The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-26 00:00:00

P.S. On reaching the top of the Huft Kotul pass, it
was reported to Captain Lawrence, commanding the
Sikh contingent, that Sirdar Akbar Khan was present in
the Tezeen valley when the troops charged his cavalry.
A. F. RICHMOND, LiAtenant-Colonel.

FROM MAJOR-GEVERAE G. POLLOCK, C.D., COMMANDING IN
AFFGHANISTAN, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY
TO GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
Camp, near Caubul, Sept. 16.
Sir,—l have the honour to forward, for the informa-
tion of the Right Hon. the Governor• General, copy of
my dispatch to the address of Major-General Lumley,
Adjutant-General of the army. I have. &c.,
GEORGE POLLOCK,
Major-General, Commanding in Affghanistan.

FROM MAJOR-GENERAL G. POLLOCK, C.D., COMMANDING
IN AFFGHANISTAN, TO MAJOR-GENERAL J. R. LUMLEY,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
Camp. Caubul. Sept. 16.
Sir, —I have the honour to report, for the information of
his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that on the 14th
instant we marched from Khoord Caubul to Bootkhah
I took the 'precaution of sending parties to crown the
heights of the Khoord Caubul pass, but we met with" no
opposition. On the 15th I moved on to Caubul and en-
camped on the race-course. This morning I proceeded
to the Bala Hissar, with the following troops :—a troop.
of Horse Artillery under Major Delafosse, a company-
from each regiment of Infantry under Lieut.-Colonel
Taylor ; the 3d Dragoons, under Major Lockwood ;
troop of the Ist Regiment of Light Cavalry ; a rissalah
of 'the 3d Irregular Cavalry, with the whole of the Gene-
ral and Division Staff. The object was to plant the Bri-
tish colours in the Bala Hissar on the spot most conspi-
cuous from the city. The Prince Fate(' Jung, who
ioined my camp at Gundamuck, expressed a wish to go
with the party, to which I assented. On our arrival at
the spot selected, the colours were hoisted, the band of
her Majesty's 9th Foot immediately struck up the na-
tional anthem or " God save the Queen," and a Royal,
salute was fired from the guns of-the Horse Artillery,
the, whole of the troops present giving three cheers.-
I have left the colours in the Bala IfisSar, to be' hoisted
daily as long as we remain. The Infantry also remain
tualcr tho Command of Lientenant-Colonel Taylor, but
they will 100 relieved' on the arrival of Major-General
'Nott by a Native Regiment from his force. I expect
General Nott will reach Caubul to-morrow or the neat
day. Since our arrival here we have not been able to
obtain any certain information of Mahomed Akbar.
It appears, however, that Ameen Oollah has separated
from him.

Neither of them have ventured to return in the direc-
tion of Caubul. The following- prisoners have come into
the camp Trevor, with eight children ; Captain
and Mrs. Anderson, with three children ; Captain Troup
and Dr. Campbell. Unless some very unforeseen circutn-
stances oc,,cur, I expect to obtain possession of the re-
mainder of the prisoners in the course of eight or ten
days, with the exception of Captain By-grave, who, I
regret to find, has been taken by .Mahotned Akbar,,and
was with him during the action of the 13th inst.

have, &e.,
GEORGE POLLOCK,
Major-General Commanding in Affghanistan.

Simla, Oct. 5, 1842.

Honourable Sirs,—l received last night a private let-
ter from Major-General Pollock, dated the 21st ultimo,
of which I inclose an extract, by which you will per-
ceive that all the European prisoners, excepting Captain
BygraVe, are in our hands, and that Sir Robert Sale, at
the head of a light firce,' was bringing them into Caubul,
where they were expected to arrive on the 22d.—1 have,
&c.. ELLENBOROUGH.

The Secret Committee of the East India Company.
Simla, Oct. 5, 1842

Since the public notification of the 30th ult., the Go.
vernor-General has received the gratifying intelligence
of the safety of all the European prisoners but one, in the
following extract from a communication from Major-
General Pollock, C. 8., dated the 21st ult.

311JOR-GENERAL POLLOCK TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

OF INDIA.
(Extract.)
Camp, Caubul, Sept. 21, 1842.
It gives me the greatest gratification to be enabled to
state. that the whole► of the European prisoners are now
quite free from the hands of Mahomed Akbar, except
Captain Bygrave. I will make my official report on this
subject whenever they reach my camp, which will no
doubt be to-morrow. I sent a lightly equipped force,
under Sir R. Sale, to meet them. and the whole of the
party is with him, with the following exceptions, who
have already reached my'camp :
Major Pottinger and Captain Johnson,' arrived this
morning. . .

Mrs. Trevor and eight children.
Captain and Mrs. Anderson and three children.
Captain Troup and Dr. Campbell..
One European woman and four privates.
By order of the Right lion, the Governor-
General of India,
T. IL MADDOCK,
Secretary to the Government of India,
with the Governor-General.

SPIRIT of—the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM TAE EVENiNG PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The Times this morning commences an
article on the successful close of the Chinese war,
with the following " amusing" remark :—" There is
something," says our Contemporary, "rather amusing
in the various aspects under which the late English
successes, especially in China, are viewed by that large
body of writers whose duty it is to comment upon them."
So far as the Tory Journals are concerned, we rather
think they find their daily " duty" to comment upon
these great achievements anything but delightful. If
there be anything " amusing" in their employment, we
never saw amusement pursued with so evident a feel-
ing of dislike. The contortions of the writers indicate
far more pain than pleasure. The process of " eating
dirt," in which they are now engaged, however neces-
sary in their changed position, is evidently not to their
taste ; nor can the forced smack of the lips, and
the assurance that the flavour is " very nice,"
conceal the fact that it is ray-ther nauseous. The
Times has done its best to extricate itself and party
from the unpleasant predicament in which they are
placed. The ill-advised onslaught made by the Tories
in Parliament, under the leadership of Sir J. Gra-
ham, on the 10th of April, 1840, when the Right
Hon. Baronet moved a resolution expressly condem-
natory of the conduct of the Melbourne Ministry
with respect to the war with China, which was de-
feated by a very small majority, followed, as it was,
by the Duke of 'Wellington's memorable refusal in
the House of Lords to sanction that manifestly fac-
tious movement—and his Grace's justification of
the war they sought to condemn—these untoward
coincidences are matters of record ; as is also Mr.
Palmer's pertinacity in endeavouring to bring the
question in another form before the House of Com-
mons, to the great danger of provoking a yet more
stunning reproof from' the straightforward Duke.
Take the Conservative speeches during that protracted
debate, the allusions to the same fruitful source of
Tory invective in the "want-of-confidence motions "
which were brought forward, and into which the
Chinese war, with every imaginable topic on which
to hang blame to the Government; were introduced,
dilated upon, and distorted, with a view to make
out a case against the Government—all which
topics were duly dwelt upon by the Tory journals
in the same tone 'of fair and candid criticism—and a
pretty correct estimate may be formed of the
" amusement" which these said public speakers
and writers are now called " in their course
Pursue, when of public duty," to
they are required to
congratulate the county upon the "
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much experience and talent as the gentlemen by whom
the majority of the Paris Journals are conducted, dO
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not see the necessary inference from their constant
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may, from mere hatred, indulge in occasional
expressions of but envy and fear
must be added to hatred, in order to sup-
ply the constant and violent stream of invective
which, day by day, and almost hour by hour,
the majority of the French journals pour forth
against England. This war of invective, if we may
call that a war which has no reciprocity of injury,
is wholly unprovoked. The English journals, re-
flecting in this very faithfully, we believe, the feel-
ing of the English people, betray no sentiment of
hostility against France ; on the contrary, all of
us of all parties anxiously put the most liberal
construction of which they will admit upon the
acts of our neighbours, and when we must con-
demn a measure we are careful to relieve the
French people from blame, by assigning the
measure and its responsibility , :to the real
author, as in the case of the Thiers war
movement, or to maintain a respectful si-
lence, as we have hitherto done with reference
to the origin of the African war. We are satisfied
that the miso...Eapsland press of r France does
not as faithfully reflect the feeling of the French
nation as the press of this country reflects
English reeling or we should not have to make
the complaint that we must offer against the
majority of the Paris journals. We are convinced
of this by the manifest tokens of hatre'd and 'fear of
which we have spoken, because we know that
rancorous hatred and fear are passions wholly alien
to the amiable and gallant nature of the French
race. There may be a little envy ; but among such
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