The New York herald., 1879-10-16
CAvAGNARrs SUCCESSOR.


The government of India has picked ont from
among all its competent servants Irish surgeon
to accompany General Roberts as political agent to
Cabul. and will. in all probability, make him tho
next envoy to the Afghan Court with full control
over relations with the country. That Is. says
tho Spectator, curious fact, even in India where
surgeons have twice played great parts, and
would deserve record. il only as an event in the
history Of the Empire which q surgeon may be said
to have founded. The political agent moreover with
an expedition Ia always the most important person
in It. and so much will depend on this one that 1t
may be worth while to occupy page in explaining
who he is and what his political opinions Mr..
Bellew-or he is styled. by an ,inveterate Anglo
Indian habit. DR.. Bellew--is even in India. whore
men are SO individual. worry remarkable person.
The Of Brovet Major Bellew who lost his life in
the disastrous retreat from Cabul in 1912. he dis
played in boyhood an unusual devotion to scientific
suy
Hospital In 1856. and whom scarcely twenty
one years Of age. he received his sur %
East India Company's medical service. then close
corporation. He was. however. exceptionally
sion and went out to Scutar to the military hosp-
tai. there to pass the necdful interval as medical
volunteer. At Scutari no made himself SO useful,
and received such testimonials from tho surgeons in
command that on his arrival In India, In 1885, Lord
Canning placed in his hands the medical charge OF
as,is sso ,c Whiio .c.ng =; tStl .n.s;tv NJ a.
1857, Sir II. Lumsden. who had raised the Guides.
took him with him on his mission to Candahar There
nv Ss,snssrv .nd aconircd the senntat;on Which
sti adheres to him throughout Afelanistan ana the
frontier, of being the greatest among the English
hakims, the QUO whom great native could most
advantagoously copsult. He cured Shere Ali him
self OF painful disease, and the Ameer in return
actively assisted him with books and access to
acss 20 Which he Devoted himssis and in which he
acquired an extraordinary range OF knowledge. He
is probably the second best Pushtoo scholar alive.
and wnen IN iSi2. ne was seiecico 70 accompany sr
y. fohocx 70 Seis'an 20 so.ae pounosres ne IN SIX
months acquireu anu reoucod 10 systematic
grammar previously unwritten language OF
the province. icaI declared oy the Sdtarddy
hecseso we remember arGns' TO Dc previously un-
exAmpled. This mission: . second misson TO
farkund Win SIR DougAs Forsytn and MS special
mans tongue. which. on his return to India.
brought Chiefs over the mountains to him ~ on
pilgrimage gave him an unusual acquaintance with
the leading men ootn OF the frontier ana AIgnan-
istan. and when few weeks since Lord Lytton
selected him. stu surgeon. Tor the nrst
the northwest was eithsra surprised or envious.
Service etiquetes are apt 20 give way IN India when
work to DO DONE and the vceroy had selected tho
best INFORMED ana most experienced envoy ne could
the policy Of advancing the Empire beyond the
KING THEEBAU AS MRS. CAMP.
extensive prepara'onss are Deins made ~ the paiace
in Mandalay in prospect Of = coming event-viz.
the confinement of King Theebau's head queen. the
c. xv.,,.. rho pooraa.. ,v..n..., pro,.rs or
Soo-Ps sos ur'e'''" 1oo""~ "
astrologers haydn Sayas or fortune tellerse have
been duly consulted and they have all unanimously
coma A. tho copc,us,va rr.a,.,,on .h.. Tho now
eo"'o -. p10'.aon '.~' '.o Ao"
carsd that he shall be the royal to the
throne of tho King of tho Rising sum- Lord Of the
White Elephant. the Golden Umbrella. &c. II is re-
ported that tho cradle which has just been COM
pletsd cost tho State nearly two lacs Of rupees
lxiovoOl; Inc crsalo Vas nrst framed with mango
w WOO snu ehsseu .l, VIII snoss gou insiue ana ous
sue. over tnis ID ornsmented goid work set WIN
precious stones OF All kinas-damonds. rupies
ssppnires omeraus; ~c.-snd the WORK - SAID 20 %
ery ~ - - 'uIn9I GUY Dy tne oesa ol tnc