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INDIA , AFGHANISTAN , AND CHINA . The despatches in anticipation cf the overload rnr . ii from India to ths 1 st cf October reached EacVmd wi Santey night , bf express , from Marseilles . The inte ! - ligence -wtiich Kicy convey is highly interesting . Candabir baa been . xfcUcqais-. * J by tte British . - The progress of General Nott ir . to the interfe * of A . Sstia £ ist » n trocars , cotffftiistanding the * distance from Ourfahar ' to Cabal <» boat 3 l ! 0 iiiilbSj / sM the accompany" i- * Cauccrs . to is ?* beeu thus fa ? Cortnnate . His cjrps is dii 6 Tsbe » i m jxjssessing in bt&sts of-burden , it , every facility for tfce acconiplisfctiMsr . of the ardneTis undertaking . IrieliigeECs from -CrSBsral PoV :- - -vk to tbt 4 th of SbcunibtJ Etatet that ti ? * - -. ^ tad teen en > . i-EL-itiy EBcc-iSifol in tfess ; -. ua . 1 niavc-reost to Gu- ; £ iruuci , a ^< i i'i routing suui *; bodies c { tbs tcemr .
. Among the rnniocrs . -was one that ith ' . cr Ktiat j ^ ad b = en st : x xi by 'Stzs-l&ashes , whe constitute -s ' lar ^ e portion eC the inhabitants cf Cstm L , and Vffro . via j order to are ifce ' -city troxn destruction , -were in t&e interest of tbt British , alliance , &ud i-ot tfeat rea * on-sl&o protected tits British prisoners . Si ? K . Sale - ^ as Ecilously imiispQSfcd , in contequeace ef aa inflsmcia- . tion of the -kian&jvs . There were mesj corflictiivr re- j ports scattered abroad respecting tbe prisoners , « hich i snostquestly proved erront-ous . " Tt ¦ would not sur- j pris = me , '" saio-ccs writer , " if a tqbsi greater scrnVtr I thvn 13 geservij-eapposed g ? the ofiicers aud-Beldiers j said to fcave fc = tn massacred ia Jstnary last -cbeuld < make Uieir appearance on the ajrivai of the Eritish troops it Cabs ; - " besiatrirz f I ' | ' ' ! \ j ' ¦ j '
Sir Gbarlts- 'r- ' ' -er l ? . ft Bombaj-in the r Ssptemt-er for Scir . de , in oider ta'Cike the camcinnd of the troops freni General Er . ^ iacd . Her Msj 6 e 57 ' b 28 : h : Begiment bad suffered severely -f rsm cholera curing j its pas ^ sge to KuxTachee . Toecorps under tie ( irders ] of Gsceral iZ-iiilond wa 3 , niter tts riLstrioic around ' Q .: e-. ta bad » & «' - ! placed an . - ' er the jurisdiction of the - yocnj Ehac of Kelat , to come through the-Eolan Piss on the - £€ iiKH September , in order to take up its station near ; he Iirdas . The prasucca ef this corps pcu become recessary ,-ia constqatnee of a quarrel ar ~ d a cotflict which had tiken place betwt « n the Ameers of Hyderabad scd « -Eome of their neighbours , the -consequence of ¦ which ¦«¦* £ calculated to be , t&as both parties , or at least the weaker-one , -was likely to appeal to the British authorities for protection . ; . ' I
LordiEiienboroush arnred on the 10 th of SspKicber at Simla , the proximity of which place to Lahore , as \ rell as eiaay ctiier indicatiooe , led many to consider the oceacatioa of the Pacjaub a ^ probable . In the interior of ' lndia trinquillity preraiia . with the f-xception of fee mountain districts of Bondeikand , ¦ wi . iiter a strong force was sbout to be sect in order to pat do we the disturbances effectually by destroying tLe forts cf the petty chiefs . Ths rains -srere most plentiful throughout Iadia in the conth tf Septtm ; tr . The much taiked-of appreiensiens enttrtaicsd of 3 famine in the districts near D ;! hi hare Tonished . The army of reserve has beej : ordered to assemble on the SatVi in the morith of yoves-bcr , preparatory , it is said , to eduio dtmjnstration against the S-. khs Th" . r . q hiT « K « -n sump serinus lows in H ? r ?> Iaiestv ' s
50 th an i 62 i Regiments -while proceeding up the G ^ n ^ tj . A b"t ~ aa s-9 rart \ pcdttiT d ^ ynre , v . A tigYj * un -men of t " E =-50 th Tere ¦ irn' ^ meii . A wiui ; ^ f the £ 2 . 1 £ 0 : 115 in boats n * . sr B '^ agnlpors ¦ vrcs cvtrt-feen by n storni : it night , ¦ srh xh forced tbe boats from their mo Tir . ss , and thirty-cliht mec , including LieuUnacfes Scobell and Goscn , -were h-. ^ t . The bark Kicir Jo . on its voyage from London to Calcutta , struck on a sanu-bank in tbe Hooghiy , acd heeled orcr , and in one minute * rent down . T-. n perscr . R ¦ were drowned . Tk&Z > e / Ai Gazeiit of the 21 st of September , tbe latest piper rtcriyed at the closing cf tho mail fro ; a the Jforth-wess of Icdui : states thst Akabar Kl-. zu had reK-irsd to aVandon Cabal , and to tike tbe prisoners to the Hindoo Kc > C £ h .
Tr : e intelligence of the proceedings r . t Gbnz : pe or C 3 'ul hid not armed in Bsmbay t-n the 1 st of OctcHfer . Tae failuro of the house of Ferzjissan , Brothers , and Cx , at Calcutta , was much talked cf . The nn : i . 'unt of thciT ii-isui-. ies in India "was 6 ti * . € . ' . to be little mere than ^ ID . tiCO . Tae cho ' cra w ^ s making great rzraces a . isoz-g the sol-iiers Liteiy arrired in Bo : nb 3 y fr ^ m Eorcpe .
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j ) i ; i | 1 j j squadron 5 ih LUbt Cawby , 1 st equ ^ tou 10 t j ditto , X -. G Lvlr- Fi- ' - ; Ba ' . i-ry , 5 : n C-u . p ^ i's Sapj ew p . nd i ilinsi-s . htr Mr . j-s : y » 9 th Foot , 26 th NaliVtJ ' ^ nfantry , | &iih Native I . fantry , ar . d Broajfoot ' a Sapp en . Oa ! ckarins ; the broken ground in front , I divid &x tbe In' fantry int-i two columns , vith a wine of be * : Majesty ' s i y th Foot at the head of tacb , and tkinuisb' jra in front ' ¦ I directe .- ' Ciptain Broadfoot with bis corp a v ? go to tbe ¦ riuht . The cavalry also advanced on th' i right to cut [ off vke -retreat of tbe enemy . i " Captain Abbott ' s battery jcoostpanif A tfee « ota 2 ins , l and as we advanced occasionally « pene d oo the enemy , I woe continued in position so lo » g tb ? « t we heped tbey j wotld oppose ua with their whole force , feat tbey re-I t « sd on our approach , and "we eoter& i tbe Tillage . I " The fields in frcmt of tbe Tills ce were purposely
I - £ > oded to preTent onr advance . T ' ne left column then j -Vent towards tbe * wt ol M&mnioo K ^» il , and the right column proceeded to Ktokhi , Kha . il ; the ground was impracticable -for cavalrr nearly the whole distance , ; but on one or i , \ to occasions an opportunity did olFcr , :: nd the enemy suffered accordinely . Lieutenjnt-Colonel Taj tot , -w : th borne companies of the 9 th Fott and the 26 : h Kutive In-fantry , t-ccupied part of the beisEts ia front of tne village of Koofchi Khail , ^ hile Captain Broartfoot and some cf tbe 26 tfi Kaiive Infantry cleared the hilis to the itft of Licu : tn » nt- Colonel Ti . yloi ' i ' position . As "Kookhi Knail is about two miles fruai af » Krmoo Knail , and as a position there' might have beea&U ndi ;( l with riik unirss very strongly sup-Dorted , I <" r . rettsd Mr . jur-General M'CtaUili to retire on iMansmoaSaai ! . As I cunsi ^ ered it of importance to hold Mavnraoo Khail . -which -wss the enemVs position ,
¦ I wrote for the whole camp to be brought tere , and it arrived ia safety yesterday afternoon . " I left tbe camp standing , and selected Major Divis , of her Majesty ' s -9 th Foot , to command throe companies of the 2-6-h Kative Infantry , three compares of she 60 th Native Infantry , ard 50 Suwars . of ths 3 rd ! Irregular Cavalry , for its protection . Tbe duty was 1 one of considerable iniportance . as it was by no means improbable that the ensmy wuulri tike aKvaiitige of our advance to send a p ^ Jty to the cvmp . The squadron of Dragoons having arrived just as I was starting , their horsea would not have be&n tquai to a d * y " s hard work , which inductd me to Itave them in camp . The overthrow cf this party of the enemy mutt , I conclude , have been very uiuxpecled . as the whole of ttuir camp equipage , with its carriage cattla , was captured by Captain Broadfoofs coTps and the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry .
" I have much gratification in repctin ? that the i troops , botL European and native , of euch branch and j department , wd ! supported the character of British soldiers . " Where all are equally zealous in the cause , and devoted to their duty , my tharks are cq lally due to j all ; bat 1 may be permitted to mention thu names of ! c . rps and departments employed . M ? jor General I . M'Ciikill , K H ., commanding th'j right coluion ; Briga- j dier Tuiloch , comiuanding the left column ; Captain ' Ab ' -otr , commanding light field battery ; Lit-utenant-j Colonel Taylor , K H ., commanding her Majesty ' s 9 ih Foot ; Majur Huish , c minianding tbe 2 Gi . b Native Infjji . try ; I ' iptata Naplctou , cornmi . it ^ in ^ the ( JO ; h Native Infantry ; i'lsjor Blair , commanding the 10 : h ' L r , bt Cavalry ; C ^ pt . OihStid , commsn iing a .-quadrcn ' of the 5 th Lii ! L ; Cavalry ; Cjpt Tait , c .: rnman ar , g the 1 * .: Tr ?* v-cTilir P .-ivxlrv « P .. vr \ f . AV ^ i ' . nt > . "P . t-lil F . npir . i- « .
liut : s Bacher , comrntindinif Sajpptrs and MictM , .-nd I Sup ^ i'iat = nAinc-iJ-iii'g = on Sii ^ ea , and Caj'tn-. n Naccnt . OSc " : 3 t : iig Su ' j-Assisicat Couiru : £ ssrj- < xrnrrn ! . Tae i ( £ B- -.-rs of the .-taff who convt-j-ed my oniers to the uif- i fertnt columns and othtrwise av ' ed in the movements ' of the day , were Capt . Have ' . uck , Dfputy As ? isiant A'ljutint-Grcneral ; C . ipt . Stnitli ,- 'lajor of Brigade ; Capt . P ^ nsonby , Assistant A ' "j ; H : nt-Gdnera !; Capt . M-Acam , Dc-put ? Judge Advocatt > Ge .: erul ; Caj't . L-iue , CommiBsary if Ordnance ; L -. ut . Sir K . ShakeFyi-ar , Military Secretary ; Capt . Codricgton . .-i .-. vi . ' -taiit Qxirter-niaster-Gentral ; Lieut . Majne , Officiating Deputy Assistant QaaTtciiaastet-Gsntral , vcho was most active throuirhout the d ^ y ; Lieut T . < tler , B . ? i ; age-master ; Lunt . Poilo : 3 r , an e ficid , but for valuable iiiforniation , acd fcr constant exertions to obtain bupplies for the force , wi-iuh bis l ~ ci ' . knowle ^ ce , and pi-rconal acquaintance Vvith the Mullicks enabled him to do .
' I E . 1 V 9 this morning heard from Beveral quarters that tfce two chiefs , Kr .- 'ji Ali acd KIijroILih Jinan have cone to Citul , attended t « y about sixty ir-va . If I Lad removed to ciicp at G ^ ndacuck yestrrday , there can ba little doubt taat the enemy would have reoccupied this place , and he would have announced to the Cibul authorities he hsd beaten us bsck . Kiokhi Khail has been destroyed by fire ; the fort ard village of MamniO'j Ktail have been also destroye-j Isy Ere . arid before I quit this plsce the trees , to which much vaiue and importance are attached , wiil be cut down , i " I hi 7 e ths honour to enclose a return of casualtie-. I regret I Eball be deprived of the Berviees of > lnjor ' Hulsh , 26 th >"; itivc Infantry , and Captain E lmonJa , j Her Majeity ' s 9 ; h Foot , fur some time , thcuth I hope not loosf . Lira tenant Kjber ' son , of the 37 th R ?^ i- j ment Native Infantry , doing duty with The 2 C : h Js ' uuvi Infautry , is Bl ^ LtSy wounded , but will , I truit , seen return to his duty .
" 1 nave tbe plea ? ure to enclese reports from Major i Gc-eral M'Caskill , K . H ., and Captain Bro ^ dfoot . ' " I have , < fcc . ; " G . Pollock , Mnjor-Grrcr&l . ; " Commanding in Afghanis tan . "
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" FROM JlAJOR-GEXEIlAl JOHN JTCASIULL . K . H ., COMMANDING I . NFANTUY DIVISION , TO CAPTAIN PONsuNBY , ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL . " Dattd Camp , Jlaramoo Kha ' . ; , Aug . 25 " Sir , —I fcr £ to detail to you , fcr the i ^ f jrm-tiun o ! r > 5 njor-G . neral Policck , CB ., the operations of the eighth cj umn in tbe affair of yesterday , after it had ; '• ic-rne separated from ihit of the kft , on thy corn- j pi-ite succtss of the combined attack on the evt-nirg's ' position in ajvance of Maiamoo KhaiL ; ' You are aware that this furce consisted of four ; c ~ . n : pani « s of her 1-ojesty ' s a ' . h Foot , and tix of the j 2 Gih R-ginient >* ati \ e InTaiitry , under tb' ^ iiiimediate ; C'immand of Litutenaat Colonel Taylor , K H ., of the . formtr corps- The enemy tad £ ed before our troops , ; and abandoned tbe village of Koocbe Kbail , but retnforced ttrcngly by tbe fugitives driven tr ^ k by Bri- j tadier Tu ! loch"s cojumn , be afsumed a menacing att :- j tude , iui occupied in force a range of heights and detached summits in the Soofaid Koh . The most
salient « f these -ras ^ spur n-. cuntain within long iria ^ ket rar . ge sf the iuildin ^ si o-f Kooch e KLa . il . Froiii tbis and fn . 'iu other L-miner . ceB of the most precipitous character , thi .- OoIc-js v . tre dislodged with the utmost ! spiri : and galia :. tiy by tho dttails under L euri-nant-j Cjlonel Taylor , aided in the most effective manner by a i party cf" C-ptain Bruodfoofg corps of Sappers and j > iinerj . Tbe enemy were reinforced from time to timy , j E . nd mai ' . e many b / id attacks , aud kept up a sharp tirt- i of JtZii-ls frciu the loftiest peaks of the mountain , but oar Uvcps , tbou ^ h so ruiich pressed as to i be c * m | : e !] ea to recede fro ; n ground which ' tht-y had caiEfd in oca direction , maintained an
advanced position arnnng tha 'bids until with- drawn by o _ : der of Msj-. r-G-sr . eral Pollock , first into the plattau in front of the village of Koorchlee Khail , which ' they burnt -down , r . nd t ' cen back upr > n the present tide encarapc ::-r . t . In retiring over the plain between , the two prinsipsl villages , the movement was covered by a Equadron-cf the 5 th and another of the 10 th Cj- \ valry , but tbe ^ Ucuipts of tii c- Oaloos to anaoy , were i tircid and feeble in the extreme , and our troops did not sustain a siuzle-casu-ilty from their efforts . Lieutenant- j Colctel Tsyior jjrs-. aki in hith terms of tha support i -which he Ttceivfcu frcm Major Huisb , oommajidiisf ; iC : h j Ktglnient Native Ji f . ; utry , wl , o was wcund- ^ i , aid : afl : rvrards from C £ -ptain K .: nr . Eeomb ( if the i-p . u . e corps , !
and from Captain < S £ lz cou ; : ;; undiD £ Htr Majt-trys S ) : h FvX ! t . and I beg to UJ . pemnU-d to bear my tes-. iinon ^ - tu the nierits of the Licui .-Culonel ' s ovrn exertion , as well as to express my stutif tbe galianUy of all the troops e ! 4 ;* £ ; . ri , tad to ackcowiedge the able assistance wbich I received from Oi ) Uia Havduck , Her Majesty ' s 13 : h Lii , ht Infmtry , Dsputf-AsHibtant Arjutaut-Qer . tml L-eutwiant Mayne , 37 ± K ^ - ' mtnt Native Infantry , Oifici . ^ iDg Deputy-Assistant Quartet-Mastor-Gcneral , and Lituteniat BrtLune , 2 w Majesty ' s &th Foot , mj Aide-de-Cimp . The intrepidity also with which Capt , Broa < foot ' s Sappers and Min& ^ aided in the attack on one of ths advanced height * , deserved my marked commendation . " I have , & . Z ., " John M Ca ^ kill , " Mijor-General Comuianui . g Infantry Division .
( True Copy . ) ' G . POSSOXBT , " Captain Assistant ALjat-nt-General . ( Tiue Copy . ) " K . C . SiiakespEaR , " Military Sciictary . " FROM CAPTAIN J . BROADFOOT , SaPPEHS J . \ D MINEBS , COMMANDING BIGHT COLUMN , TO CaPTAIN Q . PoSSOSBY , ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL . " D-ted Camp Mammoo Khai ! , 25 th , Aug . " Sir—Agreeably to orders , I have tbe honour to report the proceedings of tbt column entrusted to me by tbe Major-General eemmandine in the action of yesterdiy .
" I moved 13 directed , with the Sappers ( about 220 mec ) and the 3 rd IrrejuUr Cavalry ( 250 men ) across the ravine on tfca right of the force . We found the enemy strongly posted in an orchard , with some enclosures and the usual field -works of loose stones in their front , were also occupied . This position flaaked the approach of \ & £ main body . " Having formed an attacking party in front , I sen * the test of tbe Sappers In column und ** Lieutenant Orr , to turn the enemy ' s left flank , and Captain Tait ' s horse still nt-re to the right . * nd in advance to cat off theii
retreat While we waited in this order the advance of the force , the enemy reinforced the orchard , and moved out to attuk us . I was therefore obliged to advance before the forca arrived . The enemy ' s positions were qaickly carried in succession . One party wae driven towards the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , -who pursued , and the remainder 3 s _ d to tho Tillage of Mammoo Khail , in which the main body of the enemy were at this moment driven by tbe fire Of our artillery ; they opened a fire upon us , ill directed , but so heavy that ¦ we -Were obliged to attack the village . Th ? y fk-d when v ? e reached 2 :, aad tfje J 5 app = r 3 pursued to the
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fort , but -svere bo exhausted by the niardl from Fatteabad * nd the previous operations , that tbe enemy were able to enter and barricade the gate . Their are -was kept down by one party of the sappers , whiln the restcllnibdd on each other ' s shoulders over a halfrepaired bastion , about eight feet high , and covered with thorns- The enemy fl * d over the walla on the other side , leaving tha rear gr . te barricaded . This , and descending from the walis , lost so much time that pursuit waa nearly hopeless , as far as oar exhausted men were concerned . We pressed on with the least fatigue , however , and , keeping to tbe 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 village near the hills ; thtro "we surprised the enemy , whose head-quarters were there , driving them out of the village and adjoining camp , and obtaining their tents , cattle , and ammunition , and a gsod quantity of provisions . The enemy ( who were evidently the JcZiilchces from Cabal ) flsd to the hills , tho fira of which swept the village . " l was now directed to take a party of her Majesty's 9 th Foot , the sappcra bsiug now worn out , except about s » x men , and attack the hills ; the first and second heights were carried at the point of the bayonet , and flanking parties having turned the shoulders of the high range , we were advancing up to it when the main force arrived , and our further progress was stayed . My separata command now ceased , and I was soon after ordered with the Banners to head-quarters .
' ¦ ' Tee conduct of the troops , officers , and men , European and Natives , w& 3 admirable , and it ia duo to tho 2 ( Kh . Native Infantry to mutition , that in storming the second height with u party of iiur Majesty ' s 8 th Foet a party of the former corps joined us , and behaved with the samo spirit aa tbe rest " I have , &c . " G . Bro . dfoot . Captain , Commanding R : # at Column . ( True Copy . ) ' R C SUAKESPEAR , Military Secretary . ' Return of Killed , Wounded , and Missing of Troops ur . dtr vbe personal command of Mi-jjr-General Pollock , CB ., commanding in Affghanist-. m , on the 24 th Autus ! i : 1812 : —
Killed . —3 rd Irrecular Cavalry , 1 , Nntiva trooper ; Her Majesty's 9 th Fo » t , 2 privates ; 26 th R . giment Native Infantry , 1 S ^ poy , Sappers and Miners , 2 b \ poj 3 ; Cimp Follower , 1 St-poy ; total kil ! ed 7 . " Horses Killed and Wounded . — 8 th Irn . ' . ular C « - va'ry , 3 killer !; 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 5 wounded ; total S . Wounded . —3 rd Irregular C : iv : \ lry , 1 Europeon officer ; Ht-r Majesty ' s 9 th Foot . l European officer , 1 ecr-;*' .:. t . 7 privates ; 2 tith regiment of Native , 2 European i . fiia ; s ; Sippera and Miners , 1 , sergeant ; native con \ - nrlsfioncil , ntin-comniissioned , runk and file , and camp fullowers -wounded ; Sappirs and Miners , 1 officer , 1 drummer , and 4 Sepoys ; dttachment of 5 th Cavniry , 1 tr .. oper ; 3 rd Ixrecular Civalry , 1 trooper ; 26 " . 'h Bp ? iment Native lufantry , 4 H ; iviUiars , 4 N ; iicks , and 17 S poys ; 00 Kciimenl Native Infantry , 1 Sepoy ; Headquarter ? and 1 squadron 10 th Cavalry , 1 camp folluWrr ; X .. v 6 , Li ^ 'bt Field Battalion , 1 can , p follower . " iJL' -iing . —Detachment o-h Cavalry , 1 horse .
" ( . True Cr . py . l "T . H . Maddock . " Secretary to tht Goven . m ^ nt of India , with ttie Governor-Ginfral . "
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DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE ON A MARRIED FEMALE . On Satntday John Bolton , a wheelwright in the employ of Mr . Cbeal , carrier to her Majesty , residing at Windsor , and Thomas Howard , a waggoner in the same employ , underwent a final examination at the office of Mr . Home , solicitor and clerk to the magistrates , in the town of Staines , before Mr . G , Patterson , a Middlesex magistrate , the former charged with having forcibly ravished ft married female , named Clara Tilley , under ciieamstanoes ef great aggravation , and the latter charged with having aided and abetted in the same .
Mrs . Clitra 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 from London to Windsor on Monday last . On the night of Tuesday the first instant , she engaged for the conveyance of herself and luggage by one of Cheat ' s waggons to Windsor , and was taken up at Knightabridge . The waggon was then driven by a straoge man , whose name she did not know , and shortly afterwards the prisoner , Bolton , got into the waggon . Ofl tho way to Hounslow nothing particular occurred beyond Bolton being more free iii his manner towards horthan 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 but witness and Bolton . The night was very dark and fog « y , and when the waggon was on Hounslow-heath , which was about midnight , the prisoner Bolton asked witness if she was not cold . Witness replied that she was not , as she had her husband's coat under her shawl . Bolton ,, however , then took a harsecloth , and threw one corner with his right hand over her neck , and then with his left hand throw the other corner over her knees . Hej then commenced pinching her legs , and on her desiring him to desist , he asked her to permit him one little liberty , adding that if she would do so , he would promise not to molest her farther . Witness told him she would not , nnd
said she loved her husband , and she should nnver be 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 companion 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 , Boltoo , theu said if she intended to be obstinate , he would be so too ; upon which she begged and entreated of him to desist , as she was in a very delicate state of health . He , however , did not do so , but bec . ime more violent in his tSorts , 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 restated him as much as she was able . Before the waggon reached Coli \ brr . ok , although fiho was still In a very weak and exhausted state , and not able to offjr further resistance , the prisoner Bolton again threw her down , and again completed his purpose , when she bi came so exhausted , that she thought she should b ; ve died . When the waggon arrived ut Colnbrook , sh « heard a cloek strike three , but she could see no pen-on to ' whom she could apply for . protection , but tbe prisoner Howard , who refuse i to help J )< t — The watKon stopped at some night-houso at Coinbrook , but was not driven to the < loor , but left at some distance on thu road . Thu two prisoners , Howard and Bolton , however , went into tho housti and ivm ; -. injd there until five o ' clock on Wednesday morning , f
VVituess remained in the waggon , being too weak and ' xhausted to get out without assistances—the cradle of the wagRon being put up both front and back . Ou Howard's return to thu waggon she asked him for a glass of water , but he did not net it for her . Bolton , however , brought her a pint of beer , but she refused to partake cf it . On starring from Colubrook , the prisoner Bolton again got into the waqgon , and soon afterwards again attempted to take liberties with her , but be did not curry his violence further . Sooa after six o ' clock the waegou reached Windsor , where the two prisoners left her , and the l . -ft her : luggage ' * with the ostler at the house whero tho waggon stopped , and went immediately to ti . o barracks , ¦ a i » il'ii > iormed . her huab ; ind of the outruge to which the bad beca subject , who caused both prisoners to be apprehended on the following dav . , ¦ ¦
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 made by the complainant and ber husband . When the prisoner Howard was taken , bo Btated 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 Umn that it should have happened , but he was so Urunk that he had no recollection of what had occurred .
Mr . Patterson said , in the whole course of his experience , he had 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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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN MANCHESTER , AiND DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE . FlUDAV Mon . VING , 11 O'CLOCK . A Si ' . « cl ; tnj f flre broke out here lust night at . the exteui-ivo cotton mills of Messrs . Pooley , Mill-street , Ancoats , about two hours before the time at which tho place usu : lly closes for the night . The fire originated nenr tbe centre of the building called thu Sow Mill , which is the « nly portion of tfia premises not fire-proof , ar . d such was the fearful rapidity with which the flimfis spread , that a portion of the bunds had not timu to escape . H ^ nce , in addition to she destruction of property which followed the calamity , it has been attended with a fearful loss of life .
It may he necessary to mention that the flro broke out near the grand staircase , by which access was obtained to the different rooms , and this will esplniii the reason why the escape of somo of the workpeople waa cut off . Tne fire speedily illuminated the whole town , and the town flre engines were immediately at work , but a great portion of the new mill was soon a muss of ruins , and the flumes had spread alont ; the roof of -what is called the lire-proof mill , before its progress was arrested . Some of the fannds -whose escape was cut off were seen clin ^ ius to the windows during the progress of the flre , and some attempts were made at rt-scue , but the risk wus toogreat , and they were buried in the ruins .
Exi ^ erttted rumours are abroad of life , and it is paid that twenty five persons are missin ? . At the thus we write eight dead bodies have beftn removed from the ruifla , and one more ( that of a female ) ia kiiowii atill to be amongst the fallen wrecks of m : nw \ u ) a . Somo boys employed assctvengers in the mill , are still missing , but it is not known whether they are amongst the sufferers . The dtmiagu is rumoured to exceed £ 10 , 000 , but nothinc lifee an ; ic « ur * te estimate can yet have been formed ol tho real loss .
FURTHER PA . R . TICULA . K . S . ( Abridged from the Manchester Guardian J The flra originated about a quarter-past six o ' clock , on the evtniti ; ' of Thursday laMi , when all the bauds , about tive . hundred in number , were at workin the mill . The fliiiifs were iirst « itn about that time bursting forth fromtUe interior of a mnchlne , called by some oi the fcaniis a Willow , but by Mr . Pooleytbe First Blowing Machine or Scutch ? r . The ladwhowas " tenting " ( otiunuiug ) the machine saw a sudden flush of flame sonic < : ut of it , and in a ' moment the wholeot the cotto :: in uud . about it waa in a blaze . A man at the other end of th- 100 m Ravo substantially the same account of its co ! innencei ; ient , Tiitro was no flre , an-l only one light in ; us room-r-a covered plaas-lainp—three or four yards
from the scutcher , and there were no means of communicatins ; flame from the ona to the other . From the Ecutulier the cotton is conducted up a sort sf trough , termed a " creeper , " into the floor above , the blowingrpom , where a quantity cf loose cotton was lying ; and , owing to this circiiuistaneB , 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 daehtV . it on the flirning cotton ; but as more issued from the machine , and fell in blazing fragments about tbe flior , the flunes soon spread , and all tbe efforts of tbe bands speedily e . ilied to the spot , and plying buckets of wat * r , wero ineffectual . The manager , Mr . Daniel Cosily , turned the staam into the room , and very judieiously knocked a plug out ; and with a sledgehammer broke the niuiu pipe commuuicatiog with all fcbe five boilere hoping by this means to throw a body of hteam into the fl . ; or of No . 3 , directly above the boilerh' - . ase ; but the flames bad by this time spread lu all
directions , and the alarm being given to the bands generally , the greater portion of them effected their e 8 cap 0 , by tbe general ataircaso , and some few by ropes from tho viudows of the third floor . Others jumped from these windows , and were caught in the arms of tho bjBtandti'a below ; and one poor lad ( Robert Gbrvin ) , in attew otinjf to descend by a spout from the fourth floor , fell , » ud bis bodv diking across , the edge of a water tub , he was so much injured that he expired shortly afterwajtls . i'he manager exerted himself in Hiding some of the rands to escape , and supposed that all bad got out ; _*> ut taa event proved otherwise At about eleven o'clock the flre was got undei ; but tbe engines continued to i ^ Jf till about one in the morning , and the fire brigado were withdrawn , with the exception of the Neptune , "which was left with a company of fifteen men to play l ^ night ; and indeed during Friday , till four o'clock in t . * w afternoon , when tbey were also withdrawn .
We believe that the loss will pro \* e to be fully covered by the insurances . These were t'Sectcd in the following amounts and , -prepoitions , at the' respective office ? : — " ¦ ¦ _» ., In the San , No . 1 , mill and building , £ 1 . 00 a » **»» - work , , £ 300 ; machinery , j £ 3 , 000 ; together , £ i ; ; in the Manchester , machinery , £ 3 , 000 ; stock , £ 3 ' . ° ? j together , £ 3 . 300 . Total on No . 1 mill , £ 7 , 600 . O « No . 3 mill , in tbe York and London , building , £ 3 , 000 ; in tbe Manchester , machinery , £ 1 , 000 S stock , £ 1 , 000 ; togtther , £ 2 . 000 ; in the Phceaix , machinery , £ 1 , 000 ; Br > ya ! Excbangn , machine ) y , £ 1 , 000 ; mill work , £ 300 ; boilers , £ 200 ; togtthtr , £ 1 . 500 . Total in No . 3 , £ 7 500 . On warehouses in the Royal Exchange , building , £ 1 , 000 ; machinery , ^ , 300 ; stock , £ 100 . Total . asurancts , £ 17 , 000 .
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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 Phceaix , £ 1 , 000 . It will be recollected that a fortnight ago the various insurance offices advanced their rates of premium on cotton mllta about 9 » . pet cent ; and the present rates , we belieTe , are 263 . including duty ) , on mills spinning lower than 40 s ( and , -we believe , in this mill the numbers spun were chiefly 4 O '» and 38 ' s ) , and on the flae millfl , that is , AO'a and all higher numbers , 24 ? . percent . We must come now to the most painful and distressing part of thia melancholy catastrophe . The following are such particulars aa we could collect respecting tha unfortunate sufferers .
DKA . D . —John Snape , aged fifteen years and four mouths , of No . H- Rodney-street , piecer . The body of this unfortunate youth was the first found by the firemen , Davies 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 tbe Bridge Inn , near tbe mill . The upper part of tha 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 the firemen , D ivies and Abrahams . The body was not so much charrad as some of the others ; but in parts of the face , hands , and arms , the skin was burned completely off , His face was also dreadfully bruised , as if he had fallen in attempting to eECape ; but strange to say , his shirt was notat all burned . The skin had peeled off , as if scalded ; but tbe general appearance of the deceased was as if he hart been suffocated .
Mary Ann M Ke : fie , or M'Kenna , aged sixteen years and eight months , of No . 8 , Arun « lel street , piecer , unmarried . Hers was the third body found hy the firemen . We underatand she was the daughter of one of the borough policemen . The body was conveyed to the Bridge Inn . The nose aud face were much biirned ; 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 mou : h , and altogether the body exhibited a frightful sptctacle . Mary M'Conyille , aged thirteen years and eleven months , of No . 3 , Wiltoughby ' s-court , Thompson-street , scavenger . Hers was 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 shoulders , back , and breast ; the nose was burned off , the face frightfully disfigured , and , altogether , this body was perhaps tho most horrible spectacle of the six .
Robert Qicven , or Gwvin , a « ed thirteen years and six months , of No 7 , Brockett-street , suftvenger . This poor lad lost his life in attempting to descend outside tbe building , by a leaden spout , near tha south-west end of the building . He fell from between the third and fourth Btory , and fell with ilia left side across a water-tub placed under the spout . He was conveyed to the Ard wick and Ancoats Dispensary , which he reached about a quart r before seven o'clock . He was theu alive ,-but expired in about threa minutf-s afterwards , ami the body was then removed to the Navigation Inn , on the opposite side of Great Ancoa ^ s-street He was not at n- ' . l burned , but was internally injured iu the head and teft side . James M ' . Vhmu , aged uineteen years and nine months ,
of 111 , Bra <> ford-street , tentev of Btlf-sctm >? inuiesunmarried . There . are some nu-iancboly 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 tbt-warehouse ( B . ) On the alarm reschinc them , Martin made bis way round the corner ( by C ) to tbe staircase , followed by M'Mann ; but he saw M'Man ' n turn roun I to go back again , and Martin 8 iw no nioro of him . He bad himself some difficulty in making his way to tbe staircase , and M'Mann was afterwards found near the stairs by some firemen , in a dying . state : and Martin 3 . 1 yd he believes that the poor
fellow , remeiribertki ? that he was leaving behind him a beok on algebra , lent him by an acquaintance , ami wlsich he ha 4 t : < keu into the mill only thr . t morning ' , turned back'for it , aud thus lost his life . He was seen la ^ t to a ; proiush a window , from which r . boy de .- ; ee . udo ; by a ropV ; but , ii- ^ tead of'following him , hu ' turned b : » ck . The skin h ui conio off both arms and feet , and the neck - > vrb much swollen . T . m nose was both burned aiul Metding . When tf > e lireiiien found him , he moane . 1 , : md was cuveyed to the Ancoats D ? p 8 !; sary , about half-piat eight o'clock ; but " he was then quite dead , and the body was taken across to the Navigation Inn .
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INCENDIARY FIREJS , ¦ > The Agricultubai . Districts . — - ^ The nightly appearance of the country is assuming an aspect that mast flarm all classes of the community . Incendiary fires are spreading anxiety round the country , and betoken a state of malignity on tb& part of the perpetrators which excites very great apprehension for the safety of oat-stacked and tmthraahed 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 tocome ; but we trust they will see the advantage of increasing the . anJOBnt of labour on their land , in employing the poor , villagers of their neighbourhood , who 3 e 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 abssnee 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 tho quantify of labour required by them , and hope that landlords may make some proposition to them to meet the difficulties that must 6 urround theoccupant of the inferior , if not all , the soils of the country . — Bucks Gazette .
On the Evening of Monday , about nine o'clock , a fire broke out . in a haulm rick , near the farm building ^ of Mr . Jones , Hockliffe . The Toddington engine was immediately sent for , and some tradesmen who wero employed at the Wesleyan chapel , Tebworth , hastened to the spot , and pnlled down part of a hovel to which the flames fcad communicated , and with the assistance of the engine and those assembled prevented its farther progress , a large quantity of haulm only having been consumed . It is feared that this fire also bad been earned by an incendiary . —Bedford Standard . Marston . —On Monday a fire broka out atfhe homestead of Mr . Dinimock , at Mar . ~ ton , and in » very shorn time completely destroyed a barley-rickr and a / jreat portion of the homestead . Wo 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 . —Oa the evening of Wednesday , a > stack in the yard of Mrs . Browning ' s farm , at Keysoe , Brook-end , was fired by . some miscreants , and in a short tfrao the whole of the ricks and homestead were in flames . The Kimbolton , St . Peter ' s * Bedford , and S * . Neot ' s engine arrived , and wee soon playing upon the fire , bat some wretches cut the pine ? of the St . Neot ' s engine , and rendered it useless for some considerable time . In spite of the incessant exertions of the firemen and neighbours , no loss than thirteen ricks -weta burned , and it is said 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 &ct . —Hertford Reformer .
Bromham . —A rick of hay , belongioing to Mr . Daniel Butler , containing about twenty-five tons , standing in a held in the parish of Brnmham , was discovered to bo on fire about seven o'clook on Frievening last . It was wholly destroyed , and th r « can be no doubt from the situation of the rick , but that the fire was the work of an incendiary . A reward ot £ 60 is offered ( £ 50 by Mr . Butter , and £ 10 by the Devizes Prosecution Sooiety ) , but we are sorry to say that it has not yet had the effect of bringing the guilty party to justice . — WiUs paper .
Bridport . —On Saturday , the 22 nd , abonfc sit in the evening , a barley rick on Lower Eggerdon Farm , in the parish of A k . ; rwell , near Bridport , the property of Mr . T . Barker , was discovered to be on five , and from the distance the rick stood from any dwelling , before any assistance could be rendered , the whole rick was in a bUz-3 , 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 inosndiary . A hay rick standing on tho other aide of tha hedge , in anadjerning field , vfcta providentially saved by tho wind shifting from the direction in . which it had blown the whole of the day , which carried tho fire in a contrary direction from the hay rick . — Sherborne Journal .
On Saturdat morning last , about eleven 0 clock , the farm called Nnkehouse Farm , at Burghclere , occupied by Mr . J . Butt , was maliciously set fire to , and in s-pite of ' every exertion the destruction of property , corn , and buildings , amounting to £ 300 took place . It appeared that the fire was first discovered issuing from the cow-house , and it soon ignited two barns which were filled with wheat , fifty quarters of oat ? , and a mow of peas , all of which were destroyed . The loss will be very serious to Mr . Butt , as . none of the corn was insured . We hope that subscriptions will be set oa foot to help him out of his present difficulties . A ro-vard of £ ¦ 20 has been offered for the discovery of the offenders . — Wiltshire Journal .
Incendiary Fire . —On Wednesday evening last , about seven o ' clock a firo was discovered ou-the premises of Mr . Charlea Hollamby , nurserymaa , Strawberry-hill , Brighton road . It first appeared in some outbuildings , a considerable distance from behind the house , and soon afterwards in a leaa-to aised adjoining the dwelling-house , so that there can be no doubt of its having been the work of an inwiidiary . Ft was the moro remarkable as some combustible , resembling burning tobacco or trhe end of a cigar , was found in the latter place several days back , but , supposed at tho time to be merely accidental . The rieighbrmrs rendered every possible assistance during this , calamity , and received Mrs . Hollamby 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 e .-. ough , aViout three o ' clock next morning , looked out of a window towards the dwelling and saw smoke
nnd flumes issuing from over a room in winch one 01 her brothers usually slept , but , as some damage had been done thero 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 ; ( he dr ? pery and sacking , of the bedstead were quite consumed , also two basket ? -of linen , and the remaining furniture damaged . The fire in the yard or homestall consumed a pightye , stable , and cart-lodge , r ;; th four s . is of harness , and many farming and gardening too ' s . Mr . Holluraby was in . London at the time , Mrs . ; Hollamby was at chapel , and their eldest son from horns ! . on business , but returned soon after the first breaking out of the fire ; it was rather a ibrtur . afe circumstance that one of tho horses was out on a journey , and another with some cows at s ; ra ? s . The pffces wero got safely away with some difficulty . The property was insured , except the outbuildings where the fira wa 3 first observed . —Sussex Advertiier .
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AFFGKAXISTAX . OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION'S—&-EXERAL EXG LANDS KETKEaT . "TO T . H . HADDOCK , ESQ .. SECRETARY TO THE GO TIRSSlSI OF INDIA "WIT H THE GQYEKNOR GBSEE . AL . " Oimp , nenr Kil ^ a Atdoola August l& . h . Sin fcivs ths hono&r to
" , —I report , for ifce information cf the Ri ^ ht Hon . tbe Gave—or-Geiierai in C . ' 5 i-c : ii tuat the British f- > rca at Cdr . vlahar hiving evacust ^ d that city on the 7 ; h arjd S'h . I inovt .-G from n ; j erjcarnpTn ^ sr rea r its Vfal ^ s on t'uc lOLh , pursasnt tu Liiitruc-ti-jr-s , -5 rLh Gne troop of the la : e ScJ ^ h's Hortc Ar ' . r . icry . 7 guns rtrawn by hu'l ^ ie . 2 K ^ isszlaL'a Irrtgu " . a . r IT .-- £ c . 1 R ; k 3 ^ 1 ah ' s P jor . ih Hots-, 2 oth"B -mbs- Xitiva Infantry . and 1 st , 2 ad . ar . U 5 ; h re ;; iu ; -. Et-Of Vte Vr .- - - ^ ch ^ u ' s lE . fj . utry , en rcn ' e to Qa-ttaa , ana that I srrive : on the ground jvrtcruSj . •¦ 2 \ z tpt-s cc-iziinnnieated to me or : tie 9 tt , and Eub-ScflUtEtl -, f-at it ? ItlEC-t'entS Ttre r-rfr ? -r ? i . g to aitack the coluan zni convoy ncder c-J" charge in i ! s p 3 s ; 2 ce , asd esi- --. zis . l . j that they wenl-1 i-ake egbrts to i ^ tt 2 c 7 pt it in V- ~ Liroz ^ cvmiry of the K ^ juci ranee , at the aorisn trireisity of -srhich I arrived , vritb little m-ileststion . oa the iponiinz of the 16 ih .
" 3 . VrhaieTcr might ksve been the iateritians of ths enemy , it was ascertained by reconnoitericg that the highest poin's cf the mortmain vere n ^ t yet occupied * by them , and I thonsrh ; it right , therefore , notwithstan-itr . q thit the troops harl jast completed anight march 01 54 miles , to ptuh forWETQ a light column to « e . z- - tbr SEiLirit zi t . nce . " i . Tirs operation -was perfected by thr « e battalions , and : h- m ¦ &' . impiTtzn ; ridt ; e and all thr p-: aks c ^ ai - minuiiu the principal pisses ^ rere gained by the troops before r . i ^ k . " 5 . Oa the fo ;] o- * -irg mornin ? the insurgents began to aypsar in s ^ mii budits on differetit hills , but the
ronti b in ,: S-jikel , tbey did little nrschiff , and the bag § a : e . trti . ifcrv , and imruer ^ e retinus ntnic'r protection cf this cinip . including 9 000 cr 10 , 000 bostU cf bTJTden , t ^ an the a-cent , covered by a rear-guard of two bsttaiiens and the & 3 VsJry ; and I Tfas esou juaflfc aT 2 re of OKr zooi i-. r . uus in havinc st ; z-d the heights on th ? V ' - ~ - ° -s 6 " 7 = ai :. £ ; . for the nnrnr ^ r of tha enemy gr&duaiir ircrt-i * ed ; s ut ali their eif - -its to assure the bagpipe , orini-ria to intsrcipt ns to any serious extent , ¦ fftre f "s-u-. t .-d , and the prissa ^ e across the E-guck mount-insniij belaid to hive been p-rfecttd by E'jon on the 15 th .
" G- I hafsiad tha Lishest reason to be gratified "with the exert-ons of £ . ' : ! the cScers und troops 0 : 1 this occv Eion , and it is tnUrily owing to their iocees ^ nt eforts in dtiiiS of rre- * t fatigue , nndtr a privation of - water , both in c : iar .: n 8 np the tiLrerae p inU of the ran ^ e to drive c-5 " ; bj enemy -whechYcr thay appeared , and in drtijging thirt-. en pieces cf artillery ' over the ridge , that this & = rvioi La 3 been iLccomplished -with bo little lass on our side of life or of convov . " 7 . I beg to enclose a list cf the casnaltiea in killed and vructidrd of this column -which huve ocenrre-i since I lef ; for the immediate vicinity of C * zdahar . ' 8 . My ; s .-. t &cconit 3 of M ? j ^ r-G-nerEl 2 \ ott , verc of the 13 : h , tia-re marches north cf Caudihar . " 9 . His Highness Prince Timoor and his fjmiSy are in my < nrap , and every possir-le atttstion u pai ' -i to his comfort snd sa ^ ty .
" 10 . The Right Hun . the GoT ? rni > r-&eneral . vrill have been informed that the Chief Siloo Khan , -who badtcita Brrvice Vi-itii as tf . er the aSkir with the enemy cf the 2 Sth of April , near Hjkulzie , sudjeniy absccuJed froa the miiitary po « -t held by us at this place , on hearing of onr abandonment of Cnd ^ har ; and it -was presumed , therefore , that he -n-as attheWi .: of the in-x-gents in the K < juck-hiils , tat I am not indinc-d to believe that ha "Wsle tLus emp \ ojcd , and I thmi it mor 2 probable that ha may b ..-. v < j proceeded to join Prince Safi . nr Jung , - who hs . i piicid himself a * the bead of afF . » irs & ; CandahAr . 11- I have eo information to warrant the expectation of any serious opposition between this acd Qaetta , especiaiiy aa the Braho = e connexion with the Affghats seems severed fcr the preEent , and I hope to be enabled to report my arrival at Qaetta to ins LcrdBhip ou the 27 ch or 2 Sth instaiit .
" 12 . Pursuant to the instrnctiors of Government oftbfciyth of Match , I have assumed the political respon = ifcility aa -well as military commend , vacated by the carnality therein contemplated in the departure frfin \ hb * e coantiits of Msjar- General Nott . " I hive , it , "R . England , Msjsr-General , " Commanding the Scinda Force , "
AFFAIR UNDER GENERAL POLLOCK . ' " To llAJoa-GESEaAL Lcmlet , Adjctasi-Qsne-3 . AI , " Head-quMters , Simla , Camp Mammoo Khail , August 25 . 11 Sir . —I have the honour to report for the infosmation of his Excellency rth . e Commander-in-Cbief , that I reached Gnndaronck on the morning of the 53 rd , init-With the following trot . pa , vis : —1 aqnadron , 5 th Light C&rtirj ; head qoarters cad 1 squadron of the 10 th light Cavalry ; 2 To . 6 . L ; gh 4 Field Battery ; 5 th Company of Sappen end Miners ^ her MBJeaty ' s 9 thFoot ; 26 th Native Infantry ; 60 th Native Infantry . On approaching iho groand a few horsemen appeared , but retired as we advanced . I soon lesrned that the enemy , Tinder the Ciuefa , Haoji Ali and KhjroolahKhan , occupied tha village » ad / ort ot Mammoo Kaail , * &out two miles tzom Gucdamack , and I determiced upon sttact-Ing them the fellowing morninr .
"I ordered op ssqoadron of tbe 3 rd Dragoons , and Ciptain Breadfoofs corpi of Sappers and Miners from General Sa ' e ' a camp , and tie ? joined bafor * daylight the following morning . " At four o ' clock , a . el , yesterday morning , I moved toiraras the enemy uith the fulloirina troops , Yiz :-iit
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CHINA . The news from China comes down to the 28 'h cf July , and affords gr . mnds for forming hopes of an approac ' . ing teimin . ' ttJoa of tbe war there . After the arrival of the reinforcements , the expedition on the 13 ± of Jane entered the Yang- ' -Zi- Kinng , tbe most uini ; nifictnt river of China , on the banks of which the Chinese bad erected many strong fortifications , and fcnrrisoned them v ? ith large bodies of their bust tr . ops . Havine passed three daya in making observations and in tak : i ) £ scundi .-ps , which were Bei-n . ind pern , itted by the Chinese , the fl-f t a-dayliaht on the 16 'b . prepared for action , atid on tho ships taking their stations the batierits from the shore opened , The projr ss and rttuits of this coi flict have beea cffic : a . ily pubiiaheO iu tLc fOllOTTlDg tt'IIUB : — " ciBcuixn .
" The eTal : ty \ ng duty of announcing furlhtr hiclily impsrtani snecesses of her Mujeely ' s combined f .-rcea a ^' ain devolves 6 n her aiujssty ' s Picnipsttntiary in China . " After the necessary delay in destroying tha batteiies , ma ^ EZinea , fonndri ? s , barracks , and other public buildingi , as -wel ! as the orsnaiice , arms , and aran ^ unitiv . n , cptmtd :: t Ccapoo , the troopa weren-embarkrd , and the tspeditio : i flnnlly q'iUed that port on the 23 rd of May , and arrived oa the 2 Uth eff tho Kuggwl Istauds , where it remained until the 13-U of June , on which day it crossed the bar , which h . id been previously surveyed and buoyed ofl ; into the Yank-tz ^ K-ang river to the point whtre the river is joined by tbe Woosur . g .
" At this r o ; k : the Chinc-se authorities hail ended imKensa lines of workb to defend the intrar . ces of both rivi-rs , and seem to have beea &o covifideht of ti ' . eir ability to repel us , that they permitted a wry close reconnaissance to be mr . de in t vo of tho flnnll ^ kaniera by their Excellencits the Naval ami MvAtary C _> mmandtr . s-in-Chitf , on the 14 th inat . ; and ev . n ehtert-d an' ! encouraged tbe boats which wvre sent in the bwh nitht to lay down buovs to tuide t ' ue skips of war to their allotted positions of attacfe . At dujliijla on th > ni"rns' -g of the lGlh , the £ qu : idr .-. n vrei ^ 'hed : i > ichor , and proceeded to tube up tbtir respecfive stations , -winch wi . s sonvcely done ¦ ifh- a Ibe batteries opened , j . ml the cannunaue on both sides w .-vs « xtreniely htrivy an <} unccssintr for about two homs ; that ot the Chineic then began to slacken , and the st . inien and marines -were landed at once , under the fire from Ihe ships , and drevt .- the enemy out of the batterivs before the troops could be disembarked and formed ( or advancing .
" 253 , ; una 1 forty-two of them bra ^ s ) we- e taken in the batteries , mo&t or thum of heavy calibre , and npwnrils of eleven feet lortr . Tbe whole were mounted en pivot carriages of new and efficii-nt construction , and it w ^ s likewise observed that they were fitted with bamboo fcifhis . ' The cxMi .: ) itJ « s in tbe naval arm oi the expedition eniuunt to two killed and twenty-five -wouvderf , but the l . itiil forctshad not a man touchait . It appear ;; almost miraculous that the casualties * hon ! d not have been mui : h greattr . cn ^ i- 'erine how tvell the Chiiiese beived their ^ uns . The Blonde frigate tad fourteen t-hot in her hull , the Ses-jstris stfcaicer eltvun , and all thu ships ei > g ; iged iuorc or less . Tile loss on tbo patfe of the eiimiy is imposed to have been abi ; ut figbty ki ' -ltd , and a proporti ^ mate number wouridt-d .
' On the 17-. li of June some of tbe Hvhttr veasela of the sqnn : ' . r . n advai . Ccd up tLe \ Vo ' s-. n » riv < . r , and found a bavtc-ry deserted , mounting fl'ty live guns , of which B-vtiiteen were brass . ' On t > . v lS : h tvr < i more batteries clos- ^ to the city of Sbanf-hai opened thtir guna on the advanced division of tae light .-q ia'ir-n , bu : on receiving a couple of b : oadfcio . ts thu Chineet ; fl « d , a . ; 4 vha batterieB , which cotit > ined fotty-eifiht guns ( sev&ntt-en of thtm brassi wero instintlj- occup . t-d , and the troops took possession of the city , -ivaere thu public buii-. Hngs were u > stroyed , and the txt ^ nsivegovernme-. t cranaries given to the- ptople .
" HU Esccller . cy tbe Avimiral proceeded up the rivtr T 7 on :-iT ? with two of tee smii ! iron steamer . " on the 20 th iriKtant , about fifty miltab-. yoii'l » he city < : f Sh . ini ; - hai , en i in this 1 ccoH 7 > oissance two additional fUM-works eacb m-yuiilinj : f / ur heavy guns , were tiken an-1 destroyed , brir . ^ uig the total ot ordnance captured . in thtsc operations up to tne a 6 coi ;; shincr number of 3 < H . ot which s' Tei : ty-six ore of brass , aii-i chi < flj" hirge fianui-6 ou : e enns ; nia ' . jy of the brass guns have devices , showing that they have been cast lat-ly . S--T « ral of tin m have Chinese characters , sicnifyin *; . ' thbtsiuer andsubduerofthe b ^ rbatians , " ami one particularly large one is dignified by the title of the ' barbarian .
" The Chinese high tfficrs and troops are supposes to have fled in the direetirn of the cities of Soochow , Wang-cbow-feo , ;; nd Nankin . The same high authorities have madfc another indirc-ct attempt to retard active operations by uc avo ^ rod wish to t ren t , an < 1 have also given a satifi : act ( . iry proof of their arxiety to conciliate ry ths release of tixtcen of hi-r Majesty ' s subjects ( Europeana and tiitivts of India ; who had been kidnapped j t > ufc as the ovtrtures v . ere rot grounded on the only basis on -which the y cw be listened to . they were met by an intimation to that tffect . — God save ? the Queen . " Dated on board t ); e ste .-. n :-frii . Mfce Quren , in the Yang-tZj-Kiang river ( off Wooaung ) , the 24 th of June , 1 S 42 . " KENRY POTTINGER , Her > ojrttj ' s Pienipoteutiary . "
Tbe r .-. n ) 5 of Lifu ' . tnant Mewitt , K . M ., on board tbe Blomle , has been publisLcl aa one cf tha two ki . led , his hi . ad having bteu cut off by a rcund shot ,. The reEulta of this victory Lare been remarkable The Mdndarins in the tvo meai fertile provinces of China were dreadfully alarmed lctt Wang-cbow-Foo and Nankin should be taken and racked , and thb mouth of the Grea- Canal seized . Th . y t . nt a flying express for a son , or some other relation of Howqua ' the old Heng merchant at Canton , in ordar to inlercrot between thtm and the British . They exhibited a with to make terms , but whether with the o < ject of merely gaining
time , does not appear certain . The approach of the expedition to the m : ; uth of the Great Canal , and the dancers that threaten Na ; kin would , it vai thought , induce tho Emperor to make an equitable arrangement , but doubts were still enttrUiued of his being exactly Informed of the truth . The efforts of the Chinese authorities to make resistance have hitherto been very peat A proelamation issued by the Emperor in the beginning of Jane br ^ -athts the most decided hostility to Lhs " barbarians , ' but does not brag of tbe valour of tiis generals and Boldiers . This proclamation , it Jttsht to be remarked , is dated pilot to the attack > n Sbang-hai .
The Manchester Zoological Gardens . —Another ¦ oof 13 abocu to be given of what depressed trade in effect , iu tii " . fact ibas these splendid gardens are 1 the eve of beiL- ; , ' finaUy closed . The concern is as rupltfcely bankrupt ae is tiiat of the Bank at Man-: es : er , so far as the loss of the subscribed capital ? ar . o oat the resemblance .
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A Fiue broke out in trio middle of Thursday , at Rear Wood , the seat of Mr . John Walter , M . P . iu Berkshire .. . The ' , neighbours iu tfrv * numbers rendered assistance ; but , from t' 10 want of ei ) g > nns on the spot , the flames were not subdued forsonmhours , and much damage was done ; the firo , however , was confined to one win-j of the mission . Fireat Whitechapel . — ' . Oa Friday morning , about ten minuces before two , a fire , attended with groat destruction of property , broke out on the immense rarigs ' of ' premises beloni ; in ^ to Colyer and Co ., in L ^ man atree ^ j Wliitechxpel ; nearly opposite the Garrick Theatre . Tne fire was firat discovered by a pplict'ina : ) of the H division , at which timi- the flUmPs were rauinf' in theb'tspmi'nt floor . An alarm in the
vraa raised , and the inhabitants resuini ^ adjoining tenements ware aroused from tr . eir lumbers to a 9 ouse of their danger . Ths flames soon . shot forth from every window to a ¦ considerable height , and were seen from most parts of tho ni ' -tropoli-.-. Messengers . wero despatched to the various eu ;; ino station ? , and i « less than tvei-my minutes Jifier the outbreak about a dozen brigade engines , with these belonging to the West of England , County , and the different parishes , were on thft spo :, a : id Eet to work , and , aided by a plentiful supply of water , tho firemen succeeded in arresting ih <; flames iu about an hour , but not before damage to a considerable amount was sustained . The origin of tht > firo could not . bo ascertained , nor yet whether the firm was insured .
Fire in Upper Thamisstreet— Tiio iivij < hbourhood of Upper Thame . s-street was- greatly alarmed about four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , t » y ihe breaking ou * . of a firo in thosa very extensive premises opposite Allhallows Church and Calvti-j's brewery , the lower portion of which wasoccu [/ ia ! by Mr . Ruinsay , wholesale druggist , and the upper part by Messrs . Davr&on * aad Bolt , drysaH < rs . From the nature of the materials by which the flames were fed , the appearance was , for nearly au hour , of ihe roost terrifio description ; but , by tho quick arrival of several of the engines , and a -plentiful aud speedy supply of water , the raging element was very shortly
mastered , though not until the whole oi -thv ' building had been entirely desiroyed . A report was at one time prevalent that an eidcrly feuialo hud iallen a prey to the flames , which , however , n ' o arc unable ( 0 trace to any authentic scurce ; but we hone , end have some reason to . bvlie . vo , that . there is no foundation iii the report . At ono tirno , Alihail'qws Church appaared to be in great danger ; but this edifice has been happily preserved from the least dan ; at . e . The origiu of the fico is not exactly known ; but it is generally believed to have been caused by the opening of a carboy of tuvpontiue , upon wliich a spaik from a candle had fallen , which immotliuteiy ignited , and spread with tho most fearful rapidity .
Extensive Fire in Cheapsidk , and narrow Escape of a Family . —Oa Friday mornrnp , shor ? 2 y before daybreak , the family of Mr . ' arkins , a tobacconist , of Guuor-Iane , Cheapsidc , were thrown into tho greatest alarm in consequenco of the discovery of a fire raging . at the lower part of the premises . The firo wad iirst discovered in the shop by a City policeman , who instantly awaken ? d Mr . Parkin : * , aud that gentleman fortunately succeeded iu assisting his family to effect their providential escape by theTOof . In a few minutes aftorwards tho engines from Watling-stteot , as well as those from . Farringdou-Btrect , arrived , and water having been quickly procured , they were set to work , but notwithstanding the great exertions of the firemen , and the assistance of police and neighbour ? , before the flames could be subdued the eutive contents of the shop stock , consisting of snuffs , segars , &c , to a great amount , was nearly consumed . The firo is believed to have originiueri from an escape of gas in the shop .
Instructive Fire near Limerick . —( From the Limerick Reporter of Friday . )—We have again to recurd the almost total demolition , by fire , last niglii , or rather early this morning , of . the extrusive mills at O'Hrien's-bridge , belonging to Janaea I )<; nuissoa and Co . The fire was discovered about two o ' clock this morning , and in a short time raged with uncontrollable r ' ury , so much so , that every effort to slem 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 lire engines , followed by the Sun , were sent forward ; and , though the scene of conflagration is nine miles from Limerickthey were on
, -the spot-in-less than an hour . The firo was discovered iu the mllia by the miller , who was in the concern , it being his turn to watch the mills last night . The firo originated in . the upper lofts by -sorna friction of the machinery , which ignited the chaffer dust , and in less than twenty minutos the entire mills were on fire , together with the three kilns in the rear . The powerful engine of the West of England Company , accompanied by Mr . John Fogarty and his assistants , arrived soon alter five o | clock . The roofs of the mill and kilns had previously fallen in . The engine wa 3 stationed in the rear of the mills , near the mill stream , and Mr . Fogarty directed his attention to the safety of a new
corn store which adjoined and communicated with the mill , as also to the dwelling-house adjoining , in which he was happily successful . The mills wera completely burned down previous to the arrival of the engines . We are happy to say that Messrs . Dennisson are insured for £ 4 , 400 with tho North . British Company , a sum whicu , it is expected , will Cv ^ ver his lose . The store and ti welling-hoiise , whioh are saved , wero insured with the Wcdt of England Iiisuincce . Cumpany . To givo a-n idea of t ; : e anful majesty of the flauies , they wtro distinctly seen from PUssy , a ^ uta miie and a half outside this city . It is sofcrcfc . V four years since thoao milis wero rebuilt , having been tfaejl burnt to the ground .
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¦ Suicide . —On Tuesday , the 25 < , h ult ., a young worrian named Mary May , about eighteen yeara of age , tii . iigli ' er of Joseph May , of Henshaw-lane , committed suicide by drowair . g liersalf in the Rochdale canai . near the above place . An inquest was held on the body on Thursday , when the jury returned a vei'dfft ot ' iound drowned . Machinery again , —Plough for Raising Potatoes . —Oa Tuesday last we had an opporiniiity of witnessing the operations of a newly-constructed plouj ; : 1 . for raising potatoes , on Hillhead farm , possessed by George Paxton , Efq ., of Richardlahd . The plough is the invention of Mr . "David Goudie ,
overseer upon tli < 3 fiirm , tho inventor likewise of the Antler plough , which has met with the decided approbation of practical men ; and in both cases he has been materially aided by Mr . Andrevr M'Kerrow , blacksmith , Baansburne , Kilmarnock . Tho implement sow- / hat resembles the Grubber harrow , now po ' much i ; i Ui = e , and introduced to Ayrshire by Mr . Paxton , being hoid by two handle ? , by which it is very eaf ily cenductsd , and drawn by two horses as in tho -c-i-50 of the ordinary plough . It moves upon two wheels , two-nnd-a-half feet apart , to suit the breadth of the drill , and two feet in diameter , and i . iy which wheels it is regulated . Almost immediately behind are two paring-tins , ten inches apart , vrhich are so constructed as to penetrate the earth
to 8 (> i . ae depth , as 111 the case of the Grubber harrow , acting a * cu'ters on each side of the ridge , and capable-flf uprooting any weeds , snd at tho same time loosening the soil as tho plough progresses . The reist js about four-and-a-half feet long , nnd ten inches in depth , placed tran ^ ver .-ely , and has the effectof keeping the earth to the off-side , preventing any of the soil from falling into the adjoining drill . Under the reist is situated the most important part of ! he implement :. This is formed by eight prongs , six ofthen * two-and-a-half feet long , somewhat apart ut their extremities , but coming to a point towards the cutters already described are welded together , thus forming a sock , the whole in a horlzoi . tal position . This sock is fitted so as to go . under the potatoes ,
raising thtm en masse , axd the earth in which they are embedded finding its way through tho prongs ia thjis so far levelled . The potatoes are upturned without any chance of being injured , as is sometimea 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 ia calculated to do its work at about one half of the expense incurred by tha ordinary process of lifting with the grapa . It , leaves the soil so equable and pulverised , that , as was observed
, by a praotioal man present , the ground almost experiences the benefit of a eunimer fallow By these means the poiatoe crop-at Hillhcad has been raised in two days ; whereas , by the ordinary mode , it would have occupied nearly a wretk—thus allowing the succeeding crop to be sown several days eHtliec , a most important consideration to tiie farmer at this season of the year . It has yet to be seen what progress the plough can make upon a vret ot fi ayuy soil ; but , in ordinary circumstances , it has ba t-u satisfactorily proved to bo a valuable acquisitio in ni ! ing tho labour of the husbandman . —Kill mar nock Journal .
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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-ncseproduct779/page/6/
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