fficient to refer to the tenor of his
remarks on the letter addressed to him by Sir A. Burnes on the
affairs of Cabul, August 7, 1840, which appeared some time
since in the _Bombay Times_, and afterwards in the _Asiatic
Journal_ for October and November last.

[31] The kindness and humanity which these unfortunate
_detenus_ experienced from first to last at the hands of
Akhbar, reflect the highest honour on the character of this
chief, whom it has been the fashion to hold up to execration as
a monster of perfidy and cruelty. As a contrast to this conduct
of the Affghan _barbarians_, it is worth while to refer to
Colonel Lindsay's narrative of his captivity in the dungeons of
Hyder and Tippoo, which has recently appeared in the _Asiatic
Journal_, September, December, 1842.

General Nott, meanwhile, in pursuance of his secret orders from the
Supreme Government, had been making preparations for abandoning
Candahar; and, on the 7th and 8th of August, the city was accordingly
evacuated, both by his corps and by the division of General England--the
Affghan prince, Seifdar-Jung, being left in possession of the place. The
routes of the two commanders were now separated. General England, with
an immense train of luggage, stores, &c., directed his march through the
Kojuck Pass to Quettah, which he reached with little opposition;--while
Nott, with a more lightly-equipped column, about 7000 strong, advanced
by Khelat-i-Ghiljie against Ghazni. This offensive movement appears to
have taken the Affghans at first by surprise; and it was not till he
arrived within thirty-eight miles of Ghazni that General Nott found his
progress opposed (August 30) by 12,000 men under the governor,
Shams-o-deen Khan, a cousin of Mohammed Akhbar. The dispersion of this
tumultuary array was apparently accomplished (as far as can be gathered
from the extremely laconic despatches of the General) without much
difficulty; and, on the 6th of September, after a sharp skirmish in the
environs, the British once more entered Ghazni. In the city and
neighbouring villages were found not fewer than 327 sepoys of the former
garrison, which had been massacred to a man (according to report)
immediately after the surrender; but notwithstanding this evidence of
the moderation with which the Affghans had used their triumph, General
Nott, (in obedience, as is said, to the _positive tenor of his
instructions_