The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1842.

leeing the Royal carriages leavir.g Buckingham Palace to
"t° the Chapel Royal. After the entrance of the carriages
into the garden gate of St. James's Palace, by which her
Idaiesty usually proceeds to the Chapel, I'returned towards
the Green Park, when my attention was attracted to a crowd
°rahnut 300 persons near the Doke of Sutherland's residence,
Ssnd on proceeding to the spot I saw a young man, whose n
olame
.1 have since understood to he Dassett, standing with a pist in
his hand. I asked him what he was doing with the pistol,
skn he replied that he had taken it from a boy with a humped
aet, *because he had presented it at the last carriage of-the
Vu'ee. in which carriage the Queen was sitting. I immediately
took Possession of the pistol, and also took Dassett with me to
ardiner's-lane station house. Er told me that his brother and
uncle were present with him when be seized the boy and took
front him the pistol. 1 looked down the barrel of the pistol
at'd 'Could distinctly see some paper and grains of coarse gun-
Powder.
Charles Edward Dassett, aged sixteen years, was the next
!witness examined, and being sworn, said—l reside with my
ether, who is an oil and eolourman, at 42, New Church-street,
ustreansmarket. At about ten
James's-park
minutes before twelve o'cloek
was standing in the mall, es's-park, about halt way
.I,3ftween Buckingham Palace and the illilkhouse-gate, when a
eum
P-backed youth, about sixteen years of age, dressed in a
"IS brown surtout coat, elbowed his way to the front.
Tsere was at this time a great number of persons collected,
aii'l,t)l,tbe line of spectators were two or three deep. The. second
timra_i_ea:ltcya,rwriaasgeeotnhaidrssed, and the third, which contained her
up, when I saw him pull pistol from the
rs-t-pseket of his coat. I saw him present it at the carriage.
should say at the back of the 'carriage, because it was
:va4ing quickly at the time. I distinctly heard the click, and
an" the hammer go down. There was no flash in the
.pate
th
I no explesion. I immediately seized him by the wrist-d-
-ill:4nd which held the pistol. I at the time made the re•
" like to
Y
he
brother Frederick, who was standing near me,
tsvjoun s tleman going to have a pop at the Queen."'
Policemen walking along on the opposite side •of
t, mall, I took the youth with me over to them. I showed
hem the pistol, and said to them, " This lad has been attempt-
tg to shoot the Queen." They laughed at me, and Hearn,
A, said that itnot amount to a charge. The greatest
rn,rtino of the populace sided with the humped-backed youth,
Isis-' cried out, " Give the pistol back to the boy." Others
Give it to the policeman ;" and some said to the lad,
ttrut it in your pocket, and run away with it." I still con-
re•Y hold of the humped-backed youth, and had pro-
lite-e" some distance down the mall, when the pressure from
paraertrwi.iise
ot, seemed
became so great that I was obliged to let go,
my arm would have been broken. Soon after, this,
into -,„ge, 136 A, seeing me with a pistol in my hand, took me
01,-,st°4• Just before this, I saw the youth go into the
iss-',Prk, and I believe he went through that gate by Staf-• •
tal noose which leads into Cleveland-row. The policeman
slut, Lute to the station-house, and told the Inspector on duty
'awe had found me in the Park with the pistol in my hand,
; -Ostia-
..? is to excite the mob. I then said to the Inspector that
ssen's taken the pistol from a deformed boy, who had at.
• .of ettzted. to shoot the Queen.• I afterwards gave a description
(.„ • .
think the bay was two or three yards
14,,s the carriage at the time he attempted to tire the pistol.
silcestain he was not more than three yards off.
rnerlute !fitness at the conclusion of his evidence, was. compli-
bled erd it.'James Graham, on behalf of the Council asseme
eh"etthe meritorious manner in which he had acted.
pen: next witness was an officer attached to the recruiting de..
non ent' who proved that he had attended at the station-
and examined the pistol, which was an old flint.lock one,
eon!
oath
rifle barrel. Upon detaching the barrel which was
sae' wth sortie difficulty, owing to the screw having become
of :eelJingly rusty, from its long disuse, he found in it a portion
coarse powder, a piece of tobacco pipe, and some paper
could have
The discharged wdecidedly in such a state that it
w.ih been
t alli Jones, an old man of impoverished appearance, was
ste,kt„examined—He said, lam a wood-turner, living in Paul-
te4;' Finsbury. I was in the Park about ten minutes to
Sett t 5 clock to-day, and I saw the young man, Charles Das-
sse,',AKe a pistol from the hand of a deformed boy. When I
I,eo passett taken into custody by a constable, and heard the
to l tell the constable that he ( Dassett) had been attempting
t ha
e tt ht
sa met:
nt6o_ts
teQueenn I followed him to the station-house to re-
Cr
s_ •
examined—l did not see the attempt made by the
ae, !_eed boy. nor do I know how he got away; but
it was
ceiettesd
for him to do so, as there were 500 or 600 persons
, FS•sa
protc"lek Dassett sworn—l am in my 15th year, and am
sod its to Charles Dassett. I was in the Park with him to-day,
hl b„l,,llding on his right-hand side, when I saw him suddenly
lastsf °f a deformed youth's
.wrist,
.who I saw had got e.
rs
'ln his hand. He addressed me, saying, " Look here,
iie"w- this chap is going to have a pop at the Queen. I think
.I)istsr'ts to he provided for for life." My brother took the
'Police cut of his hand, and said, " We'll go over to these two
Useicnen." We went over. The remainder of this wit-
that ALes'idence was confirmatory of Lis brother's. He added
static :140 had also given a description of the accused at the
airouse.
Iteas W. Abercromby, an independent gentleman, being
flop-, said—I witnessed the taking, by Charles Dassett, of a
tOustl boy to two policemen. I heard him charge that bay
presence with having attempted to shoot the Queen,
el' heard them refuse the charge. When I found Dassett
hossetaken into custody, I accompanied him to the station-
ray and told the inspector on duty what I had seen. I left
ess, atue and address there, and was afterwards sent for to give
kr here.
and John Janes, sworn—l am uncle th the witnesses Charles
ka_ Frederick Dassett. I was with them in the Park this
;c 2d I stood rather behind them. My attention was at-
iteio by Charles laying hold of a pistol in a deformed youth's
char''then saw him cross over to the police, and heard him,
klieg the deformed youth with shooting at the Queen. The
the - refused to take the charge, and treated the matter with
peatest possible contempt.
the hu witness was questioned most minutely as to the distance
h7l might have been from the carriage when it passed
Witness said certainly not more than three yards.
Res.,,e Police constables Hearn, 56 A, and Claxton, 134 Aby ,
ii,l4terwards called in, and having been severely reprimanded
Council for their conduct on the occasion, were informed
frols f eY,Mu,t consider themselves suspended for the present
ertner duty.
sts, .e Council concluded the inquiry at eight o'clock last I
seer,.
At .
111,4 this time Sir James Graham, the Secretary for the Home
sele,4leient, through Mr. Taylor, the office-keeper, desired our !
inesseer t° state from authority, that the Council had most fully
ass ertl all the circumstances of the case, that the pistol
raper ss ",.°nly with a small portion of coarse powder and !
out thatt(i'in' and that the offender was not yet in custody, 1
L I,ere'; was
severy probability of his being speedily taken.
4 tST PARTICULARS—(THIS
The DAY.)
tight, vr'soner, John Bean, who was apprehended last
whtt, hw” taken to the Gardiner's-lane station-house,
I,fteres has been kept its confinement until half after two this
the ba,l,", when he was conveyed to the Home-office through
in' gate opening into the Park. He is a diminutive creature,
eee,t "re than Os feet high, with an enormous hump. His
t
reels aPPearance is hideous and unprepossessing in the ex
‘'4.4 fatber, a workingjeweller, residing in Clerkenwell,
this more ttatien-house last evening, and at the Home-office
- ; but he was not permitted to have an interview
"• The prisoner's sister accompanied the father.
`"„e Cabinet Ministers were assembled at the Home•
A he street and the Park were both crowded.
the (yaw/ A CORRESPONDENT.)
e:rl,"ng miscreant John Bean, who is now in custody as
11t4 suspected of having snapped a pistol at her Majesty
lefie'yz;.,ark yesterday, and who was apprehended by Inspector
Ilews„ "t night, was recently in the employ of Mr. Hilton.
• IPest, "des, Petitonstreet, Pentonville. Some particulars re-
sne n6' his lat - • d tbe uninteresting, as it indi-
, a a ‘,. s ton DC. WI DO
"are, wieeone intention of perpetrating some criminal act.
‘West ,the week he was in the service of a silversmith at the
41ve [l?° of the town, and to whom his father was anxious to
bound apprentice. But for some weeks past his con-
,thneet,ato g,ien the greatest uneasiness to his parents, as he had
"sust ' nanself from home, and they were unable to trace his
'• It was only on Sundays that he was employed by Mr.
ne", when he served a number of persons with newspapers
1114 neighbourhood of Barnsbury Park. He attended as
teived°,4 'Sunday week, but on Thursday last a letter was re-
s.'rom lune in the following wor
4nie '''s-Inelosed is a list of my customers that has been
g for
ets as Papers which, if not quite correct in point of Exaet-
.the book, is quite so in sum total.— ( Here follows a list
S. U unneces,ary to copy.) With these few lines I re-
Addrir, yours, Sse., " J. BEAN.
"sod, "Mr. Hilton, No. 8, Penton-
'lt;st street, Pentonville."
erdsY thorliar, about twelve o'clock, his father, who is
tseis respectable man a chaser by trade, called at Mr. nil-
site'tpsi stated that in consequecce of a letter he had. re-
busese note his son he had been round to the different station-
tiihe isZking inquiries, as his son had not been home since
(41 ss • °le Monday. He had also left an accurate descrip-
-Isillt's Person. The letter above alluded to stated that he
°t ta,';') was in search of employment, and that if Ise could
4(1, it, lie should do something desperate. The father
;-'4 ;6in info' mation he had received, he believed his
rif,q411,%"1 Possession of a pistol and powder • but that the
he fatia" bsen out of order, and he wanted it repaired.
ittl„ lee evinced great anxiety under the circumstances, but
;4k4getiaOted that his son was at the same moment almost
was din,„ another atrocious attack upon our beloved Queen,
repo "out can exist that he was the actual traitor. He
its ettlarkably fond of reading, and was consequently indolent
tot oils' 1-espects From the above circumstances, all .of whirls
}4,'ok44W-4tlli.n(lues.iionable authority,
.it will be so far: atisfactory
4 the young miscreant
hishsd no accomplices, and that
teieel°l,lllsted to the deed byspontaneous depravity
own .
s•t is Proper to add, that Mr. David Hilton, as soon
iiOnarav4isWase the description of the person, went to Buck-
tulsestor 'nice, on Sunday night, and. gaye Mr. Ru..ssell, the
th, a °ll duty, all the it in los power, with a view
Plisehension of the criminal.

'l% D I. lIOME-OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK.
la —'iert Peel has just left the Council, so there
er ,
Driso e 3" Probability that the examination of the
Then I.'
4'04 William Bean, is near its conclusion.
aetti Pistol was loaded with coarse powder, wadding, and
4rts ottiPieeea of tobacco-pipe. It was presented by the
itlkther at the carriage in which her
Majesty was sitting,
1/e at,: attempted to discharge it, but it snapped. This
.., Thee from undoubted authority.
g.441.)1, Pris"er's father can assign no reason for this
father le4l attempt of his son. It is reported that the
112 has bet% permitted to have an interview with him.
triareneral opinion is that he will be committed for
Newgate this 'afternoon.
, S'ir j ,
.20.2....ram.m.r.,
rain ohnpe Elope t• ". . and family arrived in London this ,
-ortt, Passenger by the General Steam Navigation
ran.y,,,
1.11, c, Packet Sir Edward Banks, from Ostend .
tlittatti.,h`l,lsenverti. l Steam Navigation Company's favourite
e 1,,,,%5, princess Royal, Capt. J. NV. Alorris,e
aorm
The `, to and from Edinburgh in 42 hours each..f w
4441 }`'eneral steam Navigation Company's avoytiritet
Itv,4 s,,IP Rainbow, Capt. J. Fife, arrived this morning a
truu ock, fr,,in Antwerp, and landed her passengers at the
AN"viek Wharf, after an excellent passage.
i!:tok:e(ll4ogrteirla:giti:, aisv,%l;Thi :
this
passengers Lil
ri, .
oir i
ngl ,ie bringing
Rainbow
over 96 passengers and
were much pleased with their
I
4ord
~eng„ "one arrived in town yesterday. lle. came
1np0.,:,' Rotterdain in the General Steam Navigation
The 'f', mail packet Giraffe.
the ci ctrieneral Steam Navigation Company's vessel
t4' eursatol' FaDt• R. Stranack, Iron Rotterdam, arrived off
Th. 1--d.°uSe yesterday, with the Dutch mail.
txmatrzt-ci. lid/Caton. of Bordeaux has been compelled to
cr
the let its account of an affray between the Captain
it,,ad, ,Clair and the Captain of an English steam?r,
glrase4,:?7,unexpeetedly, it is the Captain of the Claire
of the
,'"ito has insisted on the contradiction. No part
ext. , 4.1-tteinent of the Indicateur appears to be true,
laol.in the mere fact of one of those port rows as to
ati°a ii,s,y ,A 'licit are so common, without reference to

EXECUTION OF THE MURDERER

COOPER.--(THIS DAY )
This morning perished on the scaffold Thomas Cooper' in
the 23d year of his age, his life having been justly forfeited to
the laws of his country, which he had so grievously set at defi-
ance. We have said " justly forfeited," and we repeat the
words, for despite the mawkish feeling of morbid symp,thy en-
tertained by some people for criminals of this class, we maintain
that a man who, in cold blood, could willingly draw a pistol
from his breast, deliberately threaten, then fire at and kill a
fellow-creature, and that ferww-creature an officer of justice,
and in the execution of his duty, deserves to die the death of a
felon. There have been occasions on which, from the peculiar
circumstances of the case, we could sympathise with the crimi-
nal, and almost quarrel with justice for her frigidity. Had
Francis been executed we should have sympathised with him,
because we should have felt convinced that it was a punish-
ment which the facts of the case did not warrant ; and though
no one can regret more than we do the brutal and unmanly
attacks whcih on more than one occasion have been made
upon the sacred person of our beloved Queen, and though '
no one can view with greater feelings of detestation than we
do, the wretch who could be induced by any cir-
cumstances to cause terror in the heart of her who
has been truly called the brightest ornament of her
sex, we should be compelled to say that in the case before
us the law of the land would not justify the extreme penalty of
the law being carried into effect, and that, had he been executed,
he would have been, to use a strong phrase, which we have
several times heard employed in reference to this particular
case, " a murdered man." Thanks, however, to the merciful
clemency of our ever gracious Sovereign, we are spared that
task, and have, instead, to laud that mercy which has ever been
'so bright 'a feature in her Majesty's reign. Not so with Cooper;
with him the case was widely different. The most sceptical
could not deny his guilt. '1 he case was clearly proved against
him ; he was in the hands of the law, and the law must have
been weak indeed if it did not vindicate its rights. It is not
our duty here, however, nor, indeed, is it our province to dis-
cuss the punishment-of-death question. It is for us simply
to present our readers with an account of the execution of the
unfortunate man who this morning closed his earthly career by
expatiating his crimes upon the scaffold. On arriving at the
place of execution at five o'clock, we found the scaffold all
ready for the reception of the wretched criminal. The crowd
was very slight, not nearly so great
.as at two o'clock on the
morning of Good's execution. At no time was the mob what
could be called a dense one, neither did it extend to any consi-
derable distance. We should think the whole of the gazers
might have been comprised within a spaee of thirty yards on
either side the gallows, instead of extending as on the last occa-
sion, in an unbroken mass, from St. Sepulchre's Church to
Ludgate-hill.

At eight o'clock precisely the culprit, attended by the Rev.
Air. Carver, the Ordinary, and the executioner, appeared upon
the scaffold. The eulprit looked very pale and somewhat de-
jected; he walked with a weak, slow step till he reached the
required spot on the scaffold, where he stood for an instant,
and a weakness appeared to manifest itself about his knees.
The noose was adjusted in a moment, and the officials having
retired, the fatal bolt was drawn, which launched the wretched
being into eternity. The convulsive struggle that ensued al-
most immediately afterwards gave evidence that life was ex-
tinct, and that the soul which dieth not had winged its way
from its mortal tenement to the regions of eternity. The body,
atter hanging the usual time, was cut down, and will be buried
within the precincts of the gaol..
We feet it necessary that we should explain to our readers
the reason that we have not given any account of the prisoner's
conduct whilst the irons were being struck off and other pre-
liminaries gone through in the press-room. The fact is simply
this, that in consequence of what took place in the House of
Lords on the subject of the public being admitted to con-
demned sermons, &c., it was determined, and we think very pro-
perly so, that no one but the Sheriffs and the other officials
should be admitted to the interior of Newgate. This being
the case we, in common with the other representatives of the
public Press, were politely informed by the Governor that we
could not be admitted. Not having been admitted, we could
not hear what the prisoner said, and we consequently are un-
able to report it. It was whispered that one Reporter, to whom
all the.documents would be furnished, was to be admitted, to
the prejudice of the others. If this be true we think we should
have a right to complain ; if there be no foundation for it, we
rejoice that the whole of the Press and every portion of the
public were excluded from the press-room ; for, cordially con-
curring as we do in all that took place in the House of Lords
on this subject, we think it far better that the last agonizing
moments of a criminal's existence should be withheld from the
world, and above all that those few moments should be allowed
to the wretched man to enjoy in peace; for sure we are that
when he is made the object of attraction to 50 curious indivi-
duals, all staring at him with the utmost intensity of which
their vision is capable, his thoughts cannot be in the right
channel for a man who is on the very brink of eternity. We
wish, indeed, that public executions were done away with
altogether.

INDIA AND CHINA.

I3IPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.

By extraordinary express fron► Illttrseilles we have
received lette►s and papf;rs brought by the Victoria
steamer, which left Bombay for Suez on the night of
the 23d of May, and were dispatched from Alexandria
on the 20th June in the Great Liverpool, reached Malta
on the 26th, and Marseilles on the 29th inst.
The following arc the dates of the India and China
news :---
Boin bay, 1\ Tay • 23.
Madras, May 14.
Calcutta, May 12.
Cutchee, May 2.

Seinde, May 'll,
Delhi, May 11.
Ceylon, May 4.
Men, Ably 3.

Caubul. April 17.
Candahar, April 17. - •
Lahore, April 28.
Quettah (Caubul), April 28.
Singapore, April 19.
China (Macao), April 4.
Chusan, March 2.
Australia (Port Philip),
March 22.
Sydney' March 9.

Agra, May 12.
13urinah (Moulmein), Ap.24
ltang-oon, April 20.
BOMBAY, MAY 23.—Since the departure of the last
mail on the 3d instant, the intelligence from the north-
west has been highly satisfactory, as far as it goes.
General Pollock effected a junction with the troops com-
posing the garrison of Jellalabad on the 16th of April,
having met with no opposition or annoyance after
passing Ali Musjid. General Elphinstone expired on
the 24th of April, and the Affghans had agreed to send
in his body to Jellalabad. On the 25th Captain Colin
Mackenzie, of the Madras army, arrived at Jellalabad,
on parole. from Akbar Khan, with proposals for the
surrender of the prisoners, the particulars of which have
not yet transpired, nor is it known in what manner they
have been entertained. The Delhi Gazette says :
" Captain Mackenzie states that Mahomed Akhbar has only
one hundred followers, as, after his defeat by Sale, his soldiers
dropped off ene after another, until reduced to the present
scanty numbers.
" The prisoners, male and female, are confined in two se-
parate forts within the valley of Tezeen ; they are pretty well
treated. Four acconchements had taken place, and four.
snore were shortly expected. One lady, Mrs. Waller, had to
march, being allowed a litter, the day after her confinement.
" Captain C. Mackenzie brought in the intelligence of the
death of General Elphinstone, who expired on the 23d or 24th
of April, and that Mahomed Akhbar had agreed to send his
body to Jellalabad, where it was expected to arrive on the night
of the 26th. It is very satisfactory to know that the day pre-
vious to his death, he signed a document, containing full and
authentic details of all the occurrences, from the commence-
ment of the Caubul difficulties to the time of his being taken
prisoner, and which, it is said, will, to a great degree, exone-
rate the General from the charges which have been brought
against his personal character. Captain C. Mackenzie bad
been allowed several.days absence by Mahomed Akhbar, but
decided on returning forthwith. His testimony regarding the
murder of Sir Wm. Macnaghten, by the hand of Alahomed
Akhbar, is most conclusive ; 'he yaw the ruffian perpetrate the
murder,' while Shah Soojah is implicated deeply in the rebel-
lion. General Elphinstone's report was brought in by Captain
Mackenzie, and it is currently stated in the camp that, at the
council of war held previous to the retreat,_ Major Pottingcr's
objections to such a step were overruled. Other narratives
have also been prepared by the prisoners; one, it is said, by
Capt. Eyre, of the Artillery, which is reported to be very full
and accurate. .

" Much sickness, we regret to say, prevails at Jellalabad,
and the death of Cornet A. Fisher, of her Majesty's 3d Dra-
goons, followed that of Major Anderson on the evening of the
25th of April.
66 We are glad to state that one of our correspondents, in
allusion to the letter inquiring respecting the existence of Dr.
John Forsyth, which appeared in our eolumns, says that that
officer is alive and well at Jellalabad.

A junction had been effected near the west end of the
Khyber between Brigadier Monteath's and Colonel Bolton's
brigades; and it was hoped they would be at Jellalabad sooner
than we anticipated in our issue of yesterday, as the orders to
Brigadier Monteath were to avail himself of the moonlight
nights to hasten back.

Provisions are being collected with increased rapidity at
Jellalabad, and everything portended advanced preparations
for a forward movement.

" The officers named in our last as on their way to the pro-
vinces had reached Peshawur ; they are Major Frazer, Captain
Younghusband, Lieutenant Williams, and others.
" The -Syee; noted as having reached Jellalabad from Ghuz-
nee, mentions the following as the officers who have es-
caped :—Colonel Palmer, Captain Alston, Ensign Williams,
Lieutenant Harris, a doctor, Lieutenant Barnes, Lieutenant
Crawford, of the Bombay establishment, and another.
" The prices realized by Major Anderson's property, when
Sold by auction at Jellalabad, may be taken as proofs of
the scarcity which is prevalent in camp. We select the fol-
lowing from a long list :
" Six quires letter paper, 25 rupees !
An old small tea-kettle, 23 rupees!
A cup and saucer, 10 rupees 1! !
About two seers sugar candy, 55 rupees 11 ! !
Less than two seers tea, 55 rupees ! 1! !
" Captain Mackenzie returned on the 27th to the Affghan
camp with the answer to the proposal of which he was the
bearer, neither of which have transpired. It is said that an
enormous ransom is demanded for the prisoners. Sickness,
at our latest dates, had become very prevalent, occasioned by
the extreme heat, the thermometer standing at 105 deg. ; but
more especially the half and quarter-ration system to which
the troops are subjected."

AFFGHANISTAN.
General Pollock arrived at Jellalabad, and effectei a
junction with the troops composing the garrison of that
fortress, 071 the 16th of April. The British force met
with no opposition or annoyance after passing Ali
Musjid, except that, arising from the attempts of a few
maurauding bands of Kbyberries to plunder and carry
off the baggage. With the exception, however, of a few
camels, everything belonging to the troops was brought
in safety to Jellahibad. General Pollock would have ar-
rived there two or three days sooner, but as the defeat
of Akhbar Khan on the 7th of April had secured the
safety of Jellalabad, and rendered rapid improvements
on 'the part of the advancing force unnecessary, the
General halted on the bank of the Caubul river, and sent
strong detachments of cavalry and infantry to Lallpoora
on the opposite side, for the purpose of restoring Torabaz
Khan in his rights over that place. This chief has
variably been friendly to the British. He supplied Gen.
Sale's force with provisions for a considerable time. By
this means he drew on himself the enmity of Akhbar
Khan, and was compelled to fly to Peshawur. The
worthy chief was reinstated in his possessions without
difficulty, but we regret to say that three men belonging
to her Majesty's 3d Dragoons were swept away by the
current and drowned in attempting to cross the river.
On the 26th of April, Captain Colin Mackenzie, of
the Madras army, arrived at Jellalabad. This officer
had been released on his parole by Akhbar Khan, and
was the bearer of proposals from that chief and Ma-
homed Schuh Khan, the Ghilzie, to General Pollock,
for the release of the ladies and other persons taken
in the disastrous retreat from Caubul. How far the
negotiation has progressed, or what may have been the
nature of Gen. Pollock's reply-, has not yet transpired.
The whole of the prisoners were confined in two small
forts in the Tezeen valley, and were tolerably well treated
by their captors. Capt. Mackenzie brought intelligence of
General Elphinstone's death, which took place either
on the 23d. or 24th of April. The General's remains
were to be brought to the British camp for interment,
Akhbar Khan having offered to forward the body to
Jellalabad, which place it was expected to reach on the
night following Captain Mackenzie's arrival. The day
previous to his death the unfortunate General signed a
document containing a detailed account of the proceed-
ings connected with the Ctitibul insurrection. This
narrative cannot but prove highly interesting, and as
Lord Ellenborough seems laudably desirous of giving
publicity to everything connected with the recent trans-
actions beyond the Indus, we trust ere long to be able '
to lay the deceased General's account before our readers.
All doubt as to who took the most active part in the
assassination of Sir W. Macnaghton is now at un end;
Captain Mackenzie having asserted that he saw Akhbar
Khan perpetrate the murder.
The brigade under Colonel Bolton, consisting of her
Majesty's 31st Foot, one troop of Horse, and a half bat-
tery of Foot Artillery, the 6th Bengal Native Infantry,
and the 3d Irregular Cavalry, having under their charge
a large quantity of treasure, together with the whole of
the ordnance and commissariat stores, as also the greater
part of the private baggage of General Pollock's army,
reached Ali Musjid on the 20th of April, without having
experienced the slightest molestation from the Khp
berries. On the following day • Colonel Bolton effected a
junction with Colonel Monteath, the latter officer having
been detached by General Pollock with the 33d and 35th
Regiments Native Infantry for the purpose of assisting
in guarding the passage of the stores and treasure
through the defiles. It was generally understood at
Jellalabad, that immediately the convoy arrived, pre-
parations would be made for the advance of the army
towards Caubul. There is no doubt of Shah Soojnh
having been murdered. The city and adjacent country
is in a state of anarchy consequent on the dissensions
between the rebels and the partisans of the late King.
It is not probable, therefore, that the British will meet
with any serious opposition in their progress to the
Affghan capital.- The numerous followers who formerly
adhered to the standard of Akhbar Khan have dwindled
down to a small party of about 100 horsemen.
GIRTZNEE.—The following officers who were quar-
tered in Ghuznee at the time of its capitulation are said,
on the authority of a native horsekeeper, to have es-
caped with their lives, and to be now in the hands of
some of the insurgent chiefs:—Colonel Palmer, Captain
Alston, Ensign Williams, Lieutenant Hari is, Lieutenant
Barnes, Lieutenant Crawford, of the Bombay establish-
ment • a Doctor, and another officer whose names were
not known. Lieutenant Lumsden and his wife were
killed. The greater portion of the sepoys, after having
been plundered and otherwise maltreated by the Ghilzies,
were permitted to take shelter in the adjoining villages.
ScINDE.—From Scinde our latest intelligence is also
of a favourable nature. PurSuant to peremptory orders
from General Nott, Brigadier England, with 2,500 men,
left Quettah on the 26th of April for Candahar, a por-
tion of the force at the latter place having been de-
tached so as to meet General England, and aid him in
getting the convoy through the Kojnck Pass. On the
29th of April the General reached the heights of Hy-
kulzie, the scene of his late discomfiture (reported in
our last summary). No time was lost in attacking the
enemy's position, and we are happy to say the attempt
was successful. A well-directed tire from the artillery
compelled the insurgents to evacuate their outposts
whilst the British infantry were ascending the hill. The
enemy lust dive standards, and had above 50 killed. The
casualties on our side were very trifling, no lives having
been lost. Lieutenant Ashburner, of the 3d Light Ca-
valry, was severely wounded. The following letter from
our correspondent at Sukkur, dated May 8, contains
some further information on the subject :-- •
" The troops under _Brigadier England left Quettah
agreeably to orders from General Nott, on the 26th ult.,
directions.int n
and on the 29th came up to, the heights near Hykulzie,
the place of their -late reverse. I have only time to say
that they' herlneyosntiugsalt havelatltstsyt! effer
very theed
severely. Our troops succeeded in taking five
enemy flying were .erien
aclarried
standards, sundry match-locks, &c. The 41st are amply
e
n
revenged for the fall, on the previous occasion, of their
brave comrades ; the whole both Europeans and natives,
stuck to the fighting part of the business like bricks.
Casualties are as follows

" Lieutent Ashbarner, .3d Light Cavalry, severely.
wounded.
"Her Majesty's 41st Foot.-2 privates wounded.
"3d Light Cavalry..-6 troopers and 8 horses witunded.
" Native Infantry.-2 sepoys wounded."
TirE PRISONERS.--It will be recollected that on the
evacuation of Caubul on- the sth of January; 184 i, about
300 sick and wounded -soldiers were left behind the re-
tiring army, the charge Of whom was and ertaken by-the
provisional Government ; and that bes ides thile six
officers were detained as hostages for the imiaediate
abandonment of Jellalabad, Ghuznee, tuns Caudahar.
These hostages %vela! Captain Drummortd, 3d C: tvalry';
Lieutenants
Native In-
lantry ; Warburton, Artillery ; Walsh:, 52d :Madras
Native Infantry ir 3d
dßuff t ;
Webb;C3oBnt.(l)lllyl,l,:dorath.s
tij
Native In-
fantry ; Doctors Balfour, ;Berwick, aril Male ner re-
maining. in charge of the sick and w' funded. Of this
party little has been heard fur five najnths ; have
written very rarely, and all we knot t of theta • is, that
they are alive, and said to have. be en tolerat ly
well
treated. In the course •of the retreat tvhiela cut nmenc-
ing on the 6th, terminated about the .13th of January,
by the total annihilation of the army. the fullow :ng fell
into the hands of the enemy, and were d (quilled psi sutlers :
Major-General. Elphinstone, Com: minder. hi-Chief of
the armies ; Brigadier Shelia!) her 11 iajesty's 441 h Foot;
Major Pottinger, Captain Anderson, 59th Naha? Infan-
try ; Captain Boyd, 65th 'Native Infantry ; Captain
Johnstone, Captain Lawrence, Capt. tin Troup, 4 4th Na-
tive Infantry ; Surgeon 111•Grath, I ieutenant E:.-re, Ar-
tillery ; Lieutenant Mackenzie, Ma dras Army ; Lieute-
nant Waller, Artillery ; Ensign Alien, her 11ratjesty'S
Paymaster ; Captain Gray,. her alajeat,ara
44 tlt Foot ;
sth Native nfantry,
13th Regiment ; Captain By-grave,
Major Griffiths, :37th Native Infar dry ; Lieuten ant Sou-
ter, her Majesty's 44th Foot.
So far as our infortnation extends, these >i ppear to
have been withdrawn from' the force, that their lives
might be preserved, when the army was in the act of
perishing amongst the mountair is by cold or th a hand of
the Lughmitu country, whose residence
the enemy. They were taken charge of by • Mahomed
tStititasial,tanco great distance. distance. AI nongst these Ihe heroic
Lady Sale seems to have been r the soul of the r arty ; and
it is from fragments of her letters that all mar informa-
tion regarding herself and companions in cap! ivity is de-
rived. They seem to have received threugl tout all the
attention and kindness of which their positii in admitted
amongst the rigours of a Siberian winter, 'and from a
people whose manners are raid() and barbarot is, and their
They were
shtaisafiee'dp't rformed the
swu.apnptlsiefd'etwv
iathndshsiemepp,leanad.nds
e,•eeenslily.
to
a
processes of cooking and dit3section -for them selves. They
su&red much from want 0!... clothing, not a single change
having been brought along with thenefrom. Caubuh: This
at length was provided, aft,er weeks of pritaation from the
garrison at Jellalabad,. tyagether with sat are sugar and
tea—sad superfluities in the Lugliman cc untry, :hough
to civilized Europeans faintest amongst' the necessaries
of life. They had picked up a Bible tat id Prayer-book
on their retreat, and, /morning and e. veiling, as they
numbered the days of their captivity , the words of
comfort and salvation ' were read to ti tem. Twelve of
theta *ere huddled nagether in a single apartment.
The evenings' were 'spent without light, and seemed
very long and drearjt. Mrs. Start, daughter of Sir
Robert Sale, and widow; of. the brava st officer who fell
amidst all our disasteYrs where so man y of the brave had
perished, gave birth in a, child ; the in Aber and the babe
of sorrow survived ard 'were doing w ell. On the 7th of
April, the glorious victory at Jellalui ad was a source of
further suffering to the wife and des' aghter of the con-
queror. Mahomed Akhbar Khan, 'd riven from the field,
seems to have fled • to f the mountaitas ; and determined
that the prisoners shoti Id be immediately removed, they
were mounted on horseback, and hurried away, they
feared to Caubul or; beyond the. Caucasus, and they
knew not whither. a) bout Apri.t. 24, General Elphin-
stone died of dyseattet y. It 'sethned that their journey
was destined to term mate more speedily than they ap-
prehended, and that a place .of greater security, and
nearer vicinage to 0 aubul, was sought for the purpose
probably of treatin;; for their ransom without apprehen-
sion of their bele snatched from the hands of the
captor. On the 2all or 25th Captain Mackenzie was
dispatched to Jell i labad on his parole, to intiinate that
General Elphinste ie wits dead, and that his body would
be sent with all ; aspect to his friends ; and that Mahe-
med Shah and Alr ibar Khan were anxious to treat for
the surrender of he captives. Neither the terms pro-
posed nor the in: jailer in which they were entertained
have tranapired. Captain Mackenzie having fulfilled
his mission on the 26th, returned immediately., in terms
of his parole, to the camp of the insurgent clueL—Bont-
boy Times.
A letter b,as 'been received from Lady Macnaghten
from Buddiatbad, dated the 27th ult., in which she says
that A.khba r Khan has treated her most kindly, and
promises tb at silo and Mrs. Trevor shall be immediately
released. The tithe is approaching when we shall know
whether tb.ese amounts result from the genuine facts of
the case, c r front apprehension of-compulsion. He might
have reste red 't.is prisoners long ago had he chosen.—
Delhi Go zettc..
The fo Bowing general order by the Right Hon. the
Governor-Geateral of India will be read, in England, with
a thrill of entikuisiasm
Head-quarterS, Allahabad, April 30, 1842.
" Ihe Gowarnor- General has received a report from Major-
General Polk 1 k, C. 8., dated the 16th instant, announcing his
arrival at Jell., labad.
"'The Maj, lr- General has thus carried into effect the orders
of the Covet timent in a manner which entitles him to the
highest -appr :bation.
ReCeivit g the command of the army at Peshawar under
eireumatanee a of peculiar difficulty, he has in the midst of new
and urSores fen embarrassments and disappointn eats, pre-
served a firLi mind, and justly relying upon his own judgment,
he has. at lair, with equal discretion and decision, accomplished
the olsj,ect lrt. was directed to. effect.
"The Governor-General requests Major-General Pollock
to accept his acknowledgments of the good service he has thus
rendered to the Government of India, and begs he will com-
municate to the Gallant Officers and troops under his com-
mand, the entire satisfaction with which their conduct has been
regarded on this occasion.
" The Governor- General has. already in communicating the
despatch from Major-General Sir Robert Sale, K. C. 8., dated
the 7th instant, expressed his high sense of his services of that
officer and of the garrison of Jellalabad, terminating on that day
by a decisive victory, which would have left nothing to desire
had Colonel Dennie survive. to enjoy it.
• " The garrison of Jellalanad having on that day achieved its
safety by its own prowesi, and being now re-united to the
army by , the movements of the force under thercommand of
Major-General l'ollock, 11. C., it remains only 'for the Go-
vernor-General to testify his opinion of the just claims of that
garrison to the gratitude of the Government and of their country.
" The Governor-General is pleased to direct that the second
comparar of the 6th battalion of Artillery shall bear upon its
appointments, and the sth Regiment of Light Infantry upon
its stanklards and appointments, and .the 35th Regiment of
Native Infantry upon its colours and appointments, a mural
crown, superscribed as a memorial of the forti-
tude, perseverance, and enterprise. evinced by those several
corps during the blockade of Jellalabad.
'1 he Governor-General is likewise pleased, in conformity
with the recommendation of his 'Excellency the Commander-
in-Chief, to direct, that in order to give additional and last-
ing Ininours to the 25th Native Infantry, whilst it benefits the
service generally, that corps shall hereafter be made a light in-
fantry= regiment, the duties of which it is already so well ac-
quainted with, and has performed with so much zeal and spirit.'
"The Governor-General is further pleased to direct that
a silver medal be made for • every officer, non-commissioned
officer, and private, European and native, who belonged to
the garrison of Jellalabad, on the 7th of April, 1842, such
meelias to be all similar, and to bear on one sides mural crown,
superscribed Jellalabad,' and on the other :side the words
' April 7, 1842.'
" The GovernMent of India will present such 'medal to
every officer, non-commissioned officer, and private, Ehlropeart
and : native, belonging to their service, and will request the
home authorities to lay before her Majesty their 'most hum-
' ble prayer that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to per-
mit the Major-General Commanding, and the-officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates in her Majesty's service,
who formed part of the garrison of Jellahlaad, to receive and
wear a medal similar to that which will be so presented to their
brothers in arms.
" The Governor-General, taking into consideration the many
great privations to which the troops composing the garrison of
Jellalabad were exposed during the blockade of that place, and
the noble fortitude with which all such privations were borne,
as well as the various losses the troops sustained, is pleased to
direct that a donation of six months' batta be made to all the
officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, European and
Natives, who composed the garrison of Jellalabad on the 7th of
Apt 11, 1842.
The Governor-General will request his Excellency the
Commander-in-Chief of the Army to give instructions in due
time that the several corps composing the garrison of Jellalabad
' may, on their return to India, be received at all the stations GU
their route to their cantonments, by 'all the troops at such
stations, in review order with presented arms.
" By order of the Bight Honourable the Governor-General
of India. (Signed) " T.• H. MADDOcK,
" Secretary to the Government of India,
with tize Governor-General.!'

MURDER OF SHAH SOOJAH.
We have been favoured 'with the following translation of a
Persian letter sent from an authentic source. There can be
no doubt now of the murder of the Shah ; for the circum-
stantial nature of the communication would of itself establish
the fact, were there no other corroborative evidence to rely
upon. The letter will, we are sure, be perused with the
greatest interest by all classes of readers :
" The following news is Irmo Caubul, 17th April. Nawab
Zaman Mier., and Juhar Khan (the Dust's brother), Oosmau
the
a
agreed on a plan
among themselves, went to the King, and having taken the
King himself
but ha
belt' word
and Amgen I
Koran)hAeme er Oo I 1 a
i
hK
them,
satisfiedhaving agreed
the King by the
m, ,
agreement of both word and oath, inasnauch that he consented
to go with art army, consisting of a general levy, towards Jel-
hlealavibnagd ;sefourt
hiswlticthenetns o
d it t wasof
Seca Sung, should there muster and-
before this review his whole army,
and then march on to Jellalabad ; ppened, the
King, in strict arid absolute privacy, of his own authority, usceatutlbeudL thataud h
mde a march to
ap-
pointed the son of Ameen Onlah Khan commander of his
army. The Barukzye Sirdars being much disgusted with the
King's thus admitting the son of Amen Oollah Khan to his
confience, took it much to heart. They then proposed to the
King that they should assemble 25,000 soldiers at Caubul,
while the King went out to review his army and march on
Jelhdabad. The King accordingly took forth his tents, and
went down to Seca Sung; and the Barukzye Sirdars and the
rust, with their force, also went forth, for the purpose of being
present at the muster of the army by the King, as agreed; so
it was that on the first day the King mustered his army at the
place aforesaid, arid at night returned to the Bala Hisser, leav-
ing Prince Futrell Jung at Sees Sung; and the same night
the King sent letters for the men of Konibinat about Jellala-
bad, and to Khyber, and the neighbourhood of Peshawur ad-
dressed to the Shalizadelis.—N.N. 'I his sentence is very con-
fusedly written, but a subsequent passage shows that Shalizaileh
lilahomed Kasim and others of the Royal blood were the par-
ties addressed.
" In the morning the King, baying made his preparations,
and having put ou Lis dress of eereinouy, took his seat in his
travelling c.tair of state (khasalt), and went forth out of
Caubul by the gate towards Shah Shaheed, to make his march
to Sees Sung; but on the road rear Shah Shaheed, Soojah-
ood.llow lab, the son of Nuwab Zeman Khan, had placed in
ambush fifty Jazailchees. When the King's retinue reached the
spot, these Jazailchees rose and fired on him; two balls struck
him, one in the brain, and one in the breast ; five of the King's
bearers were shot down by the volley; seven of the soldiers
that formed the King's escort were also struck, and fell; the
King died almost immediately. Soojah7ood-bowlah coming
up with a body of horse, stood over the King's Corpse. What-
-1

ever-property in jewels was about the corpse—the crown, the
girdle, and so on, the sword and dagger—was.plundered by
them. When Shahzadeh Futteh Jung heard of the catastrophe
by made his way back to the Bala 'Haar. The,body of horse
with Shoojah-nod-Dowlah pursued the Prince at a smart
pace. hoping to lay hands on Lim ; but the Prince, by presence
of mind and resolution, made his way to the Bala Hissar; but,
gates finding the there guarded, and the troopers-close behind
him, he fled back to -the city, and hid himself in the Fort of
Mulimood Khan Beeyat. Zeman Khan, and the other chiefs,
said to l'duhmood Khan Beeyat, The King was our enemy,
awl we slew him ; now give us over the Prince, as we are
agreed to make him King ;' to whichlluhmood Khan answered.
You Barukzye Sirdars, in swearing a solemn oath to the
King, and afterwards killing him, have committed a heinous
'crime. We of the tribes (Ooloos) of Caubul were against the
deed.' Zeman Khan replied, 'My son killed the King with-
out my wish or consent.' Multmood Khau at night took Futteh
Jung out of his own fort, and lodged him with his women in the
Bala Hissar, when Ameen Wish Khan being in the Bala
Hissar, with near two thousand soldiers there assembled, he
placed Futteh Jusigon the throne, and declared him his king,
v.rit.ng letters to the Woos, his dependents, telling them to
assemble about the Bala Hissar and throw in supplies, while he
himself prepared for action, guarding the gates with artillery.
Khan Sherim Khan. and Muhmood Khan and the Kouzilbash
faction form one faction, while the lkirukzye,Sirdars, and the
Nawahs, and the men of the Caubul tribes, and the Kohistanees
torso the other."

The news-writer goes on to say that preparations for hos-
tilities are being made ; women and children being sent to-
wards Bameean, Balkh, and lic,kbara, and the property of
merchants removed to places for safety. Some persons were
declaring for the claims of Hyder, son of Shah Zeman, as the
real heir to the throne. Reports were rife about the advance
of the British troops, "saying every one in their way," and a
march on Lughman to relieve the prisoners. The only other
item of importance is, the report of the kasid sent by the King
with letters for Shah Zadeh Mahummad Kasim, who states
that Akhbar Khan seized and imprisoned him, and destroyed
his letters, releasing him only when he fled from Lughman.
The King, therefore, was marching against him, and for the
relief of Jellalabad. The chiefs, being unable to attack the
Bala Hissar with success, devised this truly Affghan scheme to
inveigle the Shah from his stronghold and murder him.
It would appear, from subsequent accounts, that Futteh Jung
did not long retain possession of the throne, having been mur-
dered by the opposing party ; and Timor Shah, another son of
the late King, and who has always been very friendly to our
cause, set up in his stead. This Prince, it appears, still holds
the reins of Government, and he is said to be looking out
eagerly for the advance of our army, no doubt expecting to be
assisted by us in keeping possession of the throne. The hos-
tages, prisoners, and sick and wounded (between 300 and 400
lin number), who were left in •Caubul at the time of the capitu-
lation, are said to have received much ill treatment during the
confusion which succeeded the murder of the Shah ; but it is
to be hoped that Timor Shah, if he really be ou the throne,
has taken them under his protection.
It is unnecessary to point out to your readers, that should
the above extracted account of the . circumstances which pre-
ceded the assassination of Shah Soojah prove correct, there
will hot remain a doubt as to his Majesty's participation in the
insurrectionary re oceedings. His crime, however—if he has
committed one—has brought with it its own punishment.