Public Notice Extends Post Office Hours in 1842
The General Post Office announces extended reception hours on March 10 at the Charin g Cross and Old Cavendish Street branches. Open for free submissions until 6 pm and paid letters until 6 30 pm with a new fee of one penny for letters posted after 6 pm. Postage and fees to be paid by stamps. foreign letters may be paid in stamps or money.
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General Post Office
St Charing-Cross
Old Cavendish Street
Est
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Thames
Philip Hast
Southampton
R.m
Falmouth
Barbados
S. Winchester
Broad-Street
B.B
Corunna
Ferro
Madeira
David, Brothers, and CO
COX Bavory
Cornhill
London
Gracechurch-street
Tonga
Candahes
Atta Manomed
Helmand
Gentral
Candshar
Baxsar
SoCs
Conors Estate Inquiry on Indiscreet Habits and Restoration Guide
A London booklet by C J Lucas and Co promotes Anly Vigour a guide on sexual debility and restoration. It warns of hidden origins of bodily weakness and urges confidential case submissions with a £1 consultation fee and secrecy guaranteed.
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C. J. Lucas and Co
London
Brittain
Pater- Boster-row
Ogbsm Wilson
Bishopsgate-street
Field
Quadrant
Regent-street
Burgess
Coventry-street
Haymarket
Huett
High Holborn
United Kingdom
Mesera, Luess and Co
Newsns-chest
Osfors-atraet
India and China. Despatches from Jellalabad November 18
British sources recount Major General Sale's arrival at Jellalabad on November 12 and a successful sally on the 14th. They describe siege conditions, famine, and bombardment with heavy Afghan losses, and detail the deteriorating stalemate as multiday attacks, mutinies, and negotiations unfold amid harsh winter snows.
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Overland Mail
India
General Sale
Craigie
Jellalabad
London Gazette
Jallalabad
Bombay
News in Kabul camp and Delhi reports delay paper
Intelligence from Kabul dated December 28 says the force is in camp awaiting carriage and may have provisions for about a month from armistice funds. A January 22 Delhi Gazette note cites Major Putinger renewing peace talks on December 24 before Sir William Macnaghten’s murder ends negotiations. Official Bombay orders announce the murder with sorrow.
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Agra Ukhbar
Cabool
William Aghten
Delhi
Bombay
Peshawar
Iajor
Inger Beving
William Macnaghten
General Department
Bombay Castle
Tharon
Assassination of Sir William Macnaghten at Kabul
Details emerge of the December 25 attack in Cabul that killed Sir William Hay Macnaghten and Captain Trevor and left four officers captured. Mohammed Akhbar Khan, Dost Mohammed’s son, is named as the aggressor who fired on the British envoy, with mutilated remains later paraded in the town. Government orders three weeks of mourning and flags at half mast across presidency services.
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M'Laren
Candahar
Ghugnois
Ghazni
Robert Sale
Cabool
Jellalabad
Balla Hissar
Elphinstone
Oliver
5Th Native Infantry
Nalish
Catool
Shah Zemani
Swayne
Dehmeron
Dehmeru
Charekar
Vozzoer
Safter Jung
Westmacott
Walker
M.kenzie
Laing
Mackrell
Johnston
Grant
Kohistan
Bombay
Mahomed Akhbar Khan
Dost Mahomed
Dehmern
Candetse
Cumberland
Nuugh
Busiga Gray
the &Hs
Bosyon
Deld
Bumber
Commissariat
Beonssarty
Khybur
Peshawar
Pushawar
Conolly
Lawrence
Vor
K'Kenzie
Wiliam M‘nagaten
Akhbar Khan
Trevor
Eldred Pottinger
Madras
India
Bombay Artillery
Herat
Pottinger
William M‘naghten
Khoord Cabool
Bengal Brigade
Edward
Lord Fell
Parwan Durrah
Rattray
William M'Naghten
Alexander Burnes
John Conolly
Khiva
Broadfoot
Burnes
Haughton
Malta
Affghanistan
Cabool II
W. M.naghten
É¢Nvoy
Shah Shoojah Oul Moolkh
Maren
Ghagal
Sale
Jellahabad
Calcutta
Khoord Cabool Pass
William M‘neaghten
Caboot
W. M‘neghten
Rumnor
Dcember
William
Mackenzie
Afrihans
Her
44Th Foot
Bengal Light Cavalry
Delhi
Jehalabad
Ghugal
Mott
Khilat-i-Ghilsee
Cienlathom
Valligenos
William ‘Hay Sy Bart
Shah Sveiah-col-Moolk
Cabal
Durin
William Hay Macnaghten
Cabul
Bondby’s
S.weasels
Prder
Stakro de Ca Pd
W. H. Macnaghter
Congri
Er Mijeaty’s
Hav
J. P. Wittovessi
William Macoighten
Dost Mahommed
Mohammed Akhbar-Khan
Bir-W. Meensghten
Mohammed Akhbar
Bengal Cavalry
Sho
W. H. Msenaghten
Sir William
Dost Muhammed
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