NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE news from Afghanistan is "mixed." On the one hand, Yakoob Khan's party have agreed to support Abdurrahman Khan, and have gone to visit him at Charikar, and all diffi- culties between him and the British Government have been removed. He was, therefore, on Thursday, in a grand Durbar held near Cabal, publicly acknowledged as Ameer of Afghanistan, the chiefs being at the same time assured that the British would at once retire within the limits fixed by the Treaty of Gundamuck. On the other hand, the Wali's army on the Hel- mand mutinied on July 14th, and marched off to join Ayoub Khan and the Heratee regiments. The Wali was power- less to interfere, only his cavalry remaining faithful, and the infantry carrying off his guns. General Burrows was therefore compelled to act alone, and his cavalry pursued the mutineers and dispersed them, killing, it is said, 200 men. It was stated that the majority of the mutineers have since returned to their homes, but by the latest telegram it is ad- mitted that a large part of them reached the Heratee camp, and that an attack on General Burrows was imminent. No hint is contained in the telegrams that the Wali consented to his men's departure, and if he did not, it is evident that he will in future 'be entirely dependent upon British support. His own men can- not be trusted not to revolt, and it becomes necessary to guarantee Candahar against its own army, as well as against outside attack. The double task will involve a garrison of 5,000 men, who will be useless for the defence of India.
