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Show BRITISH IABI.VET COTX-111,. COTX-111,. Several Eastern Questions Oliiciallj Uncaused. New York, 23. Cble to the Herald from London: A cabinet council met this afternoon in Downing street, and the question of the settlement of Afghanistan was discussed. I am informed on excellent authority thai a plan devised by the governor general of India in the council wa submitted to it and met with general approval. The plan was, in the first place, that Afghanistan ahould not be' annexed. Since the meeting the policy of annexation in India has! seldom recommended itself to thej conservatives. Tbe old idea baa died j out that tbe secret of British success i id India is dependent upon tbe ! extengiDn ol sovereign riutJ , amoDg the native Princes. Lord ; Lyttun's project 'u that Afghanistan shall, in iuiutp. be placed on the footing that tbe Nizam of Hyderabad'! dominions now occupy. Tbe Nizam is bound by treaties with Eugland in virtue ol which be nomiuatts his cwn vizier and the British resident at Hyderabad is the efiective minister. Tbe government stipulates lo recognize recog-nize bis hereditary rauk and privileges so long as he remains faithful to int terms of tbe treaties. It guarantees that tbe titular dignity, social prestige and private rights ol bia family snail not be invaded. It gives bim entire control of the Nizamat and pays him a stipend, to be fixed by mutual agreement fur the BUpport of a subsidiary sub-sidiary army of cavalry, infantry and other troops to be officered from the several British presidencies. These privileges and these guarantees are to be conferred on some member of the present Ameer's family. It is be-iieved be-iieved that Yakoob Khan's abdication will be Rladly accepted by the authorities authori-ties at Simla. His successor has not yet been designated, but this much is certain, that an English resident will: be placed at Cabul, and that throueb ; him the British government will ! heocefoith exercise a direct influence ! over the fortunes of the state. A1 strong contingent of native and Eng- ; lieb troopa will be maintained in the! cou-jtry commanded as at Hydera-i bad. English officers will be exolu- j sively chosen. Two points still re- j main doubtful. One is whether the j troops will be maseed at Cabul or scattered through various fortified pests. But it is believed that the occupation oc-cupation of JelaUbad and Ghaznes suggests the latter course ae tbe likelier. Tbe other doubtful matter ia whether the British government will p:y the troopB directly from its own coflers or will allow tho Afghan ruler a fixed stipend for their maintenance. main-tenance. The revenue ol Afghanistan Afghanis-tan will be collected by nativ officials, aa in the non-regulation provinces of Hindostan, but they will be under tbe eyoof British superintendents. super-intendents. The latter will not be recruited, in all probability, from the ranks ot the Indian civil service, but according to the system prevalent in the northwest, will be military men employed in civil capacities. The civil service will doubtless supply tbe judicial force of the country, as in tbe rest ol Hindostan, but even here more freedom will be left to the Afghans and more native judges appointed. The army will be maintained main-tained as in Hyderabad. It will be distinctly stated that this By stern ib adopted to protect the people from native tyrants, and it is believed that the leading officials at Cabul have already al-ready expressed themselves well disposed dis-posed to some such method ol government. govern-ment. Tbe governor general's pro ject which is said from internal evidence evi-dence to be tho work ot some of tbe ; honest and most experienced members ol the council and probably, of Sir iJohn Strahcey, late lieutenant governor gov-ernor of tbe northwest provinces. It received tbe earnest attention of the cabinet. My informant adds thai it was very favorably received, rut the Anglo-Russian imbroglio is as far as ever from a solution. Lord Salisbury's speech is said to have raised the strongest resentment at St. Petersburg, and Count Schouva-lofi Schouva-lofi baa definite instructions lo remain here until Lord Beaconsfield has spoken at (be coming lord mayor's banquet, on November 9th. He will then probably leave, unless tbe premier's speech is pitched in quite another key from that of Lord Salisbury. Salis-bury. Tue advices from Constantinople Constantin-ople that Prince Lobauofl have been confirmed by dispatches from the Russian capital. Mat ten are here believed to have assumed the most Berious aspect. Prince Gortscbakofl (vill probably econ go to Levadia and tbe results of bis consultation with tbe czir form already a theme ol liveliest discussion, not unmixed with anxiety. It is certain that the bitterness is increasing in-creasing from day to day. |