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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
THE DERBY.—The only striking alteration on this
event is the increase of the offers against Scott's lot, con-
sequent by the death of Mr. George Clark, on the dis-
qualification of Philip and Abernethy ; the other fa-
vourites in that stable are, individually, stationary. The
betting was neither brisk nor important ; it extended,
however, over a tolerably extensive list, and resulted in
an improvement on Aristides, and a decline of ten points
each on Amorino and the Oxygen colt. The closing
prices were-
-5 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken and afterwards offered
14 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken
8i to 1 agst Mr. Blakelocx's A British Yeoman
20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's .Murat—taken
22 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour
25 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Aristides—take 30 to 1
30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Progress colt
40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Sirikol—taken and
afterwards offered
40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Napier
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Cotherstone
40 to 1 agst Mr. Griffith's Newcourt
50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Amorino
50 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen colt—taken
50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Clara colt
50 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Languish colt—tak.
50 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Dumpling—taken
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Bell's Black Drop—taken
1000 to 16 agst Mr. St. Paul's Cheviot—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Rogers's Syren—taken
2000 to 20 agst Mr. Bowes's Auld Lang Syne—taken
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800 to 100 agst Lord Westminster's Maria Day
1000 to 100 agst Mr. Powlett's Wee Pet.
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were Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, and the Hon. Capt.
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was fixed for the final examination of the bankrupt,
who resided at Cogges-hall, where he kept and hunted
a pack of fox-hounds with great spirit. The bank-
rupt attributed his insolvency to the circumstance of
his having been induced to become a large Share-
owner and Managing Director to the Anthracite Coal
and Iron Company near Carnarvon, and for which pur-
pose he had deeply mortgaged his estate. In two years
and a half the subscribed capital of the Company
was nearly 57,000/., which was all speedily ex-
hausted, and debts were contracted, for which the
works were mortgaged to the further amount of
2.5,0001. The Company was soon after dissolved, and
the works and liabilities have since been disposed of.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE
LIFE OF SIIAII SHOOJAII-00L-MOOLK.

After the murder of Nadir Shah in his camp at
Couchan in June, 1747, and the consequent break-up
of the empire he had nearly consolidated, Ahmed
Khan a Suddozye chieftnia of the great Abdallie
family, and one of Nadir's favourite and most distin-
guished generals, made himself master of the de-
ceased monarch's treasures, equipped a body of the
veteran troops, who had fought under his banner
through all the recent conquests, established himself
as the head of the Affghan nation, caused himself to
be crowned at Candahar, and assumed the title of
Dooree D Doran (the pearl of the age), which led to
the change of name from Abdallies to Dooranies.
Ahmed Shah reigned twenty-six years, a period
spent in constant activity and warfare, during which
he carried his arms into the heart of Turkestan and
India, the latter of which he invaded no less than
seven times, and on one occasion totally defeated the
great Mahratta confederacy on the field of Panniput
in 1761 ' • his constitution, however, sank at last under
continued fatigue and excitement, and he died at
Murga in the Atchukzye country, in June 1773, in
the fiftieth year of his age. He was succeeded by
his son Timoor Shah, though not without some fruit-.
less opposition on the part of his brother Abdul
Khalak at Ghuznee.

Timoor Shah had not the energy or ability to fol-
low in the successful steps of his father, or to conso-
lidate the conquests of the former reign ; but though
the power of the Dooranies bee me stationary, it was
not actually diminished during is career ; the seeds
were, however, sewn of that disorder and decay
which progressed with rapid strides during the reigns
of. his successors. His greatest merit was the atten-
tion he paid to the finances of the country and the
economy with which he employed them ; this secured
him a full treasury, and was the secret of his mainte-
nance of his power so long. The most remarkable
act of his reign was the transfer of the seat of Go-
vernment from Candahar to Caubul ; at which latter
city he died in May, 1793, at the age of 47, having
reigned twenty years. He left a numerous family,
of whom the following only have appeared on the
page of history; viz., Humayoon, the eldest, by one
wife; Shah Zeman and Shah Shoojah by another and
favourite wife ; and Shah Mahmood, Feroze-00-deen,
Abbas and Eyoob, by other and different wives.
On Timoor's death, a powerful faction headed by
his favourite Queen and supported by Poyndah Khan,
the head of the Barukzye family, who during the pre-
vious reign, had for his conduct in an action at Moo].
tan, received the title of Sirifraz Khan, placed Shah
Zeman upon the throne, at Caubul; Humayoon the
elder brother, proclaimed himself King at Candahar;
Mahmood was ruler at Herat, his brother Feroze
being with him, and Prince Abbas held the same office
at Peshawur. Zeman Khan dispatched his Vuzeer
Welt-radar Khan Suddozye with an army against
Candahar ; llumayoon was defeated, and being de-
serted by his troops, was compelled to flight; after a
year of precarious wandering, he made another at-
tempt, was seized, blinded, and placed in confinement,
in which he continued until his death. Mahmood at
first tendered his submission, which was accepted and
he was allowed to retain his Government; but as soon
as he could muster sufficient force, he threw off the
mask and openly rebelled, he was however defeated
by Shah Zeman on the Helmund in 1794; he made
two other unsuccessful attempts for the throne in 97
and 99, and finally took refuge at the Court of Persia.
Feroze-00-deen made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and
thus acquired the title of liadjee Feroze, by which he
was generally designated. Prince Abbas, in whose
favour an unavailing attempt was made, was seized
at Peshawur, and that province secured by Shah
Zeman. This Prince was now firmly esta-
blished in the Government, which he might
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deredacnodnquestof
economy
object
of hadhis ambition, accumu-
lated, cu m u-
wastedntainheids intact and independent, had
the treasures his father's
which sienefmreuditlteossbientvhaesidoanrslinogf
and to which he appears to have been incited and en-
couraged by his Vuzeer. In 1796 he assembled a
force of 30,000 men, with this avowed intention,
which created considerable alarm throughout India,
and even led the British Government to consider it
necessary to adopt precautionary measures to meet
such a contingency.
Shah Zeman penetrated into the Punjaub three se-
veral times, in 1795, 1797, and 17987 and on each
occasion was recalled to his own dominions by the
rumour of Persian invasion or of domestic rebellion :
on the last occasion he appointed Runj
eet Singh his
viceroy at Lahore.
The internal arrangements of the Government were
left almost entirely to the Vuzeer, whose character
rendered him unworthy of such a trust : he was in-
solent and rapacious, and at the same time was weak
and incapable, his mainsame family,
influence with Shah Zeman
appears to have been owing to his belonging to the
and being, moreover,
an expert flatterer.
A strong feeling of enmity was excited against him,
and a conspiracy was formed at Candahar in 1799,
amongst some of the leading nobles of.. the Court, to
assassinate him, and to . depose . the Shah in favour.of
his brother, Shoojah-001-Moollt. The plot was dis-
covered, and Shah Zeman put six of the Chiefs
to death, amongst whom was Poyndah Khan, the
head of the Barukzye family, to whom he was in-
debted for his throne. This fatal act lost him his crown,
and caused the feud between the Barukzyes and Sud-
dozyes, to which may be traced all the subsequent evils
and misery that have fallen on this distracted country.
Futteh Khan, the eldest son of Poyndah Khan suc-
ceeded to the chiefship of the Barukzyes, on the death
of his father; he was a man of great ability, and in-
domitable energy, was ambitious and had a father's
and joined Mahmood, Shah Zernan's younger brother,
death to avenge ; he immediate] y set off for Tubbus,
Shah of Persia, had recently failed in an attempt on
Herat, which was defended by Prince Kyser, the son
of Shah Zeman. Futteh Khan then brought Mah-
mood to his paternal castle of Girishk on the lielmund,
in Zeinindewar, situated in the centre of the Dooranie
influence; here he was joined by all the Barukzyes, as
well as by the Ishaukzyes and Alizyes, who flocked to
Mahmood's standard : and when a sufficient force was
obtained, they advanced to Candahar, which, after an
investment o
fortyKdhayans, was won by' a stratagem on
the part
without bloodshed. Shah
Zeman was at this time at Peshawur, preparing for
another invasion of India, which this event of course
f of
Futteh
compelled him to lay aside. He dispatched a force of
15,000 men to Cashmere, the governor of which,
Sydaul Khan, Aleckhozye, had declared in favour of
Mahmood ; he also left a force at Peshawur, together
with the Crown jewels and considerable treasure, and
other property, under charge of his brother, Shah
Shoojah, and proceeded himself to meet Mahmood:
the severity he had displayed to the conspirators had
alienated many families from his cause, but the un-
popularity of his Vuzeer was the great detriment to
his interests : after some vain and weak attempts of
the latter, to treat with the rebels, the Shah advanced
towards Candahar with 30,000 men, but no sooner
had they neared the enemy at Mukud, than the royal
vanguard went over to Futteh Khan. Shah Zeman
now gave up all for lost, and, accompanied by his
Vuzeer, fled to Caubul: meeting there with but little
sympathy or support, and closely pursued by Futteh
Khan, he continued his flight into the Shinwarrie
country, where he took refuge with one Moolah
Asbik, at Pesh Bolak, who, contrary to every prin-
ciple of Affghan faith and honour, violated the sacred
laws of hospitality, and gave him
up to Mahmood,
who caused his eyes to beynt out, and confined him
in the Bala Hisser. The Vuzeer was slain by Futteh
Khan, as an atonement for the blood of his father, and
his body exposed to great indignities. On the defeat
of his brother, Shah Soojah, who was still at Peshawur,
proclaimed himself King, and prepared for a contest
for the throne : by means of a liberal distribution of
the treasures at his command, he shortly raised a
considerable force, composed of the Berdooranies,
Khyburies, Enzufzyes, and other neighbouring tribes,
with which he advanced towards Caubul in Septem-
ber, 1801. On the 10th of that month, he was met
on the way at Esphan by Futteh Khan, with 3,000
men, where, although his own force amounted to
10,000 men, and was at first successful, he was at
last totally defeated with the loss of all his baggage
and treasure, and with difficulty effected his escape
into the Khyber hills, where he took refuge, at Teera,
with a Chief, named Mahommud Ameen Khan.•
Prince Kyser had been left in charge of Herat by his
father, after whose defeat Hadjee Feroze came there
and obtained possession of the place, through the in..
trigues of Kyser's Minister ; in the government of
which he was confirmed by Mahn-100d, who appointed
his eldest son Kamran to the charge of Candahar.
Mahmood was now real or acknowledged master
of every part of the empire, and all opposition was put
down, through the talent and activity of Futteh Khan
and Akram Khan Alizye, a faithful follower of Mah-
mood's worst fortunes. These two nobles managed
all public affairs, at first in concert, but they soon
quarrelled, and their dissensions weakened the power
of the State and harrassed the people, who had so

eagerly sought to relieve themselves by change
from the oppressions of the Vuzeer IVuffadar Khan,
only to find themselves subject to two rival masters,
and placed at the mercy of a disorderly soldiery,
whose excesses were winked at, that their attachment
might be the better secured by those who required
their service. Mahmood gave himself up entirely to
indolence and enjoyment, and became perfectly in-
different to the administration of public affairs. At
this time a serious insurrection broke out amongst
the Ghilmes, who proclaimed Abdool Raheen Khan,
the representative of their ancient Royal Family, as
monarch ; after a severe struggle and several hard-
fought actions during the years 1801 and 1802, they
were at last subdued. In the meantime Akram Khan
Al izye died, but his place was speedily occupied by a still
more formidable rival to the power and influence of
Futteh Khan. This was Shere Mahommud Khan,
commonly called the Mookhtyar-00-Dowlah ; he was
the son of Shah Wullee Khan, Vuzeer to Ahmed
Shah, to which high office he considered himself to
have an hereditary claim, and not altogether without
reason, according to the custom of the country and
former precedents. A struggle now ensued between
him and Futteh Khan for the chief power. Mahmood
retained the former about his own person, and dis-
patched Futteh Khan to Candahar, to assist his son
Kamran in the government of that province. Soon
after this a serious disturbance broke out between the
Soonee: inhabitants of Caubul and the Kuzzil-
bashes or Golnm-i-Shah's who were all Sheah's ;
a tumult occurred and the flame of popular
feeling was sedulously fanned by Meer Waez
a Syud of great repute for sanctity, and who
possessed immense influence over the people. Ha was
a staunch friend and partizan of the Mookhtyar-oo-
Dowlah, under whose instructions, or rather in con-
cert with whom be acted on this occasion. The Kuz-
zilbashes forming the King's body guard naturally
found favour with the monarch; a petition was, how-
ever, formally submitted to Shah Mahmood, to cause
retribution to be made on them, for the murder of a
Soonee boy by some of their body, to which the King
turned a deaf ear ' • this was the signal for a revolt,
Meer Waez raised the whole Soonee population with
the cry of a religious war, besieged Mahmood in the
Bala Ilissar, proclaimed Shoojah-00-Moolk as king,
and the Mookhtyar-00-Dowlah proceeded in person to
meet the new Monarch and bring him into Caubul
with due honour.

During this period Shah Shoojah had been leading
a wandering and precarious, but far from an inactive
life, exerting every means in his power to recover his
lost position: within the year, after his defeat at
Isphan, he managed to get together a small force of
Khyberies, and made an attempt upon Peshawur, but
was repulsed with heavy loss and compelled again to
take refuge in the fastnesses of the hills :—here he re-
mained for some time, until the arrival of Futteh
Khan with a force at Peshawur rendered his position
somewhat unsafe, when he retired farther south, and
took refuge in the mountainous tracts inhabited by
the Kakur tribes, where he wandered about for some
time, subsisting himself and followers by the sale of
his jewels, and indebted to the casualhospitality of the
chiefs of these wild districts. _ _

In this miserable plight he found himself in the
winter of 1802, in the province of Shawl, when a
Kafilah of some value fell into his way ; the opportu-
nity was too tempting to be resisted ; he surrounded
it with his few followers, when the merchants surren-
dered their property to the amount of about three
lackhs, receiving bills for the amount in Shah Shoo-
jah's name, payable when brighter prospects should
dawn upon him. This prize enabled him to raise and
equip a fresh body of troops, with which he advanced
to Candahar ; he was, however, again defeated, his
army broken and dispersed, and he himself driven, for
the third time, to seek refuge amongst the Khyber Hills.
In this condition he was found when he received
the invitation to return to Caubul, an offer with which
he of course gladly closed : as he advanced, he was
met by the Mookhtyar-00-Dowlah, who from the first
appears to have been well inclined to his interests, and
with an increasing force they advanced together to
the capital. . Here they found Shah Mahmood
closely invested by the populace in the Bala Hissar,
and learned that Futteh Khan was rapidly approach-
ing with a considerable force to his relief ; Shah
Shoojah moved out to meet him, and on the 12th of
July, 1803, a severe action was fought about eight
miles from Caubul.
Futteh Khan in the commencement of the battle
was succersful, but the defection of one of his princi-
pal chiefs threw his army into confusion and turned
the day against him, and notwithstanding every exer-
tion on his part to retrieve this disaster, he was com-
pelled at last to seek safety in flight. The following
day Shah Shoojah entered the city in triumph, the
gates of the Bala Hissar were thrown open, and Mah-
mood, deserted by all his followers and dependents,
was made a prisoner. It is pleasing to have to
record amidst this narrative of strife, revenge,
and cruelty, that Mahmood's eyes were spared
at the intercession of Shah Zeman, whom he
had himself deprived of sight. Shah Shoojah's
exercise of authority on regaining the throne was ex-
ceedingly moderate; the only execution that took
place, being that of the Moolah Ashik who had so
treacherously betrayed Zeman Khan into the hands
of Mahmood. Futteh Khan after his defeat hastened
to Kamran at Candahar, but being unable to make
head against a strong force sent to oppose them the
Prince repaired to Furrah, and the ex-Vuzeer ten-
dered his submission and services to the new mo-
narch ; the former was, but the latter was not ac-
cepted, and Futteh Khan retired to his family estate
at Girishk. Prince Kyser, son of Shah Zeman, was
appointed to the Government of Candahar, and Iladjee
}'iroze was allowed to retain that of Herat. Shah
Shoojah's policy, though conciliatory, was vigorous ;
he applied himself immediately to the reduction of all
the rebellious or turbulent provinces, and brought them
into subjection, and essayed to restore the Government
to its former state of efficiency and order, which had been
so seriously impaired during the recent struggles
and the short but ruinous career of his predecessor on
the throne. During his misfortunes and wanderings,
the Monarch had fallen under numerous and heavy
obligations to various parties, who now surrounded
him, expectant and clamorous for reward, and being
e rt o
alliance,
widen, wantingh the
v
naturally of a liberal and grateful disposition, he soon
found his means fall short of his desire to gratify all
claimants, and the result was that his finances were
reduced, umbrage was given, and disappointment
caused to many who considered themselves neglected
or inadequately rewarded. A considerable portion of
the revenues of Peshawur was made over to those
Khyber chiefs with whom he had so often found re-
fuge, and numerous large grants of land were made
to those Dooranee chiefs who had adhered to, or be-
friended him during his exile. The Mookhtyar-oo-
Dowlah was appointed Vuzeer, and received numer-
ous other favours, but his services were of that nature
which it was difficult satisfactorreiclyeivteodr r
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were ac-
cepted. He was now about to turn his thoughts
towards Cashmere, which still remained in rebellion,
when his attention was imperatively called to Can-
dahar, where Futteh Khan had recommenced his
intrigues, and enabled Kamran to eject Prince
Kyser. Shah Shoojah marched in person against
the rebels who were supported by six thousand men
from Herat, under the command of Prince Mullick
Cossim, son of Hadjee Feroze; a threatened invasion
' from Persia caused the latter to return, and Futteh
Khan, after attempting to form a party by siding with
Prince Kyser and placing him on the throne, again
tendered his submission to Shah Shoojah, which was
accepted, and Kamran, defeated and deserted, fled to
Furrah. Futteh Khan remained at Court for some
time, but subsequently retired in disgust. About
this period, a Persian army advanced from Meshed,
and defeated Hadjee Feroze's forces in a desperate
action at Shikkeewan ; but they were subsequently
bought off by the payment of a small sum of money.
Shah Shoojah previously exacted is considerable sum
from the Ameers of Scinde, through which province
lie marched from Candahar, and proceeded up by the
eastern districts from Peshawur: here he equipped a
force, which he sent under the command of the
Mookhtyar-00-Dowlah into Cashmere, now the only
province held that held out against him. This go-
vernment was then held by a chief named Abdoolah
Khan. After an obstinate resistance, and various suc-
cesses, the Shah's army gained the advantage, and
Abdoolah Khan, who had held out in one of his forts
for two months, at last destroyed himself by poison,
when the fort was surrendered, and the whole province
reduced to subjection during the year 1806. The
Mookhtyar-00-Dawlah having completed this conquest,
and feeling that his presence was required in
Affghanistan, left his son, Atta. Mahommud Khan, in
charge of the government, and returned to Caubul.
In the meantime Shah Shoojah whose jealousy of
the Mookhtyar-
oo-Dowlah daily increased, had ap-

pointed Akram Khan Baumezye as his Vuzeer, and
was at the time of Shere Mahommud's return, en-
gaged in a descent upon Scinde.
The Mookhtyar-00-Dowlah enraged at this super-
cession, and perceiving that his influence with Shah
Shoojah was passed for ever, collected a large force, of
which he placed himself at the head, and proclaimed
Prince Kyser, Shah Zeman's son, as King. This intelli-
gence reached Shah Shoojah in Scinde ; who promptly
moved up via Derajat to Peshawur, which he secured,
and made his preparations for the struggle. Shere
Mahommed and Prince Kyser arrived in the neigh-
bourhood soon afterwards, and offered him battle ; an
obstinate encounter took place, which ended in the
total defeat of the enemy. Prince Kyser fled from
the field, and the Mookhtyar-00-Dowlah was slain :
his head was borne on a spear behind the Shah when
he made his triumphal entry into Peshawur: this ac-
tion was fought on the 3d of March, 1808.
As soon as the Meer Waez, who had remained at
Caubul, heard of the death of his friend the Mookhty-
ar-00-Dowlah, he released all the princes of the blood
who were in confinement there. The Shah marched
upon Caubul, when the Meer Waez and Prince
Kyser fled to the Kohistan, but the Prince soon came
in and was freely pardoned—the Shah then moved
towards Candahar, where Mahmood having been
joined by Futteh Khan, was again in force, when an
action ensued which ended in favour of Shah Shoojah,
who once more made himself master of Candahar.
From this place he sent orders to have the Meer
Waez put to death, which was done accordingly.,
He then made another descent upon Scinde from
which he raised a further contribution and returned
to Peshawur in January, 1809. Atta Mahommud
Khan who had been left Governor in Cashmere, had,
to revenge his father's death, raised the standard of
rebellion in that province ; the Shah now dispatched
his Vuzeer Akram Khan Baumezye against him.
Akram Khan was a man of undaunted courage and
unswerving fidelity, but he was at the same time
arrogant and haughty and avaricious to a degree. In
the month of February, Mr. Elphinstone's mission
arrived at Peshawur, deputed by Lord Minto, then
Governor-General, to arrange terms on the part of
the British Government, and was very favourably re-
ceived by the Shah. In April following, news arrived
of the total defeat of the Vuzeer in Cashmere and
the destruction of the force employed in that expedi-
tion, and shortly afterwards the Vuzeer himself
arrived with the miserable wreck of the army not ex-
ceeding 2,000 men ; at the same time intelligence
was received that Mahmood, supported by the inde-
fatigable Futteh Khan, had again assembled a large
foi'ce and made himself master, first of Candahar, and
ultimately of Caubul. The Shah's affairs were now
rendered very embarrassing : the Cashmere expedi-
tion had drained his resources of men and money,
enemies were springing up in all qnarters, and a super-
stitious feeling existed, which tended materially to
dispirit his party, and weaken his cause, that his mis-
fortunes were a judgment upon him for putting to
death the holy Syud, Meer Waez. Notwithstanding
all this, the Shah and his Vuzeer manfully met the
coming storm and managed with considerable exer-
tion to equip a force of about 15,000 men, with which
they boldly marched to meet the enemy in the month
of June; the British mission having taken its depar-
ture a few days previously. They advanced through
the mountain defiles, until they reached Neemla, a
little beyond Jellalabad, when the advanced guard
was suddenly encountered by Futtei Khan with be-
tween two and three thousand men, and driven back,
a panic spread, and the whole army was beaten in de-
tail ; the Shah and his Vuzeer were marching in the
rear at the time, when intelligence was brought of the
attack ; the latter having his armour on, gallopid to
the front, and endeavoured to retrieve the day ; but
he arrived too late, the troops were already dis-
persed and flying in all directions, and after a
gallant' but unavailing resistance he fell sword in
hand, fairly borne down by numbers. The Shah
finding all was lost, fled over the hills to Hesaruk.
Mustering his few remaining followers' and perceiving
that Mahmood and Futteh Khan had returned to
Caubul, he pushed across the mountains by the direct
road to Candahar. Previously to marching from
Peshawur, having, perhaps, a presentiment of defeat,
lie had sent all his family for safety to Rawul Pindee.
At Candahar a strong party was already formed
against Mahmood, or rather against Futteh Elan,
consisting of all the Chiefs of the Noorzye tribe,
who burned to revenge the death of Meer Allum
Khan Noorzye, who had been slain some months
previously by utteh Khan, in atonement for certain
indignities offered to the latter by the Noorzye Chief
when formerly in his power. At the head of this
party was Alxloolah Khan, father of the murdered
chief, together with Yehyah Khan Baumezye, brother
to the late Vuzeer Akram Khan, Sauloo Khan
Ishakzye, and several other Dooranie chiefs of note.
Feeling themselves sufficiently strong they advanced'
upo,n Candahar, where they were joined by Prince
Eyoob, who had been left in charge of that Govern-
ment by his brother Mahmood. Supported by this
powerful party, Shah Shoojah now found himself
once more at the head of a well equipped and nume-
rous fOrce;
.Futteh Khan had,, however, already ad-
vanced to meet them, and an action took place_ near
Candahar,, in the very commencement of which
Sauloo Khan Ishakzye , went over, to, the side ,of
Mahmood, and Futteh Khan, taking advantage of
the confusion and surprise caused by this desertion,
charged impetuously at the head of his whole force
and put the Shah's army completely to the IN ute.
The unfortunate monarch was again forced to become
a fugitive, and proceeding southward with a handful
of followers, he crossed the Indus at Bukkur, and
finally rejoined his family at Rawul Pindee, where
he arrived in the beginning of February, 1810.
Shortly after his arrival at Rawul Pindee, Shah
Shoojah had an interview with Runjeet Singh, Iyho
treated him with marked attention and respect ; at
the same time Attah Mahommud Khan, the Governor
of Cashmere, who had every thing to dread from the
ambition and energy of Futteh Khan, deputed his
brother, Jandad Khan, to the Shah, and agreed to
assist him with money and troops, receiving as an
equivalent, the cession of the important fortress of
Attock. Towards the end of March, Shah Shoojah
accordingly once more advanced towards Peshawur;
Mahommud Azeem Khan, Fatal Khan's brother,

who had been appointed Governor there, on the part
of Mahmood, evacuated the place on the Shah's ap-
proach :—the means of the latter were however too
limited for such an undertaking, he Was unable to
advance beyond Peshawur, of which he held posses-
sion, until the following September, when Azeem
Khan returning with a strong force, drove him again
beyond the Indus. He made another attempt in the
month of December, 1811 ; but suffered a severe
defeat at Akora, and was at last fain to rejoin his
family at Rawul Pindee. He was not destined to

remain quiet even here, for in the beginning of 1812,
he was persuaded to visit Atta Mahommud Khan,
upon that Chief's invitation, who, notwithstanding
the assistance previously rendered, treacherously seized
him and kept him in confinement, in revenge for the
death of his father, the,Mookhtyar-00-Dowlali. His
treatment at this period was of the most trying and
painful character. At first he was confined in the
fortress of Attock, the lancet was frequently held to
his eyes, and on one occasion he was taken into the
middle of the Indus, with his hands bound, and threat-
ened with immediate death—the object of all this se-
verity being to extract from him the celebrated dia-
mond, the -Koh-i-noor, or Mountain of Light, which
he was known to possess. His firmness and deter-
mination however prevailed, and Atta Mahommud
having proceeded to Cashmere, carried him a captive
in his train. From this state of durance, he was
shortly released, and that through the means of
a party from whom he could scarcely have
looked for such a benefit. One of the first objects
with Futteh Khan, after having established Mah-
mood securely on the throne, was the recovery of the
valuable province of Cashmere ; in prosecution of this
design, he entered into arrangements with Runjeet
Singh for a joint expedition, and accordingly in the
year 1812, being supported by an auxiliary body of
Seiks advancing by another route, he forced his way
into Cashmere via Bimbhur, and across the Peer
Punjal mountains, and subdued the valley before the
arrival of his allies. On becoming master of the
capital, he released Shah Shoojah, whom he found a
prisoner there. It is believed that even then Futteh
Khan made certain overtures regarding his restora-
tion, but the Monarch had too frequently found cause
to distrust his professions, and accordingly declined
all offers, pleading his desire to return to his family.
his wish was finally complied with, and he left Cash-
mere in company with Runjeet's Dewan Mokum
Chund, who had commanded the Seik troopsem-
ployed in the expedition; and in the year 1831 he
arrived at Lahore, where he found his family in a con-
dition that remains to be described.
When some months previously he had been con-
veyed a prisoner to Cashmere, his family, together
with his blind brother Zeman Khan, sought refuge
with Runjeet Singh at Lahore, who at first received
them with attention and kindnes's and even held
out hopes of procuring the liberation of the Shah,
and of fitting out
an expedition for the purpose.

Subsequently, however, his conduct became less kind,
and at last he openly demanded the surrender of the
famous Koh-i-noor, and the .transfer of the daughters
of the unfortunate monarch to his own Zenana ;
the Shah's principal and favourite wife, the Wuffa-
dar Eegnm, who was a woman of a })old and de- .
termined character, resisted these demands and
preserved her own and her husband's honour in
the most heroic manner; she caused the bearer:of one
of Runjeet's insulting propositions to be chastised,
and declared her determination, sooner than yield to
these dishonourable demands, to pound the diamond in
a mortar and administer it to her daughters, those un-
der her protection, and to herself. In the mean time,
as already stated, the Shah himself had arrived at
Lahore.

The demand for the coveted jewel was persisted in,
and harsh measures resortedio in order to enforce
compliance; a strict guard was, placed round the
Shah's residence, and no ingress or egress permitted
without strict search : the unfortunate exiles being
proof against mere restraint, the prohibitions of food
was added, and for two days the Shah together with
his whole family and establishment suffered absolute
deprivation ; even by this their firmness was not over-
come, and the Seik ruler, not daring to proceed
further in the experiment, out of regard to ,his own
reputation, ordered food to be supplied and changed
his line of operation. Shortly after this, letters were
produced the Durbar, purporting to be intercepted
communications addressed by the Shah to Futteh
Khan, and other Affghan chiefs, praying for assist-
ance against Runjeet ; these were generally supposed
to be fabrications, but they furnished grounds for in-
creased severity of treatment, which, even of the most
galling and injurious 1-'nd, was resorted to, and a
transfer to the fortress of Covina Ghur was threat-
ened ; worn out at last by these importunities and
perceiving that the Seik was determined to obtain his
ends at any sacrifice, the Shah at last agreed to com-
ply, and after several delays, this valuable jewel was
surrendered in the month of June 1813. The Shah
and his family were now left more at liberty, and
for a short time enjoyed comparative repose.
The extortion of Runjeet, however, was not coin-
,plete ; he learned that the Shah lead still some jewels
left, and a demand was accordingly made for them.
On a denial of their existence, Runjeet sent his head
eunuch and a party of women to search the interior
apartments, and caused every box or packet the Shah
possessed to be brought into his presence, from which
he selected all the moat precious articles. The Shah
was now removed from the S'halkar, where he had
hitherto resided, to a common house in the city, and
subjected there to strict surveillance, as also to every
kind of indignity and discomfort. Under these cir-
cumstances he determined to attempt the escape of his
family and himself, both of which were effected in an
extraordinary manner and with great courage and ad-
dress. In the end of Nov. the Wuffadar Begum and
ladies of the family succeeded in eluding the vigilance
of their guards and leaving the house disguised
as Hindoo women. They first proceeded to the
house of Baluk Ram, a banker in the city, and
treasurer to the British Residency, and finally after
exceeding risk and difficulty made their way to Loo-
diana, where they arrived on the 2d of December,
1814. In this hazardous attempt they were 'mainly
indebted for success to Arab Allee Khan a Puthan
horse-dealer, who planned the whole, assisted their
escape from the Harem, and laid the horses for them
on the road. Shah Shoojah was too strictly watched
to effect his escape at the time, and was new closely
imprisoned and treated with the utmost rigour, sen-
tries being placed in every apartment,. All these pre-
cautions, however, proved unavailing. In the month
of April, 1815, the Shah, in the most wonderful and
enterprising manner, escaped from Lahore. His re-
lease was planned by the Wuffadar Begum at Loo-
diana and carried out by his friends and followers in
the city; the houses adjoining that in which
he was confined, were hired for the purpose,
and a passage opened into the street by cutting
through seven walls; a few lours after the house-
hold had retired to rest, the King descended by these
apertures and issued into the street disguised as a na-
tive of the Punjab. The city wall had vet to be passed,
and the gates were closed for the night, but he ma-
naged to creep through the common sewer or drain
of the city, and found himself once more without the
walls. Horses had been laid for him, and attended by
two or three servants he fled towards the hills, and
was hospitably received by the Raja of Kishtwar.
Here he once more raised the standard of a Monarch,
and having collected a body of 3,000 men and assisted
by his friend the Raja, he invaded Cashmere ; tho
attempt promised favourably at-4rst, the Governor of
Cashmere evacuated his frontier-position, and the
Shah advanced flushed with the hope of success, but
fortune again played him false. In crossing the Peer
Punjal range he was overtaken by a heavy fall of
snow, in which many of his followers perished;
an untimely and severe season blocked up the
roads, interrupted his communications and cut oft his
supplies ; the cold destroyed some of the troops,
and the rest dispersed. The Shah felt that he was
warring against fate, and gave over the attempt; he
fled with a few followers to Sultanpore, the capital
of Kooloo, where he was most kindly received by
the Raja, who nobly resisted Runjeet 's demand for
his surrender (for which he was afterwards severely
punished), and who assisted him to reach the British
frontier at Subathoo, where he arrived after a hazard-
ous journey and much privation, in September, 1816.
From this he proceeded to Loodiana, where he joined
his family once more. Here he found an honourable
and safe asylum from the British Government, who
allowed him a yearly provision of 50,000 rupees as
long as he remained within the British territory ; he
was subsequently joined by his brother Shah Zeman,
who was finally set at liberty by Runjeet Singh; the
British Government allowed him also an annuity of
24,000 rupees.
In the mean time Futteh Khan having established
Mahmood on the throne, and having settled affairs in
Cashmere, turned his attention teilerat, which the
Persians threatened with invasion ; here he had an
undecided action with the Persians, who however re•
tired, and Futteh Khan, under authority received from
Mahmood, dealt very harshly with Hadjee Feroze, the
Governor of Herat, of whose conduct Mahmood was
suspicious. The power and authority of the Vuzeer
alarmed Mahmood, and excited still stronger feelings
in the breast of his son Kainran; who, with his
father's sanction and knowledge, having proceeded to
Herat, treacherously seized Futteh Khan at an inter-
view and put out his eyes. This rash and most un-
grateful act was committed in 181'8 and drove all
Futteh Khan's brothers, with the whole Barukzye
tribe, into open rebellion. FtittehlKhan was shortly
after this, cruelly murdered by Ntahenood and his son
Kamran. Mahmood's power departed with the loss of
his Vuzeer, he dared not meet the rebels in the field,
but fled. to Herat, where he sunk into a vassal of Persia;
he died at the city in 1829, and was succeeded by his
son Kamran, who with his Minister Yar Mahommud,
who was son to Atta Mahommud Khan, and grand-
son to the Mooktyar-00-dowlah, have recently been
brought prominently to notice even in the European
world. Azeem Khan, the eldest of Futteh Khan's
brothers, who had been left to govern Cashmere, as-
sumed the chief authority as head of the family, and
hastened to the scene of action to revenge his brother's
death by dethroning his murderer; but Mahmood's
flight had already anticipated his intention. Azeem
Khan now took the somewhat extraorilinsaim
exile,
and resolu-
tionoffered of recalling Shah Shoojah from
as a proof of his sincerity.
wi
Khioran otrl the
en
crownu n r hisi')f
The Shah accepted his offer, and th
Caubul,sea4 sending at the same tim e
a
all
expedition to Peshawur :
smile u n the
this was in trend of 1818.
Fortune once more seemed to po
his ancestors with-
out opposition regained the
iie thronemight now, after all his misfortunes,
wisely, before Azeem
opposition ; but unfortunately, or rather un-
Khan had reached Peshawur, he
ednldlisofnohtiisonsbeonfeßfacoy4 authoritywhom e
nuruonkhis dignity by using
pbyreminasutultreinlgy
sdoimspelayfrei
-zye family took of
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fence at this inconsiderate attack, and determined to
the throne : such
pauctona mvenoireenctoptpfiant compliant
was found upon
rnendY to their bands
in the person of E)'wb, a younger brother of Shah
a-bjhlakeetetmeriensbutlo KinAzer"
Shoojah, who sued in the most
„tahne edrapeprnityiowtcrmunne.y
to
be
Coined
in.
mfr
name,
Kahnehdlualithafer whole power and resources of the kingdom
may rest with yourself, my ambition will be satisfied
with bread and the title of King." Azeem Khan
closed with his terms, and both pollee
adhered to
their agreement; the power and authotity being en-
tirely centered in Azeem Khan, with. the title of
Vuzeer, who carried on the affairs of the State in the
name of the shadow of royalty. The unfortunate
Shah Shoojah was immediately driven from Peshawur,
and retired to Shikarpore in Seinde, which the
Ameers of that country agreed to cede to him. Here
he was engaged in a number of petty and undigni-
fied intrigues, not well calculated to support his fall-
ing fortunes, but to which he was in some measure
forced by the machinations of his enemies, who at
last succeeded in expelling him from this miserable
retreat. Once more a fugitive he took the circuitous
route of the desert and Jaysulmgre and regained his
family at Loodiana.
In the mean time the civil war which continued in-
cessantly in Affghanistan, weakened the power of that
nation, a circumstance of which the wily Seik ruler
availed himself to the fullest extent ; one 14 one the
eastern provinces, Mooltan, Leia, and Cashmere fell
into his power; and finally after defeatingthe Affghan
force at Noushera on the Caubul river in 1823, he
made himself master of the fertile province of Pesha-
wur : this last blow was followed by and is said to
have caused the death of Azeem Khan, the headof the
Barukzye brothers, which event was the signal for a
scene of family strife, and the dismemberment of the
empire. Sultan Mahmood, one of the brothels, held
Peshawur from Runjeet as his tributary; Post Ma-
hummud made himself master of Caubul and the
neighbouring districts; and four other-130bAI ruled

`~ -_

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

BAR. MACAULAY AND « THE SUN."
For many, many a century, the sun-god, Phcebus-
Apollo, has been deemed the friend and patron of
poets. Times are changed, however. The Sun will
not smile on Mr. Macaulay ; not although he has as-
sumed the character of a devout worshiper of the
heathen divinities, and has sung in such strains as re-
sounded to their honour in old times. The Sun has
issued a command, not_from the blue arch above, but
from the office, No. 112, Strand, that Mr. Macaulay
shall sing no more, or, in other words, shall " sing
dumb." The fiat has een issued with majestic stern-
ness and severity. The words of poor Keats came to
mind when it fell under our eye :
" Fine was the mitigated fury, like
Apollo's, when in act to strike"—
the serpent. Such is the close in the poem. Mr.,
Macaulay is the ufhject of attack to this modern
" Pythian of the age."
Seriously speaking, we have to animadvert on
some strange and inconsistent remarks of The Sun
newspaper on the volume of verse lately issued by
Mr. Macaulay. The late Secretary-at-War is
taken to task most bitterly for refreshing his lei-
sure hours with poetry. In one breath, the writer
makes allusion to the " great talents" of Mr.
Macaulay, accuses him of sins of omission and
commission which " inflicted heavy blows on the
welfare of his country," and concludes by telling him
that the people of Britain have " to some extent con-
ferred on him the leadership of their cause." The
whole of this article, in short, which appears among
"ti, leaders in The Sun, is full of absurdities. In the
assumption that Mr. Macaulay's poems are
the production of the present moment, a great error
is in all probability committed. They may have
been 'written at college, or on the way home from
India, for anything The Sun knows, and may have
been produced at present merely because the period was
convenient for a little revision. At all events, it is
most ridiculous to assume that public men are to have
ono moments of relaxation, and that a Member of
Payliamcnt, even during. the recess of that body, is
acting culpably if he gives one hour to those elegant
studies which, to serve the public, he perhaps tears
himself from, against his inclinations, for the greater
part of his time and life. It is most unworthy of a
Liberal Journal to put forth such sentiments. Mr.
Macaulay is the representative of Edinburgh in Par-
liAment, and we are not aware that any party here
have to charge him with neglecting their interests, in
order that he may cultivate the literature which he
loves.—Scotsman.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,-1 consider your animadversions upon Mr.
Macaulay, for employing his talents, and occupying
his leisure at the-present tremendously appalling crisis
in our country's fortunes in writing doggrel rhymes,
perfectly iust, and to have been imperatively called
for. However highly Mr. Macaulay's admirers may
estimate his services, both by pen and tongue, to the
community at large, none can deny that those ser-
vices have been munificently remunerated. Now, Sir,
.what should we think or say of an officer in command
of a vessel at sea, when a hurricane was fiercely
bhiVing, and the foaming billows sweeping across her
decks, and the hissing breakers boiling around her,
retiring into his cabm, stretching his person luxu-
riewly along a well stuffed settee, and presently be-
coming .absorbed in the metrical mechanism of bal-
jach upon ancient Rome, or, peradventure, his mis-
tress'
eyebrow? The fact is—and a deplorable one
it it—the primary cause of our beloved country's
present critical position, and the but too certain fore-
runner, it is to be apprehended, of horrors which
make the blood curdle to think of, or the most faintly
shadow forth, is, that our aristocracy, and their tools
and hangers on, their sycophantic followers and
apeing idolators, have no sympathy with, or faith in,
humanity and its inexhaustible capabilities of amelio-
ration. They love and cling to their class more than
their country ; and estimate and honour more the in-
trigues of a partisan than the disinterested services of
a patriot. Sir, our country needs a new and nobler
crder of statesmen— men whose hearts shall swell in
behalf of the common weal; whose measures shall
embody the Christian law of love ; men who, in the
thrilling language of the lamented and ever-to-be-
honoured Channing, can "look through the disguises,
envelopments of ranks and classes, to the common
nature which lies below them," and feel that "it has
noble powers to cultivate, solemn duties to perform,
inalienable rights to assert, a vast destiny to accom-
pUsh ;" and that it is their most bounden duty and
highest privilege, to assist it in its glorious efforts and
high calling.—Your obedient servant,
Affieck-street, Aberdeen. JOHN ESDA.u,E.

Embellished with a Portrait of General D'Ar blay,
VOLUME FIVE of MADAME D'ARI3LAY'S
DIARY and LETTERS,
IS NOW READY,
And may be had of all Booksellers.
New and Revised *Editions of the First Four Volumes are
also now ready.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

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By JOHN POOLE, Esq.,
Author of " Paul Pry," " Little Pedlington," " The Comic
gketch-Book," &c.
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HAMBURGH, November 1, 1842.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 15,

Will be repeated a Comic Opera, called THE SECRET MA R-
RIA GE. Being an English version of Cimarosa's "
Ila-
trimonio Segreto." The Character of Carolina, by Miss
Adelaide Kemble ; Fidalma, Mrs. Alfred Shaw ; Elisetta,
Miss Rainforth ; Signor Geronimo, Mr. Giubilei ; Count
Montoni, Mr. Leffier ; Paolino, Mr. W. Harrison.
After which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic
Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The
Ladies' Club," &c., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker,
Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop,
Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper,
Mrs. liumby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee.
To conclude with the Farce of COUSIN LAMBKIN.
Squire Mulberry, Mr. Bartley ; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter
Lacy; Doctor Lionel Lambkin, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam,
Miss Cooper ; Rose Maynard, Miss Lee ; Dainty, Mrs, Hamby
Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ;
First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s;
Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is.
Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit-
low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season
Tickets may be had.
Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An-
drews, 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ;
and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET.
Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews are engaged, and
will appear To-night, and every Evening during the week.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 15,
Will be performed the Burletta of THE WELSH GIRL.
Sir Owen Griffiths, Mr. Strickland ; Alfred, (his nephew)
Mr. Caulfield ; David Jones, Mr. Tilbury ; Julia, Madame
Vestris.
After which a New Drama, in Two Acts, called GRAND-
FATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr.
W. Farren; Drayton, (a Builder), Mr. Tilbury ; Langley, (a
Retired Trader), Mr. Stuart ; Driver, (a Lawyer), Mr.
Strickland; Bob Lincoln, (his Clerk), Mr. Webster; Snap,
Mr. Clark; Edward Drayton (Drayton's Son), Master George
Webster ; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Edwin Yarnotd ; Susan,
(Servant to Langley), Mrs. Stanley.
To which will be added an entirely New Monopolylogue,
called THE BELLE OF THE HOTEL; or, AMERICAN
SKETCHES; in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam will sustain Six
Characters.
To be followed by Mr. T. Haynes Bayly's Burletta of ONE
HOUR ; or, A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly,
(his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews; Miss Dalton,
(her original character), Madame Vestris, who will sing
" Love is the Theme."

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 15,

Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin-
cipal Characters bessrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly,
Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson,NV Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P.
Grattan, Miss Fancit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c.
After which, a New Comic Burletta, called AN'I'ONY and
CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss
Murray.
To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled
ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford,
Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche
Giubilei.

To conclude with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past
six, commence at seven o'clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Immense success of the new Nautical Drama. Mr. T. P.
Cooke as Union Jack is highly cheered by crowded audiences—
the novel effects surpass everything hitherto attempted, and
the ship on fire creates a complete hurricane of applause.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 15,

Will be repeated an entirely New Nautical Drama, en-
titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the
SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. 7'. P.
Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville,
Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. Honner, and the entire Company.
New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted.
After which will be produced an entirely new Drama, en-
titled THE BLACK JAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the
FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining.
The other Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W.
Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss
Eliza Cook's Song of the " Red Indian," composed by Mr. G.
Stansbury.
To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE ; or, a SIS-
TER'S SACRIFICE.

Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at
the Box-office, from eleven to four.

MOH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Horning 0 minutes after 0 I Evening 3 minutes after 0.