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INDIA , AFFGHANISTAN , AND CHINA . The despatches in anticipation of the overland mail from India to the 1 st of October reached England on Sunday nteht , by express , from Marseilles . The intelligence which they convey is highly interesting . Candshsr has been relitquis ^ ed by the British . The progress of General Nott into the interior of AffghanUtan appears , notwithstanding the distance from Cacdahar to Cabul ( about 320 miles ) , and the accompanying dangers , to have bt > en thus far fortunate . His corps " is described as possessing in beasts of burden , * C every facility for the accomplishment of the arduous undertaking . Intelligence from G ? nn-a ? Pollock to the 4 th of September states \) - i . his troops hr . d been eminently jaccessful in _ eir gradual movement to Gundamuck , and in roui ng some bodies of the u .- _ iuy .
Among the ruinoars , was ene that Akhbar . Khan had been * e z ? d by Kuxzlli » asbe 3 , who constitute a large portion of the inhabitants of Cabul , and who , in order to Bare the city from destruction , ¦ were in the interest of the British alliance , and for that reason also protected the British prisoners . Sir R . Sale -was seriously indisposed , in consequence of an" inflammation of the tidnej * . Tkere -were many coiiflicUug reports scattered abroad respecting the prisoners , -which subsequently preved erroneoua . " It would not surprise me , ' said one writer , " if a much greater sumVer jhpn is generally supposed of the officers and soldiers said to have been massacred in January last should make their appearance on the arrival of the British troops at CabuL "
Sir Charles Napier left Bombay in the besinning of September for Scinde , in 01 der to take the command of the troops from General England . Her Majesty ' 3 28 : h Regiment had suffered severely frem cholera curing its passage to KurracLee . The corps under the orders of General England was , after the districts around Qsatta had been placed wirier the jurisdictien of the young Kban of Keiat , to come through the Bolan Pass on the 26 th of September , in order to lake up its station near the Indus . The presence of this corps had-becorae necessary , in conseqnenoe of a quarrel and a conflict which had taken place between the Ameers of Hyderabad and some of their neighbours , tho consequence of ¦ which was calculated to be , tkrt both parties , or at least the weaker one , was likely to appeal to the British authorities for protection .
Lord Eileuborough arrived on the 10 th of September at Simla , the proximity of which place to Lahore , as ¦ Well as many other indications , led many to consider the occupation of the Punjaub as probable . In the interior of India tranquillity prevails , with the exception of the mountain districts of Bunde ' . knnd , whither a strong force vas about to be sent in order to put down the disturbances tffsclually by destroying the forts of the petty chiefs . Hie rains were most plentiful throughout India in the month tf September . The much talked-of apprehensions entertained of a famine in the districts near Delhi have vanished . The army of reserve has beer . ordered to assemble on the Sutlt-j in the mouth of November , preparatory , it is said , to some dtniunstration against the Sikhs .
There have been some serious losses in Her Majesty ' s SOth and 62 i Regiments while proceeding up the Ganges . A boat was swamped near Cawnpore , and eighteeH ten of the SO : h were drowned . A wing of the 62 d going in boats near Bhagnlpore was cvtitiktii by a storm at night , which forced the boats from their moorings , and thirty-eight men , including Lieutenants Scobell and Gason , were lost The bark Ricardo , on its voyage from London to Calcutta , Etrack on a sand-bank in the Hooghly . and heeled over , and in one minute went down . Ten persons were drowned . The Delhi Gazelle of the 21 si of September , the latest paper received at the closing of the mail from the North-west of India , states that Akhbar Khan had resolved to abandon Cibul , and to take the prisoners vo the Hindoo Koosh .
The intelligence of- the proceedings at Ghtziee or Cabul had not arrived in Bombay , en the 1 st of October . The failure of the house of Fereusson , Brothers , and Co ., at Calcutta , was much talked of . The amount vt their liabilities in India was stated to be little more than £ 10 , 000 . The cholera was making great ravages amoeg the ¦ oldiers lately arrived in Bombay from Europe .
AFFGHANISTAN . OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION'S . —GENERAL ENGLAND S RETREAT . " TO T . H . HADDOCK , ESQ ., SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA WITH THE GOVEBSOEGKSERAL . " Camp , near Killa Abdoola Angust 19 th . " Sib , —I have the honour to report , for the information of the Ri ? ht Hon . the GoTeraor-Geceral in Csuncil that the British force at Candahar having evacuated that city on the 7 th and Sth , I moved from my encampment near its walls on the 10 th , pursuant to instructions , with one troop of the late Schah ' s Horse Artillery . 7 guns draws by bullocks , 2 -Reissalah ' s Irregular Horse , 1 Rsissalah ' s Poonah Horss , 25 th Bombay Native Infantry , and l 3 t , 2 nd , and o ' - h regiments of the late Schah's Infantry , en route to Qatttah , -and that I arrived on the ground yesterday .
" 2 . It was communicated to me on the Sta ., and subsequently , that the insurgents were preparing to a ' . tack tho column and convoy uader my charge in its passage , and especially that they ¦ would make efforts to intercept it ia the strong country of the Kojaefe range , at the northern extremity of which I arrived , - with little molestation , on the morsing of the 16 ih . " 3 . Whatever might iave been the intentions of the enemy , it was ascertained by reconnoitering that the highest points of the mountain were not yet occupied by them , and I thought it right , therefore , notwithstanding that the troops had just completed a uight inarch of 24 miles , to push forward a light column to seise the summit at once . 4 . This operation was perfected by three battalions , and the most important ridge and all the peaks cemmaBding the principal passes were gained by the troops before dark .
" 5 . Oa the following morning the insurgents besran to appear in small bodies on different hills , but the route bong tanked , they did little mischief , and the baggage , artillery , and immense retinue under protection of this camp , including 9 . 000 or 10 , 000 beasta of burden , began the ascent , covered by a rear-guard of two battalions and the cavalry ; and I was soon made aware of our good fortune in having Beiztd the heights on the previous evening , for the number of the enemy gradually increased ; feat all their efforts to capture the baggage , or indeed to intercept us to any serious extent , ¦ were frustrated , and the passage across the Kc > juck mountains may be said to have been perfected by noon on the 13 th ,
" 6 . 1 ha e had the hiahesfc reason to be gratified with the exertions of all the officers and troops on tiiis occaaion , and it is entirely owing to their incessant efforts in duties of great fatigue , under a privation of water , both in climbing np the extreme points of the range to drive off the enemy whenever they appeared , and in dragging thirteen pieces of . artillery over the ridge , that this service has been accomplished with so little loss on our side of life or of
convoy . " 7 . I beg to enclose a ! ist of the casualties in killed and wounded of this column which have occurred since I left for the immediate vicinity of CiarVh » T " 8 . My last accounts of Najor-G-neral Nott , were of the 13 th , three marches north of Candahar . " 9 . His Highness Price * Timoor and his family are in my camp , and every possible attention is paid to his comfort and safety . " 10 . The Right Hon . the Governor-General will
have been informed that the Chief Saloo Khan , who had taken service with ns after the affiir with the enemy of the 28 th of April , near Hyknlzie , suddenly absconded from the military post held by us at this place , on hearing of our abandonment bf Candahar ; and it was presumed , therefore , that he was at the head of the insurgents in the Kojuck-hills , but I am not inclined to believe that he was thus employed , and I think it more probable that he may have proceeded to join Prince Softnr Jung , who had placed himself at the head of affairs at Candahar .
" 11 . I have no information to warrant the expectation of any Berious opposition between this and Qaetta , especially as the Brahoe * connexi on with the Affghans seems severed for the present , and I hope to be enabled to report my arrival at Quetta to his Lordship on the S 7 th or 28 th instant " 12 . Pursuant to the instructions of Government of the 19 lh of MaTch , I have assumed the political responsibility as well as military command , vacated by the casnality therein contemplated in the departure from these countries of Major-General Nott . "I have , fcc ., " R . England , Major-General , « ' Commanding the Scinde Force . "
AFFAIR UNDER GENERAL POLLOCK . "TO MaJOB-GEXKRAL LUMLET , ADJBIAJiT-GENE-&A 3 ., " Head-quarters , Simla , Camp Mammoo * Khail , August 25 . " Sir . —I have the honour to report for the infoimationof his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief , that I readied Gondamuck on the morning of the 23 rd , inst Vltb the following troops , vi « : —1 squadron , Sth Light Cavalry ; head quarter * and 1 squadron of the l « th Light Cavalry ; No . 6 , Light Field Battery ; Sih Compaay of ftappsn and Miners ; h « r Majesty ! 9 th Foot ; 36 th Native Infantry ; 60 th Native Iaf&ntry . Ob approaching tke ground a few horsemen appeared ,-but retired as we advanced . I toon learned tt * t the enemy , under the Chist * , Hadji AH and Khyroolab Khan , occupied the Tillage » nd fort of Maunoo Khail , about two milts from Gundamuck , and I determined upon attackin * tbem the fallowing morning .
. " I ordered up a squadron of the 3 rd Dragoon * , and Captain ^ roadfooVs corps of Sappers aad Minsn from General 8 * le ' a camp , and they joined before daylight the following morning . " At four o ' clock , a . m ., yesterday morning , I moved toward * the enemy with the fpjjoirjng troops , T i * s—1 st
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BVW . 3 Tor . 5-. il L cl ; t CV . valry , 1 st squadron 10 th ditto , N . ? . 6 LuLt Fit ia Bjit-ry . 5 " . a Company ' s Sappers and Miners , her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot , 2 G : h Native Infantry , 66 : h Native I . funtry , and Broaafoofs Sappers . On clearing the broken ground in front , I divided the Infantry into two columns , with a wing of her Majesty ' s 9 ih Foot at the head of each , and skirmishers in front I directed Captain Broadfoot with his corps to go to the nzht . Tee cavalry also advanced on the right to cut off the reheat of the enemy . ' Captain Abbott ' s battery accompanied the columns , and as we advanced occasionally opened on the enemy , who continued in position so long that we heped they would oppose us with their whole force , but they retired on our approach , and we entered the village .
"The fields in front of the village were purposely flooded to prevent our advance . The left column then went towards the fort of Mammoo Khail , and the right column proceeded to Kookhi , Khail ; the ground was impracticable for cavalry nearly the whole distance , but on one or two occasions an opportunity did offer , and the enemy suffered accordingly . Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor , with some companies of the 9 th Foot and the 26 " -h Native Infantry , occupied part of the heights in front of the village of Kookhi Khali , while Captain Broadfoot and some ef the 26 th Native Infantry cleared the hills to the left of Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor ' s position . As Kookhi Khail is about two miles from Mammoo Knail , and as a position there ml . eht have been attended with rifk unles 3 very Btrongly sup . ported , I directed Major-General ii'Cafkill to retire on Mammjo Koail . As I considered it of Importance to hold MdHimoo Khail , which w « s the enemy ' s position , I wrote for tfee whole camp to be brought here , and it arrived in safety yesterday afternoon .
" I left the camp standing , and selected Major Divis , of her Majesty's 9 th Foot , to command three companies cf the 26 ; h Native Infantry , three companies of the 6 Qth Native Infantry , and 50 Sowars of the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , for its protection . The duty was one of considerable importance , as it was by no means improbable that the enemy would tike a 4 vantage of our advance to send a party to the camp . The squadron of Dragoons having arrived just as I waa starting , their borsts would not have been equal to a day ' s hard work , which induced me to leave them in camp . The overthrow of this party of the enemy must , I conclude , have been very unexpected , as the whole of their camp equipage , with its carriage cattle , was captured-by Captain Broadfoot ' s corps and the 3 id Irregular Cavalry .
" I have ranch gratification in reporting that the troops , both European and native , of each branch and dep-. rtment , well supported the character of Britiuh soldiers . " Where all are equally zealous in the cause , and devoted to their duty , my thanks are equally due to all ; but 1 may be permitted to mention the names of corps and departments employed . Major-General M-Ciskill , KH ., commanding the r ight column ; Brigadier Tulluch , commanding the left oolunin ; Captain Abbott , commanding light field battery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor , K H ., commanding her Majesty ' SKh Foot ; Major Huish , commanding the 2 G : h Native Infa :. trj ; Captaiu Napletoa , coinm&miing the GO ' . h Native Infantry ; Msjur Blair , commanding the 10 th Light Cavalry ; CapV . Ol ^ fitld , ccmramding a squadron of the 5 : h Light Cavalry ; Capt Taifc , commanding the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry ; Capt Abbott , Field Engineer ; Li out Bicher , commanding Sappers and Miners , and
Superintendicg-Surgton Stiven , and Captain Nugent , Officiating Sub-Assistant Commissary-Gentral . The tfikcra of the > taff who conveyed my orders to the different columns , and otherwise aided in the movements of the day , were Capt Haveluck , Drputy Assistant Adjutant-General ; Capt . Smith , Major of Brigade ; Capt . Pon 3 onby , Assistant Adjutant-General ; Capt-M'Adam , Deputy Judge Advocait-Gei . enl ; Capt . Line , Commissary of Ordnance ; Lieat Sir R . Shakespear , Military Secretary ; Capt Codrin ^ ton . Assistant Quarter-master-General ; Lieut Mayne , Officiating Daputy Assistant Quartermaster-General , who was most active throughout the day ; Lieut Tytler , Biggagt-master ; Litut PoUock . aml Capt M'Grfcgt . rAidt-ne-C&mps ; to the last mentioned officer , I am not only indebted for services in tLe field , but for va ^ uab ' ie information , acd for constant exertions to obtain supplies for the force , which his locaJ knowledge , sud personal acquaintance with , the Mullicks enabled him to do .
" I havs this morning heard from several quarters that the two chiefs , Eadji Ali and Khyrollah Khan , have gone to Cabul , attended by about sixty men . If 1 had removed to camp at Gandamuck yesterday , there can be little doubt that the enemy would have reoccupied this place , and he would have announced to the Cibul authorities he had beaten us back . Kookhi Khali has been destroyed by fire ; the fort and village of Mammoo Khail have been also destroyed by fire , and before I quit this place the trees , to which mach value and importance are attached , will be cut down . " I have the honour co ecclose a return of casualties I regret I shall be deprived of the services of Major Hulsh , 26 th Native Infantry , and Captain Edmonds , Her Majesty ' s 9 tb Foot , for some time , though I hope not long . Lieutenant Robertson , of the 37 th Regiment Native Infantry , doing duty with the 2 Cth Native Infantry , is slightly wounded , but will , I trust , seon return to his duty .
" I have the pleasure to enclese reports from Major General MCaskill , K . H ., and Captain Broadfoot " I have . < fcc " G Pollock , M . ijor-General , " f ! n : nmandini 7 in Affi , 'hani « tn . n Jl
" froh major-general j ^ m m'cas&ill , k . h ., comma > dikg i . nfantr . y division . to captain poxsosby , assistant adjutant general . " Dated Camp , Mammoo Khail , Aug . 25 " Sir , —I beg to detail to you , for the information ol Major-General Pollock , C . B ., the operation * of the eighth co . umn in the affiir of yesterday , after it had become separated from that of the left , on the complete success of the combined attack on the evening ' s position in aavanca of Mammoo KhaiL " You are aware that this force consisted of four companies of her Majesty ' s s ? h Foot , and six of the 26 th Regiment Native Infantry , under the immediate command of Lieutenant Colcnel Taylor , K . H ., of the former corps . The enemy had fled before our troops , and abandoned the village of Kooche Khail , but re-enforced strongly by the fugitives driven back by
Bricadier Tulloch's column , he assumed a menacing attitude , and occupied in force a range of heights and detached summits in the Soofaid Eoh . The most salient « f these was s . spur of the mountain within long musket range ef the buildings of Kooche Khail . From this and from other eminences of the most precipitons character , the Ooloos were dislodged with the utmost spirit and gallantry by the details under L eutenant-Colonel Taylor , aided in the most effective manner by a party of Captain Broodfoofs corps of Sappers and Miners . The enemy were reinforced from time to time , and made maDy bold attacks , and kept ap a sharp fire of JtZ * ils from the loftiest peaks of the mountain , but our troops , though so much pressed aa to be compelled to recede from ground which
tbey had gained in one direction , maintained an advanced position among the hills until withdrawn by order of Msjor-General Pollock , first Into the plateau in front of the village of Koorchlee Khail , which they burnt down , and then back upon the present side encampment . In retiring over the plain between the two principal villages , the movement was covered by a squadron of the 5 th and another of the 10 th Cavalry , but the attempts of the Ooloos to annoy , were timid and feeble in the extreme , and our troops did not sustain a single casualty from their efforts . Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor speaks in high ternis of the support which he received from Major HtiUh , commanding 2 C : h Regiment Native Infantry , \? ho was wounded , ai ; d
afterwards from Captain Handscomb of the same corps , and from Captain Ogle commanding Her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot , and I beg to ba permitted to bear my testimony to the merits of the Lieut-Colonel ' s own exertion , as well as to express my sense of the gallantry of all the troops engaged , and to acknowledge the able assistance which I received from Captain Havelock , Her Majesty ' s 13 th Li $ ht Infantry , Deputy-Assistant Ai'jutant-General Lieutenant Mayne , 37 th Regiment Native Infantry , Officiating Deputy-Assistant Quarter-Master-General , and Lieutenant Bethnne , Her Majesty ' s 9 ch Foot , my Aide-de-Camp . The intrepidity also with which Capt , Broacfoot ' s Sappers and Miners aided in the attack on one of the advanced heights , deserved mj marked commendation .
" I have , it , •¦ John M'Caskh . l , " Major-General Commandii . g Infantry Division . iTnie Copy . ) " G . PONSONBY , " Captain Assistant Adjutant-General . ( Tine Copy . ) " R . C . Shakespeab , " Military Secretary . "
PROM CAPTAIN J . BROADFOOT , SAPPERS AND MINERS , COMMANDING RIGHT COLUMN . TO CaPTAI 21 G . PONSONBY , ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL . " Dated Camp Mammoo Khail , 25 th , Ang . " Sis—Agreeably to orders , 1 have the honour to report tke proceedings of the column entrusted to me by the Major-General commanding in the action of yesterday .
"Imoved as directed , with the Sappers ( about 220 men ) and the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry ( 250 men ) across the ravine on the right of the force . We found the enemy strongly poated in an orchard , with some enclosures and the usual field works of loose stonea in their front , were alBo occupied . This position flanked the approach of the main body . " Having formed an attacking party in front , I sent the rest of tfie Sapper * in colwna under Lieuteaant Orr , to tmra th * eaemr ' a left lank , and Captaifl Tail * horse still more to the right , and in advance to cut off their
retreat While we waited in tbi * order the advance of the force , the enemy reinforead the orchard , and moved oat to attack us . I wa * therefore obliged to advance before the force arrived . The enemy ' * position * were quickly earned in succession . One party wa * driven towards the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , who pursued , and the remainds Eed to the village of Mammoo Kfc » U , is which the main body of the enemy were at this moment driven by the fire of our artillery ; tht-y opened a fire upon as , ill directed , bnt so heavy t&at we were obliged to attack the village . They fl * d when vt reached it , and the Sappers pursued to the
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fort , but vrere go tshavi ^ t ^ d by the match from Ftnteabad and the previous operations , that tho enemy were able to enter and barricade the gate . Their fire was kept down by one party of the sappers , wbilo the rest climbed on each other ' s shoulders over a halfrepaired bastion , about eight feet high , and covered with thorns . The enemy fled over the walls on the other side , leaving the rear gate barricaded . This , and descending from the walls , lost so much time that pursuit was nearly hopeless , as far as our exhausted men were concerned . We pressed on with the least fatigue , however , and , keeping to the hills , forced the enemy into ground . Our cavalry were approaching , and we had the satisfaction of seeing the cavalry overtake and attack them .
•« Parties were directed to destroy the fort abandoned on the cavalry approaching , while with a few men I pushed on to the last vilinge near the hills ; there we surprised the enemy , whose head-quarters were there , driving them cut of the village and adjoining camp , and obtaining their tents , cattle , and ammunition , and a good quantity of provisions . The enemy ( who were evidently the Jeziilchces from Cabul ) fled to the hills , the fire of which swept the village . 111 was now directed to take a party of her Majesty's 9 th Foot , the sappers being now worn out , except about six men , and attack the hills ; the first and second heights were carried at the point of the bayonet , and flinkiug parties having turned the shoulders of the high range , W 8 were advancing up to it when the main force arrived , and our further progress was stayed . My separate command now ceased , and I was soon after ordered with the sappers to head-quarters .
" The conduct of the troops , officers , and men , European and Natives , was admirable , and it ia due to the 20 " . h Native Infantry to mention , that in storming the second height with a party of her Majesty ' s 9 th Fo » t a party of the former corps joined us , and behaved with the same spirit as the rest " I have , &o . " G . BR 0 ADF 09 T , Captain , Commanding Right Column . ( True Copy . ) " R . C . Shakespear , Military Secretary . " Rsturn of Killed , Wounded , and Missing of Troops under the persoHal command of Mojar-Ganeral P .-llock , C . B ., commanding in Afghanistan , on the 24 th Autast , 1842 : —
Killed . —3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 1 , Native trooper ; Her Majesty ' s 9 th Fost , 2 privates ; 26 th Regiment Native Infantry , 1 S ^ poy ; Sappers and Minura , 2 Sepoys ; Cacip Follower , 1 Sepoy ; total killed 7 . " Horses Killed and Wounded . —8 ih Irregular Cavalry , 3 killed ; 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 5 wounded ; total 8 . Wounded . —3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 1 Europeon officer ; Her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot , ! European officer , 1 sergeant , 7 privates ; 26 th regiment of Native , 2 European i-fficers ; Sappers and Miners , I , sergeant ; native commissioned , non-commissioned , rank and file , and camp followers wounded ; Sippers and Miners , 1 officer , 1 drummer , and 4 Sepoys ; detachment of 5 th Cavalry , 1 trooper ; 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 1 trooper ; 2 Glh Regiment Native Infantry , 4 Havildars , 4 Naicks , and 17 Sepoys ; 69 Regiment Native Infantry , 1 Sepoy ; Headquarters and 1 squadron 10 th Cavalry , 1 camp follower ; No . 6 , Light Field Battalion , 1 camp follower . " Mifsing . —Detachment 5 ' . h Cavalry , 1 horse . " ( True Copy . ) " T . H . VlADDOCK , " Secretary to the Goven . nu-nt of India , with the Governor- General . "
CHINA . The news from China comes down to the 28 th of July , and affords gronnds for forming hopes of an approaching termination of the war there . After the arrival of the reinforcements , tbe expedition on the 13 th of June entered tbe Yang-tze-Kiang , the most magnificent river of China , on the banks of which the Chinese had erected many strong fortifications , and gMiisoaed them with large bodies ot thtjii btetttdops . Having passed three days in making observations and in taking soundings , which were seen and permitted by the Chinese , the fleet at daylight on the 16 t . u prepared for action , and on tb « * tiips taking their Btationa the batteries from the skor « opened , The progress and results of this coi flict have been officially published in the following terms : — " CIECLLAB .
" The gratifying duty of announcing further highly important successes of her Majesty's combined forcos again devolves en her Majesty's Plenlpetentiary in China . "Afterthe necessary delay In destroying the batteries , magazines , foundries , barracks , and other public building * , as well as the ordnance , arms , and ammunition , captured at CbajMio , the troops were re-embarked , and the expedition finally quitted that port on the J 3 rd of May , and arrived on tbe 29 th off the Rugged Islands , where it remained until the 13 th of June , on which day it crossed the bar , which bad been previously surveyed and buoyed off , into the Yank-tze-Kiang river to the point where the river is joined by the Woosung .
" At this point the Chinese authorities had erected immense lines of works to defend tho entrances of both rivers , and seem to have been so confident of their ability to repel us , that they permitted a very close reconnaissance to be made in two of the small steamers by their Excellencies the Naval and Military Commandtrs-in-Chief , on the 14 th inst ; and even cheered and encouraged the boats which were sent in the same night to lay down buoy * to guide the ships of war to their allotted positions of attack . " At daylight en tho morniDg of the 16 th , the eqaadron weighed anchor , and proceeded to take np their respective stations , which was scarcely done when the batteries opened , and the cannonade on boih Bides was txtremely heavy ami unceasing for about two hours ; that of tbe Chinese then began to slacken , and the seamen and marines were landed at once , under the fire from the ships , and dreve the enemy out of the batteries before the troops could be disembarked and formed for advancing .
" 253 guns ( forty-two of them brass ) were taken in the batteries , moat or them of heavy calibre , and upwards of eleven feet long . The whole were mounted on pivot carriages of new and efficient construction , and it was likewise observed that they were fitted with bamboo sights . " The casualities in the naval arm of the expedition cmount to two killed and twenty-five wouuded , but the land forces had not a man touched . It appears almost miraculous that the casualties should not have been much greater , considering how well the Chinese served their guns . The Blonde frigate bad fourteen shot in her hull , the Sesostris steamer eleven , and all the ships engaged more or less . The loss on the part of the enemy is supposed to have been about eighty killed , and a proportionate number wounded .
" On the 17 th of June some of the lighter vessels of the sqnadron advanced up the Woosung river , and found a battery deserted , mounting fifty five guns , of which seventeen were brass . " On the 19 ' . h two more batteries close to the city of Shang-hai opened their guns ou the advanced division of tbe light t qnadron , but on receiving a couple of broadside * the Chinest flsd , and tbo batteries , which contdned forty-eight guns ( seventeen of them brass ) were instantly occupied , and tbe troops took possession of tho city , where the public buildings were destroyed , and the extensive government granaries given to the puople .
" His Excellency the Admiral proceeded up the river Woosung with two of the small iron steamers on the 20 tb instant , about fifty miles beyond the city of Shanghai , and in this ) econnoissance two additional field-works each mounting four heavy guns , were taken and destroyed , bringing the total of ordnance captured in these operations np to the astonishing number of 364 , of which seventy-six are of brass , and chkfly largo handsome guns ; mauy of the brass guns have devices , showicg that they have been cast laUly . Saveral of them have Chinese characters , signifying , the tamer and subduerofthe barbarians , ' aad onu particularly large one is d srnined by the title of the barbarian . "
" The Chinese high officers and troops are supposed to have fled in the direction of the cities of Soocbow , Wang-cbow-foo , and Nankin . The same high authorities have made another indirect attempt to retard active operations by an avowed wiBh to treat , and have also given a satisfactory proof of their anxiety to conciliate by the release of sixteen of her Majesty's subjects ( Europeans and natives of India ) who had been kidnapped ; but as the overtures were not grounded on the only basis on which they can be listened to , tbey were met by an intimation to that efftct—God save the Queen . " Dated on board the steam-frigate Queen , in tbe Tang- ' . zi-Kiang river ( off Woosung ) , the 24 th of June , 1842 . " Henry Pottinger , Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary . "
Tbe name of Lieutenant Hewitt , R . M ., on board the Blonde , has been published as one cf the two killed , his head having been cut off by a round shot . The results of this victory have been remarkable . The Mandarins in the two most fertile provinces of China were dreadfully alurmed lest Wang-chow-Foo and Nankin should be taken and sacked , and the mouth of the Greal Canal Beizsd . Th . y sent a flying expiess for a son , or some other relntion of Howqua the old Heng merchant at Canton , in oTdei-to interpret between them and the British . They exhibited a wish to make terms , but whether with the object of merely gaining
time , does not appear certain . The approach of the expedition to the mouth of the Great Canal , and the dangers that threaten Nankin would . It was thought , Induce the Emperor to make an equitable arrangement , but doubt * were * UU entertained of his being exactly informed of the truth . Tbe efforts of the Chinese authorities to make resistance have hitherto been very peat A proclamation l ** u « d by the Emperor in the beginning of June breathe * the most decided hostility to the " barbarians ,- ' but does not brag of the - » alour of hia general * and Boldiers . ThU proclamation , it ought to be remarked , ia dated prior to the attack on Shang-hai .
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DESTRUCTITE FIRE IN MANCHESTER , AND DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE . FlUDAI MOKJUNG , 11 O'CLOCK . A shecking -fire broke out here Inst night at the extensive cotton mills of Messrs . Pooley , Mill-street , Ancoats , about two hours before the time at which the place usually closes for the night The fire originated near the centre of the building called tho New Mill , which is the only portion of tbe premises not fire-proof , nnd such was tbe fearful rapidity with which tho flames spread , that a portion of the hands had not time to escape . Hence , in addition to the destruction ot property which followed the calamity , it has been attended with a fearful loss of life .
It may he necessary to mention that the fire broke out near the grand staircase , by which access was obtained to the different rooms , and this will explain the reason why the escape of some of the workpeople was cut off . The fire speedily illuminated the whole town , and tbe town fire engines were immediately at work , but a great portion of the new mill was soon a mass of ruins , nnd the flames had spread along the roof of what is called tbe fire-proof mill , before its progress was arrested . Some of the hands whose escapa was cut off were seen clinging to the windows during the progress of the fire , aud some attempts were made at rescue , but the risk was too great , and they were buried in the ruins .
Exaggerated rumours are abroad as to the loss of life , and it is said that twenty five persons are missing . At the time we write eight dead bodies have been removed from the ruins ,, and one more ( that of a female ) is known still to be amongst the fallen wrecks of materials . Some boys employed as scavengers in the mill , are still misslDg , but it is not known whether they are amongst the sufferers . The damage is rumoured to exceed £ 10 , 000 , but nothing like an aceurate estimate can yet have been formed of the real loss .
FUR 1 HER PARTICULARS . ( Abridged from the Manchester Guardian ) The fire originated about a quarter-past six o ' clock , on the evening of Thursday last , when all the hands , about five hundred in number , were at work in the mill . The flimes were first seen about that time bursting forth from the interior of a machine , called by some of the hands a Willow , but by Mr . Pooley the First Blowing Machine or Scutcher . The lad who was " tenting " ( attending ) the machine saw a suddeft flash of flame wme out of it , and in a moment the whole of the cotton in and about it was in a blaz-j . A man at the other end of the room gave substantially the same account of its commencement , There was no fire , and only one light in the room—a covered glass-lamp— -three or four yards
from the scutcher , and there were no mean * of communicating flame from the one to the other . From the scutcher the cotton is conducted up a sort ef trough , termed a " creeper , " into the floor above , the blowingroom , where a quantity of loose cotton was lying ; and , owing to this . circumstance , both floors were almost simultaneously in flames . In the lower one the man who was at a distance ran with a bucket of water , and dashed it on the flaming cotton ; but as more issued from the machine , and fell in blazing fragments about the fl > or , the fl Lines soon spread , and all the efforts of the handB speedily called to the spot , and plying buckets of water , were ineffectual . The manager , Mr . Daniel Conolly , turned the Btoam into the room , and very judiciously knocked a plug out ; and with a sledgehammer broke the main pipe communicating with all the five boilers , hoping by this means to throw a body of steam into the floor of No . 3 , directly above the boilerhouse ; but the flames had by this time spread in ali
directions , and the alarm being given to the hands generally , the greater portion of them effected their escape by the general staircase , and some few by ropes from the windows of the third floor . Others Jumped from these windows , and were caught in the arms of the bystanders below ; and one poor lad ( Robert Garvin ) , in attempting to descend by a spout from the fourth floor , fell , and his body striking across the edge of a water tub , he was so much injured that he expired shortly afterwards . The manager exerted himself in aiding some of tbe hands to escape , and supposed that all had got out ; but the eveit proved otherwise At about eleven o ' clock the fire was got undei ; but the engines continued to play till about one in the morniDg , and the fire brigade were withdrawn , with the exception of tbe Neptune , which was left with a company of fifteen men to play all night ; and indeed during Friday , till four o ' clock in the afternoon , when they were also withdrawn .
We believe that the loM will prove to be fully covered by the insurances . These were effeoted In the following amouts aad { proportion * , at tbe respective offices : — In the Sun , No . 1 , mill and building , £ 1 , 000 ; millwork , £ Z 99 ; machinery , £ 3 , 060 ; together , £ 4 , 309 ; in the Manchester , machinery , £ 3 , 000 ; stock , £ 300 ; together , £ 3 , 300 . Total on No . 1 mill , £ 7 , 600 . On No . 3 mill , in the York and Irf » ndon , building , £ 3 , 000 ; in the Manchester , machinery , £ 1 , 000 ! utock , £ i , ooo ; together , £ 2 , 000 ; in the PhoBoix , machinery , £ 1 , 000 ; Royal Exchange , machlneiy , £ 1 , 000 ; mill work , £ 300 ; boilers , £ 200 ; together , ¦ £ \ . & 6 o . Total in No . 3 , £ 7 600 . On warehouse * in the Royal Exchange , bulldiug , £ 1 , 000 ; machiaery , .. 300 ; stock , £ 100-Total inauxanoea , £ 17 , 009 .
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The amounts in the offices stand thus : Manchester , £ 5 300 ; Sun , £ 4 . 300 ; Royal Exchange , £ 3 , 400 : York and London , £ 3 000 ; and Phoenix , £ 1 , 000 . It will be recollected that a fortnight ago the various insurance office * advanced their rates of premium on cotton mills about 9 s . per cent ; and the present rates , we believe , are 26 a . including duty ) , on mills spinning lower than 40 s ( and , we believe , in this mill the numbers spun were chiefly 40 ' * and 38 ' s ) , and on the flue mills , that Is , Wa and all higher numbers , 243 . percent . ' We must come now to the most painful and distressing part of this melancholy catastrophe . The following are such particulars as we could collect respecting the unfortunate sufferers .
Dead . —John Snape , aged fifteen yeata and four months , of No . 11 . Rodney-street . piecer . The body of this unfortunate youth was the first found by the firemen , D-ivies and Abrahams , lying in a sort of anteroom to the mechanics' shop , on the landing of the sixth floor ; his head in the doorway of the inner door , and his feet towards the staircase , as if he had fallen back suffocated . The body was conveyed to the Bridge Inn , near the mill . The tipper part of the body and the legs were dreadfully burned ; indeed , quite calcined .
William Ridgeway , aged eighteen years , of Back Piercy-street , piecer , unmarried . This unfortunate youth was the second found by tbe firemen , Divies and Abrahams . The body was not so much charred as some of the others ; bnt in parts of the face , hands , and arms , the fiSin was burned completely off , His face was also dreadfully bruised , as if he had fallen in attempting to escape ; but strange to say , hfs shirt was not at all burned . The skin had peeled off , as if scalded ; but the general appearance of the deceased was as if he had been suffocated .
Mary Ann M'KeiiBie . or M'Kenna , aged sixteen years and eight months , of No . 8 , Arundel street , piecer , unmarried . Hers was the third body found by the fire ; men . We understand she was the daughter of one of the borough policemen . The body was conveyed to tbe Bridge Inn . The nose and face were much burned ; the right hand was quite charred ; the left arm was doubled up , as if convulsively drawn together , and much burned -, the tongue protruded from the mouth , and altogether the body exhibited a frightful spectacle . Mary WConville , aged thirteen years and eleven months , of No . 3 , Willoughby ' s-court , Thompson-street , scavenger . Hers waa the last of the four bodies found by the firemen ; it was conveyed to the Bridge Inn . The body was drawn quite double , the clothing almost wholly burned off , and the body and limbs in many parts reduced to a cinder , especially the sheulders , back , and breast ; the nose was burned off , the face frightfully disfigured , and , altogether , this body was perhaps the most horrible spectacle of the six .
Robert Girven , or Girvin , aged thirteen years and six months , of No 7 , Brockett-street , scavenger . This poor lad lost hia life in attempting to descend outside the building , by a leaden spout , near the south-west end of the building . He fell from between the third and fourth story , and fell with his left side across a water-tub plaeed tinder the spout . He wa * conveyed to the Aid wick and Aneoats Dispensary , which , he reached about a quarter before seven o ' clock . He was then alive , but expired in about three minutes afterwards , and the body was then removed to the Navigation Inn , on the opposite side of Great Ancoats-street He was not at ail burned , but was internally injured in the head and left side .
Jarnea 11 'Mann , aged nineteen years and nine months " , of Hi , Bradford-street , tenter of self-acting mulesunmarried . There are some melancholy circumstances connected with his death . He and another man , named Martin , were ( with a boy ) the only occupants of a room containing self-acting mules , in the seventh story , over the warehouse ( B . ) On the alarm reaching them , Martin made his way round the corner ( by C ) to the staircase , followed by M'Maaa ; fcnt he saw ftl'Mann turn round to go back again , and Martin saw nomordof him . He had himself some difficulty in making his way to the Btaircase , and M'Mann was afterwards found near the stairs by some firemen , in or
dying state ; and Martin says he believes that the poor fellow , remembering that he was leaving behind him a book on algebra , lent him by an acquaintance , and which he had Uken into the mill only that morning , turned back for it , and thus lost his life . He was seen last to approach a window , from which a boy descended by a rope ; but , instead of fullowing him , he turned back . The skin had come off both amis and fset , aud the neck was much swollen . The nose was both burned and bleeding . When the flrsmen found him , he moaned , aad was conveyed to the Ancoats Dispensary , about half-past eight o'clock ; but he was then quite dead , and the body was taken across to the Navigation Inn .
A Fire broke out in the middle of Thursday , at Bear Wood , the seat of Mr . John Walter , M . P . in Berkshire . Tho neighbours in great numbers rendered assistance ; but , from the want of engines on the spot , the flames were not subdued for some hours , and much damage was done ; the tire , however , was confined to one wing of the mansion . FiaE at Whitechapel . — On Friday morning , about ten minutes before two , a fire , attended with great destruction of property , broke out on the immense range of premises belonging to Colyer and Co ., in Leman street , Whitechapel , nearly opposite the Gar rick Theatre . The fire waa first discovered by a polioerean of the H division , at which time the flames were raging ia the basement floor . An alarm
was raised , and the inhabitants residing in the adjoining tenements were aroused from their slumbers to a sense of their danger . The flames soon shot forth from every window to a considerable height , and were seen from most parts of the metropolis . Messengers were despatched to the various engine station * , and in less than twenty minutes after the outbreak about a dozen brigade engines , with those belonging to the West of England , County , and the different parishes , were on the spot and set to work , and , aided by a plentiful sut > ply of water , the firemen succeeded in arresting the flames in about an hour , but not before damage to a considerable amount was sustained . The origin of tha fire could not be ascer-. tained , nor yet whether the firm was insured .
Fire in Upper Thames street—The neighbourhood of Upper Thames-street was greatly alarmed about four o'clock on Friday afternoon , by the breaking out of a fire in those very extensive premises opposite Allballows Church and Calvert ' s brewery , the lower portion of which was occupied by Mr . Rumsay , wholesale druggist , and the upper part by Messrs . Dawson and Bolt , drysalters . From the nature of the materials by which the flames were fed , the appearance was , for nearly an hour , of the most terrific description ; but , by the qnick arrival of several of the engines , and a plentiful and speedy supply of water , the raging element was very shortly
mastered , though not until the whole of the building had been entirely destroyed . A report was at one time prevalent that an elderly female had fallen a prey to the flames , which , however , we are unable , to trace to any authentic source ; bat we hope , and have some reason to balieve , that there is no foundation in the report . At one time , Allhallows Church appeared to be in great danger ; but this edifice has been happily preserved from the least damage . The origin of the fire is not exactly known ; but it is generally believed to have been caused by the opening of a carboy of turpentine , upon which a spark from a candle had fallen , which immediately ignited , and spread with the most fearful rapidity .
Extensive Fire in Cheapside , and narrow Escape of a Family . —On Friday morning , shortly before daybreak , the family of Mr . Parkins , a tobacconist , of Gutter-lane ,, Cbeapside , were thrown into the greatest alarm iu consequence of the discovery of a fire raging at the lower part of the premises . The fire waa first discovered in the shop by a City policeman , who instantly awakened Mr . Parkins , and that gentleman fortunately succeeded in assisting his family to effect their providential escape by the roof . In a few minutes afterwards the engines from Watling-stieetj as well as those from Farringdon-strect , arrived , and water having been quickly procured , they were set to work , bntnotwithstanding the great exertions of the firemen , and the assistance
of police and neighbours , before the flames could be subdued the entire contents of the shop stock , consisting of snuffs , segars , &c , to a great amount , was nearly consumed . The fire is believed to have originated from an escape of gas in the shop . Destructive Fire near Limerick . —( From the Limerick Reporter of Friday . J—We have a ^ ain to record the almost total demolition , by fire , last night , or rather early this morning , of tho extensive mills at O'Brien ' s-bridge , belonging to James Denuisson and Co . The fire was discovered about two o ' clock this morning , and in a short time raged with uncontrollable fury , so much so , that every effort to stem the devouring element proved unavailing .. Between three and four o ' clock ,
expresses arrived in this city , when , with all the dispatch imaginable , the St . Michael's parish and West of England fire engines , followed by the Sun , were scut forward ; and , though the scene of conflagration is nine miles from Limerick , they were on tbe spot in less than an hour . The fire was discovered in the mills by the miller , who was in the concern , it being his turn to watch the mills last night . The fire originated in the upper lofts by some friction of the machinery , which ignited the chaff or dust , and in less than twenty minuter the entire mills were on fire , together with the three kilns in the rear . The powerful engino of the West of England Company , accompanied by Mr . John Fogarty and his assistants , arrived soon after five o'clock . The roofs of the mill and kilns had
previously fallen in . The engine was stationed in the rear ef the mills , near the mill stream , and Mr . Fogarty directed his attention to the Bafety of a hew corn store which adjoined and communicated with the mill , as also to the dwelling-house adjoining , in which he was happily successful . The mills were completely burned down previous to the arrival of the engines . We are happy to say that Messrs . DenniBEoa are insured for £ 4 , 400 with the North British Company , a sum which , it is expected , will cover hb loss . The store and dwelling-bouse , which are saved , were insured with the West of England Insurance Company . To give an idea of the awful majesty of the flames , they were distinctly Been from PJassy , about a mile and a half outside this city . It is scarcely four years since those mills were rebuilt , having been then bunt to the ground .
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INCENDIARY FIRES . The Agricultural Districts . Tbe sightly appearance of the country is assuming an aspect that must ? larm all classes of the community . Incendiary fire ? are spreading anxiety round the country , and betoken a state of malignity on the part of the perpetrators which excites very great apprehension for the safety of out-stacked and nnthrashed corn . We know that farmers holding land on yearly tenure have little inducement to improve their land by any outlay of labour , which may , not be returned to them for years to come ; bat we trust they will see the advantage of increasing the amount of labour on their land , in employing the poor villa * gers of their neighbourhood , whose condition with-.. .
out employment must be most dangerous to the wallbeing of society . We recommend farmers to get leases where they can , and the assurance of their landlords that they shall not be disturbed in the customary cultivation of their farms ; but in the absence of these , they will find it to their interest to keep up at least , if not to increase , the amount of employment required on the land . We feel great regret that the farmers are disposed to curtail the quantity of labour required by them , and hope that landlords may make some proposition to them to meet the difficulties that must surround the occupant of the inferior , if not all , the soils of the country . — Buck .- , Gazette .
On the Evening of Monday , about nine o ' oloob , a fire broke out in a hanlm rick , near the farm buildings of Mr . Jones , HockHffe . The Toddington engine was immediately sent for , and some tradesmen who were employed at the Wesloyan chapel , Tebworth , hastened to the spot , and pulled down part of a hovel to which the names kad communicated , and with the assistance of the engine and those assembled prevented its farther progress , a Jarge quantity of haulm only having been consumed . It is feared that this fire also had been caused by an incemdiary . —Bedford Standard . Marston . —On Monday a fire broke out at the homestead of Mr . Dimmock , at Marion , and in a very short time completely destroyed a barley-rick , and a great portion of the homestead . We have not heard the full extent of the damage occasioned , but learn that there is no donbt it was the work of an incendiary . —Hertford Reformer .
Hertford . —On the evening of Wednesday , a stack in the yard of Mrs . BrowniHg ' s farm , at Keysoe , Brook-end , was fired by some misoreants , and in a short time the whole of the ricks and homestead were in flanses . The Kimbolton , St . Peter ' s , Bedford , and St . Neot ' s engine arrived , and wer e soon playing upon the fire , bnt some wretches out the pioes of the St . Neot ' s engine , and rendered it useless for some considerable time . In spite of the inopssant exertions of the fire-men and neighbours , no less than thirteen ricks were burned , and it ia faid that 200 quarters of wheat alone were destroyed ; but at present it can hardly be ascertained what extent the loss and damage of property amounts to through this wicked act . —Hertford Reformer .
Bromham . —A rick of hay , belongioine to Mr . Daniel Butler , containing about twenty-five tons , standing in a field in the parish of Bromham , waa discovered to be on fire about seven o ' clock on Frievening last . It was wholly destroyed , and th ^ re can be no doubt from the situation of the riok , but that tho fire was the work of an incendiary . A reward of £ 60 re offered ( £ 50 by Mr . Butler , and £ 10 by the Devizes Prosecution Society ) , but we are sorry to say that it has not yet had the effect of bringing the guilty party to justice . —Wilts paper .
BswfORT . —Oa Safcarday , the 22 nd , about six in th » evening , a barley rick on Lower Eggerdon Farm , in the parish of A ^ kerwell , near Bridport , tho property of Mr . T . Barker , was discovered to be on fire , and from the distance the rick stood from any dwelling , before any assistance comd be rendered , the whole rick was in a blaze , and shortly after entirely consumed . The rick contained nearly fifty sacks of barley , and there is not the least doubt of its being the work of an incendiary . A hay rick standing on the other side of the hedge , in an adjoining field , was providentially saved by the wind shifting from the direction in which it had blown the whole of the day , which carried tho fire in a contrary direotion from the hay rick . —Sherborne Journal .
On Saturday morning last , about eleven o clock , the farm called Nskehouse Farm , at Burghclere , occupied by Mi . J . Butt , was maliciously set fire to , and in spite of every exertion the destruction of property , corn , and buildings , amounting to £ 300 took place . It appeared that the fire was nrafc discovered issuing from the oow-house , and it soon ignited two barns which were filled with wheat , fifty quarters ot oats , and a mow of peas , all of which were destroyed . The loss will be very serious to Mr . Butt , aa none of the corn was insured . We hope that subscriptions will be set on foot to help him out of his present difficulties . A reward of £ 20 has been offered for the discovery of the offenders . — Wiltshire Journal .
Incendiary Fire . —On Wednesday evening last , about seven o ' clock a fire was discovered ou the premises of Mr . CharleB HoUamby , nurseryman , Strawberry-hill , Brighton road . It first appeared in some outbuildings , a considerable distance from behind the house , and soon afterwards in a lean-to shed adjoining the dwelling-house , so that there can be no doubt of its having been the work of an incendiary . Ft was the more remarkable as some combustible , resembling burning tobacco or tho end of a cigar , was found in the latter place several days back , out supposed at the time to be merely accidental . The neighbours rendered every possible assistance during this calamity , and received Mrs . HoUamby and children into their houses with whatever furniture , &c , could be removed . The eldest daughter , who had gone to sleep at a neighbour ' s house , naturally enough , about three o ' clock next morning , looked out of a window towards the dwelling and saw smoke
and flames issuing from over a room in which one of her brothers usually slept , but , as some damage had been done there in the first attack , the bedding had been removed , and her brother was sleeping soundly with two men ( who were overcome with fatigue ) in another part of the house ; the drapery and sacking of the bedstead were quite consumed , also two baskets of linen , and the remaining furniture damaged . The fire in the yard or homestall consumed a pigstve , stable , and cart-lodge , with four sets of harness , and many farming and gardening tools . Mr . Holluraby wa ? in London at the time , Mis . HoUamby waa at chapel , and their eldest son from home on business , but returned soon after the first breaking out of the fire ; it was rather a fortunate circumstance that one of the horses was out on a journey , and another with some cows at grass . The pigs were got safely away with some difficulty . The property was insured , except the outbuildings where the fire was first observed . —Sussex Advertiser .
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Suicide . —On Tuesday , the 25 th ult ., a young woman named Mary May , about eighteen years of age , daughter of Joseph May , of Henshaw-lane , committed suicide by drowning herself in the Rochdale canal near the above place . An inquest was held oa the body on Thursday , when the jury returned a verdict of found drowned . Machinery again . —Plough for Raising Potatoes . —On Tuesday last we had an opportunity of witnessing the operations of a newly-eonstrncted plough for raising potatoes , on Hillhead farm , possessed by George Paxton , Erq ., of Richardland . The plough is the invention of Mr . David Goudie , overseer upon the farm , the inventor likewise of the Antler plough , which has met with the decidf d
approbation of practical men ; and in both cases he has been materially aided by Mr . Andrew M'Kerrow , blacksmith , Beansbnrne , Kilmarnock . The imple-Kf nt somewhat resembles the Grubber harrow , now so much in use , and introduced to Ayrshire by Mr . Paxton , being held by two handles , by which it is very eaaily conducted , snd drawn by two horses as in the case of the ordinary plough . It moves upon two wheels , two-and-a-half feet apart , to suit the breadth of tho drill , and two feet in diameter , and by which wheels it is regulated . Almost immediately behind are two paring-tins , ten inches apart , which are so constructed as to penetrate the earth to some depth , as in the case of the Grubber harrow , acting aa cutters on each side of the ridge , and
capable of uprooting any weeds , and at the same time loosening the soil as the plough progresses . The reiet is about four-and-a-half feet long , and ten inches in depth , placed transversely , and has the effect of keeping the earth to the off-side , preventing any of the soil from falling into the adjoining drill . Under the reistis situated the most important part of the implement . This is formed by eight prongs , six of them two-and-a-half feet long , somewhat apart at their extremities , but coming to a point towards the cutters already described are welded together , thus forming a sock , the whole in a horizontal position * This sock is fitted so as to go . under the potatoes , raising them en masse , and the earth in which they are embedded finding its way through the prongs is thus eo far levelled . The potatoes are upturned without any chance of being injured , as ia sometimes the case with the grape : and , from the state in which
the plough leaves the drills , every facility is afforded for the gatherers' operations . The plough upon light soil will keep thirty gatherers employed , and is calculated to do its work at about one-half of the expense incurred by the ordinary process of lifting with the grape . It leaves the Boil so equable and pulverised , that , as was observed by a practical man present , the gronnd almost experiences the benefit of a summer faUow . By these means the potatoe crop at Hillhead has been raised in two days ; whereas , by the ordinary mode , it would have occupied nearly a week—thus allowing the succeeding crap to be somi several days earlier , a most important consideration to the farmer at this season of the year . It has yet to be sees what progress the plough can mako upon a wet or clayey soil ; but , in ordinary circumstances , it has been satisfactorily proved to be a valuable acquisition in aiding the labour of the husbandman . —Kill marnock Journal .
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KJ JL A- » - JLV DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE ON A MARRIED FEMALE . On Saturday John Bolton , a wheelwright in tbe employ of Mr . Cheat , carrier to her Mojesty , residing at Windsor , and Tiiomas Howard , a waggoner in the aame employ , underwent a final examination at the office of Mr . Home , solicitor and elerk to the magistrates , in the town of Stainea , before Mr . Q , Patterson , a Middlesex magistrate , the former charged with having forcibly ravished a married female , named Clara Tilley , under circumstances ef great aggravation , and the latter charged with having aided and abetted in the aame . .
Mrs . Clara Tilley , a respectable looking young female about thirty years of age , who gave her evidence in a remarkably modest and proper manner , deposed that she was the wife of a private of the Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards , which were ordered frem London to Windsor on Monday last On the night of Tuesday the first Instant , she engaged for tbe conveyance of herself and luggage by one of Cheat ' s waggonB to Windsor , and was taken up at Knlghtsbridge . The waggon was then driven by a strange man , whose name she did not know , and shortly afterwards the prisoner , Bolton , got into the waggon . Oa the way to Hounslow nothing particul&r occurred beyond Bolton being more free in his manner towards her than she desired , At Hounslow the man who had driven the waggon from London left ,
and the prisoner Howard then drove down towards Windsor , no person being in the waggon bat witness and Bait on . The night was very dark and foggy , and when t&e waggon was on Hoanslow-heath , which was about midnight , the prisoner Bolton asked witness if she was not cold . Witness replied that she wai not , as she had her husband's coat under her shawl . Bolton , however , then took a h » rseclotb , and threw one corner with bis right band over her neck , and then with his left hand threw the other comer over her knees . He then commenced f inching her legs , and on her desiring him to desist , be asked her to permit him one little liberty , adding that if she would do so , be would promise not to molest her further . Witness told him » he would not , and
said she loved her husband , and shu should naverbe able to face him again if she did . The prisoner Bolton , however , notwithstanding her refusal , persisted in his efforts , upon which she screamed out to the waggoner , Howard , to come to her assistance , as his oompanion was ill-treating her . Howard , however , paid no attention to her entreaties , beyond saying "He won't hurt you ; " and kept driving on . The prisoner , Bolton , theti said if she intended to be obstinate , he would be bo too ; upon whieh she begged and entreated of him to desist , as she was in a very delicate state of health . He , however , di d not do so , but became more violent in his efforts , until she became exhausted with struggling , and eventually insensible . Previous to her becoming insensible , the prisoner Bolton had succeeded in
effecting his purpose , notwithstanding she resisted him as rauoh as bhe "was able . Before the waggon reached Colnbrook , although she was still in a very weak and exhausted state , and not able to offer further resistance , the prisoner Bolton again threw her down , and again completed his purpose , when she became so exhausted , that she thought she should have died . When the waggon arrived at Colnbrook , she heard a clock strike three , but she could see no person to whom she could apply for protection , but the prisoner Howard , who refused to help her . — The waggon stopped at some night-house at Colnbrook , but was not driven to the door , but left at some distance on the road . The two prisoners , Howard and Bolton , however , west into tbe house and remained there until five o'clock on Wednesday morning .
Witness remained In the waggon , being too weak and exhausted to get out without assistance—the cradle of the waggon being put up both front and back . On Howard ' s return to the waggon she asked him for a glass of water , but he did not set it for her . Bolton , however , brought her a pint of beer , bnt she refused to partake cf it . On starting from Colnbrook , the prisoner Bolton apain got into the waggon , and soon afterwards again attempted to take liberties with her , bnt he did not carry his violence further . Soou after six o ' clock the waggon reached Windsor , where the t wo prisoners left her , and she left her luggage with the O 3 tler at the house where tbe waggon stopped , and went immediately to the barracks , and informed tier husband of the outrage to which she had been sabject , who caused both prisoners to be apprehended on the following day .
William Gibbons , a constable of the Windsor local police , deposed to having apprehended both prisoners , on warrants Issued by the Mayor , in consequence of an application mode by the complainant and her husband . When tliti prisoner Howard was taken , he stated that he knew nothing about the outrage , but acknowledged that he certainly heard tho poor woman . Bolton , subsequently to his apprehension , stated to witness that it was a bad job , and he would sooner have given £ 10 than that it should have happened , bnt be was se drunk that he had no recollection of what had occurred .
Mr . Patterson said , in tbe whole course of bis experience , he bad never heard a more gross and outrageous case , and committed both prisoners to Newgate for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court .
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1- HI J- ¦ - J - - i-u- J-JTJ-U ^¦ ^^ MJ- * -. | - r i- , . j-j-J ; The Makchbsteh ZootoaiCil Gardens . —Another proof is about to be given of what depressed trade can effisct , iu the fact that these splendid gardens are on the eve of being finally closed . The concern is as completely bankrupt as is that of the Bank at Manches-er , so far a 3 the loss of the 5 ubsoribed capital bzars out the resemblance .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 12, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1186/page/6/
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