The intelligence from India tells less of deeds than of
the pro- gress of preparations for deeds—the movements of the troops in Afghanistan. General POLLOCK and General NOTT had simulta- neously sallied forth from Jellalabad and Candabar, to meet, if fate permitted, at Cabul ; General NOTT retaking Ghuznee by the way, and General Pora.ocx. strengthening posts on the road to keep clear the way homeward. POLLOCK had been joined by Forrxn Jima, the son of SHAH SWAB, to whose throne he succeeded—flying for protection against his own rebellious subject, AMMAR KHAN, the son of SweEt's chief rebel, DOST MAHOMMED. The counte- nance of FUTTER JUNG seems to be counted on as facilitating the entrance of the British into Cabul and bringing over many to their side ; so that just the same game is to be played over again with the sons, as that which was "drawn" so disastrously by the exile of the Dost, the death of the Shah, and the slaughter of the British— the destruction of all the gamesters. Some impediments presented themselves ; but as yet they did not seem great in the eyes of the soldiers, eager to attain Cabul and victorious retribution. There was a report that Animal KHAN had evaded Northward, with the prisoners. Perhaps nothing would so baffle the plan of rapid re- conquest and retirement as the having to deal with a Parthian flying assailant. Our forces in China send us the usual monthly tribute : a place evacuated—another taken, as usual newly fortified—a hecatomb of slaughtered Chinese—a few kidnapped British—an angry Impe- rial decree—confident expectation of reaching some place in which to strike a decisive blow and compel a settlement—a world of misgivings as to when that will be, if ever. Some hopes are founded on the tone of the Emperor's last proclamation, which, though no less vehement in the expression of hatred, is less boast- ful—confesses that the Chinese are not " equal" to the Foreigners— and seems to indicate a tardy admission of some bitter truths into the Imperial bosom. Those hopes must be of a shadowy kind that hang upon the phraseology of a document, indirectly received. On the other hand, French and American ships had arrived to watch our proceedings. What the upshot or "settlement" may be, who can tell? It seems impossible, however, that China should be dragged from its remote privacy to the front of European pub- licity, without undergoing a great change of some kind.
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