The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-08 00:00:00

LIGENCE FROM CABUL.-
TiON OF THE BRITISH
EUROPEAN ESCAPED.

ted. we received, at six o'clock this morn,
h the following important intelligence
t : and we acknowledge the great
Ind Messrs. \Vintner and Smith in

the morning and evening
is the intelligence from China, and
..a mat nothing of importance has occurred. The
Macao are to the..l_7th'January.

followir

CHINA

e from China is to the 17th of Jan-
n there appears to be waiting
England and India. Neverthe-
id warfare was carried on. The British
ler at Hong Kong waseontinuing the seizure
. The Chinese at Canton were busy
es of that river as effective as possible.
engineers, for which they sent a junk

a expeditio

the deter
lree Dui

ated if those engineers

limy, although it is presumed they do
Scholte, Van Braam; and Van Schroek

me; are k

ed as incensed and
edings of the foreigners. Some of

r. ports from his Neuf

nants in the provinces be bad read

Great preparations are stated to
Pekin, which is under his own
et the invaders, who are expected

Lrge forces were collected in the neighbourhood of Ningpo,
is Sir Hugh Gough thought more troops necessary in order
aintain that position, the Admiral despatched a ship to
about 800 Europeans from Hong Kong. Her Majesty's
Cornwallis had proceeded from Hong Kong to join the
dition. The Clio bad arrived at Macao.
Amoy on the 2d of January, and at Chusan on the 24th
ecember, the dates of the latest letters, all was quiet.
ie steamer Madagascar has been destroyed by fire; the
, having taken to the boats,,landed on the Chinese coast
lave been saved by the interposition of the Hong mer-
ts. There was some alarm respecting two iron steamers,
Uiadne and Medusa, but intelligence has arrived of their
y. Tne ship Viscount Melbourne, Captain M`Kerlie,
ost between Singapore and Macao. Some of the crew
ied Singapore, from whence an armed vessel has been
to Sambas in quest of the remainder, who are supposed
..., I

ostscript of our Bombay letter announces, that an
had reached that town from Madras with the news
of the frigate Cambrian, having on board Lord
governor-general.

the new

APFGHANISTAN

take the following full details of the disastrous intelli-
from Affghanistan from a letter published in a third
" he London Times, of yesterday, dated Bombay,
bringing down the narrative of events to the depar-

of the mail'

'he insurrection, which is described as participating in a
at measure of the religious enthusiasm to which the &na-
il Moslems can be excited by the preachingot their Imauns,
ke out on the night of the first of November, when Sir
,xander Burnes, and his brother, Captain Broach-oot, of
were killed, the house of the first-named, being
hin the city, was plundered ; and some money in the
asury of Captain Johnson, which was close to the•former
Ise, was made a prey of. The captain having slept in the
itish cantonments, escaped the slaughter, as well.as Briga-
r Anguetelli and Captain Troup, who-were his inmates.
ptains Skinner and Drummond, Captain. Trevor and his
y and his children remained for some days concealed in

r friends.
had on the 2d sent his son to the relief
where the Prince performed pro-
of valour, received on that day a communication from
H. M`Naughton, then in the cantonment, about five
town, requesting leave for Brigadier-General
And Captain Nicholl's troop, to
o shell the town. Leave was
ok place. The infuriated populace
iat Fort, which lay immediately to.
own, between it and the cantonment, and,
weakly defended, soon became masters of it. This
Adful blow to the troops, as at the time there was
it for two days remaining in the cantonment. Ano-
3, in which some Commissariat stores were kept, was
acked, and after a defence of three days by Captain
azie, and a few men taken also, a panic appeared to
ized the troops, who found themselves, in the begin-
f winter, shut up iu theirsantonmenta in a valley 200
from the Indus, without sufficient clothing or food,
midst a fanatical Mussulman population. Even be-
the British leaders a difference of opinion prevailed :
avoy being desirous of offensive measures, while Gen.
'stone, from circumstances connected with the forces,
whom despondency and vacillation are described as
revailing, maintained his opinion for defensive ones.
3 solicitation of the Envoy, some small forts in the
,ourhood, containing grain, were captured. Mean-
the news of the dispersion of several of the Affghan
in Shah Shooja's service, commanded by British offi-
reached the besieged, and contributed to add to their

Alexander Bumf

med they(

)rth of t

Hiss7ar, and t

The ti. ac

s and successes fol-
s from the Balla His,sar
tonment, and the Envoy urged a de-
iemy ; the General, however, main-
futile : the soldiers lie-

misery. There were, neverthe-
which did not tens to raise the

of the ~epoys and soldiers, who saw their. enemy
increase, while they themselves had scarcely food and
sufficient raiment for the season. So greatly were they
ted that they were one day driven back to their camp,
hey had during three hours been exposed to a galling
The Ghilzee Chief Osman Khan did not choose to pur-
'em within their entrenchments, where they, it was
eared, would have made a feeble resistance. Their
on was flour, which they obtained by bribery during
;ht. It was then recommended that all the troops
be concentrated in the Balla Hissar. Capt. Conolly,
as then with the Shah, aclEvocated the propriety of so
but the military authovities declared the movement
sibte, as they could not rely upon the disheartened'
1. The last regiment was then withdrawn. from the
Hissar, which is, as every one_ knows, a citadel on a

Df the town, and Shah Shooja was

who were aware of the movement of suc-
...andahar, now appeared disposed- to enter upon
ations for the withdrawal of the British troops. The
he retreat of the Candahar brigade
no aid could be expected from General
at Jellabad, or from the Indus, gave a reluctant
Conferences took place, and a long list of articles,
up in Persian by Sir W. H. M'Naghton, was agreed
both sides. They are'said to exceed 20. in number.
second and favourite On of Dost Mahommed, Ma-
led Akhbar Khan, who, subsequent to his father's Bur-
r had remained in concealment, and had even escaped
id the confines of Afghanistan, having made, his ap-
rice during the insurrection, took a decided part in the
iation. The insurgent chiefs exhibited great willingness
re the British troops removed from Cabool, and arrange-
' are said to have been made for that purpose at different
❑gs which were held outside the cantonments. After
is parlies, a message was, on the 22d Dec., brought
Akhbar Khan to Sir Wm. H. M'Naghten to request
,erview on the following morning. The British Envoy

aring of t

went thither, accompanied by Captains Lawrence, Trevor,
and Mackenzie. They had not been present five minutes,
when a signal was given and all were seized and forced to
mount behind some Ghilzee chiefs. The British Envoy re-
sisted, and was slain, as also Captain Trevor, who had slip-
ped off the borse on which he had been placed. The mur-
derers are now said to be " Ghazees," or religious enthu-
siasts, who fight as soldiers for " the sake of God," and
who, if killed in battle, are called " Shuddees," or Martyrs.
The treatment of Sir W. H. Macnaghten's body has been
described as most barbarous. His lady is stated to have
offered a large sum for its ransom, in order to its being de-
cently intered. The other, two officers were saved by the
dread of the Gharzees to fire at them, lest the Gnilzees who
rode before them should be wounded, they returned to the
cantonment of the 28th. Akhbay Khan has, it appears,
boasted of his having in person killed Sir W. H. Mac-

Major Pottinger, well known since-the defence of Herat,
took charge of the British mission and the negociations for
the withdrawal of the troops were continued. On the 6th of
January they moved from their cantonmenta, which were
',patty seized by the insurgents and burnt. The snow
foot deep on the ground, when the troops reached
three miles distant. The schemes of Akhbar
a became evident. He had despatched emissaries
Jut the country through which the unfortunate Bri-
diers had to pass, calling the people to rise en masse,
the infidels. His call was not heard in vain. On
day's march Cornet Hardyman, of the sth Cavalry,
men were killed. Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who
charge of the retreat, contrived to induce the Bri-
.,tations at night where he chose. On the
Y moved to. ,Bareckhar, where the three mountain
re seized. Their rear guard were obliged to act on
nsive during the whole of the day. On the Bth the
as nearly surrounded by enemies, and it became evi-
st the British 'soldiers would have to fight their way
habad. Captain Skinner went to Mahommed A kb-
In• who was on a hill close to the British camp, and
why they could not proceed according to the con-
. The reply was that they had left the Cabul canton-
sefore the troops destined to protect tsem were ready,
It no chief but he (Akhhar Khan) had the means or
to protect them, notwithstanding their convention.
m
provisionslconvention is not fully known, and therefore
arti le cannot be stated. It is pretended that
the t
itish troops Were
to some declaring, that although_
Df such aoevacuate Affghanistan, and that
convention
had been sent to General Nott
iahar, and to General
-.la signed by General Sale at Jellalabad. It is said tolPhinstone as Commander-in-
d by Major Pottinger
hired
Chambers.
-igadier Anguetil, andaL/Caering Political Agent, and.
Khan, whose violent
red, not only by the con to the British had
• his oweexile and sulluest of his father's terri-
imprisonment in
by his wild fanaticism, filetles:t
demanded them, on the
retreat from Cabul, that British should,
,d by the Ghazees under hpirsaeccaTimand, make
ender
rurther than
'in, and promise not to
-ithdrawal of the force
bad was known, and he insistuenddero sii Sr
(Winger, who was lame from a wcuidl
• be one, and at Akhbar Khan's:order;
e and Lawrence were included. The Gha-
r, not restrained in their attacks, and a fear-
--d on the movement towards Khoord
v stacked on all sides. The.fourteen
•
the re seemed objects of special desire.
jMr Soyd had each a child carried off.
while tl Gliazees,were thus bhus
jy,anuar professed
the 9t y de-

I was at

..ould be placed under his protection.
,er, the snowy wastes, the rough moon-
,,e month of January in the coldest regi-
Asia, compelled them to yield : the hostages
Je days in that neighbourhood.
.nd on General Sale to relinquish bis post was
9th of January, and on that day be refused to
by orders from the Supreme Government.
,s taken back to Akhbar Khan. The unfor-
legan again to move, and were again assailed ;
`,rim such good soldiers under the broiling
enervated and stupified by the cold,
:esis+ ice, and hundreds of them were
the narzee cut-throats, but the Euro-
brave r,cn kept together until they reached
„eiluk. Here General Elphinstone and _
became hostages, and were detained two
ant by Akhbar. General t liihinstone wrote a note
to Brigadier Anquetil—" March to-night ; there
rY." The British troops marched early in the
y came to the frightful mountain pass; it was
1; they forced, the • way, and reached Jugdulluk,
y defended for some time, until Brigadier An-
killed. All order was then entirely lost, and
nd separation, slaughter and destruction ensued.
ors who were well mounted attempted to. make
- into Jtllalabad. Some of them arrived within
Armi
ele_s,
tw
oheri
they were murdered and plundered,
oodles
I f fhe read. Only • '
of the sth Bengal N • one ofimer, Doctor
l places Mid exhausted;.atrte Infantry, though wounded
safety in. 44144_succeeded in' reaching the
h the 13th. Of the fate of the

the G

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dim saki 4

biaiD 11,11*wo

044 oar
41)!IPPOI_

yet it is tliMcWt to decide, The Pamec of 35 officer; Oct:
been published as killed from the commencement of the in,
sprrection, but fears are entertained that they may amount
to its quadruple, out of the great number missing. Some of
the sepoys are said to have been sold as slaves to the Oosbeg
Tartars.

Letters continue to arrive from varions quarters represent-
ing the state of the prisoners and hostages. Akhbar Khan
is said in a letter received from Major Pottinger, dated Jan.
23, to be at the fort of Badeeabad, in the Lughman country,
where he keeps the following prisoners, viz. :—Generals El-
phinstone and Skelton, Lieutenant Mackenzie, Captain and
Mrs. Anderson and child, Captain Boyd, Lieutenant Eye,
Lieutenant Waller, Mrs. Trevor, Lady Macnaghten, Lady
Sale, Mrs. Sturt, Mr. and Mrs. Ryley, Serjeant and Mrs.
Wade, Captains Troop, Johnson, and G. P. Lawrence, and
Major Pottinger. There are, besides, the six officers and
the sick who were left at Cabul on the departure of the
troops. Akhbar Khan, in the letters from that fort, which
are received unsealed, is described as doing everything " to
make them comfortable !" . . .

An attempt of the insurgents to seize Ghuznee is said to be
so far successful as that the town is in their power, but Co-
lonel Palmer, with his regiment and six months' provisions
is stated to be safe in the citadel. At Candahar an insurgent
force showed itself on the 10th of January, when an attempt
was made to carry off the camels belonging to the 43d Bengal
Infantry. On the 11th, Prince Suftur Jung, the youngest
and favourite son of Shah Shooja, and Mahommed Atta, the
Chief, came with a large force within about five miles dis-
tance. General Nott marched against them on the 12th, and
in a short time dispersed the whole with a trifling loss ; the
young Prince proved himself a coward, as he is a traitor to
his father's friends.

General Sale has, however, maintained his position at Jel-
lalabad, which he has fortified with a ditch, and planted can-
non in different places, with a determination to defend his
position to the utmost. Akhbar Khan has attempted to raise
the Ooolooses, or heads of the neighbouring clans, in order
to attack Jellalabad, but the gallantry and resolution dis-
played by Sir Robert Salein October, during his march from
Cabul to Jellalabad, had given them such proofs of his bra-
very that they have hitherto rather hesitated. The troops in
Jellalabad are stated to be well provided with food and able
to keep their ground until the beginning of March, particu-
larly since they have already discomfited two contemplated
attacks.