose principal
with its disunited rulers
great measure at the mercy of Lord
The determination of difficulty will be now to settle
.
Lord Ellenborough to reward mili-
tary merit is evidenced by histo
trpointing five officers, distin-
guished for late exploits,
aids-de-
camp to the governor-general. e Ted of honorary
t youths,
,ctt n ct
that
nlaltdi nrtgahneokfnoaanmp piano
naming
de-
serving ett
0..-
meats conferred on inexperienced
them of men having professional
claims; i the creation of a
. consider.
native aid-de-camp, and the bestowal
eiettd for the new
serving soldier of the local cavalry, had
governor-general very high opinions among., e troops.
In Ry pre, .1-
ninntdeerlicournodf lanmdioavegmeneenrtalhtardanLL
putea.i.,
except
talloßef the Ms residen had üblished strinThe go-
vernor the late insubordinateSecunderabad.
su bscripprtoiocneesdtin g 3 of some
tent or-
dersth altni
native troops a
respecti
able amount bad been entered into all over the country, in
an orphans (unprovided for b
of those who during the
who fell
y the re.
favour of
the lot
cd
gulations of the gover"34llt)
recent disasters at Cabul. A .commercial crisis has taken

place at Calcutta ; but confidence was beginning to return.
A large sale of opium was effected there on the 18th, which
produced the government upwards of £300,000. The steamer
India arrived in Calcutta on the 9th of April, after a voyage
of 28 days from Suez, having been delayed 11 days at differ-
ent places, chiefly by taking in coal. She went into dock
immediately, and was advertised for another voyage to Egypt
about the 28th ult.
The cholera has committed frightful ravages at Kurachee.
Her Majesty's 22d Regiment had lost 98 men in six weeks
up to the 24th of April. The ship Harriet, bound for Lon-
don, took fire and blew up at Calcutta. There is a rumour of
Lord Ellenborough's intention to reduce the great salaries
of the higher branches of the civil servants, particularly in
Bengal.
Tharawaddie, King of Burmah, whose movement to-
wards Rangoon produced " a sensation" some time hack,
was occupied at home in suppressing a rebellion. The Brit-
ish troops sent to Moulmein, in order to keep him in check,
are therefore at liberty to remove to other places.
The Chinese soldiers who drove the Sikhs out of Thibet
appeared disposed to revenge themselves upon the invaders,
by attacking some of the frontier garrisons of the province
of Cashmere. This attempt is important, as it may lead the
British Generals, on terminating the campaigns in Cabul, to
turn their arms against the Chinese in Thibet, and produce,
by the defence of the country, the cession of Cashmere and
of the Punjaub, by the present weak Government, to the
rulers of India. _ _

The Bombay Gazette in an extra sheet, dated twelve
o'clock, May 4, and published just at the departure of the
steamer, gives the following extract from the Delhi Gazette
of April 23 :
" After our matter was arranged, and almost in the press,
the Loodiana and Simla daks arrived, bringing us from our
correspondents full accounts of the " doings" in camp from
the sth to the 12th instant. The Simla letter, dated the
20th of April, mentions that news had been received of Ge-
neral Pollock's arrival at Jellallabad, but the date is not
given, and also that an express had arrived which gives out
that there is not the least doubt of the murder of Schah
Soojah by the Ghazees as he was returning from a mosque
where he had been praying; after this the Bala Hissar was
attacked, ransacked, and plundered, and the Zenana became
the scene of every atrocity that these savages could commit.
It is now supposed that there will be no delay in pushing on
at once to Cabal; the Queen's 31st and the 6th Native In-
fantry and the whole of that Brigade bad arrived at Pesha-
wur, and marched for Jellallabad, and Colonel Bolton hav-
ing received orders to push on, will lose no time in reducing
that place. The murder of Schah Soojah appears to have
wrought a complete change in the ideas of our great men,
and instead of a withdrawal to Peshawur, nothing but a
speedy advance is talked of. A wing of the 33d, and light
company of the 6th Native Infantry, remain at Ali Musjid.
They have a couple of guns, and it would be difficult for the
Afreedis to do anything in that quarter."

SURRENDER OF GHUZNEE