Shere All has not gone into Russia, after all. A
telegram from the correspondent of the New York Herald at Tashkend- a Pole, we believe—dated 7th inst., announces that the Ameer is unwell, and remains at Mazar-i-Shereef, near Balkh, and aban- dons the journey to Tashkend. Another telegram, of a previous- date, February 4th, gives a report of a conversation with General Kaufmann, in which that great officer stated distinctly that Russia would not oppose even if the British annexed all Afghanistan, including Herat, though, of course, " the Emperor alone can decide the future." It will be remembered that this. is precisely what Baron Jomini conveyed from the Emperor to our Chargé d'Affaires in the beginning of the controversy, and is evidently the steady policy of Russia, which does not want. Afghanistan, but does want that the two Empires should. become conterminous.
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