The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-06 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

CHINA AND INDIA.
Dispatches have been brought by the Over-
land Mail, with intelligence from Nankin to
the 16th of September, from Caubul to the 30th
of the same month, from Hong Kong to the
27th, and from Bombay to the Ist of October.
The accounts from China state that the Emperor
had ratified the treaty, and that it was forthwith
sent off to England to receive the signature
the Queen. Some accounts state that only one•
half of the first instalment had been paid. This
appears doubtful, however, as it is not likely that
Sir Henry Pottinger would dispatch a frigate
of war (the Blonde) with such a small proportion
of •the ransom money. We have little or no
doubt that she will bring home the whole
of the first instalment, 6,000,000 dollars, or
about 1,340,0001. The British forces still re-
mained before Nankin, and no intelligence has
been received respecting their departure. It
is not at all improbable, however, that he would
retain a considerable force in the Yang-tze-Kiang
till the affair was brought to a formal conclusion.
The accounts from Affghanistan are more
ample. Captain Bygrave, the only prisonar in
the hands of the enemy, according to the intel-
ligence brought by the last mail, had been re-
stored. The total number of prisoners rescued
amounted to 109, consisting of 31 officers,
9 ladies.
12 children, and 51 European soldiers, indepen-
dent of about 2,000 found at Caubul. On the
25th of September an expedition of 4,000 men,
under the command of Major-General 11VCas'
kill, was dispatched towards Kohistan, destined
for Charekar, about 70 miles distant from Cau- •
bul. On their march they took by storm the
strong fortress of Istalif,
of 15,000 inhabitants. Though the place WaS
strongly fortified both by art and nature, the troops
carried it with great bravery, and completely,
routed the force opposed to them, with the loss odi
t:oih forty-fiveeerlie
ttti
rnu
return
ar:
by
under
yreni
marched
iaeul privates so6Gntki containing a population
only one officer killed and four wounded,eanearl;lool
ect~c 1W
elielnloieelfradarolae
Charekar
oori,b,lvleoaorunc.dnk:Twe The
as e
ile wx:pi
agreeabiP,
the proclamation of the Gr'overnor-General, Was t,.. '20;4
leave Caubul for India, about the middle of 9,
tober. A general order had been üblislit"g 8
Simla granting six months' batta to all the troolrAiiq
serving under Generals Pollock,
Note, 031
England.
It is said that orders had been
rthe -04
given for
he ;,_,4oi
destruction of the Bala Hisser at Caubul and t
fort of Jellalabad. • oricia

CHINA. • ttii°
THE PEACE WITH CHIN
:101')
NOTIFICATION.3I. Secret Department, Bombay Castle, Oct. -L:711
The continuation of the notification of this
ment, dated the 12th inst., the Hon. the Governor
Council is pleased to re-publish for general informatil -
the following general orders by the Bight Hon. the uo-
vernor-General of India, dated Simla, the 14th inst• d
The Hon. the Governor in Council is further pleased
to announce for general information, that the ratitication
of the treaty by the Emperor of China was received 11
her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and forwarded from Na
kin to England on the 16th of September by the xl°'
Company s steam-frigate Auckland.
By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, w ~e
J. P. WILLOUGHBY, Secretary to
Government.

GENERAL ORDERS. rol,‘•
BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL 01, •-•
..
Secret Department, Simla. Oct. 14. .
The Governor-General has sincere satisfaction in 2°l
nouncing the the termination of the war with China. le
a peace honourable to her Majesty's Crown; and dull,.,lish
in its provisions, which was concluded in the ,_.l','" 00
camp, under the walls of the Imperial city of NanaLli'
the 29th of August.
Thus, within two months after the arrival 0f the tel
forcemeat sent from England and from India for
secution of this third campaign, the direction of a Pm.
ponderating force to the true point of attack has Co
polled the emperor of China to submit to all her .°'`
jesty's just demands. .
The Emperor could only save the internal trade
11 .
his empire from ruin, his ancient capital from call
y.
by assault, and his empire itself from the peril hoe : ;
solution, by yielding to such conditions as it was the ' ,
Majesty's pleasure to impose, in order to - afford W ,11;,,, .' .
subjects of her Crown indemnity for the pastall` ec
1 5.,, .; 'il:;!..''
rity for the future. • ~i wilts;'
This event, glorious as it is to her Majesty's aL"'hlilie't ;i, ~,
convey to her Majesty's heart other and. Yet A-070M' ' -
satisfaction than that which is derived from,thr'et•iieSt,
~ f
r
plation of military success, in the cessation of 13!° if -LC'
which have unhappily involved the most afflle . at . "hilelet
.rnor-General cannot presume to.- At. forms /AT
to
Thehum aGnoitie , .; . Aao -
commanders
Majesty's
employed
o orders,
.dotehfresher Majesty's naval and In ilitr:i46if.ll):::ll'l.;';
which their zeal',7tthahseeti, in t Pex _ ~.
cis „, fs_
stpheireadrphricmba;
approbation
nr
wishiiethfr expression
he energy,ihmb i
rn China
oe their`
ps°refeamhs.tUhnei:neLlec:fi'.eodt:t°3reelt;:ifthn,...l....:kinia'ritifihtbte.ll9:9ihi:jj);ll
and soldiers under their commandich may m';',r honourtreol
icheoicmgi
ghmm
aeainulititseh
roosrfiotf:hhueenrrdeegrarwdh t
h Majesty'se
yf.ta
they have tPe, w „,..ffi!:',
serve. The Governor-General can only
theorces6 aeritenfueletdiflirifixoslis:::),
these joint operationso-
ffofirgh
and his thanks for the opportunity they ha,ilen,',fhota.
occasions, afforded to the native troops, of piail.l,sl3ritish
fighting
armyabv have ever his
ev
and e "1r
fleei d
0:
,on,
sill
y thes
. ;
soldiers. s on ,
The short duration of the operation of the troop roil•
shore has not afforded to every corps of the native ad of
of India the opportunity which all ardently clest.lrereer
distinguishing themselves before the enemy, butt ares Of
that opportunity has been afforded, the severae° "`,oe.
the army of India have added to their acknowledged fa s
Three companies of the battalion of Bengal V°l:ltilitetehre
had the good fortune to be the first engaged vri-t,i sus.
enemy before the city of Chin-kiang, and they we' fed.
tained the high reputation of the army they represe-, of
The 2d and 6th Regiments, and the Rifle ColOPaniefo-
- 36th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry', were 4
gaged in the capture by assault of that city 'on the 21'
.1,
of July. Arta' IP
Ott that occasion, as on all others, the Madras --d the ~,i
lery, and the Madras Sappers and Miners, maintaine Leite,,
rheigsplecethhaeraccotreprswihniethhehas Madras
I ai
at 1e,e4.1
The Governor-General is pleased to direct, th__red :4,
commemoration of the distinguished services renelVs'
by those corps in co-operation with her 318 yes. the
troops in the capture of the city of Chin -hian,.s'„try,
2d and 6th Regiments of Madras Native Int-dos
and the Rifle Company of the 36th Regiment
Native Infantry, shall hereafter bear upon their ape
ments a dragon wearing an imperial crown ; an COw
the same honour shall be granted to such troops or
Sup-
panics of the Madras Artillery and of the Madras ral
pers and Miners as his Excellency Lieutenant-Gentehat
Sir Hugh Gough may designate as justly entitled that
distinction by their service before the enemy in
in the Governor rin the previous campaigns. direct'
1N..1140t_
The-General is likewise pleased to - will
that the 2d and 6th Regiments of Madras Infantry
_or
hereafter bear upon their colours a golden drag
vi'
ing an imperial crown. fietite- ..f
The Governor requests that his ExcellelleYiess to , if.
nant-General Sir H. Gough will hare the g°l3"ll,,matik' J,04.)
transmit to him a nominal list of officers, non-„-0(0014
sioned officers, and privates of the several cores ,flig
army of India serving under his Excellenefset; iifaT. .b
,in the present or in the previous campaigns ss lite
' before . ~.)s
deem to be justly entitled by their services cottfe, co
enemy to the honour of wearing a medal cornalell sioo4 11,,
of such services ; and to every officer, non-comb , .
officer, and private named in such list the Goverewsititoi;
of India will present a silver medal, bearing °TI on.. ISt 8f 1
the head of her Majesty, with the superscripti°?
q undet4s,L9
Asi4 Victoria restituta," and the figures " 184-'.o„.,orittri7ii
neath, and on the reverse a dragon wearing al? 1 ' •
~ I
crown.
The Governor-General; eqUally desirous of
ing the eminent services of the officers and wane! , 0
others serving in the steam-vessels of war elongint,,
e_.
_..
the Government of India by the marks of honour JacY.
have so well deserved, requests that his Excellency)/ 1, vice-
have
Admiral Sir William Parker will have the goo and
n es_v-,'
transmit to him a nominal list of the several officers ay-4_
cliatinginaisyls ~,.;..
seamen and others, serving in such steamers under his
the honour of wearing a medal commemorative of th,...
01.
command, whom he may deem to be justly
services ; and to all persons named in such list the U.
vernment of India will present a silver medal similar to
entitl 4e.r

that presented to the troops.
The Governor-General directs, that the victories ob-
tained by the combined forces in China may be mitkna
known to all the troops at the stations of the army D
that at all such stations a salute shall be fired of 21 guns
for those victories, and a similar salute of 21 guns for
peace which has been signed by the plenipotentiaries of
the Emperor of China.
By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of
India, T. H. MADDOCIC,
Secretary to the Government of India, with
the Governor-General.

(True Cop).)
J. P. WILLOITGIIBY, Secretary to Government.

A FFG-11A NISTAN.
(From the Bombay Times, Nov. 1.)
Since the dispatch of last mail a fortnight since, the
events of moment whose occurrence in India has become
known to us are few in number, and mostly follow as
natural sequences to those formerly detailed, so that
most of our present news will probably have been antici-
pated. We have received letters from China by
the
the
Auckland steamer, which touched at Columbo Qn
17th ult. on her way to Suez direct, of the 16th or Sept.,
from the fleet off Nankin. These announce the ratifi-
cation of the treaty by the Emperor, which we perceive
the steamer carried to Suez ; and the completion of., „
P
the payment of the first instalment of the
infleilictr,i
rball
nity, amounting to 7,000,000 of dollars.
art
lairs will already have reached England, QuettiSir

Las 1

r 7 ,71,:t!c.,!ni;d, and we 14.i'v • "now 'no I
kr:ei
'
the ).,t detachUient of General En*hland's force
teo
n.", an rltelted Dadur on to43.9th,of,;Octoer: 'I he-
80t1e „,uard d hafin„4 I,;e6n attacked-in the tolan-Pass, and
en,th Dr-JEriel,:wc•ll, who.was sick, fell into the
illitiPllivand was cut to pieces. The first detach-
% thrAra'oni-Inatlii of njor It-i‘4l, reached Sukktir
aag et IM • ?Ind th;• sec.o,d, und: r Marshall.
the had 3
lil en the 16th. The whole of
pta.a„"4l4didimihph, have now been rcs-.l.•ed to its.
44kbarI-Oiitva 'Njit);4live,lttst, Of then who rema,ned with
Sitla; bayk(k, returned, under oscort from the
26th 7, "i4ulto4- -4-4; the 97th of September. On the
Stagy edei l ii 'ar d Brigndiers To 1 I och and
with f,Rroceeded On an expedition towards Kohistan,
eotir,te -)1,0 of ah-ur 4,000 men. On thy. 29th thy 41-
their Allwen 411 a. ; twenty miles from en nhul on
104. way to Charokar, and defeated his army with gr..at
104 (-)ar casualties consisted of one -officer killed and
hoc) wounded, with 46 men killed and wounded. The
Nl': were expected in camp by the sth of October,
lotCere, to march into the passes for Peshawur on the
tki °r 12th. • Lord Ellenborough has issued a procla-
ttri irlnotincig the entire abandonment of all con-
ell with the affairs of Affghanistan. on

h QUETTA H.
.or aVe TIONV no longer occasion to direct the attention
kilja'rireaders to Ghuznee, Kelat-i-G hilzie, Candahar, or
r4,41001ah---scenes where so much bloodshed has oc•
tDee -"Ilrino. the D .4 three years These have all now
beCeid us—they are to us'nothing—there is not.
threaph subject within their precincts. On the 3d, while
ttalleeirl4 the defiles which constitute the upper en-
Ras at°,l the Belan Pass, General England's rear guard
,r`lgio7'leked •by the plundering Murrees who infest
'it -144 d was two hours engaged in sharp skirmis-
A4ititPrarticulars have not reached us, further than that.
to a dillt:Sorgeen Brickwell, who was sick and carried
tll, ttn Ic'ne. k fell into the hands of the enemy and was
ees. The troops subsequent to this appear to
bkiProceeded without interruption, having reached
12tikti ri,ll safety an the 9th, and remained there till the
Pore: %en they continued their march towards Sliikar-
:l,elteh:l*tr Reid had arrived at Dadur with the first
iked. "„ent on the 19th of September, as formerly no-
T.loak,ige .proceeded with as little delay as the state of
s-,e Wotild permit, and arrived at Sukkur on the
"01011 k, ;'llitiiit'citSnalty of note on the 12th of October.
ItithieOlarshalf was at Dadur on the 24th of Sept.;
~,4etter;;;4lt'cond detachment, having been permitted -to
nr,i-c-'42=-. Pass without molestation. He was expected
,_"3tlltlcti;') a, Shikarpore on the 17th, and might be at
".(k- trl'e Second day after. Of the 15,000 British
tp,
Inilir,lto, i's the course of the last twelve months si-
hirCittk,j7,lY or in succession occupied Kelat, Quettah,
Candahar, and
'llll3-lt nut a living man remains beyond the thoun-
Pot sate those with. General Nett at Caubul. The de-
"he Majesty's •had k_rhet k, t," lajesty's 40th been ordered'from Kurra-
"qoz -",:,'''eroze ore the services of that fine body of men
bk 44-4104. t t;P) he transferred, it is said, to the Bengal.
ltlE„en,q, Her Majesty's 22d were expected to be at
N-ovember. Sickness was very prevalent. The
?itki'429th had* 230, and the Bombay 12th, 140, in hos-
k‘tir;„,""tly ill of fever. Major Outram was at Sukkur,
come down so far with General England, and. then
de
ahead of the troops. We are entirely igno-
ki ''"e nature of the ulterior arrangements intended
ikoti,`ll(le• The cost of maintaining our posts there
hole 1, to about 600,0001. a year ; the gross value of the
/111ati(h the trade carried on in this direction to some-
kirZBB than the half of this. Unless for commercial
Seinde is of no use to us, and not of much even
9410,-,e,i should we require to operate against Hydera-
„:"e Punjaub, we can throw our troops into it to
Nilb-`ent, at a fortnight's notice, by help of steam from
ftreith f? to ICurrachee, and water carriage down the
rom Ferozepore.

In CAUBUL.
'kern7r,Paper of the 15th of October, dispatched by the
Illeiii•eatate steamer, we gave a general account of the
1/41sIth td success of Generals Pollock and Nott on the
NI: towards Caubul, of the victories of Jugdulluck
-zeen, and the destruction of Ghuznee. The offi-
gad--4'ounts of these, which before this reaches Eng-
stilkiwill probably have appeared iu the Gazette, will be
Nis s entire in to-day's paper. Prince Futteh Jung,
IN Nu_ adjoined General Pollock at Gundawuck, had
opp,)„ Framed to return with the army ; he took the
kif,'„ul;ita, of our entering the citadel to seat him-
glisti.,' the throne, so as to make it appear to the Aft
t. t„ltat we were firing in honour of his sucees-
`ttle.i.,; 4" seems to have been permitted to pursue this
moiar`eee of impertinent artifice unnoticed ; we have
114 p4rion of supporting the claims of any one, and
ksy nee, like his brother Timour, now at Sukkur,
tioneteturn with us if he pleases, and become the pen-
'lllssr Of Government, or hearsay, like his brother Suftur
liter at Candahar, try his luck in the bloody game
41tIZ't° be played for supremacy so soon as we leave.
,ttls4,:t. Khan had taken Captains Troup and Bygrave
,414 b, With him to the battle of ' Tezeen, desirous, pro-
tirhi;_ should he fall into our hands, of having some
111,0141 officer to speak in regard to his dealings with
!hronr'„at least, to find him a hearing on his conduct
illt 14011 t by those who had witnessed it, before suffer-
Lkss,'iat summary execution for which, in a b-
-74- Of evidence of his guilt, nine-tenths of the press
uNs9,,,,loudly clamoured. During ,the flight which ful-
kialr,"-;aptaiii Troup pursued his way towards Caubul,
tlitl'ired tiler prisoners who had been left behind. Cap-;
tiash.i4rave, from an heroic feeling, it is said, of con-
travli.olirisoner with one who had behaved so generously.
toed aro..4,liiiii until released, returned on the 14th with
Ivitli rtaed Sirdar towards Kohistan. , He remained
5M un"ka fel. a fortnight, and was sent ' back freely,
`7lll Myseort to Caubul, where he arrived.. on the
Trey rt3:‘ ' This,. however, is anticipatory. ,Mrs.
41i
..I,•aab 4
lu a 'been, sick,.. and was, consequently, left at
atneft' e. 4 the ' other - prisoners were moved Mr to
',LEN'S,' anti Dr Campbell was ,humane.ly.permitted to
''nderin'r, as 'were her friends Captain and Mrs.
~.`ts (le"lit-h,..,0ug1i, of course; it was known that as soon
twithea-kt.
„.I,Ailleek arrived they must fall into his hands
,laticityntina or. condition, They were, accordingly,
`l,!;th o' ' " f . , earth-and,
'hail:" 441st, the day after the fight at Ma,mmoo
ttlartl,N,"'teriseners, with the exception of those above
~(4. lian,-4ted, had started, by direction of Akbar Khan,
'Il the'Teean, a place about 90 miles to the westward,
he';'"Unittiit level of the pass leading to Toorkistan.
t)f 811.ekscort consisted of 300 Affghans under command
the i'l Khan—a chief who had taken service with us in
NinCultle of the Shah Soojah on our entering the
for tittY' but who, in OCtober, 1840, deserted our cause
I)°,rasii.'iat"l Dost Mahonsed, which seemed then tem-
i'a ti; -La the ascendant. They arrived at Bameean
sttd, rat„ 31 of September. Some of our officers
:'keisr—'aged to get into the good graces of the
Nsiti,„ during
the march, and proposed that he
err
jabandon the cause of Mahomed Akbar, and
v„4I)C (heat in the direction of General Notes ad-
-4.1 r:: . meal approaching Ghuznee. For this he was
trine 10,0001. raised by contribution amongst the
I'lis Pars, and expected to be repaid by Government.
the
:"I‘;',Posal was thoUght over, but not closed with at
the fs'•',nough the bribe was sufficient to have shaken
arti .7141 of more devoted and less needy soldiers. On
ehil(j'ug at Bameean, the officers and the ladies and
l'iisje,n were put into one fort—the soldiers and their
hi It 'nto ano! her. This was the place where Dr. Lord
th,tna' resided. It had been declared before they left
tlistjhould matters eoine to extremities they would be
tlta4alted among the Toorkistan chiefs ; and it was
'Orth (aPParently by Salih Khan, not the most trust
itasv Y evidence) that those who were too weak to be carried
14644 should be killed ; a circumstance, if true, singe-
ts4kt variance with the humanity throughout displayed
tmarsh4 Mein. On the 11th Sept. an order for them to
been " lihooloom was received; this appears to have
eras dispatched when it was seen that General Pollock
kt a °terraind to advance—probably lifter his victory
limukgdulluck. The day previous to this (10th) they
tiles neard
s of the fall of Ghuznee (on the 6th). A private
Lail mesa had at the same time been received from Mohun
ktibforraerly interpreter to Sir A. Burnes, and left at
kiseuers o ul tia our retreat, saying that should he deliver the
ad ver to us he should receive 2,0001. at once,
said 11;2001• a year as an annuity for life. The chief
lei, "e knew nothing of General
then
; but if the
Ile c",r,,s would guarantee this, then he would do what.
%nt-A" to serve them. The matter was arranged with-
Ills -Qin). ; it was resolved that the forts should be
l'iike:i: Immediately in a state of defence, in hopes of
44 ‘anding all attacks till help arrived, and the flag of
ke4„hte Was hoisted on the battlements. On the 15th
tle('Cllts of the victory of Tezeen reached them ; a march
Ontillihul was immediately resolved upon. They started
4 1Q `Q .Ulornin, of the ,16th, and in the evening received
Iv
ltat, from
Sir Richmond Shakespear, stating that he
rtisn h wayis with 610 Kuzzilbashes to attempt their
aIuLM-, 'Next morning, having
crossedor ,
the
sea,, they
the, halloo
N levelet itZill.,s 13,000 feet above the
forced " Intended deliverers. Prom this they. made a
leg ,t,,., reit to the Helnaun,d, and the Kuszilbashes
,haiv-.
isolj: 77 horses to assist in carrying them forwardrialei
newrh ford march was next day. .accomplished.
the eard that the ass of Sufed Koh was occupied by
Y
Waseande,m. •Y't but that a light brigade under Sir R. Sale
ttow "auelag to meet them. Sir Richmond Shakes car
height‘Tt'te to Sir R. Sale requesting him to occupy' the
Pul,, ,' adding that the prisoners and escort would take
tititlndBr-esiiietTledo.f , an adjoining fort, and defend themselves
General Sale left his infantry in the pass,
co,.P,e`sted forward with his cavalry ; he met the
tvlivze;;,loitnertehrie 19th, and on the .20th the released cap'
Canbul. They amounted in all to 115 ;
501d.34 officers, 9 ladies and 22 children, 56 European
hadtejs, 2 clerks not in the service, and 4 women. They
takenen, from the 10th of January, when they were
eaPivitel,large of by Mahomed Altbar, 231 days in
th,! 3, after having been for 70 days exposed to
trs4itll%.,ft frightful hardships during the siege and re-
allie -It, were vain to endeavour to describe the scene
aleetlu' ensued on their restoration to their friends. The
11 g of Sir Robert Sale, who had himself been for
Isrr)uwiths (from the 7th of October till 17th Septem-
terro exposed to siege or battle, with scarcely any in-
4r, ttloo, with his heroic wife and bereaved daughter,
witl k)turt, whose husband had fallen after being covered
141 w,"onds in the discharge of his duty, might form
save sAnieet of a hundred pictures. The prisoners,
svard aptaiii Bygrave, who returned a week after-
that were were all now restored to us, and it was believed
but ~,e should fall back on Jellalabad without delay ;
struet'leeneral Pollock had decreed or been in•
we . d otherwise, and it -was agreed that three
on its shoulda be spent close to the capital. The army,
skelpt a'vance,' had, as we expected, met with numerous
huntb,",s of the men who had perished in January; some
litti,:,,eus of them were buried—many of them were so
bet. -v "eeomposed as to be still recognisable. The num-
iili_l'een roes not appear to have exceeded a thousand in
l 3 )O0 an army, with camp followers, computed at
write", lied disiippeared in the passes. A Peshawur
'tali: states that 3,000 men have already returned to
stilt ~, and that from 4,000 to 6,000 are believed to be
tt., ezistence beyond the Indus. Should this prove

- -
true--au(l the small number of bodies compared to the
n:.rubtT ..f deaths stated to have 'occurred, lends plami
bility to. the assumption—then the destruction of our
troops must have been infinitely less complete than
was supposed ; the Europeans, who fought to the last,
having alone, in all probability, been annihilated.. A re-
port
having gained currency that Caubul was to be de-
stroyed or given up to plunder, the inhabitants at our
approach fled almost to.a man ; the sick and aged alone
remaining. behind. Ge rival Pollock, with the prudent
fo,-bearance which has throughout, when left to act for
iduself, eharacttTised his conduct, issued orders that no
injury should be offered to any 0110 ; and commanded
Viat the city so full of scenes to provoke the bad passions
of our men, should not be entered by the army. Not a
single intimation of exeeqs having been committed has
re,f••!led us. The people finding this speedily returned,
aad provisions were brought in for our use in abundance.
About 1,200 natives belonging to the force were found
wandering about Caubul in beggary ; many of them were
wounded or diseased ; some of them were almost naked,
and all in a state of extreme destitution. These had
fallen behind, or been able to make their way back
from Khuord Caubul and Tezeen after the fearful 10th
and 11th January. In the course of the winter, with
anarchy an strife still raging, it is not improbable
that a still greater number may have perished. They
could have little food and no adequate protection from
the season, and the Affghans were too busy through
February and March to care for them. On the 15th,
General M`Caskill, with a force under Brigadiers
Tulloch and Stacey, of nearly 4,000 men, consi ting of
some 600 cavalry, including two squadrons •of the 3d
Dragoons, two European, and three native regiments,
with a large allowance of artillery, proceeded towards
Kohistan, with a view, it is said, of endeavouring to
secure Akbar Khan, Ameen Oolla, and the other lead.
ing chiefs. They took the road to Charelcar, the scene
of one of the saddest of our mishaps, where an entire
regiment of Ghoorkas was annihilated in November. On
the 29th, at a place on the way called Istalif, twenty
miles from Caubul, an immense body of Affghans
issued from a fort, under the command of Ameen
Oolla, and pushed boldly on to meet them. They
advanced with great intrepidity, and maintained the
contest for a short space with boldness, when they
were beaten back and scattered in every direction.
They must have suffered severely. Lieutenant Evans
of her Majesty's 41st, was amongst the killed ; and
Captain Breadfoot, Lieutenants Lister, her Majesty's
9th, Spencer, 26th native infantry, and Richardson,
horse artillery, were wounded ; with 46 rank and file'
killed and wounded. On entering the fort stores of
muskets and shot, with a couple of guns, formerly be-
langing to us, were taken possession of. The wives of
many of the chiefs are said to have been made prisoners.
Istalif was burnt to the ground. At Caubul, meanwhile,
sickness to a serious extent began to make its appear-
ance, about 12 per cent. of the force being off duty by
indisposition. Only twelve days' provisions were in
store on the 30th September, and the troops were getting
impatient for return. General M'Caskill's troops were
expected in camp about the sth October, and it was said
that the whole army would fall back betwixt the 10th
and 12th. All the ordnance left at Caubul has been re-
covered, together with the park of artillery captured on
the flight of Dost Mahomed on our original advance in
1839, which-has since- been kept in the Bala Hisser. The
city, of course, is full of plunder ; our former canton-
ments are in a state of ruin, and the walls of the citadel
itself were found to have suffered severely from the guns
of Akbar Khan during the siege in April. It is said that
not only the walls of the fortress will be blown up, but
that the grand Bazaar—the wonder of travellers, and
pride of Caubul—will be destroyed.
LETTER FROM ONE OF THE CAPTIVES.
Camp, Caubul, Sept. 22, 1842.)
I am sure you will be delighted to hear, of not only
myself, but the whole of us unfortunate prisoners (with
the exception of Bygrave) being once more under the
protection of the British flag, after a captivity of eight
months and a half.
On the morning of the 25th nit. (August), we sud-
denly received an order from Mahomed Akbar Khan to
prepare for our immediate departure towards Toorkistan.
We started at 10 p.m. Troup and Bygrave remaining
with the Sirdar, and Mrs. Trevor and family, Anderson,
Mrs. Anderson, and children, and Dr. Campbell, in con-
sequence of the illness ;of the ladies ; our escort con-
sisted of 300 Infantry, under the command of Salih Ma-
homed Khan, formerly a Subadar in our friend Hopkins's
corps, and who deserted to Dost Mahomed, at Bameean,
in September, 1840. We arrived at Bameean, on the
Toorkistan frontier, on the 3d inst. During the march,
as Salih Mahomed and I became rather intimate, on the
morning of the 29th of August, I privately proposed
to him that if he would forsake Mahomed Akbar
and carry us off through the mountains in the direction.
of Nott's force, which we heard was near Ghuznee, and
make us over to the General, we would give him a lee of
rupees, At that time he appeared to think it very doubt-
ful which party would gain the der, and laughingly said,
such a thing was, if not an impossibility, at least a mat-
ter of great difficulty. As I had some doubts of the
man's inclination to serve us, I thought it was advisable
to leave him to digest what I mentioned until a more
favourable opportunity offered. The next day Lawrence,
to :Own I had mentioned my proposition, again spoke
to our Commandant regarding the, lac of rupees. At
Barneeare our whole party was put into two forts; in the
most Miserable dirty hovels you eve" saw, the officers,
ladies;and children lino one, and the-European soldiers
into another.' Our eituation, as you may imagine, was
not enviable, having 'nothing but a prospect of -slavery
and a -dungeon as- our fate in Toorkistan, Mahomed Alt-
bar having declared before we left Caubul that he, would
distribute us amongst the various Affghan chiefs, iu the
event of our troops marching on the capital.
On the 10th (September) we heard of Ghuznee being
destroyed by Nott's army. On the 11th we heard, to our
horror, that the order had arrived, during the night,- for
our hinnediate departure to Kooloom. Shortly after-
wards I received a message from Salih Mahomed Khan,
that he wished to see Lawrence, Pottinger, and self to a
private conference. I very soon obeyed the summons,
having an inkling that it had reference to my former
offer of a lac of rupees. When we were assembled our
-Commandant told us that an order had come from the
Sirdar for our instant march to Kooloom, and produced
the letter, which stated that we were to be made over to
the Walee or Chief, and that all orders regarding us
must be obeyed ; he then went 0111 to state that Syud
Moorteza Khan, who was formerly employed by me
during the siege, had brought him a message from Moon-
shee Mohan fall that, on condition of his releasing us and
bringing us into Caubul, he would receive from General
Pollock 20,060 rupees, and 1,000 rupees per month for
life. Salih Mahomed said, "I know nothing of General
Pollock, but if you three will sign a paper guaran-
teeing to me this sum, I will join your interests
heart and soul" To make assurance doubly sure
as regarded the sum to be given to Salmi Mahomed in
the event of Government not agreeing to aid us in effect-
ing our release, we three were formed into a Committee,
obtained the sanction of every officer and lady to give
such sums as we might hereafter demand of them for the
proposed object, acting to the best of our ability to effect
our own release. We told Salih Mahomed to draw oat
an agreement, which he did, and we bound ourselves on
the part of every lady and gentleman to give the Com-
mandant 20,000 rupees, and 1,000 rupees per month,
and subsequently added fnur months' pay to each sepoy
on condition of their taking us into Caubul. We had
now fairly committed ourselves, as we knew that in the
event of our hereafter falling into the Sirdar's hands,
through treachery or otherwise, the lives of us who had
signed the paper (I ought also to have mentioned Mac-
kenzie's name, as he also attached his signature) would
pay the penalty. On the morning of the 12th Salih Ma-
homed's flag of defiance was hoisted on one of the
towers of our fort ; he wanted money to pay his troops ;
some kafilas corning in at the time from Toorkistan, he
levied a tax on them. The Governor not bringing him-
self forward in assisting us, he deposed him and put up
another. The man who had civil charge of us, Ahmed
Khan, received an intimation that neither he nor his
100 soldiers were required any longer, and that they
would be seized if they delayed their departure. On the
13th those agents had all taken their departure ; on
the night of the 13th I went outside of the fort, when
everything was quiet, and brought the water from a cut
near at hand into the ditch at the back of the fort, as in
the event of a siege which we hourly expected, as we
imagined our troops must be somewhere near Caubul, the
Sirdar would for a certainty bolt in -our direction ; the
river being at some short distance off our water
might be cut off. On the 14th all the principal
chiefs came in to make their obeisance to us,
and tendered every kind of aid. We all sub-
scribed such small sums as we could afford to lay in
a little godown of our own, and I undertook this part of
the work with about 5,000 rupees, which I had collected;
on the 15th it was thought advisable. to send three or
four officers into the soldiers' fort, as we had been pro-
mised muskets for them, and my mess, consisting of
_Burnett, Alston, CrawfOrd and self, removed our bed-
.dings there, and took military and political charge. We
dug wells, filled the ditch, repaired the holes, and were
all busy as bees. When we heard of Mahomed Akbar's
_defeat at Tezeen, all our preparations for a siege were
stopped, and we determined to force 'our way to Caubul
with our small guard, and to effect our release solely
through our own exertions; on the .morning of the 16th
we took our departure, and halted-about ten miles off ;
on the 17th crossed the Kaluo mountains, 13,000 feet
high, and halted near Kharzar, where we were met
by 610 Kuzzilbash horsemen, who had come to our
aid, under command of Sir Richmond Shakespear.
On the 19th we were met on the road by General Sale,
with 1,000 cavalry, 1,000 infantry, and two guns, who
had the day before come out to our assistance from
Canted, and thanked God that we once more breathed
the air of freedom. I was anxious topush on to Caubul, and
started again in the evening with two of my Kuzzilbash
friends to Kila Kazee, where General Nott's force was
encamped, stopped the night with my friend 1)r. Mac-
kinnon, and came on here tin the morning of the 21st,
and took up my quarters with my old shipmate Burn.
Yesterday morning all the prisoners came into camp,
when there was a royal salute fired, and here we all arc
as happy as men and women can be who, but a few days
ago,
had scarcely a hope of any other fate thanethe drag-
ging on a miserable existence iresoree dungeon in Toor-
kistan ; Mahomed Akbar had seut orders to put to death
all those who were too weak to proceed to Khooloom.—
Delhi Gazette, Oct. 12. .•

THE POSTS IN VIE PASSES.
GUNDAMECK, JELLALABXPc IMAKKA, AND

ALI MUSED.' •
A rapid summary of, the proceedings in the passes on
the line of our retreat will help to connect the narratives
just given of the affairs at Caubul, with that which will
furnish the chief topics of interest for the mail of the Ist
December. The singular fatality which has. uniformly
attended the garrison of Ali Musjid, within ten miles of
the Peshawar end of the Khyber Pass, has on the present
occasion only been deferred, it has not been stayed ; the
right wing of the 64th native infantry, some months
stationed here, for a time escaped; they were withdrawn
to be replaced by the left wing. At Phakka nothing of