The Sun. — 1842-11-09 (London, England)

PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The Indian news, which we were yesterday enabled to lay before the public in our First Edition, although interesting, contains little that our readers will not have already anticipated. Generals Nott and Pollock have proceeded each some marches on their road to Caubul, General England towards Quettah, and Affghan politics remain in the same distracted state as ever. Futteh Jung, son and heir of our old protege Shah Soojah, has taken refuge in the English camp, and very various reports prevail concerning the state of affairs at Caubul, of which the most unsatisfactory is, that Akbar Khan has murdered Captain Troup (a story, however, which seems e,ptirely to want confirmation), and the most favourable, that the Kuzzilbashes, constituting the British party in that city, were in possession of thoseprisoners who were there confined, and of the person of Akbar Khan himself. We rejoice that decisive steps have at last been taken to rescue the prisoners from their peril, and that Lord Ellenborough has redeemed himself from those imputations of spiritless indifference to the fate of our countrymen to which his reported policy gave a too plausible occasion. It is a useless ,and frivolous task, with our present knowledge, to speculate upon the past. Lord Ellenborough may or may not have issued the ultimate order to withdraw the troops. He may or may not have had reason for what he did. The want of camels—the negotiations entered on by Akbar Khan—hopes, expectations, fears, and their reasons—all these are things which may hereafter be laid before the world. It is enough for us at present to know, that vigorous measures, and timely measures, are being pursued ; that the season for advance is not to be lost ; that we shall yet this autumn demand our countrymen from the citadel of Caubul. Little as we have ever liked this unscrupulous war, highly as we value the independent rights of nations, and earnestly as we should deprecate in the case of others any tyrannical interference which England would reject with detestation if attempted against herself, we have never had other than one opinion as to the mode in which, haying a just demand, it was incumbent on us to enforce it. Faithless Asiatics are not to be tampered and treated and dallied with. They are to be coerced. By the strong and inflexible arm of force—by deeds—by the steady infliction of an increasing chastisement, incessant, inevitable, and, if need be, ruinous—by such media alone is redress to be sought from the wild and lawless Affghan. Treat, if you please ; but advance. Reversing the saying of the great Athenian, " Hear," we should say, " but strike:" Our course is at pre • sent clear—let our policy be as unambiguous as our claim—war, decisive, overwhelming, and unwavering, till our demands are in act and deed complied with. Why this course has been hitherto delayed, we do not, and have not materials to inquire. It hai now at length been taken, and we look to hear next month of its triumphant results. Most thankful shall we be when these shall be accomplished, and our troops at liberty to retire within those boundaries which they should never have passed.