W. Parrott.] [From a Lithograph.
WATERLOO BRIDGE AND THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE THAMES IN 1840.
This bank is now occupied by the Victoria Embankment and Charing Cross Station.
All this time Yakoob Khan had been making friendly professions, and remained with the British field force during its operations. But there was reason to suspect his complicity in the massacre; he tendered his abdication to General Roberts, and was sent as a State prisoner to India. Then followed painful scenes in Cabul, the assassins of Cavagnari’s party being hunted out and many of them publicly hanged. The townspeople remained sullen: the Afghan warriors left Cabul and collected at Ghazni, where an aged Mollah was preaching a holy war. By the beginning of December the whole country was under arms, burning to reenact the scenes of 1842. But they had a different man from General Elphinstone to deal with in General Roberts. He continued to receive reinforcements from India, and made such good use of them that, after much hard fighting, the insurgent tribes under Mohamed Jan were completely dispersed.
From a Photograph] [By F. Frith & Co., Reigate.
THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE,
Begun in 1868 and opened in 1882 by Her Majesty, were designed by G. E. Street, R.A. The cost of the buildings was about £700,000, and of the land upon which they stand £1,453,000. The Clock-tower and the “Griffin” in the middle of the road mark the site of Temple Bar.
