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

INLET LIGENCE FROM CABUL.-
STRUCTION OF THE BRITISH
-v",--ONE EUROPEAN ESCAPED.

,c 4, at six o'clock this morn-
Lowing important intelligence

East ; and we acknowledge.the great
Willmer and Smith in

Tr.:1;1-waTd and Messrs

'cemen

morning and evening

3 the intelligence from China, and
Q of importance has occurred. The

to the 17th Januar
CHINA.

ace from China is to the 17th of Jan-
pedition there appears to be waiting

rued on

Neverthe:

The British

uing the seizure

Canton were bus

s ettectire as possible.
or which they sent a junk
)t stated if those engineers
)etch army, although it is presumed they do.
e Va❑ Scholte, Van Braam, and Van Sciiroek.
:'Emperor is represented as incensed and
the proceedi

sof the foreigners. Some of
ints in the provinces he had read
Great preparations are stated to
f Pekin, which is under his own
silt the invaders, who are expected

g tears

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collectedin the neighbourhood of Ningpo,

~h thought more troops necessary in order
that position, the Admiral despatched a ship to
800 Europeans from Hong Kong. Her Majesty's
vallis had proceeded from Hong Kong to join the
The Clio had arrived at Macao.
r on the 2d of January, and at Chusan on the 24th
ber, the dates of the latest letters, all was quiet.
amer Madagascar has been destroyed by fire; the
ing taken to the boats, landed on the Chinese coast
been saved by the interposition of the Hong mer-
['here was some alarm respecting two iron steamers,
ne and Medusa, but intelligence has arrived of their
l'ne ship Viscount Melbourne, Captain M`Kerlie,
letween Singapore and Macao. Some of the crew
iingapore, from whence an armed vessel has been
►mbds in quest of the remainder, who are supposed

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

iborough, the r

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

of the mail

e insurrection, which is described as participating in a
measure of the religious. enthusiasm to which the fana-
Moslems can be excited by the preaching ot their Imauns,
e out on the night of the first of November, when Sir
ander Burnes, and his brother; Captain Broadfoot, of
14th, were killed, the house of the first-named, being
in the city, was plundered ; and some money in the
lury of Captain Johnson, which was close to the former
e, was made a prey of. The Captain having slept in the
ish cantonments, escaped the slaughter, as well as Brio-
Anguetelli and Captain Troup, who were his inmates.
tains Skinner and Drummond, Captain Trevor and his
and his children remained for some days concealed in

y some of their friends.
()dab, who had on the 2d sent his son to the relief
:xander Burnes, where the Prince performed pro-
7alour, received on that day a communication from
. M`Naughton, then in the cantonment, about five
n the town, requesting leave for Brigadier-General
'ith two regiments, and Captain Nicboll's troop, to
Balla Hissar, and to shell the town. Leave was
the shelling took place. The infuriated populace
the Comniissariat Fort, which lay immediately to
of the town, between it and the cantonment, and,
veakly defended, soon became masters of it. This
idful blow to the troops,-as at the time there was
for two days remaining in the cantonment. Ano-
in which some Commissariat stores were kept, was
ted, and after a defence of three days by Captain
e, and a few men taken also, a panic appeared to
d the troops, who found themselves, in the begin-
inter, shut up in their cantonments in a valley 200
n. the Indus, without sufficient clothing or food,
st a fanatical Mussulman population. Even be-
British leaders a difference of opinion ptevailed :
y being desirous of offensive measures, while Gen.
ne, from circumstances connected with the forces,
aom despondency and vacillation are described as
ailing, maintained his opinion for defensive ones.
Aicitation of the Envoy, some small forts in the
-hood, containing grain, were captured. Mean-
news of the dispersion of several of the Affghan
;hah Shooja's service, commanded by British offi-
:hed the besieged, and contributed to add to their

Various reverses and successes fol-
The troops from the Balla Hissar
and the Envoy urged a de-
General, however, main-
_
1 such attacks would be futile : the soldiers be-
d, and all was misery. There were, neverthe-
ies every day, which did not tend to raise the
sepoys and soldiers, who saw their enemy
se, while they themselves had scarcely food and
'it raiment for the season. So greatly were they
t they were one day driven back to their camp,
I during three hours been exposed to a galling
Eilzee Chief Osman Khan did not choose to pur-
thin their entrenchments, where they, it was
would have made a feeble resistance. Their
flour, which they obtained by- bribery during
It was then recommended .that all the troops
nceutrated in the Balla Hissar. Capt. Conolly,
n with the Shah, advocated the propriety of so
he military authorities declared the movement
as they could not rely upon the disheartened
e last regiment was tl.en withdrawn from the

to the Cantonment

a citadel on a

the town, and Shah Shooja was left to

are of .the movement of suc-

non Candahar, now appeared disposed to enter upon
Lions for the withdrawal of the British troops. The
on hearing of the retreat of the Candahar brigade
rning that no aid could be expected from General
ien at Jellabad, or from the Indus, gave a reluctant
Conferences took place, and a long list of articles,
ip in Persian by Sir W. H. M`Naghton, was agreed
)th sides. They are said to exceed 20 in number.
;econd, and favourite son of Dost Mahommed, Ma-
I Akhbar Khan, who, subsequent to his father's sur-
iad remained in concealment, and bad even escaped
the confines of Affghanistan, having made his ap-
e during the insurrection, took a decided part in the

)ciation. The insurgent chiefs exhibited great willingness
ave the British troops removed from Cabool, and arrange-
ts are said to have been made for that purpose at different
tings which were held outside the cantonments. After
ous parlies, a message was, on the 22d Dec., brought
Akhbar Khan to Sir Wm. H. M'Naghten to request
nterview on the following morning. The British Envoy
t thither, accormaanied by Captains Lawrence, Trevor,
Mackenzie. They had not been present five minutes,
n a signal was given and all were seized and forced to
int behind some Ghilzee chiefs. The British Envoy re-
d, and was slain, as also Captain Trevor, who had slip-
off the horse on which he had been placed. The mur-
n-s are now said to be " Ghazees," or religious enthu-
ts, who fight as soldiers for " the sake of God," and
1, if killed in battle, are called " Shuddees," or Martyrs.
; treatment of Sir W. H. Macnaghten's body has been
;ribed as most barbarous. His lady is stated to have
red a large sum for its ransom, in order to its being de-
:ly intered. The other two officers were saved by the
id of the Gharzees to fire at them, lest the Glailzees who
before them should be wounded, they returned to the
onment of the 28th. Akhbar Kban has, it appears,
3teci of his having in person killed Sir W. H. Mac-

Atinger, well known since the defence of Herat,
of the British mission and the negociations for
al of the troops were continued. On the 6th of
moved from their cantonments, which were
' by the insurgents and burnt. The snow
,p on the ground, when the troops reached
distant. The schemes of Akhbar
_. He had despatched emissaries
country through which the unfortunate Bri-

ss, calling the people to rise en masse,
His call was not heard in vain. On
;ornet Hardyman, of the sth Cavalry,
led. Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who
retreat, contrived to induce the Bri-
; at night where he chose. On the

khar, where the three mountain
Their rear guard were obliged to act on
; the whole of the day. On the Sth the
rounded by enemies, and it became evi-
h soldiers would have to fight their way
Main Skinner went to Mahommed A kh-
. on a hill close to the British camp, and
---, could not proceed according to the con-
e reply was that they had left the Cabul canton-
the troops destined to protect them were ready,
;bier but he (Akhbar Khan) had the means or

abad.

)rotect.. them, notwithstanding their -convention.
I.uoovention is not fully known, and therefore
iv nom. cannot be stated. It is pretended that
:mine declaring, that Although
voops were to evacuate Affghanistan, and that
haaroco.
to General
had been sent to General Nott
neda byt Goeenneerali Sale at Jeilalabad. It is said to
Major pour !:Iphinstone as Conarnander,in-
er Anguetilnger " acting
Political Agent, and
n, whose
violent' Colonel Chambers.
not only by thee' hatred to the British had
own exile and
,s wild etc:truest of his father's terri-
sequent imprisonment in
treat from fanaticism,cebu demanded them, on the
by the Ghazees Unteiat.the British should,
under his command, make
ni, and promise not proceed further than
force under Sir
wi hdrawal of the.
nsisted on six
.al; )ad was known, and
r / sttinger, who was lame
s orders
a wound,
1 ,be one, and at Aklibar from
The Gha-.
Lie nd Lawrence were included.4lu
le' not restrained in their attacks, and it fear_
11 ed on the movement towards K o,hcL,
was attacked on all sides. The fourteen
-entre seemed objects of special desire
Boyd had each a child carried off.
.ie Ghazees were thus busy, professed
sin them, and on the 9th January de--
should be placed under his protection.
the snowy wastes, the rough moun-
ath of January in the coldest regi-
„Jelled them to yield : the hostages
s in that neighbourhood,
43eneral Sale to relinquish his post was
f January, and on that day he refused to
ins the Supreme Government.
to Akhbar Khan. The unfor-
. nffnin assailed ;

articles tLerear

lers tr

under the broihn,
fled. by the cold

f thernwer

but the Euro

ogether until they reacliea
General Elphinstone and
:es, and were detained two

it by Akhbar. General I Iphinstone wrote a note
) Brigadier Anquetil—" March tonight ; there
f." The British troops marched early in the
came to the frightful mountain pass ; it was
; they forced the way, and reached Jugdulluk,
defended for some time, until Brigadier An-
killed. All order was then entirely lost, and
nd separation, slaughter and destruction ensued.
':.ers who were well mounted attempted to make
way into Jellalabad. Some of them arrived within
r miles, when they were murdered and plundered,
odies left on the road. Only one officer, Doctor.
the sth Bengal Native Infantry, though wounded

in several places and exhausted, succeeded in r=eaching the
place of safety in Jellalabad on the 13th. Of the fate of the

other CVO soldier; end 6000 amp follower; nothing certain
la known ; many ban boon killed, other; are dispersed,, and
as yet it is diffitUlt to decide, The names of 35 ofilotri nave
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 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. Start, 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 Cabal 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 Sale in,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.