29 AUGUST 1868, Page 2

A telegram from Bombay, dated the 24th inst., and flashed

-through the wires and cables in a single day, announces that Shere All has been proclaimed Ameer of Afghanistan. The news is not very important, but it will increese Sir John Lawrence's reputation for foresight at the India House. Shere All is the claimant whom, on the whole, the Indian Government is inclined to favour, and Sir John adhered to him, in spite of great pressure, when his chances seemed very small, replying to all requests that lie would acknowledge the Pretender by dry little remarks on the mutability of fortune. We shall get little by the event, but it is, at all events, as well to have a friend as an enemy to do business with in Afghanistan.