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London, England, 1842-11-16 00:00:00

in common at Candabar. Herat was a theatre of
continued dissension between Mahmood and his son
untilthe death of the former left Kamran in the unenvi-
able situation of ruler.
Shah Shoojah remained quiet at Loodiana untilthe
year 1832 when his hopes revived, and be received en-
couragement to make another attempt to recover his
throne. He entered into terms with Runjeet Singh
which led to what subsequently formed the basis of the
Tripartite treaty of 1838. He raised all the money
he could obtain upon his jewels, collected a body of
troops, amongst which were a corps of Hindoostanees
disciplined to aceraiin extent on the European system.
under the command of a Mr. Campbell, who had
formerly been in the Company's service.
In the month of February of that year he left
Loodiana; the only assistance he received from the
British Government, which studiously delined all in-
terference, being an advance of four months' stipend ;
at Bahawulpore he received a gun, a thousand rupees,
and fifty camels from the Khan. In the month of
May he crossed the Indus, and took possession of
Shikarpore ; here he remained some months, gradu-
ally strengthening himself, and endeavouring to ar-
range terms with the Ameers of Scinde, as also to
excite the neighbouring chiefs of Beloochistan to
espouse his cause. The Ameers who ha 1 permitted
him to obtain possession of Shikarpore refused any
further assistance, which the Shah claime 1 from them
as tributaries of the Government, both in men and
money ;:he at last threatened, in the event of non-com-
pliance with his requests, to plunder the town, as also
the neighbouring ssealthy city of Larkhana. The
Ameers on this collected their troops, to attack him ;
the result was an action near Shikarpore, on the 9th
February, 1834, in which the Shah gained a com-
plete victory, inflicting a heavy loss on the enemy.
This led to immediate concessions on the part of the
Ameers, who paid down a large sum of money, en-
gaged to pavan annual sum for the future, and to fur-
nish a body of men to assist the Shah in his ente•
prise. This advantage enabled the Shah to advance to-
wards Candaher, with considerable prospect of success.
At the same time Runjeet Singh sent hiS grandson,
Nao Nahal Sing to occupy i'eshawur and to attract
the attention of Doet Mahommed to that quarter,
which had at first the desired effect, for he refused to
answer the calls of his brother for assistance, on the
plea of his inability to leave Caubul at this crisis.
In the meantime the Shah advanced to Candahar, and
having gained some advantage over the Sirdars, lai I
siege to the city. But Post Mahommed, seeing the
stae of the case, hastened to their assistance, when
the Shah raised the siege, and the Barukzyes, thus re-
inforced, moved out against 'lima an action ensued
on the 29th of June, in which the Shah gained some
advantage. The fight was, however, renewed on the
2d July, and more desperately contested, when he
was completely defeated, and his guns, baggage, and
treasure fell into the hands of the enemy. The brunt
of this action fell chiefly on the Hindoostanees, who
under their leader, Mr. Campbell, fought nobly to the
last; that officer was himself severely wounded. end
was very kindly treated by Post Mahommed , Khan,
who was so much struck with his gallantry, as well as
that of his men, that he took them into his service.
After his defeat the Shah fled to Lash in the di-
rection of Herat, hoping to he joined by Shah Kam-
ran, but disappointed in this last hope,_ and hardly
pressed, he turned his flight to Kelat, where he ar-
rived at last, closely pursued by Sirdar Rehem Dil
Khan. Mehrah Khan, the Beeloochee Chief of Ke-
lat, readily accorded his protection and hospitality to
the Royal fugitive • after some negotiation Rehm Dil
Khan was persuaded to return to Candaher, and the
Shah, traversing the route of Cuch Gundava and
Dadur, at last crossed the Indus, and regained his
asylum at Loodiana, in the year 1835.
-Here he remained quiet until the intrigues of
Russia and a change in British policy, led to the de-
termination of establishing a monarch in Affghanistan
who should be favourable to our interests. Shah
Shoojah naturally presented himself as the legitimate
and fittest person for the purpose :—the famous Tri-
partite treaty was arranged : the army was assembled
and marched in December, 183 S, to place him
on the throne of his ancestors. The result
is familiar to all. In February, 1839, the
British Indian army crossed the Indus, . and
marching through the Bolan Pass reached Candahar
in the end of April, whence after halting two months,
they proceeded towards Caubul. On the 23d of July,
Ghuznee was taken by assault, and on the 7th of
August the Shah once more entered the capital of his
kingdom as a Monarch. Here he reigned for more
than two years supported by British money and Bri-
tish troops, until the insurrection broke out in Caubul
on the 2d of November, 1841, which led to our eva-
cuation of the place and the destruction of our troops.
Shah. Shoojah was supposed at one time to have played
us falsely, but apparently without good grounds ; he
had everything to lose by such a measure and nothing
to gain. When -we could no longer protect him he
was doubtless compelled to negotiate and temporize
•with the chiefs opposed to us to provide for his own
safety, but- no really treacherous or inimical act ap-
pears to have been committed by him towards us, and
at last he met his death by the hands of assasins on
his way to join his camp, and more to the relief of the
British garrison then invested at Jellalabad. It was
on the sth of April, two days prior to that on which
General Sale defeated Mahomed Akbar. Khan, that
Shah Shoojah closed his eventful and varied career.

NEW NAVAL NOVEL, BY " ME OLD SAILOR.—
"We are requested to state that the new woric, en-
titled " The Naval Club," by M. H. Barker, Esq.,
(" The Old Sailor,") author of " Tough Yarns," &c.,
in 3 vols. post Bvo., is published this day by'Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now
be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just
published the following popular new novels :—l. Self-
Devotion, or the History of Katharine Randolph, by
the Authoress of " The Only Daughter," Edited
b 7 the Author of "The Subaltern," &c., 3 vols.-2.
the Nabob at Home, or, The Return to England, by
the Author of " Life in India," 3 vols.-3. Perceval
Keene, by Captain Marryat, 3 vols.-4. The Czarina,
an Historical Romance of the Court of Russia, by
Mrs.' Holland, 3 vols.-5. The Manceuvring Mother,
by the Authoress of " The History of a Flirt," 3
vols.-6. Masaniello, an Historical Romance, Edited
by the Author of " Brambletye House," &c., 3 vols.
—and 7. The School for Wives, by the Author of
" Temptation," 3 vols.

Moralists disclaim and parents admonish, and may
do so as long as the world lrsts, against novel-reading
and novel-writing; though perhaps under the gravest
of their books is sometimes concealed one of these
forbidden treasures, and certainly all their admoni-
tions will be vain so long as imagination has a place
in youthful hearts. But how is it, that by any pos-
sibility, a plausible objection can be made against a
class of works which, dealing with imagination and
human character, ought to rank with the very
highest ? It is that in these latter times novelists
have given a vast and exaggerated preponderance to
one single passion, as though that were the sum and
substance of life : for though this passion be the most
beautiful and interesting that can fill a human heart,
life is made up of many passions, and any work that
inculcates the universality of one—though that be
love—must be in some degree false. From this
objection " Midsummer Eve," the new romance, is
free. Jn it, love is made beautiful and glorious, as it
must be in all young and sincere bosoms ; but it is
subservient to honour and virtue, and, much as we
may admire the self. forgetting and self-sacrificing
heroine, who through good and evil follows her lover,
our admiration is mingled with pity or contempt; and
the brightest of such,creations is but a foil to set off
the beauty of Anne Granville in " Midsummer Eve,"
who claims no pity or other emotion short of admi-
ration. She alone would redeem this class of works
from censure ; for there is not a mother in the nation
or in the'workl who would not be proud that in every
particular her daughter represented Anne Granville
as she is pourtraycd in ", Midsummer Eve."
DESTILVOTIVE FIRE AT LAWTON, NEAR SAND-
BAcH.---7The extensive and valuable corn mills of
Messrs. George and William Pointon, known by the
name of the Steam Mills, being worked by that
power, are completely destroyed, with the exception
of the boilers, engine-house, and the outside walls.
The whole of the valuable machinery, with the stock,
save several tons of cheese and the books of the firm,
are reduced to a heap of smoking ruins. These mills
were carried on with very great enterprise, being
worked night and day (Sundays excepted) ; and the
workmen left them as late as half-past ten or eleven
o'clock on Saturday night. The value of the stock,
as near as can at present be ascertained, was about
1,5001., and it will take 2,0001. at least to put the mill
in as good a state as it was in previous to the ca-
lamity. The proprietors, it is said, are insured for
the sum of 3,5001., wholly or chiefly in theGmelopbreo;
but of this sum, not more than 2,3001. is on time
perty destroyed, therefore it will be seen that the pro-
prietors will be sufferers to a considerable amount.
Maidstone Chronicle.
OLDHAI4I.—DI3TRESSED STATE Or TIIE TOWN.
Such is the dreadfully distressed state of this town
that, at the petit sessions on Monday last, tho -cases of
no fewer than 300 poor persons, defaulters of poor-
rates, were investigated, without summonses, for the
purpose of saving legal costs to the poor. All these
cases were from one district of the township, which
is divided into four. A considgraMe number of these
poor operatives described themselves as entirely desti-
tute of work, and some as only partially employed.
They arranged to pay by instalments.—Lfanchester
Timex.

wisßEcx, Nov. 11.—T
named William Newborou:h° Persons in this town,
through taking poison, b and his wife, have died
administered, it is believed, in
a pudding, baked under some They had hardly
ceased eating of the pudding at pork.dl
.m.hen violent
sickness began. They both diednpnodetdirr,r;ing the night.
Two children who partook of the
The examinationw-ere also
very ill, but have recovered.
of the
bodies proves the presence of a mineral mson. The
inquest his been Ddjourned.—Norwich gercury •