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at Candahar, and to General Sale, It is said to
have been signed. by, General Elphinstone as Commander-in-
Chief, and by Major Pottinger as acting Political Agent, and
also by Brigadier Ang,netil. and Colonel Chambers.

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---Akhbar Khan, whose violent hatred to the British had
been sharpened, not only by the conquest of his father's terri-
tories, but by his own exile and subsequent imprisonment in
Bokhara, and by his wild fanaticism, demanded them, on the
third day of the retreat from Cabul, that the British should,
when surrounded by the Ghazees under his command, mate
new terms with him, and promise not to proceed further than
Tazeen; until the withdrawal of the force under under Sir
R. Sale from Jellalabad was known, and he insisted on six

instantly offered to be -one, and at Akhbar Khan's orderS
Captain M`Kenzie and Lawrence were included. The Gha-
zees were however, not restrained in their attacks, and a fear-
ful slaughter followed on the movement towards Khoord
Cabul. The column was attacked on all sides. The fourteen
ladies who were in the centre seemed objects of .pecial desire.
Mr. Anderson and Mrs. Boyd had each a child carried off.
Akhbar Khan, while the Gliazees were thus busy, professed
his inability to restrain them, and on the 9th January de-
manded that the ladies should be placed under his protection.
The miserable weather, the snowy wastes, the rough moun-
tain tracks, and the month of January in the coldest regi-
ons of Central Asia, compelled them to yield : the hostages
halted for some days in that neighbourhood.
The demand on General Sale to relinquish his post was
made on the 9th of January, and on that day he refused to
do so unless by orders from the Supreme Government.
His answer was taken hack to Akhbar Khan. The unfor-

tunate Sepoys began again to move, and were again assailed ;
the SepoyS who form such good soldiers under the broiling
sun of India, being enervated and stupified by the cold,
scarcely offered any resistance, and hundreds of them were
soon dispatched by the Gharzee cut-throats, but the Euro-
peans and some brave men kept together until they reached
the pass of Jugdelluk.' [ere General Elpbinstone and
Brigadier Skelton became hostages, and were detained two
miles distant by Akhbar.. General Elphinstone Wrote a note
in pencil to Brigadier Anquetil—"cMarch to-night; there.
is treachery." The British troops. marched early in the
night; they came to the frightful, mountain pass • it was
barricadoed ; they forced the way, and reached Jugdulluk,
which they defended for some time. until Brigadier An-
quetil was killed. All order was then entirely lost, and
confusion and separation, slaughter and destruction ensued.
Several officers who were well mounted attempted to make
good their way into Jellalabad. Some of them arrived within
three. or four miles, when they were murdered and plundered,
and their bodies left on the road. Only one officer, Doctor
Brydon, of the sth Bengal Native Infantry, though wounded
in several places and exhausted, succeeded in reaching the
place of safety in Jellalabad on the 13th. Of the fate of the
other 4000 soldiers and 6000 camp followers nothing certain
is known ; many have been killed, others are dispersed, and
as yet it is difficult to decide. The names of 35 officers have
been published as killed from the commencement of the in-
surrection, 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 various 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 tie 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 Eve,
Lieutenant Waller, Mrs. Trevor, Lady Macnaghten, Lady
Sale, Mrs. Sturt, Mr. and Mrs. Ilyley. 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, iir 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 llth, Prince Suftur Jung, the youngest
and favourite son of Shah Shooja. and Mahommed Atta, the
Chief, came with &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

INDIA.
•
There have been some serious disturbances amongst the
Madras regiments at Secunderabad, in the Nizams country, •
in consequence of the Court of Directors having ordered
that the allowance of battu latterly granted should be dis-
continued. The other parts of India are comparatively
tranquil.
The Siekb expedition into Thibet has been routed, and
its leader, Zorawur Suigh, slain. . . . •
' The expedition of Tharawaddie to Rangoon has failed, and
he has lost 3000 men by the works there.