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London, England, 1842-09-03 00:00:00

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and he returns them to their friends unranAom;kl and
unharmed. He maintains a close and friendly inter-
course with Capt. Skinner,whom he protects. The ladies
accompanying the army are withdrawn by him from
the dangers which must have been fatal to them, and
conveyed in all honour to a place of safety. He res-
cues with his own hands a child of one of our officers
of which the Ghilzies had got possession, and returns
it to its mother. Meanwhile the destruction of the
Caubul army is consummated, and Akbar Khan is
again in the mountains without followers or influ-
ence. Once more we have him organising the tribes
in the passes to oppose us. By the 6th April he has
6,000 men under his command, when the brilliant
success of Sir Robert Sale sends him again to the
-wilds wounded and helpless. He now resumes charge
(1 the prisoners, and gives up his litter, disabled as he
was, to a lady who had been sick. He sends Captain
Ilackenzie twice in on his parole to negotiate with us,
and returns to us the dead body of General Elphin-
stone, with his official papers. We again bear that
he is deserted and without a party of any power :
when he manages to capture the Balla Hissar, in his
father's capital, keeps Futteh Jung, son of the late
Shah Soojah, nominally on the Throne, and claims
for himself no more than the place of Prime Minister
or Vizier. We speak of all these things as ascer-
tained facts fully admitted by all parties ; the atro-
cities ascribed to him are, so far as it appears from
direct evidence, purely hypothetical !
The ferocious threats and denunciations hurled
against him are so in defiance, in many cases, in
cases in defect, of anything like proof of guilt. We
have very conflicting accounts of Akbar Khan's pre •
tsent position and influence at Caubul. Futteh Jung,
in applying to us for assistance, writes, it is said, that
the Siraar has not 600 followers on whom he could
rely ; and that, should we make our appearance, he
sight easily be turned adrift by the Prince himself.
if this be true that Futteh Jung could so easily turn
lint out of the Balla Hissar, the question arises how he
ever allowed him to get in. We suspect that the prin-
ciple of possession forming nine points of the law holds
good at Caubul as much as it does elsewhere. Other
authorities affirm that the Barukzve influence is at
present paramount. We have heard but little of the
prisoners of late : they were reported to have been
carried away beyond Hindoo Khoosh, but this
proves untrue. Lady Macnaghten and Colonel Shelton
'were met on the 13th June by some of the sepoys
of the 27th N. 1., who had escaped from Ghuznee.
'They were within a few miles of Caubul, where are
all our people ; some few privates at Futtabad alone
excepted. It may be some consolation to them to be
once more together in their captivity ; and theyare
likely to enjoy more comforts, and suffer from fewer
privations in the capital than in the mountain holds of
the chiefs. There seems but little chance of their
release until we finally leave the country; as they
can any day be put beyond our reach in Kohistan. or
Transoxania, should we threaten to remove them.
They appear to have been all along detained as host
ages for our removal. They were allowed every in-
dulgence,—no restraint whatever, further than was
necessary for their safe detention, having been at any
time imposed on them.

QUETTAH.
The country around Quettah is perfectly quiet, the
leading rebel chiefs having come into terms with us.
! 'he garrison there is weak, though equal, we trust, to
t ny work they may be called on to perform, and we
rogTet to say very sickly. The 12th Bombay N. 1.,
trader the command of Major Reid, with some irregu-
I xs, in charge of 3,500 camels with stores, and
100,000/. of treasure, left Quettah on the 9th of June
to occupy the formerly abandoned fort of Killa Ab-
iloolah, half way to Candahar. They reached their
I iestination in safety, a detachment having been sent
1) meet them on the hither side of the Kojjuck Pass,
1z) take charge of the camels, &c., meant for the use of
General Nott. The 12th had taken a month's stores
With them, and were directed to collect provisions from
the surrounding country for the use of the Candahar
Joree on its retreat, now for a time postponed. Scinde
nay be included under the general head of Quettah,
'without regard to geographical disconnection ; there
teing, in fact, no news of any note from that quarter
except the unusual magnitude of the overflow of the
Indus.

GHUZNEE.
Various of the sepoys of the Ghuznee garrison
lice contrived to find their way to Candabar as well
tis Jellalabad. They give us the agreeable assurance
that Colonel Palmer and all his officers are in safety ;
:Lieutenant Lumsden and his lady alone having fallen.
They also add (though this seems less probable) that
500 or 600 of the sepoys are still in existence.
should this prove true, not more than 100 of them
cnn have perished subsequent to the surrender ; as
Colonel Palmer seems to have had no more than be-
twixt 700 and 800 under his .command at the date
of his despatch on the Ist March. One writer states
that by latest accounts the Ghuznee prisoners were
:proceeding in the direction of Kelat-i-Ghilzie.
abould this prove true, it looks as if they were
vacant to be brought to bear on negotiations with
Nott at Candahar.

BUNDELKU,,tID.
Mere has been another," brleofi with the Boondelas—
:s a mart little affair—ver creditable to our troops. I
,dve the following
aceout t of it from the Hurkaru :
" A squadron of tif Bth Light Cavalry, under
Captain Moore, accom p,anied by Captain Studdy and
timet Swinton, sonu -ten days since received orders
ertisore in one night, fears
to march over to Hum
being entertained for the treatall..— 'what place. At
the same time some infantry N;rete orc lered to follow
them, and a day or two afterwards a troop of the
'same regiment, under Brevet-C,wtain Tweedale,
Was sent to Calpee, with some infantry, for the pro-
tection of that place. This was folloved by a wing
oaf the 57th Regiment Native Infantry, under Major
Jones, being ordered off to Banda. Moore's squadron
'was pushed on to Keitah, in progress to which
Place (after a march of twenty-five miles) they
'came suddenly on a single company of the 13th
segimont N. 1., closely engaged with a very large body
1/E the insurgents. The cavalry immediately charged,
and, riding over some matchlock men whom they
sealne unexpectedly on in a ravine or nullah, and who
Were thus enabled to pour in a volley on them, which
aid some execution, routed the enemy's horse. It
'`'as a gallant little affair, and most fortunate for
I:ay.:. Mitchell that the cavalry came up. As it was,
company lost six men killed and seventeen
Iwourided. Capt. Moore, commanding the cadets, got
.„..4 bail hit just below his knee, and the squadron lost
'l9llr horses killed, and six men and ten horses wounded.
Vd.ornet Swinton had a narrow escape, his horse being
k, "led under him. The dead body of a native was
"rought to Capt. Moore, which was reported to be the
l')(-13,aja of Chirgong ; but it seems no one of Moore's
rartY were able, from their own knowledge, to re-
ognise it as that of the troublesome individual in
restion. If, however, it should prove that the late
-44.1 a of Chirgong is really dead, these disturbances
Bundelkund will probably be finished, for there is
110, doubt he was the leader. Report says that 200 of
° rebels were killed in this affair. A company of
i'l4,
"e 31st N.I. is this day ordered to march to-morrow
evening towards Calpee, and to reach their destination,
i
two forced marches."
1, It is said that a force of 5,000 men is to be sent to
an
in the cold weather. This will soon put
Tvn the rising of the refractory Chiefs, if this desi-
-1"Ple end should not be previously accomplished by a
better political management, which it seems we
4.,11'e destined to see, for Major Sheman, one of the
I"3lst men in the country, has been appointed to the
1),.° b n tieal charge of the Sangur and Nerbudder ter-

NORTH-WEST PROVINCES.
The only items of intelligence we have received
"'nee Saturday are, that no movement had occurred
4‘_,t Jellalabad on the 22d ultimo, and that the convoy
despatched from Ferozepore, on the 21st of May, had
reached Peshawur in safety on the 25th of June, hav-
trlg experienced very great difficulties in crossing the
Phis, which had risen considerably, and was without
the advantages of the bridge, which had been dis-
rn_ atitled some time before. We have seen an opinion
that it might, with facility, be kept afloat during the
;Ms. Very exaggerated accounts of the breach of
''selpline at Alee Baghan had reached Peshawur, but
7se believe we gave the true details on Saturday.—
elhi Gazette, July 6.
4„ §INILAH.---The most contradictory rumours are
"3111. g here from mouth to mouth. Those who are
anxious for war say the army of reserve proceeds to
reshawur, as soon as organized, while others, who, to
make all sure, name no less a functionary than the
.4.
looks G. as their authority, say that the army of reserve
well on paper, but that there is very little chance
of its ever assembling.—lbid.
EitOZEPORE--The Sutledge has risen very much
late, and on the Ist it was higher than the site of
the cavalry stables.—lbid.
Bohan
troops which went to Pesh Bolak burned
Alee en route ; the Europeans are said to
have ravished a lot of unhappy women on the occa-
rl, in the presence of a crowd of admiring Sepa-
s.L; an unfortunate event this, as it may give the
e
glialls an excuse for retaliating on our women in
ir hands. Even the Hindoostanees get demoralised.
t„The unpopularity of the service with the Hindoos-
C4.o;neasyctithisoinndreadful, and it is difficult to get them to
I need harly say that all our political
with the cut-throats of these parts are
gammon. They take our money greedily, but kick
lthe moment we are not in a position to kick.
lent There are too many fat appointments going
here for us to return soon. lam satisfied that the
greater number of our politicals look more to the
6,,iluting of their own wheelbarrows than the guidance
01 the state coach.—Agra y
Uhhbar, July 7.
ii,A,in,arm of 5,000 men is we 'lea rn, to ta the
Bundelkuncl during the cold weather.ke The