The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-07-07

ne garrison, has afforded ground for various com
nents. Il will be found in another column. AZ
empts have been made in India to excuse his con
luc on the ground of the difficulties with which he
ad TO contend, but certainly does appear strange
hat commandant should venture 10 surrender
uch fortress upon the authority OF letter received,
itwere, from his superior by the hands OF an enc
ny, and that he notifies that surrender not 10 that
uperior, but to another officer placed also in COM
nand OF distant garrison, and which latter officer
'as immortaIised himself by his gallant defence.
The opinion which we have always maintained
nat the disastrous occurrences at Cabul (and now
tGhuznee the garrison OF which place is described
IS having in March suffered the same fate as the
roopsof Cabu IN January, the soldiers being mas
acred by the Ghazees, or dispersed, and the OFF,
GERS being prisoners tor the sake of the ransom)
10 be ascrlbed 10 the want Of efficient military
engagements and proper prccaution, and not 10 the
m9wess OF the Afighans, has been confirmed by the
publication OF several orders in Council. These
orders We're published on the receipt OF the news OF
the tall OF Ghuznee, and are as follows-
The Govenor-Genera in council has directed
that the Commander Chief will submit the con-
duct of Lieut. Colonel Palmer, in surrenderpp the
citadel of Ghuznee, to the Judgment off court-mar-
tial, at the earliest period at which such court can
be duly assembled.
"The Govemor-General in council has already
Con the 18th of January as) directed that full mi
lltary inquiry shall be made into all the circum-
stances connected with the direction and conduct
OF the troops at Cabul at the earliest period at which
such an inquiry may be practicable.
1.-The Governor General in council has now di
rected that the conduct of Major-General Elphin
stone in Ahghanstan shall be submitted TO the udg-
ment of Il court-martial, at the earliest period at
which such court-martial can be duly assembled.
The Governor-General in council will further
direct that full inquiry shall likewise be made into
the conduct of all the political funconaries employ
ed at Cabul, at the earliest possible period after he
shall be In possession OF certain material documents
OF which he has already ordered the immediate
transmission to Government
by order of the Right Hon. the Governor Gene
raj of India in council CT H. MADDOX,
Secretary to the Government of India"
The fate of AHghanstan forms now curious
problem Schah Sooiah, who by temporizng and
trucking to his enemies, and by many other ma
trved TO secure to himself precarous existence in
the Bala Hissar, at Cabul, has at length, as il is
now stated, been murdered. His sons have, as it
appears, taken different different parties, one or
two being favorable to the British alliance, while
two or three are opposed TO it, Various factions
are described as present contendng for the lions
share OF influence and power, and general confu-
sion, uproar, and bloodshed prevail in Cabul-
Schah kamram, of Herat, nephew of Schah 500
lah, after long contest with his Vizler, Var Ma
homed is also stated to be dead so that afghan
stan, from the frontiers of Persia to the mountains
west of the Indus, may be regarded as in perfect
anarchy.
The news of the death of Schah Sooiah is con-
firmed by the "Agra Ukhbar of the 23d ultimo.
AS an event il will produce the result OF liberating
the honorable company from an alliance calculated
to produce but little benefit. Rumor in India
serts that the present chiefs at Cabul disposed
to surrender their prisoners, and TO make terms
with the Indian government. When the aversion
OF the Hindoo Sepoys to cross the Indus, when their
dislike to fight with the Affhans there, when the
poverty OF the Afghan country and its small rapa-
cous aed unruly population, when the repeated cry
for more European soldiers, and above all, when
the great drain on the treasury which the pro-
fnE trnta .Anrat h.
sumed that the councils of the empire will recon-
mend an arrangement with the Affghans particu.
lary when the British victories have secured the
mountain passes, which constitutes the gates TO In
dla. and over which our future care must be to eX
ercise a rigid control.
In the mean time Lord Peterborough, accompa
MED by two or three Secretaries, had set out from
Calcutta TO the upper provinces OF Bengal His OBJ
jec in this Journey is stated to be twofod-frst 10
be enabled to commune ate without delay with the
generals of the army west of the Indus, and the Off
GERS commissioned with the management of thos.
provinces; and next, to introduce some reforms
there. His Lordshp, whose decision and promptl-
Jude highly praised has it is asserted, required
that the commander-in-chef of the army should
quit his cool retreats at Simla in order 10 join him al
a more central position The want of vigour, which
last, when the Cabul instruction broke FORTH fol
Lord Auckland hesitated to compromise his sue
cessor by any active measures, Is no longer com
Of Regret IS, however, expressed that Lord
HE banks OF Tie SureJ1n Jahhary, woutu have CIV
energy and activity to every proceeding, and the
unfortunate delays and doubts which paralyzed
everything ;during four months, would have been
fallen, neither would Colonel Wilde have beer
forced retreat at the Khyber nor General England
been repulsed at koluck.
Notwithstanding the activity Of the measures now
carried in Aghanstan, II ls stated that his Lord
ship was at the departure of the mail waiting foi
the resolution that may be adoptedi London rea-
tive to Interior proceedings which resolution would
il was expected, be such to confirm fully the mea
sures already adopted The great point insisted
upon by the journals of India the inexpediency
of forming any treaties with the leaders at Cabu
and Candahar, Ghuznee, NC There is, II seems
longer any monarch to rule the country, and they
argue that il cannot be useful to to attempt &c
force any one of Schah Soojah's or Schah Zeeman's
sons on the whole nation: All there is disorganisa
ton and If the hatred of some religious enthusiast
to the Kaffirs, and the love OF plumber OF all, did not
unite them in attacking the British troops, there
would be, it is said general civil war. Afghan
stan may, therefore, be said to be in great mea.
sure at the mercy of Lord Peterborough, who's,
principal difficulty will be how to settle with lis dis
united rulers.
The determination Of Lord Peterborough to re-
ward military merit is evidenced by his appoint
ing five officers distinguished for late exploits TO the
grade of honorary aides-de camp to the governor
general the cancelling Of appointments conferred
on inexperienced youths and the naming to them OF
men having professional claims; the creation of q
native aided camp, and the bestowa of that rank
on deserving soldier of the local cavalry, had gam
ed for the new governor general very high opinions
among the troops.
In the interior of India general tranquility prevails
exceptithat IN Bundekhund,la movement had taken
place. The Governor Of the Madras presidency had
published stringent orders respecting the late nsu
bordinate proceedings of some native troops at Sc
cunderabad. Subscriptions to considerable amount
had bee@ entered into all over the country in favor
of the widows and orphans (unprovided for by the
regulations of the govemmenD of those who fell
during the recent disasters AT Cabul. A commercial
crisis has taken place at Calcutta; but confidence
was beginning TO return. A large sale of opium wa
vernment upwards of f3OO, 900. The steamer Indie
arrived in Calcutta the 9th of April, after lvoy
age OF % days from Susz, having been delayed II
days at different places, chiefly by taking in coal
for another voyage to Egypt about the 18th ult.
The chnlcra has cnmnaiied frightfu rauaaes nt