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A KEYOLUnOXABY ODE . * { From Touts Maoazmt J I did dream a bodeful dreaming . ; _ mndera rolled , led fires were gleaming ; E ^ rtfa did qaake . AnS 3 saw Got ' a angel winmog jSsrQiwsrd , earnest message bringing ; Fesrfulin my eats TSs ¦ wringicgi Thus lie spake t "Bouse ihee , Wrath , and be a giant ! People ' s will that has been pliant Long , too long , Up ] and snap toy Tnsty chaining , Brittle bond for thy restraining ; Know the 2 iour ; the weak ate . reigning ; Thon art strong .
«• Bise , End right Hie "wrongs of sges , Balance Time * * unequal pages . "With the sword ! Yelvet-cnBhiosed fools hare alnmbered , "Wanton weeds my garden cumbered , 2 f ow their barren dajs are numbered , Saith £ he Lord . *» Bear , ye loveless narrow-hearted , Few for whom the many smarted , Hear my word 1 I hare heard the people's moaning , I have known the poor man ' s groaning , 1 have Towed a sad atoning , Saith the Lord »
" Who bare lived in pillowed pleasure , Te shall now , in righteous measure , Eat the dust "Who beheld the bondman sallow Pine , feat ye in lust might -waliow , Te < h ^? fat young Freedom ' s faUowj Sotisjust " People ' s hsroes , mountain-breasted , looking iffitrnTig * , tempestrtTe&ted , Seize the swerd 7 3 _> w with a vengeful thunder , Turn each topmast over under , 1 st Pride ' s purple minions -wonder , Saith the Lord F " Tcr their hopes a strong delusion , For their plans a dark confusion .
I have stored . Pride with folly shall be mated , Wisdom still shaU come belated , ¦ Mercy fib ** net find the fated , Sjitfc the Lord > » Iron men and nnrelentinf , TTlio __ do , without repenting , I > eedB abhorred , For my vengemee I have chosen ; Them no wheedling words shall cczen , ! They are heard , their tears are frozen , Siith the Lord ! * ' Sodden fear shall se _ the palace ; lErery wile of witless malice
Shall he tried . Thins ? despised , the weak , the nameless , I will fire with fury tameless , Thsy "hsTl smite , themselves not blameless , Blameful pride . " Kasgs shaH meet sad band together , 3 > espot spread for despot- brother Solemn board . What they tow they shall pursue it , I will spur and goad them to it ; They shall do ; I wiD undo it ¦§• Saith th 6 Lord !
"March , mine elect iron warriors ] Strike ! and old Pride ' s jealous barriers Stand no more . Te shaH judge the kings with rigour , Ope the lists to strength nnd -rigour ; Earth her increase -to the digger Shall restore . 11 Tear the patchwork , rend the rotten , Let the useless be forgotten , Earth the dead ! Time 'tis none for square and bevel , Those 1 Eesd shall raze and level ; Terror through the courtly revel They shall spread .
" Wit I sent—the fools did scoff it ; Lots they knew not ; now my prophet Is the Swobd . "Wiih stem hate 1 have bernn it ^ When stroB ? Love hath bravely won it , Ihey shall know that I have doae it , Saith the Lobd V Spake the Sod-sent thundsi-knelling Feeble hearts of men conrpfciiing , And np soared . I with salved sight awaking , In sirift ruin's svgrteiii : ? , In the fast Earth ' s fearful qs-iinz , Knew the Lord . J . S
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° Ah , ' sxrs x siranzer to a Glasgow policeraaa tsi observing a nnmber of whisky drunkards , " what a sad thing this -whisky drinking is I— " Deed , sir , " was the reply , " I am do sure of that ; whisky in itself is a Tery comfortable thirg , and , if there was Dae whisky , there would be nae need o' policemen , and we would all be turned ont of employment . " The T . ixnynTPK Mixers . —The iron-ore miners of Lancashire are employed only three or four days ont of ihe week , s , t the wages of two shillings a day , lately reduced from naif a crown . Their condition is stated to be tmly pitiable , and their miseries » re increased by their being paid only once a month , for which regulation the only pretext appeals to be , the saving ofa little trouble .
The Dtks op " Weio-tsctos , as leader of the ministerial party in the House of Lords , will gire ^ a banqnei to a numerous party on the 1 st of the ensuing month ,, at Apsley house , when the Queen's speech will be read . Tie cards of invitation were issued on Uonday . Sir Robs ! Peel will receive a large party of noblemen and gendunen , members of the House of Commons , on the same evening . Affaib or Bosoira . —Mr . M , a gentleman leading in Gardener-street , having been treated on various occasions in a v ^ rv insoient manner by his
servant , Cornelin 3 M'Cann , recently took the liberty to turn him by the s&onlder out of his -loose . Next moreing J 3 r . M . received the following valonrons epi = i 3 e : —Friday mornin' Sommer . HEi Lsne , ]\" ov . 26 . —Sir ; From the heavy insult j 3 n gcv me yistercay . I fcei no 2 aiisfaction "until yon jd , ¥ lme in didly rombet in the J 5 Eakers Phenieks P _ * k a * 7 ock on Monday mornin' or I will post all time \ that yon may reeoroid for « ver , and yonr family * Yocr didly inimy , Cornelpn 3 McCann . —^ To Mr . il , Gardener Street . "— What a burlesque upon tt « code of honour I—Dublm Freeman .
The , wpebob . Nicholas axd the LipT of TFiESAW .- — inuring the stty of ihe Emperor Kicbolas at " Wsrsa ^ " * , fce was informed that a Polish Exile of
lank Lad rt turned l-y - 'eakh from Siberia . He unm . edia ? ely se . " ^ for his wiit ^ Conniess Z , and informed htr , ' hat ii-r cusLand must undeigo the PTmisbmem of the knout , as soon as he was able to wa ! kiothepnb . Hcniariet-plac 5 , for that of course , after so many hn idred Itajin-s , he could not suppose iim aJ thai moni ^ it capable of moving . ** I beg Jorr pardon , Sire , ' ' replied the Countess , " my hnsand was neTsr less appsrently fatigued in hiB life , and his feet are znixrt "tyfree fro ' m soreness J I speak Una openly , because , as your majesty bas tendfT feet of
aad occasional atta ^ ES rbenmaasm , I can discover something thatwi . ! be of extraowiinaTy € ffi-« aej- " " Indeed , " replie . 'Ub . e Czar , fc Well , if yon do , jcutinsband zksll ht- ^ ^ gracious pardon at tm-e . " u On being bicisht V observed the lady , le look with him fenr small boxes ofHollowaj ' s ^ ta ^ nt , by a discretional nse c "f which , he travelled OCBiaiids of Ters »? , by nj ^ hi a . idby day , without * ay iBcenvenience ? In gont , p ; Nralyid 3 , scrofula , 5 a £ Cci , aIl wonncs , ar . d oiber exie ' Tial disorders , i ; 13 equally snecess&iL" The Czar pardoned the Connt s sad ordered 1000 boxes of ihe
Ointment-TaiDE with PoBTCGii . —The declared Talue of Joollen goods exported { Tc > m England to Portugal oering the last len years , has been , in Touffd JJUmios-lu 1831 , £ 146 , 000 ; 1832 , £ 79 , 000 ; 1833 , £ 134 , 000 ; 1834 , £ 255 , 000 ; 1835 , £ 349 . 003 ; l&S , £ 185 , 000 ; 1837 , £ 1 S 4 . < MO ; 1838 , iSl ^ ODO ; 1039 , £ h 8 . 000 ; 1840 , £ 166 , 000 . This is exclusive of ^¦ ooi len yarn , which , however , is sent from England to a very small amount . In lS 31 , itwas £ 281 ; in ffi ISSo . Uhe highest ) , £ 680 ; and in 1840 , £ 534 . The great increase in the years 1834 and 1835 were no « onbt , owing greatly to the impnise given to trade ojthe concinsioB of the civil war . The declared
' Tilne of onr cotton good ? , < -xc ? D £ ive of cotton twist , exported for the Portnjrnese ilarket in the same Jenoa was—1831 , £ 387 , 00 » ; 1832 , £ 297 , 000 ; 1833 , ^ 59 , 000 ; 3834 , £ 119 , 000 ; 1835 , £ 187 , 000 ; 1836 , fflo OOO ; 1837 , £ 659 , 0 § 0 ; 1838 , £ 704 , 000 ; 1839 , ^ 697 , 600 5 1840 , £ 702 000 . Coiton twist has been * ent here to some ectenl . In 1831 , the declared Talnewas £ 17 p 34 , which Ml off during thecivi ] » M to £ -ZS 99 in 1832 , and £ 3 , 366 in 1833 . In 1834 » rose to £ 19 . 955 . In 1831 , ii was £ 13 , 338 , and inf ^» ed , during the following year * , to £ 22 , 652 in ^ 35 ; £ 23 . 612 in 1837 ; £ 26 , 778 in 1838 % and ¦ sHSSS in 1839 . In 184 O .-fte amount was £ 26 Jl » .
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INDIA , AFFGHANISTAN , AND CHINA . The extraordinary express in anticipation of the Indian mail to the 1 st of December , faaa arrived , and we have lette : s and papers to that date . The intelligence which they commnnicate , although not of an exciting nature , is still highly interesting , in particular aa tending to develop * the policy abont to be adopted , not only In relation to the Afghans of Gabnl , but also in regard to the inhabitants of the districts bordering on the river Indus , and even towards the Sikhs in the Punjaab .
The return of all the British troops through the hostile defiles of the Khybei was fully concluded on the 7 th of November . The first division , under General Pollock , succeeded in effecting their march without much difficulty . The second , commanded by General M'Caskill , was not equally fortunate , in consequence , as report slates , of the neglect of crowning the heights over a most dangerous part of the defile . The plunder-loving mountaineers were on the watch , and , finding this division embarrassed in its movements-near Ali Musjid , during the night of the 3 rd , made an attack on the baggage , a considerable quantity of which is said to have fallen into their hands . During ths skirmishing , two officers . Lieutenant Christie , of the Artillery , acd Ensign Nicholson , of the 30 th Bergal Native Infantry , were killed , as well as upwards of one hundred Sepoys killed and wounded , besides a number of camp follower * . Two cannon were
a" bo taken by them , but one of the guns was retaten on the following morning , as well as the carriage of the other , the Khyberrees having found means of concealing the gun itself . With this exception n « taing of consequence appears to have occurred in the retnrn of the troops from Jellalabad to Pesbawur , through the most difficult defiles in Asia , The third division nndtr General Nott . which formed the last of the army , at Jumrood , the frontier station of the Sikh territory , oh the 6 th . This division , through its march from Candabar to Ghuzaee and to Cabul , and through the passes from Cabul , has earned for itself well-merited praise . Bceiout asserts tbat feelings of jealousy existed between two of the Commanders of the gallant army , who had , by their corgoined efforts , re-established the repulauon of the Britisk arms in Central Asia ; the cause cf these feelings was not known to the pnblic
The retreat of the British from Cabnl was preceded by % he 4 estrnction of the celebrated bazaar of that capital . Its de&tmction iB stated to have been caused by its having been the principal theatre of Ihe indignities with which the bady of the British Envoy , Ssr W . H . Macnaghten ^ jas beated , snbr-e ^ uent to Mb murcer by Akhbar Khan , " This assassin appears to have lost his influence in that country , for the murder of the Envoy and his treachery practised towards the British troops in January last year having deprived him of all chance of being recognized as the chief , he had retired to Balk , as if in disgrace . The principal leaders of the tribes around Cabal have acknowledged as their Sovereign Schah Poora , a son of Schah Soojah , for whose Bake it
is stated that the Britnh Generals agreed to leave the Bala Hissar intact , in order to allow him that citadel as a place of refuge in case of danger . Schah Poora is described as a youtk , sixteen years old , whose appsaraaca and manners had gained him friends among the tribes His brother , Futteh Jung , who seemed at first inclined to try his chance of remaining Sovereign of Cabul , had withdrawn at the same time as the British troops to the protection of the Company ' s dominions . It may appear singular that two sons of Schah Soojah sbonld now hold the government of the two chief places in Afighanistan , viz ., Softer Jan . ? at Candakar , and Shah Pooia at CabuL The gifcat problem is , how long they , without any aid from abroad , will be able to wurnitain their nnenried position among the restless tribes .
Jellalabad , Ali Musjid , and the other forts through the Khyber , have been demolished , in order to prove to the Khyberrees that the British forces are fully able not only to ferce their passes , but to destroy their strong holds , and to retire at their own option back to India . Tropk . ts of vsriona kinds had been brought from Cabul ; among ttem wtrt more than twenty cannons ; one of the latter , a large bras gun , having been found too nmritldy , was ltft on the road by General M'Caskill , but it was afterwards burst by Captain Thomas and the iTreiiiiaTS under his orders who formed the r « ar guard . The destruction of this gnu . which it was feared would be replaced in triumph in Cabul , was considered as a great Bervice , particrulaily as it was said that Lord EUtnborongh had at one time expressed a desire to have it in India .
The destruction of the Bazjar at Cabul , and of a mosque built this year near it , as a special monument of the triumph of the AfFghans over the - * Infidels" of Tnflift ; bad produced a aeries of lugubrious homilies from certain journals there , the sympathies of which have been long enlisted in favour of Akhbar Khan and the Affgbans . Those homilies , mixed up with the most onirageous exaggerations ef what tot / k place at Istalif and during the retreat , are likely to produce echoes in places where the exact a&tnre of the facts is unknown . In India they are looked upon as the prodnce of those " extraordinary patriots" who love to find every fault in tie acts cf their own countrymen , and to praise the enemy as alone possessing honour or honesty .
Tbe British troops were under orders to march through the Sikh dominion in six brigades ; the fix . 't was to move on the 10 th of November . Rumours were current of the probability of certain arrangements being formed between the Sikh Sovereign Sbere Singh and the Governor-General , whereby the former was to agree to accept the protection of the British Governmtnt , in order to preserve htreafuj his throne and his lifa . The Governor-General , wiib his bo ^ y-guard , had reached > lumthmajra on the 1-iUi of November , in bis progress to Fer > zopore , where feiti were * - > be given on ihe arrival of the troops from Cabul , and near which place it was expected that interviews would take place between hiB Lordship and the Mabarrajah , as Shere Singh is cemmonly called . Tbe Commander-in- Chief was also on his - » ay from Simla to Ferezopore . Some apprehension appeared to have been entertained of a collision between the Sikhs and the
British troops near Peahawur , and positive orders had been issued to pre ^ e : t any British soldier or camp follower from entering any village near the camp , snd from going to Peshawar . "Various comments continued to be made respecting the order published by Lord Ellenborongb declaring tba ^ all the AfL-han chiefs detained in India should be liberated , but requiring that prior to obtaining permiB-81 oc to return to their own country they ahould attend his Lordship ' s levee at Feuzapore . Many of those reasoners , who oddly enongh Jook upon Djst Mahommed as an injured man , simply because he had been
deprived of his ill-gotten power by tbe regulations of tile British Government , affect to discover in this order of Lord Bllenborongb a desire to insult a fallen foe . The contrary seems much more probable , for special care was to be taken that their wivss and families should be conducted with all respect to the frontiers of Afghanistan , whithar they themselves were to be permitted to proceed as soon as the British army bad passed the Indus . This order contains also the remarkable statement that Akhba ? Kfaan . prior to the late advance of the British annie * , bad refused to exchange the British prisoners in his custody even for his father and his own family .
Tbe old clamour , although mnch deadened , still existed ioz vrhaX , is called "the restoration of Dost Mahcmmed to the throne . " This clamonr , which is said to proceed from peculiar motives , is founded npon a lalbe view of facts ; for Dost Mohommed never was more th n " an Ameer , or mere Prince , holding power in the absence of the King , and was but partialiy recognised by even the tribes of Cabul ; it was therefore supposed that at the durbar ( levee ) of the Governor-General some terms would be proposed for his consideration and acceptance , which would tend to induce Dost Hahommed to admit the superior rights of Schah Soojahs ' s sens to the rule of Candabar , and Cabnl , and thereby contribute towards establishing some dejree of trai . qnillity in that country . It is scarcely to be presumed that the Governor-General will at once , nohesitatingly , let loose into that country the " strange being " who refused to accept the terms originally propo » ed by the British Government , and whose favourite son has since followed his example by the most unexampled
atrocities . The Governor-General had not been unmindful of tbe utility of restoring the commerce of the Indus to tbe flourishing state which it enjoyed , even so late as duricg the reign of Annuuzebee , and has made public his intention " to station permanently a large British ft-rse of Europeans and natives between the Sutledge and * Mnrkuada , " and also to facilitate the navigation of the Indus and the tributary rivers , and to improve the state of the roads between tbe Sntledge and the Changes and Jumna- A light-bouse was ordered to be erected on Munora-point , in the neighbourhood of Kurrachee .
The polit eal agencies established in Sande appointed by Lord Auckland , had been abruptly terminated by an order of the present Governor-General , who bss placed the whole management of those districts under the care of General Sir Charles Napier , now commanding the Bombay army stationed there . There had , according to rumour , been some further stipulations urged upon the Ameers of Hyderabad , to which they seemed unwilling to assent . Great activity prevailed in the communications beVween that General and the trovemmant of Bombay . The removal of Major Outram , to whose talents , activity , and appropriate measures was due much of the vunquDlity that latterly prevailed in Srinde , was regarded as calculated to produce a course of expensive © peratiu-ns . Her Majesty ' s 41 st Regiment waa about to embark i ' ot Europe from Kurrachee , tor which purpose transports had been ordered from Bombay . lted
It waa sti that tbe Governor-General had some measures in contemplation which were calculated to lessen tbe pxeiwurs on the finances of the Indian Government in the extraordinary expenditure . There had been a' heavy fall of rain at Bombay on the loth of November , which nnuraal and unseasonable event had caused the cholera to rage among the natives for several ^ ays . The health of the islands was restored at the period of the departure of the mail . The burning within the ? e « of the five merchant ships from Bombay , which were Itfited publicly to h * ve
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been doomed , bad produced a strict examination into the facts on the part of the underwriters . Some traces of & conspiracy for the purpose had been discovered . In the interior of India tranquillity prevailed , with the exception of the mountainous districts of Bundelkund , to quiet which there was a considerable force collecting in thwt direction .
CHINA . The news from China extends to the 13 th of Oct It waa said tbat a clipper had brought news to a later date of that month , that all was in stalti quo while waiting for tbe ratification of the treaty by the Queen , and that opium had risen in price . There is an observation made by our correspondent , in his postscript , to which it may be proper to animadvert . It is that the pillage and destruction
committed in the Tallies of ihe mountains during the retreat from Cabul , and in the dwellings of the most notorious robbers of Asia , and amidst the scenes of the bloody treachery of last January , are not to be exclusively attributed to theBritiBh troops . The Sikhs were there also , and they had received too many lessons from tbe Affghans not to feel satisfaction in the retaiiation . The horrible accusation of burning some wounded men by setting fire to their clothes is said to be a gross exaggeration .
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their ju 3 ais could be seen . Finding themselves cbevked on the right , they tried the left and rear of th column , and annoyed them much , killing some six , aud wounding aa officer and about eleven men . However , the guns tvere safely deposited in camp at a quarter paat ten o ' clock , and all the baggage , with the ; exception of that destroyed when the cattle fell on the marcb . " The advancs guard had burnt the fort of KooderbuxKhaa , the Tczaen chief , during the day , and the two 18-pouuders received from MaJDr General Nott were burst , thus affording moie cattle for the transport of the other guns ; indeed but for this tbe captured guns could not have been taken on ths following day .
" On the 15 th , the 1 st division , consisting of the 1 st and 2 nd brigades , under Mnjor-Gsneral Pollock , marched to KutturgunR , whilst the 2 nd division , consisting of the 4 th brigade , with that portion of Major-General Nott ' 8 force before mentioned , under Msjor-General M'Caakill , matched ata late hour to Leta Baba ( one march ) , thus separating the two divisions by one day ' s march , and General Nott ' s column took np their ground at Tezeen the same day , having suffered in the pass rather more than the 4 th brigade , caused in a great measure , I fancy , by their being unacquainted with the country and neglect in crowning the heights soon enough . The marches to Leh Baba . Kutturgung , and Jugdullnk , on the 15 th , 16 th . and 17 th , were accomplished with but little annoyance . The enemy
followed up the rear- ^ uatd each day , and made several attempts upon the baggage of the 2 nd division , but without success . The 1 st division marched through the Jupdulluk pass on the 17 th without firing a shot . On the 18 th , however , when the 2 od division attempted it , the most decided attack yefc evinced was sustained by them ; rarely have the Affghans shown more cotttaije or dari ^ i ? than was displayed by the Ghilzies on that day . Sword in Band they more than once rushed towards our retiring parties , when recalled from the heights by the rearguard , but each time a sheil shot thrown from the guns placed in a position most judiciously by Brigadier Monteath at the top of thepsss , sent the Ghitzies to the right about and saved our men . Notwithstsndiug their obstinate attacks , and their following close upon the tear gnard for rive or six miles beyond the pass , I am happy to say that the
Ghi'z ' . es had their labour in vain , not a particle of baggage tilling into their hands , whilst their loss must have been considerable , for , besides many that fell from our skirmishing part ' ea , several round shot dashed directly through theGung . Vba behind which they were ensconced , killing numbers , —and our shell scattered many a group who little calculated on such unwelcome visitors . Their attack upon Mnjor-General Nott the following day was much tamer from their thrsisbins on the 18 ^ h , but they managed to annoy bia force greatly , showing them the wide « ifference betwean the Kandahar and Peshawur routes to C- » J > al . Every day from this to Gundamucx , where the three divisions arrive ! on the 19 th , 20 th , and 21 sfc suewssive ' y . our rear was followed pretty closely by the Anvh&na—chitfly in expectmion of plunder , which , 1 urn giad to say , they were disappointed in .
" The divisions halted each one day at Gundamuck , and arrived at Jellalabad without any occurrence ( beyond Nott ' s forces having made an example of pome men in the Nemla valley ) on the 22 d 231 , aud 25 rh . We march hence on the 27 th as far as Alii Baghantbat is , tbe whole of General Pollock ' s forces , that under General Nott . moving the following day . As yet nothing is known of the manner in which way we are to cross the Punjab , but trust it will be in brigades ; for preat inconvenience ensues from moving large bodies at a time . Tery severe loss bas been sustained by officers and men from the failing of baggage cattle since leaving Cabul . I have myself lost four private caaiels ,
besides property—others even more j so tbat our promised batta will 1106 positively recouipence us for actual losses . The medal , however will be highly prz . 'd , thouah indeed dearly tamed . The privation endured by officers and mea of the force that advanced from Je ) laiab 2 d have been beyond description , but particularly by the soldiery , being tentless aud bedlena , from camels falling and their loads destroyed « on tbe road , and often , too , tationless they have been eent , on arriving at the encamping ground , up to the heights , there to remain until the next day ; all this they have borne with cbeeerfulness , ar . d both Europeans and Sepoys have dv . n < ' their duty well . " Late accounts front Cabul state that Scbah Poorah , the youngrr brother of Fetteh JuDg , was safe in the Bala Hissar ; and Akhbar Khan is gone to Balk . "
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-. -m ^ r- — — ANOTHER SERIOUS FIRE AT LIVERPOOL . On Thursday evening , about twenty minutes past five o ' clock , a fire was discovered to have broken out in the exieusive jprcmiseB of Messrs Boater and Stewart , architects and builders , Lawton-street , Liverpool . Ihe building is situated on the west side of their large yard , which extends to Newington ; is in the form of a large warehouse of four stories high from the ground , and extends lengthwise , from north to south , apparentl y seventy to eignty yards , occupying , almost immediately behind the houses and other buiidings on the east side of Lawton-Btreet , nearly the whole distance between
the Arcade and Cropper-street . There was also the large yard on the east filled with logs of pqtiare timber on one side , and containing , on tho other , a great stock of deal boards mounted on horses . To add to the danger , the premises and yard are closely bounded on both sides by buildings , Lavnon-street on the westp&oppor-street on tho Bouth . Luckily , however , the firo was confined almost wholly to the premises in Wihichit broke out , and in whioh it was found impossible to restrain its ravages . But , however , for the great and well-directed exertions of the fire-police , there is no doubt but it would have swept away a iarge breadth of valuable propertycrossing Bold-street in the south-easterly direction .
Tbe a ) arm was received at the hrestaiion about twenty minutis or a quaner before six , and engines , with a strong body oi the fire-police and others , were on the ground in a few minutes . In a few minutes no fewer lhan nine engiues were present . In we believe less than half an hour after the fire was discovered , the whole building , it may be said , was internally in a blaze . The roof soon fell in piecemeal ; and so rapid was the combustion that in ten minutes after the fire alarm was heard at the top of Lord street , the whole atmosph re in that direction was illumina'ed , and the flames rose over the
height of the Lyceum and the Waterloo Hotel intervening , a height of occasionally sixty or seventy feet . The principal &ad direct inlet to approach the fire was Faircloughstreet , leading from Ranelaghstreet into Lawton-street , and terminating almost at the immediate scene—there being only a row of smaller buildings on the other side of Lawton-streot ( which is narrow ) and a yard , of no great breadth , between the spectator and the fire . The only and main approach was by a gate or cart way on . he Bouth , and close to the office of . Messrs . Foster and Stewart .
The fire went ou with great rapidity , presenting from time to time varied but otill fearful appearances . Portions of the brick-work also fell occasionally but reluctantly , showing that the premises were as good as "brick-work and timber could make them . " Mr . Rushton , the police magistrate , was early on the -. round , as well as the mayor and several official g < ntlrmen . They all rendered efficient service . The inhabitants of part of Lawton-screet , and nearly all those in Cropper-street , in the immediate vicinity of the fire , removed their furniture in alarm at an early period , and much loss a ' ad breakage necessarily occurred . The timber in the yard on the east of th « building was , for the most part , preserved . From this ( the Newington end ) the scene was throughout fearful and magnificent .
About half-past six o ' clock a portion of the south gablo end of the building fell with a crash towards the Arcade , which had before been considered in danger , and at the bottom of which an engine was stationed . An alarm was given to the parties within a moment before by an inspector of police , otherwise the fatality would have been great . A mass of materials fell upon the roof of the Arcade , just above the Crescent ( covered with glass ) , near the lower end , and crushed in the roof aud demolished seven of the shops . Several persons , it was at first supposed , were crushed beneath the ruins , which extended along the Arcade frpm fifty to sixty feet of itB length . Mr . Ruahton , Mr . Whitty , and many other gentlemen , police-officers , &o ., were soon on the spot , and for a short time were heard the cries of a man
benf-ath their feet . All turned to work to remove nhe wreck with which he was covered , although a feariul portion oft the gable wall with the fire raging wiihin was close to them , and in a few minutes they succeeded in extricating the poor man . Mr . Whitty was most active in the liood work ; also firemen 191 and 137 . He was found n < st to be seriously injured , he having fallen under a beam of the roof of ihe Arcade , which broke off tho otherwise fatal pressure of the materials . His name is William Wilson , and he was carried home . All the shopkeepers in the Arcade had moved their goods—some to a distance , others merely across , or mto adjoining yards—with , in bulky articles , much damage . Much of the fine furniture , &c , in the lower shops , was left in the Crescent , under the glass roof , and must have suffered injury from dust , water , &c .
About half-past eight at night it might be said tbe fire had done its worst . That side of the premises next to Lawton-street presented then a most perilous appeaeance—so much so that all but the firemen were ordered out of : the yard , the mayor and some few others excepted . By nine o ' clock all was got under , so far as further danger was apprehended . It is not ascertained how the fire originated , or in what particular part of the building . We have not learned the loss .
Eight years ago the premises of Messrs . Foster and Stewart were the scene of a similar devastation ; the > r extensive workshops , &o ., having been consumed by fire , on the 20 th December , 1834 . On that occasion the destruction of the premises was complete in a few hours , and from what transpired if terwards , it appeared that that frightful conflagration waa not the result of accident . Th « value of the toold belonging to Messrs . Forster aud Stewart ' s workmen was not less than £ 2 , 000 ; to meet which » handsome subscription , was raised .
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BARKTSIiEV . —State af tbe Linen Trade —• The weavers of this town are again going to different warehouses , day after day , to ask about their warp , and receive the same answer , " ^ oihine for you yet . ' Some may come again in a weefcv ; others in a month , and others when orders come in . | CARLISLE . —CuMBERtANolSESsiONg . —Chabce against a Magistrate—Afer the various cases of felony were disposed of , Mr . Brisco brought forward a letter from a debtor of the name of Thomas Dixon , addressed to E , W . Hasell , Esquire , Chairman . It stated that the writer had wrote to the Home Secretary on the subject to whioh [ the letter alluded , and which contained charges against a Mr . Johnston , J . P . of Walton House , who , it appears is one
of the visiting magistrates to the gaol : " Mr . Ohphanfc , who is a relative , and hasialways been a sincere and particular friend of mjne , although in a very delicate state of health , came down to see me a few days ago , not only as a friend , but on particular business ; before , however , he came into the prison , he enquired of Mr . Orid » e , the Governor , if he might send in a luncheon from the Bush Inn , and partake of it with me , to vvhichj tho Governor assented , reminding Mr . Oliplunt that no spirits were allowed . Mr . Johnston happened to be going out of the prison at the time when a | waiter from the Bush was bringing this luncheon in , and he then not only sent the turnkey to examine what we had got upon j the tray , but remonstrated wiih the Governor , for allowing
debtors to partake of luncheons with their mends , and requested that it might uotibe repeated . Mr . Johnston had aLo told a poor dnjbtor that he should not beguile away his ^ inic by playing upon his flute ; and that he ( Mr . Johnston ) bad , j upon several occasiORS . actually without knocking at the door , intruded upon the privacy of unfortunate debtors , who had their wives with them at thefime . The Bmch , after considerable discussion on [ the subject , agreed , that tho Clerk of the Peace be ( directed to send a copy of Mr- Dixon's mi-moiia' to the Home Secretary , and demanding on the part of Mr . Johnston , that he will , with aa lit tie delay as possible , send down one of her Majesty ' s Inspectors of Prisons , or otherwise cause a searching inquiry to be made into the charges Bet forth . We hop | e , for the credit of the magistrates , that the inquiry will bo an open
one . : CAlitENDER — Upwards of fifty of the bre'hren of this district , belon ^ iug to theDouae Gardeners ' Lodge , with their wives and sweathearts , held a temperance ball on Friday , the 30 th ult ., in a Hall belonging to Brother Vl'Intyre ' The Hall upon the occasion was tastefully decorated , aud a pleasant evening was spent .
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Meeting of Parliament . —The following circular has been sent to all the supporters of Sir Robert Peel ' s Government : — I " Whitehall , Jan . 4 , 1845 . Sir , —I take the liberty of informing you , that the meeting of Parlifiimnt having been h ' xsd for Thursday , the 2 nd of February , public business of importance will be brought forward without delay . " I beg to express an earnest hope that it may be consistent with your convenience-to be in attendance at the opening of the , session . ; " I have the honour ro be , Sir , " "Your obedient and faithful servant , ' Robert Peel . "
Singular Accident—A few days ago , from Rome cause not yet accoumad for , a horse , belon ^ ina ; to Mr . Shech , Coldon , while at work with three others in a thrasking-mill , suddenly reared ; and was instantly caught betwixt the large fixedjcro * s-beam of the mill and the moveabie one ; and the head being wrenched backwards , was forcibly pulled through a space of eight inches . Instant death was the consequence , and both beams were deeply iadfnted by the presure of the bones of the head . —Perth Advertizer . :
The Model Prison at Pentonville . —The first criminal inmates ol ihe newly erected prison at Pentonville , were 16 convicts , who ! were drafted from Newgate about ten days ago , wliose names were aa follows : —Edward Polo , aged J 8 ; J . Sutherland , 18 ; Ed . Snelliug , 32 ; G « orgej Baker , 25 ; David Farrell , 20 ; P . Fremove , 21 ; W . Prior , 18 ; James . Newland , 35 ; T . Pearsons . 21 ; W . Johnson , 18 "; James Birt , 28 ; Thomas Davis , 24 ; Thomas Roman , 19 ; Henry Stamens . 20 ;] Benjamin Bailey , 30 ; and William Wubh . r , 30 . j The six first are under sentence of ten year = transportation , and the other * eu of seven years . :
Philosophy of Heat . — " Well , mv little fel ' ow , said a certain principal to a su' / king phiiosoi her , whoso mamma had hum t > . a , sin % tie learned knftcht to te * t the astonishing ab : lities of her hoy , ' * Wha f are ihe properties of beat } '' * ' The chief property of heat is , that it expands bodies , v ? hil < : cold coutric s them . " " Very good , indeed : can you give m « a familiar example ! " ** Yes , Sir i in summer , when it is hot , ttie day is long ; while n winter , when is is cold , it becomes verj short . " { T . ie learned knight stopped his examination , and was K'St in amazement that so familiar an instance should have so long escaped his own observation . i
Wreck of the Monk Steamer . —Twenty Live 9 Lost . —The Monk stammer , v , hich formerly plied between Liverpool and Monk ' s Ferry , was en Saturday evening wr < -eked on th' -. ;\ -r'ii Bar , Carnarvon , and , we regret to say , alioui twenty pnr-o s pi-ri shed . The steamer , wo havo b < iveW'n inform ' < i . sail'd on Saturday evening from Pwrtdiiiiiavti : to Liverp-iol , lad ' n with pigs , cowp , and butter , and she had ok board twenty-fiix p rson % c ^ n-i » ung jc ' ii fly oi' the crew and the perBony 10 w ' . om tho car ^ o belong- d . A heavy galo of wind having set m ^ she was , about six o ' clock , driven upon Carnarvon iBar , near the Fairway buoy , it being then nearly low wjter . t \ mr
men contrived to savo themselves m th « boat , and two were afterward- saved by jthe life-boar . Tho remaining twenty pir * ons . owiB-jg to the heavy fej . that washed ovtr h ..- ste . mi > r , p-iU-hed . Th - two men who were savtd owed ti ; e pie 'rvation of th » ir lives to Capt . Jont . s , of tho smacik Di'ikcmie . Hf \ on observing the signal lights ot d \ sre * f 91 k > v ? ii r-y the steamer , immedia-ly obtainei a horse , aud galloped to a distanee of ,-cvoral miies for the life-boat , mustered the orcw , and was in ] a v ^ ry bhort tirao alongside tbe wreck . The sei , ho ^ rcvor , was running so very high , that it was only by great exertions that the two men were saved . AH trie rest were necessarily abandoned to their melancholy fate .
Horrible Muudkr and Suicide in London . — Another of these most appalling casts oceurred on Saturday night , wheu a man nani »< i James Giles , a < No . 10 , Huntingdon-street , Hostpu , cut the ihroato of two of his infant ehildre-n , ai . u jiterwards his own . One of the children , however , too youngest , he di « i not succeed in destroying , although the wounds inflicted are of « o dangerous and diva iful a character , that it id feared the poor litile siiif ' erw canuot snrvive . The father and murderer was a needle m ^ ker by trade of good character and sfetady habits , aDd of affectionate demea « o ,. r towards his samily ; but for tho last twelve monuis consumption h id wasted his frame and prevented him following his occupation , which had reduc d himself and hiss family to absolute poverty . TbeBe cimiuistanoes seemed to navy preyect upon the mind of the unhappy man , and driven him to ihib horrible act . Ihe faintly ] connsced of Giles , his wife , and four children , but ho seems to havt ;
only contemplated the destruction , of the two youngeht . He accomplished his object by sending the two eldest boys , of fifteen and thirteen years of age respectively , to a place of amusement , c-allod the Britannia Saloon , at the same time desiring his wife to accompany and take care of th < trj , and th . n closing the doors and fasiening tbe windows , he commenced , the horrible butchery . Wnen th 6 unfortunate wife returned , and , assistance being procured , an entrance was forced , the two children were found lying on the bed with their throats cut , while the father of the infants waa lying on hie right aide on the floor , with his head well nigh severed from his body , and a razor was found lying beside him- He was still warm , but quite dead . There does not appear to have been auy other motive to induce the commission of bo terrible a crime than the jdread which Giles always seemed to entertain that ; at his death his children would come to beggary .
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London , SmithtiSld , Monday , Jan . 8 . —A 3 is invariably the casa at this 8 e * son of the year , which may be considered as the commencement of that trom Norfolk for Beasts , the arrivals of Btock fo this market jrom our eastern counties are weekly on the increase , and , so far as they have progressed , we are enabled to report favouiably of their general condition and quality . From the northern grazing districts , viz . Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , &c ., the supplies are gradually decreasing , and such will be the case for some weeks to come . In to-day ' s market the supply of Beasts was . the time of year considered , tolerably good , aud fully adequate to meet the wants of the dealers , whose attendance was rath d" numerous . The primest Scots , homebred ? , ruats , &c , produced inmost transactions prices quite equal to those noted on this day fortnight , or from ii 2 d to 4 s 6 d per 81 bs . ; but ; the demand for the
middling and inferior qualities was slow , and previous rates were with d . fficuky supported . We had about 200 store barrens , cows , and heifers on « ale which went off at low figures . Notwithstanding the weather was more favourable to slaughtering ' , the mutton trade , owing to trie immense numbers oa sale viz , about 3 d , 006 , was extremely inanimate , and the quotations declined quite 2 d per 8 ibs ., the very primest old Downs not exceeding 4 s 4 d . There were about 3 . 000 turned out unsold at the close of business . Abom 50 Lambs were in the market , but they commanded 6 ca <« e ! y any attention : uence , we are unable to give acourate rates for them . Calves wore in limited supply , and sluggish inquiry for them . Rather more business was doing in , Pig 3 but no advance took place in their value , with about 200 by sea , from Dublin and Cork . From our northern districts we received about 1 , 500
short-horns and runts ; from Norfolk , Suffulk , Essex and Cambridgeshire , 600 Scots , homo-breds , and ruutti ; from the western and midland counues , 400 Hereford ^ , Devons , Durham , runts and liish beasts from other parts of'Engiaud , 180 of various breeds from Aberdeen , 70 horned and polled Scots , but chf '< fly tho latter ; from Ireland , via Liverpool , 50 beasr ^ ; the remainder of the supply being derived from the neighbourhood of the Metropolis . As we have MiiiicitjaCtd , the impons of stock from abroad , both in London and at the out-ports , have b « en very scanty , we having here to day only four oxen from Spain , in miserable condition ; and we see no prospect whatever of their being larger for come time to come .
Borough Hop Market . —Notwithstanding the supj . ^ y ot nuost kmd- < of Hops on ofi ^ r U somewhat exitnsive-for the time of year , the general inquiry is firm , and previous rates are fully supported . East Kent in pocket * , £ 5 10 d to £ 6 l" 2 . s ; Vlid Kent « , do , £ 5 5 s to £ 6 2 s ; do in ba . ^ , £ 1 10 < to to £ 5 10 j ; ' ouosex , £ 4 to £ 5 5 * ; Farnuatas , £ 8 8 j to £ 10 10 d ; Old Hops , £ 3 to £ 4 10 s . Wool Markets . —The imports of wool into the pore oi London , since this day se ' nniglu , hare been rather over 1 , 000 packages , 214 being from Smyrna , 750 from Hobart Town , 50 from Constantinople , and 30 from Hamburgh . The market fur tho best qualities of English and foreign wool is firm , and previous ra-es are steadily supported , with lull ave-Tage supplies oa offer .
Tallow . —There is no new feature in the market . The demand t hroughout the last week has b ° en bettar . Tke quotation in our statement , 1 * the exact price of the day , bat for January , February , or March , it may bo nosed at 47 s 31 . Of nsvv Tallow , for the last three month * , there are sellers at 4 Ss to 46 s 3 d . Town Tallow 47 s 6 d nett caah .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Jan . 6 . BANKRUPTS . George Pile and William James Barnard Stin iton , of Salvador-house , Bishop-iga ^ -street Without , wine and spirit merchants , January 17 , at half-past twelve , and February . 17 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Offio al assignee , Mr . George John Graham , 21 , B ?> inghall-strevt ; and Messrs . J . and C . Pollocks , solicitors , 19 . Great George-street , Westminster . Thomas Manning , of High-street , Camden town , grocer , January 17 , at half-past one , and February 17 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . George Green , official assignee . 18 , Aldermanbury ; aud Me . May , 8 olicit , or , Qiueu-sqaare , Bloomsbury .
Hugh White , of Ti < pshu , m , Davonahire , builder , January 19 and February 9 . at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Exeter . Official assignee , Mr . Henry Luke Hirtzel , Exeter ; solicitors , Messrs . W . and J . S . Kingdon . Exeter ; aud Messrs . Burfoot , solicitors , Temple , London . John Swallow , sen-, John Swallotv , Jan ., ana George Swallow , of B ? -ow and Sterne Mills , Skircoat , Yorkshire , eorn-Biiiiera , January 20 , at two . and February 0 , at one , at the Cours of Bankruptcy . Leeds . Official assi ^ uee ; and Mr . Wavell , solicitor . Halifax . Edward Thomas Hall , of Leeds , rhx-spiiiner , January 19 and February 9 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . " Official assignee , Mr . Henry Philip Hope ; and Mr B ' . ickburn solicitor , Leeds .
Manthow Willock , of Hndciersfleld , merchant , January 23 , at twelve , and February 6 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Official assignee , Mr . Qgorgo William Freeman ; and Messrs . Brook and Freeman , solicitors . HurfdtTsfleld . William Gawthoip , of Huddcrsfield , plumber and glaz-er , January 19 and February 9 . at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Official assignee , Mr . Charles Foarna , Le « ds ; and Mr . J . B . HellaweJ , solicitor Huddersfield . George Cl ^ menes Hardll , of Bristol , auctioneer , January 18 and February 17 , at eleven , at th * Court of Bankruptcy . Bristol . Officialassignae , Mr . Alfred John Acram : ai , Bristol ; Messrs . Kay , Hoyte and Binh , Bris . tol ; and Alpssrs . Burfoots , s-jlicitors , Temple , L ? udon .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Joseph Swatae , Edward Swaine , John Brown , William Edwavd' Swaine , and John Swaine , of Gornerscll and Leeds , cloth manufacturers . William Robinson , J > seph R ; biB 8 on , jun ., and Charles Robinson , of Leeds , wuollen-cloth printers , ( so far as regards Joseph Robinson , jan . ) John Watson and John Dickinson , of Liver , pool , chemist" . Robert Britton and Charles Britten , of Manohester . fl mr-deilers . Brooks Priestly Bill trough and W . H . Bil'brough , of Liverpool , general brokers . Thomns Part , of Manchester , and John Mackerill , of Halifax , Yorkshire , card-makers . Jehn ' Marshall , William Marshall , and Henry Metcalf , of Edgeworthy
Lancashire , cotton-svi'itiers . Francis Newton and John Mid die ton , jun ., of Sheffield aud of America , merchants . Bernhard Liebert and Simuel Mendel , of Manchester , mtrcbants . Hu ^ h Craig and Thomas Paton . of Liverpool , merchants . H- ; nry Crookes and Henry John James Brownhill , of Sbtffi ^ ld , manufacturers of penknives . Wtlliivm Bro"k Rhodes , Benjamin Lockwood , and Richard-Henry Rhodes , of LiTerpool . leaden-pipe manufacturers . John Alcock and Richard Prest « a , of Ki eston-upon-Hall , joiners . Henry William Topham , cf Br . i 'ford , Yorkshire , and Samuel Topham and James Cun-iall of Leeds , engravers , so far aa regards Henry William Topham ) .
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m ^ From the Gazette of Ttussdav , January 10 . BANKRUPTS . John Press Howard , maltster , Attlebridge , to surrender January 17 , at twelve , and Feb . 17 , ateleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Biaingball-gtreet Official assignee , Mr . Belcher . Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke , Medea fe , and Gray , Lincoln ' s-inn-flelds ; and Messrs . Beckwith . Dye , snd Kittorn . Norwich . William Fiach , miller , Rtckmanswortb , Hertfordshire , Jan . 17 , at half-past one , and Feb . 17 . a rj halfpast eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bosinghallstreet . Official assignee , Graham , Baainghall-street Sol ' citor , C <> x , Sise-lane . Elizabeth CarolineKnuppeU , hotel-keeper , Haymarket , Jan 19 , athalf-paat twelve , andFeb 21 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-fitreet . Official assignee , Mr . Gibson , Basinghall-strcet . Solicitor , Mr . Jackson , Luw-t James-street , Golden-square .
William Rictjavd Kemp , grocer , Alfred-terrace , Holloway , Jin . 17 , as two , and Ftsb . 17 , at twelve , at the Vo \ xn of Banfcnptcy , Basingiiafi-street Official assignee , Mr . Bfckher . Solicitor , Kiae , Gracechurcb-street . Frederick Ford , draper , Aldgate , Jan 13 , at three , and Feb 10 , at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaH-streot Official assignee , Mr . Pennell . Solicitors , Messrs . Bell , Broderick , and Bell , Bow Church-yard . Thomas Whitmarsh . botef-fceeper , Tonbrirfge Wells , Jan 21 , and F 1 . 0 21 , atelfeve " , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bisstnghsll-street- -Official asignee , Mr . Groom , At . icburc ! i-iane . Solicitors , Messrs . Junes and Cook , Gray Vinn * Eqnare .
Thomas Walker ,, grocer , Haughton-Ie-Skerne , Dut- * bam , Jan 23 , and Feb 26 , at one , at the Newcastle * upon-Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy . . Official asaigi . ee , Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Solicitors , Mr . Peaeock , Darlington 1 and Mr . Lever , King ' s-road , Bedford -rowj London . Robert Goodeuough , woollen-draper , Newton-Abbott , Devonshire , Jan 19 , at two , and 21 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Es .-ter . Official assignee , Mr . HirtzsL Solicitors , Mr . Drake , Exeter ; and Messrs . Rhodes , Beeyor , and Lane , Chancery-lane , London . Roger Robinson Preston , innkeeper , Watefield , Jan . 23 , at one , and Feb 13 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankrnploy . Official assignee , Mr . Freeman , Leeds .. Solicitor , Mr . Blackburn , Leeds .
William Bath , brandy-merchant , Bilston , Staffordshire , Jan 17 , at two , and Feb 15 , at eleven , at the Birmingkam District Court of Bankruptcy . Official ass' . gnee , Mr . Christie , Birmingham . Solicitor . Mr . WiUim , Bilston . William Horn , listing-maker , Staaaingley , Yorkshire , Jan 24 , and Feb 14 , at twelve , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Official assignee , Mr . Feame , Leeds . Solicitor , Mr , Naylor , Leeds . George Knowles / corn-dealer , Halifax , Jan 24 , and Feb 14 , atekven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Official assignee , Mr . Hops , Leeds . Solicitors , Messrs . Parker and Adam , Halifax .
Robert Bo * g . baker , Birkenhead , Cheshire , Jan 18 , at eleven , and Feb 21 , at twelve , at the Liverpool District Court of Bankmptcy . Official assignee , Mr . Turner , Liverpool ; Solicitor , Mr . Cornthwaite , Liverpool .
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OFFICIAL DESPATCHES . THE BETDRN TO INDIA . General Orders by the Right Hon . ihe Governor General of India . Secret Department , Simla , Oct . 29 . The following extracts from despatches received fr&m Major-General Pollock . C . B ., are published for general information . By order of the Right Hon . the Governor-General of India . T . H . Maddock , Secretary to the G-iVernment of India , with the Governor-General .
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Extract from a Letter to Major-General Lumfey Adjutant General of the Anny , from Major-General Pollock C . B ., Commanding in Afghanistan , dated Camp Khoord Cabul , Oct . 12 , 1842 . I have the honour to Teport , for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief , my anival at Khoord Cuhul , in progress to Hindostan . I left Cabul yesterday morning -with tbe , 1 st and 2 nd divisions , and the troops under Major-General Nott , for Baodknak , aB follows : —
1 ST DIVISION . 4 guns 3 d troop , 1 st brigade ; Horse Artillery ; No . 6 light field battery ; 2 18-pounders , and detail E . Artillery ; Mountain Train * Her Majesty ' s 3 rd Light Dragoons j 4 Riaaalaha 3 d Irregnlar Cavalry ; ^ squadron 1 st Light Cavalry ; Her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot ; Her Majesty's 13 th Light Infantry ; 26 th Native Infantry , 36 th Light Infantry ; 5 th company Sappers and Miners ; Broacfoot ' s Sappers ; Juzuichees ; Bildais ; Sikh contingent .
SECOND DIVISION . Two guns 3 rd troop 2 nd brigade Horse Artillery ; Captain Blood ' s , battery of 9-pounders ; two squadrons let Light Cavalry ; her Majesty ' s 31 st Foot ; 2 nd Regiment Native Infantry ; 16 ih Regiment Native Infantry ; -wing 33 d Native Infantry ; wing 60 th Native Infantry .
GENERAL NOTT'S FORCE . One treop Bombay Horse Artillery ; one troop ilate ) Schah Soojah ' a Force ; detachment Foot Artillery ; 3 rd Regiment Bombay Light ; Cavalry ; detachment 1 st Irregular Cavalry ; Christie s Horse ; detachment S » ppers and Miners ; detachment Madras Sappers and Miners ; her Majesty's 46 th Foot ; 16 th Native Infantry ; 38 feh Native Infantry ; 3 rd ( iate ) Schah Soojah ' 8 Force ; her Majesty ' s 41 st Foot ; 2 nd Native Infantry ; 42 nd Native iDfantry ; 43 rd Native Infantry .
Having detached Major-General Sir Robert Sale with the 1 st and 2 d brigades , the Mountain Train , 1 st Li ^ ht Cavalry , 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , and Christie ' s Horse , ever the Gospu ; ddurrah pass , for the purpose of turning that of the Khoord Cabul , in consequence of which movement we marched through the pr incipal defile without a shot being fired . Previous to my departure from Cabnl , 1 destroyed with gunpowder tbe grand bazaar of that city , called the Chahar Ctruttab
buiit in tbe reign of Arurz-rbe by the celebrated A ' . i Murdan Khan , and which nsay be considered to have been the most frequented part of Cabul , and known as the grand eroporum of this part of Central Asia . The remains of the late Envoy and Minister had been txpftsed to public insult in this bsziar , and my motive in effecting its destruction baa been to impress tupon the Affgfeans that their atrocious co duct towards a British functionary has not been suffered to pasB with impunity .
Extract from a letter to ihe Governor-General from Major-General Pollock , dated Jvgdaluck , October thelGih . It is very gratifying to be able to state that we have met with co opposition since we left Cabul , except what must always be expected where the whole population is armed , and we have consequently bad small parties of thieves occasionally firing on the rear-guards . Daring each night that ve encamped not a nbot has been fired , and en the line of march not a , man is to be seen on the hills . T . H . Maddock , Secretary to tbe Govbrnmeut of India .
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From Mcjor-General George Pollock C . B . Commanding in Aff ' jhanistan . to T . H . Maddock . Esq . Secretary to the Governmtnt of India . Camp , Jellalabad , Oct . 23 . Sir , —I have the hononr to forward , for the information of the KightEon . the Governor-General of India , copy of a letter which I yesterday addressed to the Adjutant-General of the army , reporting my arrival at this place . I nave also tbe honour to forward copy of a letter from me to the same address , transmitting a despatch from Major-Gantral Nott . I have made preparations for tbe destruction of the fortifications here , and trust to be enabled to march in progress to Pesbawer , on ihe 25 th instant . I will write again on this sul-ject directly I have heard from Major-General Nott , whose arrival here is still uncertain . I have , &c George Pollock , Major-General , Commanding in Afghanistan .
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From Vajor-General W . Nott , Commanding Division of the Army , to Captain G . Ponsonby , Assistant A djutant-GeneraL Camp , Giant's Tomb , Oct . 15 . Sib ., —I beg to report for tbe information of Major-General Pollock , C . B ., that the rear-guard of the force under my command , was yesterday attacked by large bodies of the enemy in the Huft Kotul Pass . I sent two hundred Sepoys , and a wing of her Mi . jesty ' s 40 th Regiment , and two companies of her Majesty ' s 41 st , under command of Major Hibbert , to the assistance of Captain Leeson of the 42 d Regiment Native Infantry , who had charge of the rear . Our Sepoys defeated and dispersed the enemy . Captain Leeson speaks in high terms of the gallantry of the officers aud Sepoys under his command . Major Hibbert and the wing of her Majesty ' s 40 th Regiment , and the two companies of her Majesty ' s 41 st , under Captain Blackbourne , behaved with their accustomed gallantry . My thanks are due to all the troops engaged . I enclose a list of killed and wounded . I bave , &c . W . Noit , Msjor-General . G . P 0 NS 0 NBT , Assistant-Adjutant-GeneraL
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{ From ihe Agra Vkhbar . J We bave great pleasure in laying before out readers the following interesting and succinct account of tbe march between Cabul and Jellaiabad : — Camp Jellalabad , 26 th October , 1842 . On the 12 th instant the whole British force then encamped in the neighbourhood of tbe city , marched to Boodkbak , accompanied by the Sbafczida Futteh Jung , and most of the Hindoos late resident of Cabul . Here arrangements were made for dividing the troops into two columns , by taking the 2 d and 16 th Regiment Native Infantry , with Capt . Blood ' s battery of ninepounders , from the force under Major-General Nott , and attaching them to that with Major-General Pollock , -who moved forward with his divisions through
the Khoord Cabul Pass the following morninp . Major-General Sale had taken a route "by the < Gost Pundurrah ) Pass to the right of tbe Khoord Cabul with his light brigade the day previons . so as to turn the Khoord Cabnl Pass and crown the heights from the further side , where they were more accessible . This route { Goat Pundurrai )) can only be adopted by troops in light marching ordeT , with yaboos , being impracticable for camels or heavily Taden animals , and if the Affghans had aade any dispoaitivin to opposeonr passage through Kboord Cabnl , the detc'W token by the 1 st brigade would have been of maf ^ rial advantage ; as it was , however , not a shot was finxl . « " enemy seen , and we all encamped at Kboord Cabal on the 13 th , some arriving there rather late , fet ^ a * be delay in getting our immense train of baggage t&rongh the narrow
" On the 14 th we passed over t ^ e Hnft Kotul ( tbe scene of our former glorious fi ? bi ' "l , » nd through the Ttzeen Pass , encamping in the valley . The 4 th bwgade , nnder Brigadier Monteatb , C . B ., fc rased the rear , guard , and did not effect tbeir march w scatheless a ? yesterday . Owing to the badness of the bullocks yoked to the captured guns , very great delay w w occasioned , and finally the bullocks were taken 1 rat , ™ &Uf soldiers of her Majesty ' s 31 st regiment B ^ ppked their Ala not
place ; the labour was excessive , and tb . V arrive at the narrow pass leading to the Teamen valley until dark . The enemy , taking advantage or this , commenced a Bharp fire into the column , and meases of baggage collected there , cansiig great coafusion a . 'nOTgrt the latter . Parties were immediately sent np to th » heights on the right to dislodge these marauders , the brigadiers , staff-officers , leading the party , but owingr to the darkness , little could be dene beyond checking their descants into the pass ; nothing but . the flash of
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MARKET INTELLIGENCE .
London Corn Exchange , Monday , Jan . 9 th . — We have to report tnu arrival oi a very limited supply of English Wheat up to our jmarktt since this day se ' nnight , coastwise aa weil a $ by laud carriage , and sample , the quality of which was tolerably good . In consequence of the small quantity on the stands , and the large aUendaudu ol both London and country buyers , the demand for all descriptions of both red and white was brisk , I at an advance on last week ' s prices of from Is . to 2 s . per quarter , and a good clearance was speeriiiyj effected by the factors . We had a fair quantity of fine foreign Wheat offdring , the bess iof which sold readily at a rise of 2 s ., while other kinds were Is per qua ? tar dearer than ] on Monday last . There was more inquiry for bonded parcels , and rather enhanced rates were paid ; for the superior descriptions . The quantity of Barley on offer waa
comparatively small . Tho best Malting parcels were 2 s , grinding and distilling sorts , Is per quarter higher , with a fine saie . The Malt trade was rather firm , aud a trifling advance was ] obtained for the best Ware . 411 kinds of Oats met a fine sale , aud 6 d per quarter more money was S paid for the best potato sortf . Both Beans and Pea 9 were quite as dear , with a fair inquiry . The [ Flour trade was htsady , but we hare no advance to notice in price . Potato Markets . —Although ; the arrivals of Potatoes have not been to say great , since Monday last , we have little or no improvement to notice in the demand , and onr quotations remain as follow : — Scotch reds , 45 s to fifii per ton ;] York ditto , 55 s to 60 s ; Devons , 45 to 50 s ; Kent and Essex whites , 30 s to 45 s ; Wisbeaeh , 35 « to 45 s ; Jersey and Guernsey blues , 353 to 40 s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents , 45 s to 50 a .
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THE NORTHERN STAR . ___________ 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 14, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct633/page/3/
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