The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-26 00:00:00

MEMOIR OF THE BARUKZYE juries, received from the Vuzeer, to revenge, and was aware that he was so little trusted, that shortly pre vious to the 'necessity for conciliating him, he had been marked out for destruction ; still the late mark of confidence and flattery had its effect, and he ap pears to have been undecided as to the course he should pursue. Futteh Khan learning the state of the case, and aware of Ahmed Khan's extreme affection for his brother Abdoolah Khan, who was in his own camp, seized the latter and threatened to put him to death if Ahmed did not come over; this decided the waver ing doubts of Ahmed, and when Mahmood reached Sireab, Ahmed Khan joined him with the whole body under his command. The result was the dispersion of the Royal force and the flight of the Shah. and his Minister to Caubul ; Futteh Khan, with about, two thousand men, pursued him closely, when 'he took refuge in the Shinwarrie country, was betrayed, seized, blinded, and brought back a prisoner to Caubul. Mahmood's accession was at first welcomed by all ranks in the country, but the indolence, timidity, and want of principle, inherent in that Monarch, gave little promise of a prosperous or glorious reign. Soojah-001-Moolk, who had been left at Peshawur, asserted his claim to the throne, and raised a force of Berdooranees and Khyburees, amounting to about 10000 men, 'with which he advanced towards Caubul in September 1801. Futteh Khan met him at Esphan near Gundamuck with about 3,000 men ; Soojah's force was at first successful, but the Bei.- dooranees quitting their line to plunder, Futteh Khan seized the opportunity, charged at the head of his Barukzyes and put the whole to the route, dis persing the force and compelling Soojah-001-Moolk to seek safety in flight.. No sooner was this attempt put down, than the empire was threatened by a still more serious evil, in a general rising of the Ghilzie tribes, who continued in a state of in surrection until the end of 1802, during which period they fought several well contested actions with the Dooranies. Although this rebellion was completely suppressed and another attempt on the part of Soojah-001-Moolk defeated in March 1802, the empire was a prey to distraction, and the Usheks and Persians profited by these disturbances to invade the country ; the former were defeated, but the latter succeeded in conquering the greater part of Khor rassan and adding it to the Persian dominions. The Khan of the Beloochees and several other Affghan tribes refused to acknowledge so unsettled a Govern ment, the treasury was empty, the Monarch steeped in indolence and dissipation, incapable of making any effort to retrieve his affairs, whilst the Court was torn by the dissensions of Futteh Khan and Akram Khan Alizye, a proud, high-spirited, and obstinate chief, who had followed Mahmood's worst fortunes ; his death, which prevented a serious breach, only made way for another candidate for power in the person of Shere Mahomed Khan, the Mooktyar-00-Dowlah ; who although sus pected in the early part of Mahmood's reign of being implicated in a plot in favour of Soojah-001-Moolk, for which he had suffered imprisonment, was now completely restored to confidence and power, chiefly owing to his conduct in the Ghilzie insurrection. Futteh Khan was now dispatched to Candahar to assist Prince Kamran in that Government and the re duction of the neighbouring refractory provinces, and thus Mahmood was left without any capable or honest advisers. One of the chief causes of discontent arose out of Mahmood's partiality and undue favour exhi bited towards the Kuzzilbashes or Golami-Shahs, who to the usual violence and insolence of eastern military habits, added the licentiousness peculiar to ' their nation, whilst their excesses caused a greater hatred on the part of the people generally, from the circumstance of their foreign extraction and Sheah creed. The disorders and heart-burnings caused by their conduct were fomented by seve ral leading chiefs, prominent amongst whom were Ahmed Khan, Noorzye, and Nawaub Khan Lung (or the Lame), but the chief mover in the affair was the Mooktyar-00-Dowlah, who employed as his principal tool, Syud Ahmed, commonly called the Meer Waez, a man of learning anti great reputed sanctity, possessing immense influence over the people, and withal gifted with a considerable talent for intrigue. In June 1803, these discontents reached their height consequent on the execution of a young Doo ranie for the murder of a Kuzzilbash in a quarrel ; at his funeral a tumult ensued, when the populace at tacked the Kuzzilbash quarter, and a conflict pro tracted for several days, was carried on in the city. Mahmood endeavoured to seize the Mooktyar-oo- Dowlah, who fled to Soojah-001-Moolk in the Kyber country ( and invited him to assume the throne ; the populace besieged Mahmood in the Bala Hissar, and the fugitive Soojah-001-Moolk,returned'to Caubul, es corted by the Mooktyar-00-Dowlah and numerous other nobles. Neither Soojah or the Mooktyar entered the city, but encamped without the walls, and busied themselves in organizing the troops, and preparing to meet. Futteh Khan, who was rapidly advancing upon them. This chief, when he learned at Candahar the intrigues that were in progress at Caubul, hastily assembled a force of about ten thousand men, and hastened to the relief of Mahmood; he arrived, how ever, too late : Soojah and the Mooktyar-00-Dowlah were there before him, and nothing remained but to attack them. An action consequently took place close to Caubul ; Futteh Khan was at first successful ; he routed part of the enemy that was opposed to him, and was advancing to the city, when the desertion of (Ale of the leading nobles to Soojah's side, threw• the whole into confusion. He endeavoured, however, to maintain the struggle, but his own party fell off by degrees, till he found himself almost alone, and was compelled to provide for his safety by a precipitate flight. In the mean time, Soojah-00-Moolk, now proclaimed Shah, entered Caubul in triumph, the Bala Hisser surrendered, and Mahmood was thrown into confinement. Shah Soojah seemed now firmly settled on the throne, and immediately dispatched a force to Candahar, which was still held by Prince Kamran, assisted by Futteh Khan, who had joined him there ; they were unable, however, to make any vigorous resistance. Candahar fell, and Futteh Khan was at last induced to tender his submission. This excellent opportunity of securing the adhesion of so powerful and active a chief was allowed to escape; his demands were very moderate, extending simply to the offices held by his father; but these were with held, owing chiefly to the jealousy of the Mooktyar oo-Dowlah, who was now appointed . Vuzeer; and Futteh Khan, after a short residence at Court, quitted it in disgust, and returned to his family castle at Griskh. A FA I'd i L Y. - f Nadir Shah use s etc o u:11;y- pcAN or at all likely to contest his supremacy was Hajee Jainal, the head of the Barukzye tribe, the most nu merous branch of the Abdallies, though not possessing the same high consideration as the Suddozyes, which latter clan had recently acquired increased influence from the talents, character, and prominent positions occupied by Zoolfikar Khan, and his brother Ahmed, the acknowledged heads of that family. Hajee Jamal, appears to have entertained some intention of trying to secure the chief authority, and is said for some days to have kept up a separate state, paying his retainers in 'leather, a large car ravan of Which _ commodity had fallen into his hands. Ahined Shah, however. having possessed himself of the Royal treasures, and assembled the flower of Nadir's veteran troops around his standard, *as evidently too powerful to be opposed, and Hajee Jamal, who was then almost in his dotage, was persuaded to relinquish all pretensions or opposition, and soon afterwards to undertake the Haj or pil grimage to Mecca. At his .death he was succeeded by his son Poynda Khan in the Chieftainship of the tribe, who appears to have always acted as a steady partizan of Nadir Shah, by whom he was treated with marked attention and liberality, a line of policy adopted by that monarch towards all the Abdallie chief's, or as they were now termed Dooranies, by conciliating and cementing the strength of which nation Nadir Shah chiefly relied for the consolidation of his own power over the whole empire. On Ahmed Shah's demise in June, 1773, Shah Wullee Khan, the Vuzeer, together witlSirdar Jehan Khan, one of Ahmed's best and leading Generals, formed a conspiracy with several other Dooranie nobles, to set aside the claim of Timour, the Monarch's eldest son, in favour of a younger brother, Solimaun, who had married the Vuzeer's daughter. The mea sure was, however, stoutly opposed by the majority of the influential chiefs, at the head of whom was Abdoolah Khan Populzye, to which party Poynda Khan allied himself. Timour Shah, who was at this time at Herat, immediately marched for Candahar, when he was joined by a powerful body ; the Vuzeer also endeavoured to levy a force, but in vain; he was consequently driven to submission, and repaired to Timour's camp, where he was immediately seized, tried, condemned, and executed, on the charge of a previous murder. Poynda Khan appears to have continued faithful in his allegiance to Timour Shah throughout the whole period of his reign of twenty years, and on one par ticular occasion did good service in action at Mooltan, for which he received the title of Sirifraz Khan, by which appellation he is more generally known in his tory. On Timour's death, in May, 1793, a struggle ensued for the throne, that monarch having made no arrangements regarding the succession. Humayoon, the eldest son and rightful heir, was at the time at Candahar, but Timour's favourite Queen organized a strong party in favour of her son Zeman Shah, and gained over Poynda Khan to her cause, through whose influence the majority of the Dooranie nobles were induced to support her interests.- Zeman Shah was accordingly proclaimed King at Caubul, and Humayoon being defeated by Wuffadar Khan, who was appointed Vuzeer, fled to Beloochistan, and was subsequently seized at Leia, on the Indus, after an abortive attempt to regain his rights, deprived of sight, and passed the remainder of his days in captivity. The next six years of Zeman Shah's reign were spent in projects and attempts at the invasion of Hindostan, which were invariably thwarted by rebellion or inva sion in his own dominions, the former principally caused by his younger brother Mahmood, who . was finally driven to seek refuge at the Court of Persia, and the latter by Morad Shah, King . of Bokhara, and Futteh Allee Shah, the King of Persia, who seized - every favourable opportunity to attempt the recovery of the province of Khorassan. These cir cumstances tended materially to weaken Zeman Shah's authority and resources, but the greatest fault he . committed was in trusting everything to his Vuzeer Wuffadar Khan Suddozye, a weak, unprincipled man, with few redeeming qualities. The overbearing and rapacithis conduct of this Minister 'made the King unpopular, and- finally led to.a conspiracy amongst some of the leading nobles at Candahar, where the Cock then was, who "determined:to-destroy him and depoie Shah Zeman in favour of his 'own brother Shah Soojah. At the •head,.of this, conspiracy was 'Sirifraz Khan together-With Mahammed Azeem Khan,: the head of the 'Allekhozyes, Aegr Arslan Khan, chief of the Juwairsheres; Ameecileol Moolk and HookOorimt Khan Allekhozye. The plot was, hoWeVer, discoiered to the Vuzeer.before it was ripe for execution, by Meerza. Shereef Khan, the deputy of 41e Monshee Bashee,. Who.atas. also- concerned. Lleasures were inn - mai...tall, Aatteni by Vuzeer, and the several chiefs; ofiwhat had occurred, were sutnmpried:to ttrk•aatici: seized,,, ar were appres hended in their Own houses . . When. the ,officer dis patched to seize Sirifraz Khan arrived' at his mansion, he Was recery •by Futteh: Khan, the eldest. son of tlikehief, Who immediately saw that all was not right; he however disguised his suspicions, apolo gised for his father's absence, and offered to go and call then'repaired to Sirifraz Khan, told him that a party-had come to seize him, and with a cOniness - and deeision characteristic of his future (twee t _ proposed to assassinate the officer, seize the Shards; and-fly from Candahar. Sirifraz han, un fOrtunately - fir himself, rejected this bold counsel, aria iCemnpanialthe officer to the Shah's presence, where Khan beheaded, together with Mahommed Azeem and Ameen Arsian Khan ; the execution of the i..ehiainder followed immediately afterwards. 'This sanguinary measure created general indigna ann. throughout the empire, and completely destroyed the remaining influence of the Monarch, it led also to that blood feud between the Suddozyes and Barukzyes that has subsequently converted the country into one incessant battle field for these two parties, led to the dismemberment of the empire, and the introduction of all the misery and violence with which that coun try has ever since been afflicted. This event occurred in the close of the year 1799. On his father's death, Futteh,Khan, wlio succeeded him as head of the Barukzyes, fled immediately to his family estate at Grishk, which, however, he was sub sequently compelled to leave from fear of the King's power. He was, perhaps, one of the most extraor dinary♦ men who ha ve fi gure d i n th e hi s t or y o f the time. lie possessed considerable talent, great - decision, energy and perseverance, and chivalrous courage ; his ambition was unbounded, his character was haughty and overbearing, his temper was stern and unforgiving, and his love for intrigue was a perfect passion which he could never control. 'ln the present instance he had every motive to inflame his indignation against the King, and his de- termination to avenge the murder of his father was not only justifiable, but, in the opinion of his countrymen, a sacred duty. He now entered into communication with Mahmood, who had recently made another attempt for the throne supported by Futteh Allee Shah, and invaded Khorassan, but the arrival of the Shah Zeman at Herat frustrated his plans, the Persians returned to their own country, and Mall mood retired to Lubbus. Here he was joined in the autumn of 1800 by . Futteh Xhaa, who instilled new hope and energy into his Councils, and induced him to engage .in a fresh attempt. - They syvore on the Koran f o serve and be true to each other, and left Tubbus with about fifty horsemen to com mence their enterprise. They crossed the desert into Seistan, and proceeded to Dooshak, the capital of that province, where they were kindly received by Belfram Khan, who gave his daughter to Mah mood's son Kamran, and equipped his men and fol lowers ; they then pushed on to Grishk in the heart of the Dooranie country, where Futteh Khan's personal and family influence soon drew numbers to his stan dard, .nearly all the Dooranie tribes espousing Mali mood's .cause. The effects of this measure were soon apparent Futteh Khan's restless and intriguing spirit could not long remain inactive; and he very soon turned his attention to Candahar as the most favourable scene for. his operations. The government of that province had been given to Prince Kyser, a son of Shah Zeman, under the guidance of Ahmed Khan Noorzye who, although he had deserted Shah Zeman, had redeemed his character by the prominent part he took in the restoration of Shah Soojah. Futteh Khan contrived to gain the Prince's ear, and at last succeeded in persuading him, in January, 1804, to proclaim himself king, and to throw Ahmed Khan into u t t e ize le prison, whore he was treated with great indignities. The was s iah thus wa a d t P to esh th a e wu w r e , s w t. he7 i h e is pr at oc te e n ed tia :d n immediately towards Candahar, whence the rebels on their part moved out to meet him ; but, previous to so • doing, they released Ahmed Khan, and placed him in charge of the city. Ills in:,uries, however, were not forgotten ; his son, with the men of hi s tr ib e, went over to Sh ah Soojah, which led to the defeat of Kyser and Futteh Khan, whilst he himself gave up Canda har to Prince Kamran, whom he invited from Farrah for the purpose. Kyser arid Futteh Khan soon ral lied from their defeat, collected fresh troops, and again made themselves masters of Candahar, which once more recalled Shah Soojah to that quarter. When he advanced upon the place, however, they evacuated it. Kyser soon afterwards threw himself on the Shah's mercy, who received him affectionately, forgave, and reinstated him ; and Futteh Khan, find ing his schemes frustrated there, repaired to Herat, and, insinuating himself into the confidence of Prince Feroze, persnaded him to assert his claim to the throne of Caubul. Shah Soojah then sent Kyser against im, at the same time offering terms, which the timid Feroze accepted; when Futteh Khan quitted him in anger and contempt, and once more retired to Grishk. _ _ _ Thus strengthened, MahmOod and Futteh Khan advanced against the Meer Akhor who had been left in charge o 1 the province of Candahar, and who was compelld to take refuge within the walls of the city, where he was cloaely invested for the space of forty-two days, when Futteh Khan contrived to get himself introduced alone into the town, and immediately threw himself upon the honour of Ab doollah Khan Noorzye, one of the most powerful chiefs of the garrison; the result of this extraordinary appeal was that Abdoollah declared for Mahmood, the .Meer Akhor fled, and Candahar opened its gates to the investing force. Whilst these events were occurring in the west, Shah Zeman was busily employed at Peshavur in preparations for another invasion of Ilindostan, nor was it until he heard of the fall of Candahar that he could be induced to relinquish this favourite scheme and rouse himself from his infatuation. Before leav ing Peshawur he was guilty of an act of fatal impru dence in seizing and torturing Abdoollah Khan, Al lekhozye, the Governor of Cashmere, who had arrived at Court, upon which his brother Sydaul Khan, who was at Candahar, declared for Mahmood, and brought over the w h o l e of the Allekhozye trib Shah Zeman leaving a considerable force at Pesha wur under his brother Soojah-001-Moolk, and detach- Lig about 15,000 men under Moolah Ahmed against Cashmere, proceeded himself to Caubul with the in tent _.on of putting down the rebellion ; up to this pe riod Lie seems to have had no idea of his dangerous positio.a, i but here th e true state of the case burst upon hitn, an the evident ti m i d i ty of his Vuzeer added to his un ple gant situation. C onscious now of the a. ge neral disaS-ction of the D ooran i e Nobles, he made every exerticn to gain over the Ghilzies ; finally, after some vain attempts at negotiation, h e marched aga i nst 11 !ahtnood with about 30,000 men. Mahmood and Fu tteh Khan proceeded to meet him, and as the armies h Khan lea rne d t h at t h e Sh ah ' s neared e*.tch other Rate advanced guard was co mmanded by Ah me d Kh an irzye ,this chief had many personal insults and in- The Shah's affairs now began to look settled and prosperous, and for some time Kyser continued to serve him with fidelity and zeal. lie even went the length of seizing Futteh Khan, whose intrigues once more brought him to Candahar; and threw him into prison, where he was placed under the charge of Meer Allum Khan Noorzye, who retaliated upon him the indignities his kinsman had been made to suffer on d similar occasion ' • and in one instance, an alter cation having' ensued, he struck Futteh Khan on the mouth with his iron-shed slipper, and knocked out one of his teeth---an ingot that was afterwards fear fully avenged. Kyser was nearly persuaded to put the Barukzye chid to death, to gratify the vengeance of his father ; but Futteh Khan prevailed on him to visit him in prison, where, by his address and in sinuating manners—his allusion to past and promises of future service he completely regained his ascendancy with the Prince, who not only set him free, but resumed his old schemes of aspiring to the throne. Futteh Khan then repaired to Grishk, to make arrangements for the enterprise, but on his re turn to Candahar, he found Kyser had in the interim fallen completely under the influence of Khojeh Ma hommed Khan, a leading chief and partisan of Shah Soojah, who dissuaded him from rebellion. This so incensed Futteh Khan, that he openly renounced all connexion with Kyser, and invited Kamran, who was at Furrah, to occupy Candahar. The latter imme diately assembled a body of troops, and advanced towards the city, and nothing apparently remained for Kyser but flight ; when a most extraordinary scene occurred, such AO no other country or people could have afforded. rovioug t , o commencing his flight, Kyser requested a parting interview with Futteh Khan, They met at night in the market-place, by the glare of numerous torches, the adjoining streets filled with dark masses of their followers, all mounted and ready for a move. The conference began with mutual reproaches, gut gradually softening his tone. the Prince reminded the Barukzye chief of former favours •and acts of kiridness, po'nted out how re cently he had saved his life and begged him not to repay these benefits by driving him into exile. Futteh Khan on his part recapitulated his designs in favour of Kyser, and complained of the neglect with which his advice had been treated ; on which the Prince solemnly swore ever after to be implicitly guided by his counsel: the Barukzye was moved, and finally overcoming his resentment, pledged himself to sup port the Prince in all extremities. The following morning, Kyser and Futteh Khan moved out together against Kamran, who was ignorant of what had oc curred; Futteh Khan went to the front with his own followers and informed Kamran of the change in his sentiments and plans and recommended him to retire. Kamran was at first perfectly astonished, but recovering himself, he replied in terms of defiance, on which the im petuous Barukzye without waiting for other troops charged upon him sword in hand, and that so unex pectedly and with such effect, that Kamran's troops were entirely broken, and he himself with difficulty escaped to lurrah. Futteh Khan's plans for placing Kyser on the throne were now renewed, but were artfully retarded by Kojeh Mahommed, who ma naged to throw innumerable obstacles in the way, and finally regaining his ascendency over the Prince brought about another breach between him and Fut teh Khan, who at last retired to Grishk and once more renewed his intrigues with Kamran. Notwith standing his recent extraordinary defection, that Prince willingly closed with his offers ; they united their forces, and' advanced to Candahar, when a large portion of the garrison came out and joined them, and Kyser fled into Beeloochistan. _ _ _ Seik Allies ) and appointed the eldest of his brothers, Azeem Khan, to be Governor of the Province. On tae capture of the citadel 1)e found Shah Seonjah a prisoner there, whom he generously released and enabled him to retire to Lahore. Having now ob tained his object he exhibited no readiness to fulfil his engagements with the Seiks, who retired from the valley in high dudgeon. In the mean time Jaundad Khan, a brother of Atta Mahommed Khan, the vanquished Governor - of Cashmere, made an overture to cede the important fortress of Attock, which he commanded, to the Seiks, for a consideration; Runjeet Sing, who well knew the value of this position, immediately closed with the offer and thus obtained possession of the command of the Indus. Futteh Khan on hearing of this loss, hastened with a force to endeavour to remedy the evil; Runjeet was equally prompt to defend his new acqui sition, and the two forces encountered each other on the plains of Chuch, about two miles from the Fort. Shah Soojah, who was at this time at Peshawur, had detached his Vuzeer with his best troops to Cash mere, and was compelled to proceed in person with a small force to oppose the rebels, who in the interim had been reinforced by a body of six thousand men from Herat under the command of Mullik Cossim, the son of Hajee Feroz. An affair took place between the two armies, in which the rebels had the advan tage, but the Herat division being suddenly recalled by a Persian invasion, the tide of success was turned, Kamran's troops became dispirited, and deserted in numbers ; he himself fled, the Shah entered Candahar unopposed, and Futteh Khan was soon afterwards prevailed upon to render his submission and allegiance once more. Futteh Khan remained for some time attached to the Shah's camp, and accompanied the monarch to Scinde in an expedition against the Ameers, but arrangements being concluded with them, against his strong advice, he took the earliest opportunity of quitting the Royal army with the troops under his personal command, and repaired to his own estate. The Seiks had the advantage, of position and a com mand of water, and the Vuzeer entertained too great a contempt for his opponents. The action commenced by the advance of Dost Mahomed Khan, with about 2,000 Affghans; who though warmly received by a battalion of Regulars, carried every thing before them by a gallant charge, captured the enemy's guns and were proceeding to dismount them, when Mokum Chund came up with reinforcements of men and artillery, and checked the advance with a heavy fire of grape; Dost Mahomed now found himself unsupported,--the heat was intense, a strong hot wind blew the dust in the faces of his men, and he found himself unable to cope, unaided, with the discipline of the Seiks ; he, however, effected his retreat with credit, and crossed the Indus, leaving the greater portion of the camp in the possession of the enemy. Treachery had caused the desertion of the main body, word having been brought to Futteh Khan that his brother was taken prisoner with his whole division, at the same time that i n t e lli gence was conveyed to Dost Mahomed that the Vuzeer had been slain. Since this defeat, the power of the Affghans east of the Indus has been at an end. • Futteh Khan now assembled a force at Pesha wur, vtiith a view of checking the further en croachments of the Seiks, but his attention was ere long called for 'in another direction. Hussan Allee Mirza, the Governor of Persian Khorassan, wrote to Rajee Feroz, who had been left Governor of Herat, in the name of his father, the King of Persia, demanding tribute, and an acknowledgment of Persian supremacy,. and raised a considerable force, determining to enforce the claim. Futteh Khan im mediately repaired thither with about 15,000 men, having , authority from Mahmood to exercise such measures of severity towards Hajee Feroz (whose conduct had long been questionable and suspicious), as circumstances should be found to warrant; his former injurious treatment of his brother, Mahmood, when in flight and adversity, being also to be borne in recollection, an injury that rankled in Mahmood's mind. During this period, the breach between the Shah and his Vuzeer, the Mookhtyar-00-Dowlah, which had long existed, was widening daily, and on the return of the latter from Cashmere matters came to an extremity ; Mahmood, who had been all this time a prisoner in Caubul, effected his escape in a com motion that occurred in the city fomented by the Vuzeer, who now proclaimed Prince Kyser as King at Caubul, and finally the Shah having returned to Peshawur, an action ensued,. in March, 1808, in Which the Mookhtyar-00-Dowlah was slain, and Kyser com pelled to seek safety in flight. The Meer Wee; who had been left at Caubul, on hearing of the death of his friend, released all the captive Princes, and endeavoured to raise a party against the Shah, who advanced speedily on Caubul, and compelled him, together with Kyser, to fly to the Kohistan ;- the latter soon afterwards came in and was once more pardoned, but the Meer Waez was subse quently slain by the Shah's command. Mahmood, who after his flight had been speedily joined by the restless Futteh Khan, was enabled by the assistance of that chief to raise a force and gain possession of Candahar, the Shah speedily marched against them, and in an action that ensued, they were completely defeated, and once more driven to flight. The Shah took possession of Candahar without fur ther opposition, and then returned through Scinde tb Peshawur, which he reached in January, 1809. -Im mediately after which the British mission - *arrived there. Soon after this, news was received of the defeat of Vuzeer Akram. Khan in Cashmere, and the destruc tion of his force ; and he himself arrived shortly after with the remnants of his army. In the meantime the indefatigable Futteh Khan had been recruiting his shattered forces, and hid at last succeeded in once more collecting a formidable army, and enlisting a considerable number of the Dooranie chiefs misfile side of Mahmood, with whom he entered Caubul, in April, 1809, and took possession of the place. Had they then pushed on at once to Peshawur, Shah Soojah would have been unable to offer any resistance, but the camp was distracted by dis sensions, and several disturbances occurred, origifrating chiefly in the animosity between Futteh Khan and Meer Allum Khan Noorzye, which ended in the for mer persuading Mahmood to seize Meer Allum in the Durbar, and throw him into confinement; and, finally Futteh Khan caused him to be put to death, in re- venge for the indignities he had received from him when under his charge at Candahar. This measure he car= vied into effect on the march to meet Shah Soojah, when his resentment was probably heightened by his fear of the Noorzye chief joining that monarch. Sub sequent to the transactions at Candahar, an apparent reconciliation had taken place between the two par ties, and the Barukzye chief had even gone the length of giving his sister in marriage to Meer Allum. After the murder of that chief, his wife threw herself at her brother's feet, and asked why be had destroyed her husband ? " What !" he replied, have you more regard for your husband than your brother's honour! Look at my broken teeth, and know that the insult is now avenged. If you are in grief for the loss of a husband, I'll marry you to a mule driver." An incident sufficiently illustrative of the feelings of this wild people. The delay caused by these dissensions enabled Shah Soojah, aided by his Vuzeer, to collect and equip a very respectable force of about 15,000 men, with which he advanced towards Caubul in the month of June. Futteh Khan hastened to meet him with a force very inferior in numbers, amounting only to about 3,000 men. lie encountered the Shah's ad vance at Neemlah, near Gundamuck, and, falling upon them unexpectedly and boldly, dispersed them imme diately • and, following up his success, defeated thC whole force in detail, the Shah being compelled to fly and seek refuge amongst the Khyberies, and the Vuzeer being slain in the action. • Mahmood, who had accompanied the army, re turned to Caubul in triumph ; and Futteh Khan was appointed Vuzeer. But affairs were not yet settled ; the murder of Meer Allum Khan had caused, great disaffection amongst many of the nobles, including all those of the Noorzye tribe, and a yarty was formed at Candahar, headed by Abdoolah h.han, the father of Meer Allum. Here all the discontented nobles gathered to a point ; and Prince Eyoob, a younger brother of Mahmood, who was left in charge of that province, being unable to oppose, joined with them ;. and finally Shah Soojah himself arrived, and put him self at their, head. Futteh Khan lost no time in hastening to encounter this party; and the two armies met near Candahar in the end of October, 1809. Futteh Khan's force was much inferior in numbers, but his courage and talent compensated for this evil. He had' already commenced . his in trigues in the enemy's camp; and just as the action was about to commence, one of their principal chiefs, Saloo Khan Ishakzye, went over to Mahmood's side ; this unexpected act of treachery created great confusion in Soojah's camp, of which mo ment to Tw v g ijo e c , rtco l e ) r o , : , downaen,iestablishedp u t o n th t e h m e Futteh Kh an qu i c kl y availing himself, seized the hole his oemm Mahmood p y l e at firmly lr t yi h n e lt yo h ea tohe on whole coun t ry, w i t h the excep tion of Cashmere, was brought i n t o su bj ect i on. t ro h of e i uth h is rone, and the Mahmood now gave himself up to indolence and en joyment, leaving everything in the hands of his Vu zeer, whose talent and exertions soon brought affair; into a more promising state of order. One of his earliest and principal objects was the reduction of Cashmere, which, still remain unsub dried under the Government of Atta Mahumiriud Khan, who not only resisted himself, but, incited and assisted Shah Soojah to undertake two other attempts to recover the throne, in both of which, however, he signally failed. Runjeet Sing, the ruler in the Punjaub, had already commenced, on a small scale, his system of encroach ments on the Doorahie possessions lying eastward of the Indus, and a series of petty hostilities were carried on between the two nations ; but Futteh Khan, who was anxious to enlist the services of the Seiks, and secure a passage for his troops by 'he most accessible route through '.the Punjaub, proposed a truce. Accordingly, in the close o ithe year 1812, an interview took place at Je lum between the Vuzeer and the Seik monarch, luring which the former was attended by eighteen of lis brothers. Some of them strongly advised the assassination of the Seik ; and one of them, it is said, tendered his services by a sign, during the meeting. This, however, did not suit the policy of Futteh Khan, and the interview terminated amicably, in an agreement, on the part of Futteh Khan, to make over nine lacks of rupees from the revenue of Cashmere to Runjeet Sing, in conside ration for which, the latter accorded a free passage to the Affghan troops by the route of Bheemour and the Peer Pupal range, and agreed to co-operate in another direction, with a force of 10,000 men under the command of his Dewan, Molt= Chund, ()gem= tions were immediately commenced, and in the begin ing of the following year Futteh Khan made himself , waster of the whole vallep before the arrival of his w Futteh Khan accordingly advanced to Herat, and having previously alloyed Feroz's suspicions, and se duced the prindipal Khans in that prince's court, he made himself master of his person, and took pos session of the city in Mahmood's name. 'He then sent a refusal of tribute, and a bold defiance to the Persians, and made his prepara tions for meeting them in "the field. In his con duct towards Hajee Feroz, however, he appears not only to have exceeded his instructions, but to have been guilty of unpardonable outrage towards the bro ther of his sovereign ; he not only seized all his wealth, but allowed his zenana to be violated, his brother Dost Mahomed having entered the women's apartments, plundered all their valuables, and it is said, personally insulted Feroz's daughter-in-law, in attempting to cut a bunch of pearls off a part of her dress. Hussan Allee Mirza, on receiving the reply of Futteh Khan, marched towards Herat with 14,000 men, and the Vuzeer proceeded also to encounter him. The two armies came in sight of each other at Kah • reeze on the 25th May, 1818, and the skirmishers were soon engaged. Hussan Allee doffed his Royal apparel for that of a common trooper, but Futteh Khan, dressed all in black, and mounted on• hes famous charger, was conspicuous in front of hiS troops., The Per sians had eight guns and two hundred camel swivels, the Affghans four gulls and one hundred swivels. Previous to commencing the. action, overtures were made for an adjustment, but failed The battle be gan with a distant fire of artiller, when the Affghan cavalry; headed by Sh ere Dil, I(ohun Dil, and Poor Dil Khans, brothers of the Vuzeer, charged furiously on the Persian li ne , w hich .threw them into confu sion ,ptrhiae the greater him partsel fben the,o i f, troops gave way and fled, the g Aamongst the number. A portion of the Persian infantry, however, held their ground under a gallant old Sirdar, Zulfacur Khan, and the fire of their musketry checked the Affghan cavalry. At this moment Futteh Khan was struck by a -spent ball, and fell on his horse's neck ; the report spread that he - was. .killed, and a panic seizing the troops, they fled from the field. Futteh Khan, however, quickly, recovered him self, and maddened at the idea of having victory thus snatched •from his grasp, essayed his ut most to rally his men and lead them on again, but in vain, and he had noulternative left but to retreat with them to Herat. Both, sides claimed the victory, and Meshed and. Herat were. severally illuminated in con sequence ; the field certainly remained with the Per sians, but the real advantages were with the Affghans, as the Vuzeer gained, his objects, refused the tribute, and having encountered the Persians, compelled them to retire .without it,. He further strengthened the western frontier, and brought the whole of this part of the country into subjection, and a much more or derly state, and rendered Herat more decidedly an integral part of the kingdom. The reign of Mahmood notwithstanding- his own incompetency, had so far been prosperous owing to the energy and talent of the Vuzeer who had the entire management of affairs, a power which he ap pears to have used with great moderation under the circumstances; the chief advantage he ob tained was that of providing for his brothers, amongst whom he distributed the governments of the different provinces, as the surest mode of securing his own power and family influence. He appears throughout to have evinced no want of respect or allegiance to his Sovereign, who seemed satisfied with the title, pa geantry, and luxuries of royalty. Mahmood was, however, much annoyed with Futteh Khan's conduct towards Hajee Feroz, the more so as he received no share of the spoil except a few horses, the Vuzeer re taining the greater part himself, or distributing it amongst his followers. Dost Mahommed, however, secured a large share, with which he fled to Peshawur rather than account to his brother for it. Whilst Mahmood was in this frame of mind, Ram ran, who hated and feared Futteh Khan, and had long objected to his influence, worked upon his father's fears, insinuating alarm at the growing power of the Vuzeer, and got himself deputed to Herat to watch his conduct; from this he wrote to Mahmood that Futteh Khan was in reality King, and proposed put ting him out of the way, to which the king replied, leaving it to his discretion. Kamran resided in a summer palace near the town, and Futteh Khan went daily, as a matter of duty and respect, to make his salaam to his master's son and heir. He was frequently warned by his friends of Kainran's enmity and evil designs, but he could not bring himself to believe that either he or his father could prove so ungrateful or so insane as to injure him to whom they owed everything, and who alone was capable of keeping them on the throne. Before long, however, Kamran's plans were concerted, and when Futteh Khan came one morning as usual, he found the Prince surrounded by all the chiefs in his interest, at the head or whom was Atta Mohummud Khan Noorzye, a kinsman of Meer Allum Khan, whose death he panted to avenge. As previously con certed, the conversation turned on the recent action with the Persians, and the Vuzeer was taunted with his flight. Sarcasms were bandied about, and Ram ran himself assailed him with having disgraced the Affghan name. Futteh Khan replied indignantly that Kamran hardly required to be reminded of what the sword of Futteh Khan had done both for and against him. The Prince, enraged, gave the word, the Vuzeer was seized, and on a sign from Kamran, Atta Mohummud Khan thrust the point of his dagger into the eyes of his enemy. He was then thrown into confinement, and fearing that the dagger h a d not comp l ete d it s wor k, hi s eyes were inhumanly torn from their sockets. His brother Koor Dil were also seized end imprisoned. Sh ere Dil an d Ko and his nephew Ameen-001-Moolk, hun Dil Khans , to Grishk. With the friends of the Vuzeer, escaped Kamran then victim with him repaired to Candahar carrying his and there tortured him to extort money. Futteh X han ' s mother o ff ere d a l ac o f rupees to save her son's life but the Vuzeer desired her to as money and life would both be taken and he .set no store upon existence. The result of conduct was t o d r i ve th e whole of the Bi give att rmu kr n az o n ; , h , es i brothers into open rebellion, and Mahmood then discovered h ow h e l p l ess h e was a lone. Instead of exerting himself he lingered at Candahar, whilst Mahommud Dost . Mahom , Khan, availing himself of this in activity, and being j o i ne d by two other brothers, raised a force and threat ene d C au b u l . Mahmood now sent the - gurr;ion in th a t c it y , accom panied by Atta Ma- Jehanguire (Kamran's son) to relieve h a om fo t r i c d e ‘ K u i n ia d n er liaumee zye. Post Mahommud made ov ertures to the l atter, stat i ng th a t reveuge on the Suddozyes was their only object, and that if he would side with them, they would instal him as Governor of Caubul. Atta Alahommud allowed himself to be gulled, and his defection dishearted the royalists. Caubul fell into Post Mahommud's hands, but Je hanguire escaped ; Atta Mahommud reaped the re ward of his tre ac h ery, b e i ng se i ze d an d blinded by Dort Mahommud, who then appointed Sooltaun Ma. hommud Khan (a son of Prince Eyoob) as Governor of Caubul i which appointment he had held before, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBEIt 26, 1842. Mahmood and Kamran now moved out from Canda bar to oppose Dost Mahommud, leaving Gool Ma hommud Khan in charge of Candahar. As soon as they had marched Rehim Dil and Kohun Dil moved from Grishk ith two or three thousand men and put them-elves between the army and the city, and Gool Mahommud Khan, beings ummoned to do so, agreed to surrender to which ever party gained the day. In the meantime Mahmood's and Dost Mahommud's forces approached each other; the latter was vastly inferior in numbers, but he trusted to intrigue and the regard borne by the royal troops to Futteh Khan ; the two armies remained opposite to each other for ten days, the royal troops being daily weakened by desertions to the more popular side. Mahmood fearful of further disaffection, assembled his Sirdars to coun cil in the open plain, and ordered Futteh Khan to be brought before him, when the last scene of this tra gedy was enacted. Blind and bound he was led before that Court where he had so lately been absolute ; Mahmood taunted him with his crimes, but express ing his desire to save further effusion of blood, de sired him to use his influence with his rebel brothers, promising to restore them to power and their respective governments if they would return to their allegiance. " You offer what is gone from you," replied Futteh Khan, " and what has a blind man to do with power ? Before you deprived Futteh Khan of sight, you should have secured the authority in the hands of his kinsmen. Do you act as you deem best to quell the storm you have raised. I wash my hands of all consequences, and will abide my fate." Mahmood enraged at his obstinacy gave the last order for his death, and this gallant chief was then literally cut to pieces by the nobles of the Court, for many had blood feuds or personal injuries to revenge ; limb from limb and joint from joint were deliberately lopped away, his nose and ears were cut off, nor had the vital spark fled until the head was separated from the mangled trunk. Futteh Khan endured these cruel tortures without a sigh, he stretched out his different limbs to those who thirsted for his blood, and exhi bited the same careless indifference, the same reckless contempt for his own life that he had so often shown for that of others. The bloody remnants of this un fortunate man were gathered in a cloth and sent to Ghuznee where they were interred. Notwithstanding the part taken by these Sirdars in this cruel murder, Mahmood distrusted their alle giance, and haunted by his fears of their treachery and the vengeance of his foes, he and Kamran stealthily fled from the camp on the second night after this fatal tragedy, accompanied by only a few fol lowers, and deserting an army far more numerous than that of the enemy, opposed to them, they gave up all chance of the thron e f or ever , anti fled to Herat. When this event was made known in the astonished camp, they broke up, some followed the fugitive monarch to Herat, others joined Dost Mahommud Khan and his brothers, who returned to Caubul. Candahar was ceded to the Grishk brothers by Gool Mahommud according to his agreement. Mahomed Azeem Khan, full brother to Futteh Khan, and next in seniority, had, as already stated, been left in charge of the Government of Cashmere. As soon as he heard of the cruel treatment of Kam ran towards his brother, he marched with a strong force to revenge this injury, leaving his half-brother Jubbar Khan, Governor of the province. Before his arrival at Caubul, however, he heard of the flight of Mahmood, which rendered any further measures un necessary. Azeem Khan objected to the nomination of Sooltaun Mahomed Sudozye to the government, and counselled Dost Mahomed to destroy him ; the latter considered his honour engaged, and would not undertake the office, but he fled or feigned to fly from Caubul allowing his brother to take possession of the city and work out his own plans. Azeem Khan did not find it necessary to resort to force ; he persuaded a brother of Sooltaun Mahommud, by a promise of the succession, to assassinate him, and this fratricide in turn by the operation of the same system fell a victim to an uncle of his own ; the latte r , A zeem Khan contrived to frighten into flight, and thus he remained master of Caubul. His brothers, Shere Dil, Poor Dil, Rehem Dil, Koltun Dil, Meer Dil, and Noor Dil Khan, established a sort of fraternal union, and assumed the government of Candahar. Another brother, Sultan Mahommud Khan, was ap pointed to the government of Peshawur, Summud Khan to that of Jell a l a b a d, an d Dost Mahomed wa. nominated to that of Ghuznee but returned to Cauhul, and resided c hi e fly w ith his eldest brother. Azeem Khan now took the extraordinary step of recalling Shah Soojah, who was in exile, a pensioner on the British Government at Loodiana ; the Shah accord ingly hastened to Peshawur as invited, but contrived immediately to give offence to all the Barukzyes by a premature display of authority and pride. Azeem Khan then determined to place the younger , brother, Eyoob, on the throne, who solicited the favour in the humblest terms, asking only for the title and emblems of royalty, and offering to resign all power ,to Azeem Khan as his Vuzeer. His conditions were accepted, nor did he ever titer exhibit any wish to infringe the terms. He was accordingly installed on the musnud, and the unfortunate Soojah again driven to seek refuge, in Hindostan. Runjeet Sing- had during these dis. turbances availed himself of the circumstances to the full extent. When Futteh Khan had proceeded to Herat in 1818, he seized the opportunity of attacking Mooltan with an overpowierng force; and after a long and most desperate defence, in which the Go vernor Nawab Mozeffur Khan, with his .two sons was slain, that city fell into his hands on the 31st of May. Leia Debra Ismael Khan and Debra Gazee Khan followed in succession, and at last, when Azeem Khan marched from Cashmere taking the flower of his troops with him, Runjeet seized the opportunity of the garrison being so much weakened, assembled his best and trustiest corps, made a forced march upon the valley, surprised the Affghans, and notwithstanding the exertions of Jubbar Khan, made himself master of the capital on the sth July, 1819, and thus added this valuable province to his dominions, to which it has ever since remained annexed. Not contented with this, he followed up the blow, as if determined to afford the Affghans the fullest conviction of his power and superiority, by fording the Attock, driving the Affghans opposed to him back upon Peshawur, to which city he advanced, and re ceived the submission of the inhabitants. So weakened and divided at the time was the Affghan Government, if such it could be called, that they were compelled to submit to this humiliation without the means of redressing it; but in 1823, when the power of the Baruirzyes had become some what more consolidated, Runjeet again crossed the Indus. Azeem Khan advanced with his force from Caubul to meet him. Contrary to the advice of Dost Mahomed, he made a forced and fatiguing mareh from Peshawur, expecting to he joined by his brother, Summud Khan, who had been sent on with a small force' to raise the Kuttuck and Euzufzye tribes, but on arriving at the ground, h e f oun d b ot h his allies and the Seiks on the opposite side of the Caubul river, at a place called Nowshero. An obsti nate action ensued between these two, whilst he was compelled to be merely a witness, being unable to cross the stream. The Seiks had the advantage of numbers and discipline, but the Affghans appeared as i‘ Gliazee" or champions of their faith, and fought with the most desperate fury, at one time the Seiks began to waver, but the personal conduct of Runjeet decided the day, he seized the standard of his body guard and led them to the point of contest, a height from which they had been three times driven back ;, this measure decided the day, the Affghans rushed madly on, but the discipline of the Seiks, encouraged by the presence of their Monarch, prevailed, and the day was gained, after a fearful slaughter of the Aff ghans. Had Azeem Khan been able to cross the river there can be little doubt but that the result would have been widely different. As soon as the day was decided, he retreated to cover his treasure and bag gage which was in the rear. Dost Mahomed, how ever, covered the retreat, and brought off the guns and camp equipage. This action decided the fate of Peshawur, which has ever since paid an annual tribute to the Seik Durbar, and is now one of the province s , o f th a t kingdom. _ _ _ homed Khan was allowed to retain the government as , a tributary; such, however, was his degradation, that at the interview between the Governor-General and Runjeet, in 1838, he was compelled to attend at the Lahore Durbar to swell that monarch's train. The Scindians threw off the yoke during the absence of any power to compel their tribute. The King of Bokhara possessed himself of Balk, and several wilder and more distant districts maintained entire inde pendence. Shere Dil and his brothers maintained a separate government at Candahar ; and Herat, though deprived of its most valuable adjacent provinces, re mained in the hands of Mahmood, and consequently of his son Kamran. During this convulsion, the puppet king, Eyoob, fled from Caubul to Lahore, where he remained a pensioner until his death. The only one of the Barukzye brothers who has exhibited any talent for governing, since the death of Azeem Khan, is Dost Mahomed ; his rule was tolerably equitable, and his provinces in the best order of any in the country; and although, on assuming the autho rity of the Sirdarship, his position was a difficult and precarious one, he managed by degrees to consolidate his power and add to the extent of his possessions. He made himself securely master of Ghuznee and Jellalabad, to the governments of which he appointed his brothers, Ameen Khan and Jubbar Khan. On the death of the former, he bestowed the situation on his own son, Hyder Khan. His eldest son, Meer Ufzal Khan held the government of the adjoint dis tricts of Zoormut ; Azeem Khan had charge of Bamean and the Hezarah country ; and a son of Ameer Khan had 'that of the Kohi3tan. Jubbar Khan subsequently returned to Caubul, and Dost Mahomed appointed his favourite son, Mahomed Akbar Khan, who has since become so fatally known to the European community, to the government of Jellalabad, and constituted him chief of the Ghilzies. Attached to Sultan Mahomed's Government at Pesha wur, were two others of his family, his own uterine brothers, Peer Mohamed Khan and Saeed Mahomed Khan, who were entrusted with the petty govern ments of Hushtnuggur and Kohat, dependent on Peshawur. At Candahar the tyranny and exactions of the dif ferent brothers had reduced the country to the lowest possible ebb of pove r ty an d m i sery . The chief pos sessions attached to the province were the Barukzye patrimony of Grishk, and the province of Zeminde war. They were engaged in constant hostilities with Mahmood and Kamran at Herat, and frequently under apprehensions of Persian invasion. It was only on such occasions that anything like, family re gard or relations was exhibited between them and their brother at Caubul, who, although separated by counter interests and jealousies, always declared his readiness to assist them against any foreign invasion ; and in 1834, when Candahar was invaded by Shah Soojah, and they were besieged in the city, Dost Mahomed, although threatened on his own frontier by the Seiks, hastened with a force to their assistance, and saved Candahar by defeating Shah Soojiii The number of the Candahar Sirdars was finally reduced to Rehim Dil, Kohun Dil, and Meer Dil, who, on the capture of Candahar by the British troops in 1839, sought refuge at the Court of Persia, where they have since remained. Having brought this memoir up to the date of our invasion, and described the state of affairs at that pe riod, it is unnecessary to follow out the detail of events that followed that occurrence; suffice it to al lude to the capture of Ghuznee, the flight of Dost Mahomed from Argundah, the occupation of Caubul, the victory over the Ameer at Bameean, supported by the Wullee of Kooloom, and his surrender after the affair at Purwundarr a h ; since which period he has been in honourable captivity in Hindostan, rendered lately more constrained owing to the state of affairs at Caubul. Mahomed Akbar Khan ' his favourite son, has lately earned a name of infamy by his assassina tion of the British Envoy, and the share he bore in the treacherous destruction. of our force last winter, that bids fair to be handed down with execration to posterity. _ _ _ _ - He is now a wretched fugitive in the rohistan, with every probability of being brought to the felon's death he so richly merits. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COURSING. TARLTON MEETING, DEC. 19 AND 20. The Bank Hall Cup was won by Mr. Slater's Sandy, the Tarleton Puppy Cup by . Mr. Jenkinson's Tory, the Gold Snuff-box by Mr. King's Bloomsbury, the Radcliffe Hall Stakes by Mr—Wood's Dart, the - Bietherton Puppy Stakes by Mr. Brown's Fogo, and the Craven*Stakes by Mr Wood's Doctor. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. York and Ainsty hds, Tues 4 Street House Th., Bransby ; •Sat., Skipwith Common-104. Earl of Harewood's hds., Wed., Shadwell Fri., Wighill. • ~ Mr. Watson's hds., Fri., WiddringtQn Hildyard's harrs., Wed.,. Citrltonr . Guille Post ; Fri , Stainton Eddlethorpe hds., Wed., Lobster House Th., Birdsall House. Sinnington 'hds., Tuesn., Botby; Bedale hds.,Wed., Sleningfiird Park ; ' Fri., Wynyard hds., Th., Holyforth•House. Cleveland hds., Th., Kildale—m * Harworth hds., Tues., Killerby.; Th., Eirklevington ; Sat., Entercomnion-104. • . _ • Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., Clot louse; Th., Wind mill, Hutton Moor-104. - • Lord Gitford's hds., Wed., Aldsvvorth; Sat., 6th -Mile stone on the Cirencester and Malmsbury- roa . Lord Redesdale's hds., - Wed., Tangley ; Fri., Addle strop -gate ; Sat., Kiddington-gate. Berkshire hds.,Wed., Combe-wood ; Fri., B esse l s l e i g h. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Bucknell,. COW•COMM9II Th., Menmarsh Guide-post ; Sat., Trafford-bridge. Mr. Morrell's hds., Wed., Woodstock ; Fri., Ensham. Thirteenth Dragoon Stag hds., Th., Whatfield-11. Tivyside hds., Fri., Cenarth-bridge-10. Essex Stag hds., Tues., Moreton-hill-12. • - Norfolk lids., Wed., Thirning ; Fri., Bodham=-104. Hambledon hds., Wed., Barn-green; Fri., Place House —lO4. H. H., Tues., the Chequers, Ropley ; Th., Abbot s d on Down ; Sat., Herriard-common-104. The English labourer toils continually, and the cases are few in which there is not some job to attend to even on the Sabbath. We give up the old boast that an Englishman can beat two Frenchmen ; but we maintain that he will grow more wheat than six Tuscans. What nonsense then to talk about the necessity of a reduction of wages. " But then," cry the monopolists, " you f orge t our enormous national debt, the interest of which swallows up annually so many millions of revenue. How are we to pay that without protection ?" Now, we remember all this very well. Let as ask in re turn bow does Richard Cobden and the manufac turers contrive to compete with other nations, and yet pay their share of the debt ? They want no protection; and yet in a country which produces no raw silk, it is a thousand times a greater miracle to produce a cheap silk dress than a cheap bushel o f w h ea t. W e want no protection for our manufactures, yet they pay largely towards defraying the interest of the national debt. We seek no protection for our commerce, and yet our ships pay more towards the interest of our debt than our acres. But the whole system of monopoly is a fallacy—a system for the plunder of the Do-Iverythings to maintain for ever in luxurious idleness the Do-Nothings.--Hull Advertiser. EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION AND PERSEVERANCE. —We have this week to record a feat of extra ordinary perseverance, so rare indeed, that we much doubt whether its parallel can be found. On the 19th of November last, a person of the name of Thomas Wressel, aged 63, died at Wisbeaeh, in the county of Cambridge, and previous to his demise he expressed a wish to his only sister, who resided with him, that his remains should be interred in the churchyard at Clarborough, near Retford, at which place be had formerly lived, and where his mother and some of his family had been interred. With astonishing resolution the sister resolved upon fulfilling his last injunctions, and set forth with the remains of her brother in a donkey cart. The distance between Wisbeach and Clarborough Azeem Khan never recovered this disgrace ; he re- is ninety-seven miles. During the journey the coffin, tired to Caubul, and died very shortly after : his which projected from behind the cart, was Covered brother,. Summud Khan, expiring a few days before with a ragged coverlet, upon which the dejected sister him. On his death-bed, he bequeathed all his trea- sat. At length, after being eleven days on the road, sures to his son, Hubeeb Oolah Kh an , amount i ng to the funeral procession reached Cl ar b oroug h on t h e 2d of December, and the body l a y, as it bad travelled in about three crores of rupees, an d c h arge d hi m to wipe off the stain on his pare n t' s memory, an d to the cart, in an outhous e o f one o f t h e v i llage inns, carry fire and sword into th e P un j au b . Hi s d eat h until Sunday, Decemb er 4, w h en t h e l ast r i tes of the church were perform e d over i t b y the Rev. W. R. was the signal for a scen e o f f am il y content i on. Wheu Hubeeb Oolah would have assumed his po- Sharpe, curate; and after its long transit, it was com sition as heir to his father, Dost Mahomed resisted mitted to its last earthly resting-place. The woman herself was not attired in d ecen t mourn i ng , b ut read i ly him, declaring that he hi mse lf won t h e Si r d ars hi p o f Caubul, and that though h e h a d b een i n d uce d t o re - paid the fun era l expenses , an d expressed her determi sign it to his elder brother, it now reverted to him by nation to return to Wisbeach by the conveyance in right ; and he raised a strong party to support his which she had come, in order to dispose of some little claim. For some days Caubul was an arena of strife Property there, preparatory to residing at Clarbo between the uncle and nephew, but the talent of the rough ; so that she may be sure of laying her bones former preponderated over the wealth of the latter. beside his bones, and that the kindred dust of' the Share Dil Khan, anxious to try his own chance of family may commingle together, until the-trump of ultimately gaining the ascendant, accepted an invite- the Archangel shall summon them to meet the Lord, tion from Hubeeb Oolah to come to his assistance, in the air. The woman is sixty years of age, and but seeing how affairs stood, he privately made party the remains of her brother were only placed in a with his brother, Dost Mohom e d, treacherously per- single coffin, although he had been dead for the long suaded the nephew to have an interview with the period of fifteen days ere the earth received back its latter, with the view to a compromise, during which own. Nottingham Journal. lie was seized and imprisoned. SINGULAR ROBBERY OF: STOLEN PROPERTY.—A Shere Dil and Dost Mohamed now came to issue bag containing the sum of 851. in notes and coin, the regarding their p r i ze , an d f oug h t i n t h e streets of property of the stewards of the Ruby, was stolen from Caubul for several d a y s runnin g . At last several the cabin of that vessel, at Gravesend, on Saturday other s o f th e b ro th ers h av i ng arrived, they were in- se'nnight. No traces could be found either of the box duced to com e t o t erms . Sher e Dil returned to Can- or the thief, and the disconsolate owners had given up dahar with the greater part of the treas ure l e f t b y all thoughts of ever recovering their l os t t reasure. - Azeem Khan, and Dost Mahomed retained the go- On Wednesday se'nnight it was discovered, with its vernment of Caubul and the adjoining p rov i nces, contents untouohed, amongst the ashes h ea p e d up i n a which he continued to hold until dispossessed by the coal barge. It appears that on the night of the rob- British Go v ernme n t i n 1839. This state of anarchy bery, the Ruby was moored alongside the said barge, and confusion led to the entire dismemberment of the and the robber, fearful of detection, had buried his Dooranie empire, founded by Ahmed Shah. P es h a - ' plunder mopot the rubbish, until he' could find an wur, as already stated, was reduced to complete vas- i cippcir tun ity of conveying it away in salage to the Seik Durbar t although Soo i *lta44 M. culprit has not yet been diseoveTed, MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The fallowing are the results of " A Table of Mortality is the Metropolis, slowing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending Dec. 17, 1842." The Table As issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1838-9-40-1 Total. our Four Autumns IYears Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 163 19 0 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 164 140 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration i.)seases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c ' Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c l2 15 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 6 6 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat llO 106 1 04 0 1 . d Age, or Natural Decay Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem perance Causes not specified 3 8 ' Deaths from all causes - Average Weekly Deaths 912 912 Population Average Deatl:s enu- Weekly in merated Deaths the 1641. 18:3s-9-40-1. Wee' West—Kensington, St. George r----"-----1 ( Hanover-square), Westmin- Four I Four ster, St. Martin in the Fields, Ye rs.lAuttimus. St. James 300,705 135 131 147 North—St. Mary-le•bone, St 190 Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 161 Central—Saint Giles and Saint CAUSES OF DEATH. DISTRILTS. George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don, West London, City of London 373,806 188 185 182 East—Shoreditch,Whitechape , Bethnal Green, St. George _24 in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392;49; 206 20 7 -- South—St Saviour, St. Olave, St. George( Southwark ),Ber mondsey, Newington, Lam beth, Camberwell, Bother hitlae, Greenwich .........„ 438,060 221 228 223 It is slated thatT Total l er the tel;Bm7osl7e2tr7 19 2 op 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of e z,.. don with and without the walls, the City and Libertlfs " Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Ille'rt. ahtl- "' and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Ket olis are Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea, C09,113;62.02 _9610 din ton, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. LeoliardaZi ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The poloulnc:, „,i enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June d 1,870,727. The weekly a v erage for'lB3B, 1838 * 18- w . -1- 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four rar -208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING Dec. 10. Dee. 17. b 5 O by" 36 37 43 0 22, 1842. Hi g hest Lowest . Daily Mean .... General Register Office, Dec On the 16th inst. a man named Bourdin at the Assizes of La Bourbon-Vendee for the murder of his wife, by whom she had a family of four __ A CT dren. He had been living for some time unhaT s 4 with her, and had criminal relations with their fe servant. The evidence was so strong that it West; • possible for the criminal to escape punishment, 111 2," b i i had also confessed his crime. From the day "' to arrest to his trial, he had simulated insanity, but wiz . , before the Tribunal be abandoned this course, a s fended himself with great coolness. He was • guilty and condemned to death. was tried The Rhone, a Lyons jo urn al, relates that a rich and avaricious widow, named Gayet, living in a house of of her own, at the Guillotiere, and who was a tad coquette, although o f th e r i pe age o f 55, enale b y suicide a few days ago, in c onsequ ence of having .l her lover, and, at the same time, from disa at not receiving a l a r ge i n h er it anc e which she, long been expecting. Sh e h a d d es troyed herse lf suffocation, and w as no t di scovere d f o r severs , day" Her cat also lay de a d by h er s id e , b u t had previels I devoured a part of her mi s t ress ' s face. ppoiatinehad LEEDS SAVINGS BANK.—We have much pleasure in requesting public attention to the continued Pr es . parity of the Leeds, Skyrac ' and Morley Saving of Bank. At the forty-ninth half-yearly the Trustees and Directors, held on the 19th jest s! '" it was ascertained by the accounts that since the eon; mencement of that valuable Institution 19,534 per 3d•, have paid into the bank the sum of 743,9181. O s ' ' 4 . 1 ; 0 and have, as their occasions required, withdraw" sum of 622,8451. 3s. The interest money withdraw bears a very small proportion to the interest scc e# mulated, and, including such accumulation, there rf mains the sum of 232,2681: I ls. 10d. at the dispos meeting of the present depositors.—Leeds Mercury. ca • CHRISTMAS „ p i GAIETY. The gaiety that w Lp o supreme at thii jocund period of the yeat, friends and lovers congregate at the social board, ° whirl in the giddy mazes of the dance, renders at strict attention to the toilet more desirable fiial, .other periods. It- is, then, at this gay time that ","." .virtues and singularly happy properties of Rowlan d .Kalydor and Rowland's 'Macassar Oil shine li eminent in their powers, and the white and swan neck, no less than the richluxuriant tress, forth hal ) N trophies of their inestimable* powers. As approp riate . presents, therefore, to the ladies, they claim pecul iar attention. ST. JAMES'S, W EST MI NSTER .--- Mr. - P e t er Le Quainter, formerly of ,Piccadilly, who di ed in the year. 1783, left the residue of his personal estate, s ine _ invested in.the purchase of 8,785/. ss. 9d. Old Souti !. Sea Annuities, to the 'Rector 'and Churchwardens. Sou th this ,parish fOr the time being, upon trust that terest, dividends, and proceeds thereof be yearly I!.e s d j . every year for ever at Christmas equally divided, di tributed, and - given 'unto and amongst 20 peerl' e fi sons, who were or had been housekeepers in the say parish of St. James, Westminster, and such as t" • Rector and Churchwardens, and the other gentleine;l for the time being composing the vestry of the Om. parish, should deem to be proper objects, and the wo. deserving to partake of the same. According to snot!: the in: custom, the distribution of this munificent beque7 amounting to 2631. 1 ls. 2d., was made by the Ree t° nt : instant: Churchwardens, and Vestrymen, on the 21st when twenty persons coming within the terms ,?,,f rit testator's will, some of whom were once in amt h circumstances and possessed large houses in the received their shares of the bounty, being 13/. 3s• each. be THE GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW PAYILION.""-T.Av walls of this great building are now up, the to to receive the roof. A little accident occurreu_4o. other day, which we should not have deemed w o k of of notice, but we see by the London Stan 4 . Thursday, that it is to be made to convey the iiar e .i t, sion, that, " from the slight manner in which it is 2 i t the remaining part is far from safe." It seems u“ a rti . piece of stone, forming the cornice, had been left p jecting too far over th e wa ll, an d some brick work ill% this overweighted it, and caused it to fall, with al it o f of the brickwork ; which, falling upon the putlocks., the scaffolding, which were inserted in the wallbehi'o7 forced them out, in doing which they split a 1 1 °. i rtj „ t ; of the wall. This was the extent of the aeclut ra which will doubtless be magnified by the Tory P a y to of this day. It is one which might have occurre_nd the strongest wall ever erected. The wall la of jti-k~ bricks, very substantially built, and 18 inches in Pli a s ness ; and there is no upper floor to support' t wo merely the roof. which wilt also be supported by itir , ranges of iron columns, 16 in number, cast by Fairburn, there need be no apprehension on this sco re- We learn, however, that a 3 some industrious attem p ts have been Italie to misrepresent the nature of the jilt,. eident, and to cast doubts on the stability of the I) , u t he ing, competent parties are-engaged to superintenul it safety of the structure ; and that, when completeu.'eo will be surveyed by a practical engineer, with a,v l „,, to have his report to its stability .---Manchester dian. eat We hear that it is in contemplation by the Pr il es k e Admitalty Board, in the ensuing spring, t° " -ja b-- some considerable alteration in the present establisp, ment`of the different ordinary Guard Ships, b Y,,„ e n ge deavouring, if possible, to do away with the exile of of one of the ships at each port—allowing the nag the' Rear-Admiral-Superintendent , to be hoisted ifer the Sheers in the Dockyard, as is the case with et i u nations; If this arra ngemen t i s ac t e d on, w e 2ja y begin to think the T or i es h ave some id ea s of econetni. -Hampshire Independent. BIR TB S On the 22d inst., at Chester-place, . the lady of Thomas Web ster, Esq., of a son. On the 22d inst., at Cheltenh am , th e l a dy o f the B el ;2 1 11; Gascoyne, Mickleton Vicarage, Gloucestershire, of I.- s°ll ' born. of EA" On the 24th inst., the lady o f John. Greenwoo d, Beaufoy-terrace, Maida-vale, of a son. of On the 24th inst., the wife of Th omas C. Renshaw , E s q . ' Lincoln's Inn, of a laughter. ' ' MARIED. .„, o r eetf On the 10,h inst., Mr. F rederick Cowell, Of tug" - ;„, / , of Southwark, to Mary, widow of the late Mr. John lien s ' — Bouverie. street, Fleet-street. On the 22d inst., at All Saints' Church, Uper:tn o te lf. t. Mr. William Dunkley, to Lady Rossey Cox, of " 1— • road. DIED. of On the 21st bet., at Bath, Joseph Lovell Lovell, Wells, Somerset, aged 62. gentio On the 13th ult., at San Luis, Island of Cuba. Je ~d 1 2. eldest eon of the late J. H. Brune, Esq., of the city a n i w e ° ,, v ift , On the I Ith inst. et Mount Coete, Limerick, Anne , "" of Chidley Coete, inst., On the 14th bet., at Boughton Malberbe, the Rev . Sitnpp° Clayton, Rector of that parish, and Prebendary of Licbfiedow o f On the 23d inst., in Ilrompton-row, Mary Anne. i tiun t. the late Rev. Thomas Clare, Vicar of Great Naughton, r “ ..00 j, On the 23d inst., at Lichfield, the Rev. Thomas w D.D., F.S. A. aged 76. Mr' On the 23dinst., at•lslington, Ca ro li ne , relict et the late B. Angell, of Nelson-square. Anne' On the 24th inst., in Alfretl-street, Bow-road, Ma ria the wife of Frederick Kerchevall. London: Printed and Published by MURDO Yl 3u No. 112. Strand, at The Sox °Mee, No. 112, the County of Middlesex, &fondly, December 26s 1{""" t J