The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-06 00:00:00

with the e:osing scenes of the exertions and sufferings
of the ex-Monarch of Cabul, and these arc so graphi-
cally described by the correspondents of our Cotempe-
raries, that we have given them as large a place amongst
our extracts as our limits would possibly permit. Dost
Mahomed having been very courteously taken charge of
by Sir W. M'Naghten, was ten days afterwards de-
spatched under a strong escort for Loodianall, so long
the place of retirement of the Schah Soojah, his prede-
ccsior and successor on the throne. His ultimate des-
tination is as yet unknown to us. It will probably be
somewhere more remote from his former dominions,
where his name is s:ill popular amongst the subjects of
his worthless rival, the Loodianah. The 2d Cavalry,
meantime, have been dismounted and disarmed, and are
at present on their march towards Bengal. The sepoy is
remarkable for his fidelity and attachment to his officers,
and thero is scarcely a case on record where his courage
in the field has ever been held doubtful. Hitherto specula-
tion and surmise have been equally active and at fault in
their endeavours to accaunt for the dastardly scene at
Purwaa Durrah. In defect of this, violent and angry
discussion has been stirred up afresh in reference to the
death (the murder it has been unhesitatingly called) of
one of their troopers in the Affghan campaign, with
which the name of Lord Keane has been all along in
some shape connected. It has been matter of astonish-
ment to every one, considering the surmises thrown out
at the time of its occurrence, that for the satisfaction of
the army, and for the sake of the character of the late
Commander-in-Chief and his staff, no official investiga-
tion was ever entered into on the subject.
All was quiet around Herat at our latest dates, the
turn affairs have taken in Cabul rendering loyalty to the
India Government a prudent virtue in these parts for the
present. Our Persian Gulf letters mention that a large
force had been sent to Goren with a view of attacking
Herat. Our Scinde correspondents speak as if General
Brooks had intentions of sending troops in the same
direction, so that we hare rumours of wars on both
sides. From Quettah our letters come down to the
25th November, at which all was quiet. Sickness was.
then very prevalent, and Captain Bean continued to
suffer severely. Mr. Masson was still under arrest.
There is nothing new from Kbiva. A letter from
Lieutenant Shakspeare, who, it will be recollected, was
left in charge of the liberated Russian slaves, mentions
that he had reached Duskt Kalla, on the borders of
the Caspian Sea, before the 13th of September ; and
that he had been able to convey 415 persons under his
charge sate to that fortress, " without the loss of man,
woman, or child." The distance they have had to
travel seems, according to the map, to be about 400
miles. The Russian authorities were at a loss to ex-
press their gratitude to him for the restoration of their
captured countrymen. There seems to be nothing stir-
ring around Klislat since it fell without resistance into
the hands of General Nott, on the 3d of November. It
is now strongly garrisoned—what may be its ultimate
fate, remains to be determined. It will prabably be
annexed as an integral portion to the kingdom of Cabul,
by which it was formerly held, by a very light and easy
tenure, as a dependency ; and will be a very valuable
addition to the Dooranee Empire.

Lord Jocelyn arrived here this morning from China ;
he came with despatches from Macao, which port he
left on the 31st of October. Having arrived in the
ClArissa at Singapore he embarked in the Lady Clarke,
which, luckily for his Lordship, arrived here in time for
him to go to Egypt by the Victoria steamer, which
starts this evening.

The contents of his despatches are already public ;
those which he takes from Chusan are to the 24th of
October.

The Governor, Sir J. R. Carnac, is stated to be se-
riously ill since last night.
Lord Jocelyn is anxious to arrive in London before
the meeting of Parliament.

SHEIKH, or PUNJAUB.

(From the Bombay Overland Courier, of Jan. 1841.)
The critical state of the kingdom of Lahore demands
the most serious consideration. Th. succession to Nao
Nehal Singh is unsettled : at first his uncle Share Singh
was supposed to have established his right to the throne,
but now we observe that the widow of the monarch o: a
day (Nao Nehal) has gained her object, and placed her-
self on the musnud. How long she will retain her po-
sition cannot be known, for she holds it by right of an
infant as yet unborn.
The Supreme Government appears to be making ef-
fective preparations for some extraordinary events in
that direction. The arrangement of the Bombay army
west of the Indus, and the urgent demands for addi-
tional troops, which, as we understand, have been
lately made by the political agent at Sukkur, prove
that the affairs of the north-west are likely soon to ex-
cite the most lively intorest.—Agra Uklibar.
The late " melancholy events " at Lahore are, by all
accounts, not likely to turn out " natural events," hut
one of those tragedies which we occasionally see got
up at native Courts for the furtherance of private ends,
and the gratification of private feelings. The author-
ship in this case is ascribed to Deean Singh, who has
proved himself a " dead hand" at his work, in conjunc-
tion with the widow of Nao Nehal ; for, like the tra-
gedies of Beaumont and Fletcher, the present was a
double authorship. By them was effected the murder
of Kurruk Singh by the old-fashioned means of po'son,
and of his son Nao Nehal by the somewhat ingenious
expedient of a beam adjusted so as to /all upon him at
a given sign. The next act was to open with Sher°
Singh, as Rajah, and Deean Singh, as " May or
of the Palace," the Shore being more manars°eaLle than
the two who were put out of the way, and having lit-
tle of the lion in him beyond the name.
The Governor-General is, we are given to under-
stand, in possession of information showing that Deean
Singh poisoned Kurruk Singh, and afterwards effected
the murder of tlse son by some other means, the story of
the beam being much questioned. The version given
to the public was supplied by Deean Singh, who gave it
the peculiarly innocent aspect it wears. Murder will,
however, out ; and in this case, we understand, the re-
crimination or quarrels about the spoil between the cri-
minals led to the disclosure of—even for a native court
—a scene of complicated and sanguinary villainy.—
Agra Ukhbar, Dec. 17.