The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-23 00:00:00

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RICE MAJESTY'S MST FOOT. 10 J A sat l: 7 : l C i. 2 5 'OW tb 6 02 00 1 i9ll 4/111 hOt, tbe 22a j o e d bt, e defow Ue n s oo . takes 1- 13181 bil s C r e aS ' y. tOlr,•011 ggrr ..7.- (A ir ate °B O p till .C. 1 3 ., iergetic 0 air rive, 11$T°00. i fatigue' valo ur ' P' rdin i at ee n s , or io i harlog r i, ',Jo fl o p, of 1 . 0 , tl e for 0 04 t of o u esily 111 $ fro r ! ref ara; to tile 10DTIrtgi,)11 tts De o title 3 0 ,1 ,sing ! r 4 ef •tale a to of ?1 000 0 0 , Pc' oil 0 18 t° 11611 big b tllll 0 is litt° bat tle i3rit t o v erY oo ,3 t . e ce o 84:11111. test.eue Y t he of ,r-Ge ° o , ° 7o °l aer`,„' (Ag o ? nay 00 0 ;FerO ier r , ri V T e ! O eie l ; the i li t .„tire' e a bf 'ro te % t ljs leng a t o d ecl a Billed ` STAFF, GENERAL AND BRIGADE. _ Af. ajor•Gen,eral Sir Robert Sale, K.C.8., Q.M. her Ma listy's Forces. Major-General Sir John /Kaska', K.C.8., K.H., her Ma e3tY's 9th Foot. , Captain W. Hore, 18th Bengal Infantry, Deputy Secretary lo the Government, Military Department. A. Li eutenant-C o l onel J. B. Wood, her Majesty's 80th Foot, ide-de. Camp to the Governor-Gonoral. d :,,tPtain I.terries, her Majesty's 341 Light Dragoons, Aide" e ''-'alnp Ls the Gevernor.General. ,_Lt oanded eutenant-Colonel nelTaylor (Bris) her Majesty's 9th Foot. llactier (Brig.), 4th Light Cavalry. !eutenant-Colouel Gough (13rig.), Military_ Secretary. 4 0 L t l eutenant-C o lonel Taylor (Brig.), her Majesty's 29th General. or . F. So merset, Military Secretary to the Governor- Capu t . nt Munro, 10th Light Cavalry, Aide-de-Camp to the arnor-General. elajor Grant, or9th Native Infantry, Deputy. Adjutan t-en Gear al 11.10 r Coilrington, 49th Native Infantry, Assistant-Quar rreaster-General. ENGINEERS. W ound e d : 14eutenant Nicholls, Ex-Engineer, Loodiana, ARTILLERY. 14. D' „„ Jor • Arcy Todd, IL A. lipt • tun Dashwood, H. A. ikilePuttaeinnajni:rPr.°l,TnibFe.rtA, A. A. me ti w_ tenant Pollock, EL A. Zlinded Letitenant Wheelwright. kill ed: Halt MAJESTY'S 3D LIGHT DRAGOONS. L!.,: l4 l P u titi e n E. C o dd . Nevr ton. ant Wo r l ey . I L. uten4nt Bru ce . t S t een otu v Ellis _ Ca r : r i4 • `CR L,.. - _"tin S. Fisher. tenant Swinton: Itni ed: HER MAJESTY'S 9TH FOOT. p kt i;T ( tyl in Dunrne• la .ptai n 4.!leutenaut Ga_y_nor. fill ed friElt MAJE S TY'S 29 . rat „ xlieztteennanantt Simons. ns• 41 tor Gengreve. • rkt4.ler Baldwin. abah. l ~ l n Wines, ieutenant Hart. ilLtiteent Bronehl ettt enaet , zernard.ey. pir44Luteilant Pollard. 0,3 4 d 1:4 11 ,_ 41 Bolton. Ciii i t:rataC o lonel Byrne. ek„ .4 oung. t4ttri Bulkeley. Lient.!'llterd two places). t: entyl askett ( slightly). -411. i 1 d; Raz MAJESTY'S 503/I FOOT. •• - " 4t4 t GraydonY oun g• kll ad • I°.--n MAJESTY'S 62D Foot. Clark e . ~eatelea4`nt and Adjutant Sims. Lieut e a nt *Nair. ~LI tiant:ant eat Gbbins. S t e!llidabt Cott. • - -eer s kni m • HER ea p - tit *.s. 'LEE MAJESTY'S SOTH FOOT. elm ! II t. 1.14114. Sheberr 1 4 11 Ythese11 ET . T r e at ll e r r a . rren. Bill ed • ' " Meal B GUARD. ort ., ..ENERAL s ODY P 4 - p ` 4B Cl ai 411c1 Adjutant Fisher. a vt . Lita'llallt ki ng (Commanding). 4 rik tetiket auTezie r. 144 14 , rt Y or. 11041, ,t4i.v.vAr.nr.—No return. return. 21411teZIT„, _ Or a , L ui nv Y Tl o o return. 44ITr. C AVALRY (LEESON'S).- No return. filed CAVALRY (TArr's).—No return. 4 AREGULAR CAVALRY (BECHER'S). 441..e11eth her, C o mmanding, was reported killed; but Ore IliZaPPy to say that letters have been received spy December 23, so that the report must 1411eti-'4: taiti I ji:a erroneous. CAVALRY (CHEISTIE'S).—No return. r,. • " — -14-atoPrArz LIGHT INFANTRY. WO, 1 4;7? 1 30 X. aj tiozon. 2471. IN 1 1 o rk 414ENT GRENADIER/J.—NO return. NATIVE INFANTRY.--,NO return. esit; • - ..EGISILENT NATIVE INFANTRY. l otht. Bruce. /401,14RNT NATIVE INFANTEY.—No return. 16zu GRENADIERS. kajor C • apt / d"'„,,,lg• Hull. NM. 2141 Qurnell, t u REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. , kilea• -"f aCkiIHOS/L Nli t d 4414 811akespe ‘:•••. 26TH Ll a G r Et . T INFANTRY. t ! t lltib 211.ttittjoatit net Croly. •••••. kto i L II ENT 01, NATIVE INFANTRY.—No return. "*I• O F NATrvE INFANTRY.—No return. 421 ) Lt 661, INFANTRY. Li 1444 e 45 1 1, 1 n i °nen, we ROIMENT OF NATIVE INF A NTRY. 94 114,,1T xt v p °B3 in officers ; 50 Sepoys killed. -sxotlaticr OF NATIVE INFANTRY. ktl tiebte eaten p o 8 ect R g en. •••••. 11GisiRsT OF NATIVE INFANTRY. C 45 C 1 ' 111 V an IlOntri Wheeler. ‘41 4. 63b4"21141i.0r NATIVE INFANTRY.—XO return. ruv— Y, 11° '*.T OF NATIVE INFANTRY. 4 / 1 .1 e llter ta t E RaWson (not certain). k4i ItBaft liaughton. IttEGIMIENT OF NATIVE INFANTRY. '4Blltentait eaptain t ol r°.'el N. Wallace. filled- 5 2 59 WltAocTun.d nI I] TRA S r , °F TEOops TO BE ENGAGED. tIOOPB SIX companies, s ay l,OOO )IQrato‘ownn comPanies, say ....................... " Aso , 4 reirp,. 8 ... .......... ..•. - re41: 11 t 8 of Roiyal Infantry, at say 750 '4,500 ,17iftte of Native Cavalry, at say 400 1,600 Ilt rkl bt", at a h alf regiments of Irregular C.a -11:-.413,,_114Y 700 2,450 qtrilZeinp Li ght IP' -900 -41 ! Infantry L , '45 of 1-ative Infantry, at say 800 ‘.,4itt . 24,700 .4 ~,we Total ,4,, %jilt regiments in Ferozepore, Sapp!trisi NIJ, tayti-', aucl three regiments supposed '4'l 4,200 , . ....................................... . 11 and 44%. 20,500 Balance engaged, 5ay.......... '1(1f4Nyll• of' liajor-General Lumley, Adjutant-General Li IN) '4060 reported, having died from over-exertion 14iii • libel lan t` its utant-Gene.ral t ttie",' 14 41)`-tlonel Brooks, of the Artillery, reported ""i)lls4`Nut`t NU. I,jk titillid tvillsorne of the protected Seikh chietis having ,t4:lt °f-'sttec: 0, they have been severely punished. The 11" ~,, aqw: Was hanged on a tree for treachery. The ':tti; '8 biArt" °II the 4th of January approached Loodiana, 41 ' Weskiel‘ti the European barracks; but it was expected ktiti Sviltil true be driven back. tliilelilYet, oltl4 having been disappointed of their plunder, :t'''kr (.1. their cif the British territory, doubts are entretr ,4 ltilnjoer u.niting to fight another battle. A ,Lt_ey. tail of hltnitil'e,itigh has approached Loodiana, as if d 7ii :°I th,i,-/ng there, but nothing was known of. the s 44,i; :INirac Movements. The Queen-Mother has, it i It .11ilited the troops to fight in order to get rid of Ititt Ives repeot rule • 'l,lit'it,,lll q:vl,,e,i at Bombay, at the departure of the mail,his ttitikr-s )vithi4er-General had resolved to maintain , ..41(.,41, 1,°4 tht -sneit.ll,l3ririah territory, and not t.o make any s 4Pitr 48 pr ,ilaue until the expedition against.Moultan k,_tt:llii'l loce,„titig in:Sinde, under the orders of Sir Charles '44„:4. clat„,r,ti oPeratio I'44gat --' 11 il ns. of January, tt ~,,,, there wY erabad, in Sinde, on the 7th ill'' the tec, 48 great activity in the preparations for 44 'lC)at fDS forward. The Snide horse had started f t'oti. :T.l.tifatitsr,jjecetuber ; the 13th and 18th Regiments o Z,'lth,''Jtlt,, 4 were to quit about the 10th of that month. 01'14:itijillit,:rte410186hthetoviategiinent, and Rowland'a troop of ar , °lie win. regiment, at Hyderabad on the Bth of that 4,..'44,-3 troop, -, WaS to go by the river, the other iii C,a.Y' With IT Y land. The 12th Regiment of Native and Forster's Batteries and the Sap ii',.4't ‘,,,,til It z(tai Ve 1-IYderabad in the middle of January. ' It.""lsi, e—llieilt of Native and the Beloo k.l, 'lr, „ were h . Infantry, K aehee li, Ik i,,,-'1 her . asteniag round from itliib, led. The 17th Regiment of Infantry were :qlt pit.' Govert +be Chief Want in Sinde was camels. The litt,,ll,tB, and 111, eUt had exerted itself in sending various I,ltl,resq that jiver steamers, flat boats, &c., so that it was I,4ipti Pk] ,hv'ir. Charles ICapier would be soon able to make rq,„ 50t1 ~,, ersipti h toba,, ( 1,,t041, y atFacking the Seikhs in the neigh s't .." srirly . 'an. Great excitement prevailed in the 44, a 0 j 4„ In the h --tett "e• °l' of Participating in the conquest of I'4 ato 44 u(ice 4 et vr,t, ti _On, t fr Wu a continual movement of the urrachee. tiq 1441)o 4 report of 1C,41R th spore by bo a foolish attempt having been made A r4t,,,1 ! troopa. Ille blussulmans to excite disaffection Ives 1..1.1:11ity Direv TheY were seized and punished. t, 11, 14a, fro. ails in the other parts of India. The ship k4Likl.Y tilovs' 41 China, had Ai Ing (~,, , got upon a rock near Calicut ; 1114 cf tb leph),., ,erooard part of her cargo, and by con trary, lOth'c;f6julareaehtcl Bombay harleour on the even tiary, The Hon. Company's sloop Coote was lying on the rocks near Calicut, but an attempt was to be made, although she had been deserted by the officers of the Indian navy, to get her off, under the guidance of Mr. Lauchlan, the enterpising assistant of the Bombay Master-Attendant. A correpondent in the Doab has favoured us with the fol lowing : _ _ _ " The crops are suffering a great deal in the Deal) and Rohilcund districts, where no rain has fallen since the 15th of August. Wherever wells can be dug and stand the pres sure of the water they are being constructed to their fullest extent, to secure something like a crop. An immease deal of land is lying uneown, the moisture having dried up too suddenly to admit of the ground being preparqd for seed. Grain has risen full 25 per cent. since then." The following are summaries of the battles and results from the correspondents of two morning Contemporaries : (From the Correspondent of the Times.) "The Governor-General's proclamation, sent you by the express on the 23d ult., would prepare you for the commence ment of hostilities with the Seikhs, but no one anticipated that the short time which has intervened would have been fraught with such momentous results as have taken place. " The grand army of the Seikhs, consisting of 80,000 men, and about 140 guns, has been put hors de combat, with immense slaughter, and beaten across the Sutlej, leaving be hind them all their guns, camp equipage, stores, &c. They acknowledge the loss of 9,000 men killed, and from 20,000 to 30,000 wounded. Would that I could add that our loss was but small. The official returns have not yet been re ceived, but I have drawn up as correct a list as it is possible to prepare from a great many dif ferent accounts, which you will receive with this, showing the frightful amount of fifty-seven officers killed and 50 wounded ; and the loss in rank and file is esti mated at 4,000. The whole of the operations leading to The decisive defeat of the enemy are as yet but imperfectly known. The following detail, however, may be considered pretty correct :—lt was formerly stated that the Governor-General, accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief, with a numerous body of staff, was pushing on for Ferozepore. On the 18th of December they arrived at a village called Moodkee, about 22 miles from Ferozepore, and were encamped, when about 4 o'clock p.m. the alarm was given that a large body of the enemy was marching to attack them, and scarcely bad our troops got under arms when the Seikh forces, consisting of 20,000 horse, 7,000 foot, and about 3,000 artillery, were upon them, and commenced a heavy fire from about twenty-five guns. Here occurred the im mense loss which the Governor-General's staff suffered, and on this occasion fell the survivor of a hundred battles Sir R. Sale. Here also fell Sir John M'Caskill, Captains Munro and Herries, of tke Governor-General's staff—Major Grant, Deputy Adjutant-General, Captain Hillier, Aide-de-Camp, and many other officers being wounded. The enemy was, however routed, with great slaughter, and with the loss of seventeen out of his twenty-five guns. During the 19th and 20th the forces halted at Moodkee; and on the 2lst advanced about ten miles to the attack of the ictrenched camp of the Seikhs, at a place called Ferozshuhur, about halfway between Moodkee and Ferozepore. Previous to this attack the Com mander-in-Chief's force was reinforced by General Littler, with 5,000 men, from Ferozepore, and it would seem had been joined by a portion of the Loodiana force. The en tire force at Ferozepore, Umballah, and Loodiana, amounted to 8 troops of Horse Artillery, 5 companies of Foot Artillery, 1 regiment of Dragoons, 2 of Native Cavalry, Governor•. General's Body Guard, 2 regiments of Irregular Cavalry, 7 regiments of European, and 16 regiments of Native Infantry, or say, in round numbers, that they consisted of 48 Horse Ar.. tillery guns ; Foot Artillery unknown ; Cavalry, 3,500 ; Euro pean Infantry, 6,000; Native Infantry, 12,000; total, 21,500 of all arms. But a portion of the above must have been left at Loodiana, at Ferozepore, and even at Umballah ; and it is not improbable to suppose that the actual force engaged with the Seikhs on the 21st and 22d did not exceed 19,000 men. In addition to these may be added the Ist European and 29th Foot, perhaps 1,500 strong, which would increase our force to near 21,000 men. The force of the enemy is variously stated at from 60,000 to 80,000 men, and from 100 to 140 guns; but the Governor-General's an nouncement to the Vice-President in Council, states the number of troops at 60,000, and of guns in the intrenched camp at 70 pieces, many of them of large calibre, and Much longer than is usual in our armaments. As at Maharajpore, the principal loss in our army was caused by the overwhelm ing superiority of the enemy's guns to ours, and the diffi culty of our gallant fellows getting at them with the bayonet; for the Seikhs had taken up a very strongposition, and forti fied it in a masterly manner" (From the Bombay Correspondent of the Herald.) " The Governor-General's dispatch arrived here four days ago, but under the strictest seal of aecresy. You, of course, have been waiting with feverish anxiety the mustering of troops in the north ; when, however, it was stated that there was an army of observation, 50,000 strong, assembled on our north-west frontiers, the public will have been terribly mis led. This number of troops there was assuredly; but 35,000 form the usual strength of our frontier posts, which had only been strengthened to the amount of 15,000 or 20,000 extra men. The Ferozepore division, where imme diate danger was expected, was raised from 2,000 to 8,000, and the other stations were all made strong enough to meet the occasion. No human being ever dreamed that the Lahore Government would be mad enough, to draw down upon itself its doom, and provoke hosti lities which would, certain as fate, ensure their dis comfiture, and so bring about the very thing they of all others wished to avoid—that of placing the destinies of the country in our hands. You would observe by the dispatches sent you by last mail, that the Seikhs had, about the 11th of December, crossed the Sutlej in force, and were actually showing face before Ferozepore. The division went out to meet them on the 13th : it consisted of her Majesty's 62d, the 12th, 14th, 33d, 44, h, and 54th Native Infantry, the Bth Regular and 3d Irregular Cavalry, with 24 guns. They encamped at first in a strong position, a little way beyond the walls ; and on the 15th advanced to within three miles of the Seikh camp, far from their own cantonments and the native city, which had only 2,000 men in all left to defend it. A further forward movement might have permitted the enemy's cavalry or field artillery (the last a finely appointed force) to get into their rear, and master (and such a host could readily have done so) the handful left in the garrison. The Seikhs were believed to amount to ne fewer than 60,000, with above 100 pieces of artillery, guns in fine condition and of the largest calibre, before which our light field artillery could do nothing. Our men having fallen back at night and slept in camp, again made a demonstration in advance on the 16th, the enemy manoeuvring on both occasions with their cavalry, but no collision actually occurred. The Governor-General and Cemmander-in-Chief were now pushing on by forced marches of some thirty miles a-day, with all speed, to succour the Ferozepore division, believedlo be, as it actually was, in very imminent danger, and troops and munitions of all de scriptions were hurrying up from the rear. On the 17th the Seikhs committed the grand blunder which proved fatal to them. Instead of throwing their whole force on General Littler and the weaker Ferozepore division, they left him in their rear, and hurried off to intercept the progress of the larger force, to the movements of which I must now direct . your attention. On the 13th of December the Governor-General had issued a proclamation, declaring that as the Seikh army, by autho rity of the Lahore Durbar, had crossed our frontiers, the do minions of the Maharaja on the hither side the Sutlej were confiscated. The whole troops that could be oollected on the instant, including the entire of the Loodiana and Umballah and Meerut divisions, were now ordered to march without w de i l t a h y a o fa n ir F s e u r p oz p e ly po o r. The f e cavalry fo a r n c about el l d s, g o u o n o s, i w n as n h u e m a b d e e r d by the Commander-in-Chief; accompanied by the Governor- General. They pushed on by forced marches, enduring every kind of privation, without a murmur, and on the after noon of the 18th arrived at a place called Moodkee, some 20 miles from Ferozepore, which they hoped next day to be able to arrive at. The Seikhs, as already stated, had the day previous to this quitted their camp with a view of in tercepting the advancing army. The encounter was short but severe, the enemy being compelled to retreat from all points, leaving seventeen of their guns in our hands. The slaughter was severe on both sides ; our loss in officers being peculiarly heavy. General Sir J. li‘Caskill was killed, General Sir R. Sale mortally wounded, and shortly afterwards died of his wounds. The Ferozepore division, 5,000 strong, under Sir J. Littler, was now on its march to meet us, and the Commander-in-Chief, leaving his camp standing, marched out, endeavouring to effect a junction ; on the 21st he succeeded, after a long and fatiguing march of 16 miles, during which neither rest nor refreshment of any sort could be obtained. The army,now formed into four great divisions, immediately proceeded to attack the enemy, The Seikh guns were of immensely larger calibre than ouis, which for a time produced scarcely any effect upon the enemy; so that, after some unsuccessful efforts, in. which we suffered severely, we were compelled to retire with heavy loss. The troops having rallied and reformed made a brilliant bayonet charge, the artillery at first covering their advance. This proved successful, but not without a fearful sacrifice of life being in • curred. A little after noon a general charge was made, which, after a desperate resistance was brilliantly successful ; the enemy flying in all directions, leaving their camp ap pointments, tents, stores, &c., and 90 piecesof artillery in our hands. The Commander-in-Chief and Governor-General were repeatedly in the thickest of the fire, both victors head ing in person some of the most brilliant and successful of the charges. The slaughter has been fearful. The causualty lists as yet are incomplete, but the amount of killed and wounded includes 150 commissioned officers, of whom 62 are slain. The Seikhs have once more recrossed the Sutlej, and preparations are now making for the invasion of tho Pun jaub. (From the Overland Bombay Times, of Jan. 15.) SUMMARY. We are once more in the midst of war, and. oil the eve of mighty conquests. One of the most bloody and severe— would we could add brilliant and successful— actions has been fought by our troops in which we were engaged since the foundations of our empire have been laid in India, The increasing troubles in the Punjaub had occasioned the accumulation of a heavy mass of troops on our north-west frontier; the Governor-General determined, apparently, to avoid advance, was anxious for once honestly to carry out the peaceful and anti-aggressive policy we so constantly professed and so rarely practised. The invasion of our territories by the enemy was so eminently insane, so certain to ensure their destruction, that however disorderly ma rauders, or a rabble soldiery, might auuoy us, inconyenierse beyond this+ was unlooked for, prepared as we were to avenge it, and to protect ourselves against it. A large body of Seikh troops—about 60,000—having approached Feroze pore on the 15th, the division, 7,000 strong, under Major- General Sir J. Littler, marched out to protect the city. Several feints were made, but no collision occurred. On the 17th the enemy moved off to intercept the army under the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, now hurrying forward at the rate of 30 miles a day, to support General Littler. A severe encounter took place near Moodkee, 22 miles from Ferozepore, on the 18th, and the battle was con tinued with much obstinacy and various results on the 21st and 22d. Betwixt the evening of the 21st and morning of the 22d the enemy's intrenched camp, defended by 60,000 men and 70 pieces of artillery, was captured, and in the course of these various operations no fewer than 90 guns fell into our hands. Both armies continued for the next eight days inactive, reinforcements arriving rapidly for both, when, about the 29th, the Seikhs are reported to have re crossed the Sutlej. The fighting seems to have been fearfully severe—the loss heavy almost beyond precedent. Above 100 British officers have been wounded, and 61 are killed; amongst these latter are 3 , 1j0r-General Sir Robert Sale and Sir John M'Caskill, with considerably upwards of 3,000 men killed or wounded. Large masses of troops continue hurry ing northward from the Bengal upper provinces, and Sir Charles Napier is in progress towards Sukkur, to the north ward of which he will speedily have assembled under him an army of 14,000 to 15,000 men, to co-operate with the grand army under the Commander-in-Chief in a general scheme of operations against the Punjaub. The campaign will probably be a protracted and severe one; the results are beyond doubt. The country, from the Attock to the Sutlej, from Cashmere to Moultan, will be ours in four months if we desire it. There are reports of risings and disturbances in Upper Sinde, such as might have been expected on the descent of the Seikhs upon our territory. The country is fortunately this year healthy, though the present is the period when sickness usually sets in. India is generally tranquil throughout. Various financial returns of importance have just been published. Lord Ellenborough, it appears, so far from diminishing our expenditure, in two years added four millions sterling to our debt, and the expenditure of 1844-45 exceeds the income by nearly two millions. Sinde costs a million beyond its returns. The booty captured at Hydera bad in 1843, amounting to above half a million, has been or dered to be divided amongst the troops. The share of Sir 0. Napier amounts to about 70,000/. Great apprehensions are being entertained at Bombay of suffering for want of water, the fall of rain during the last monsoon haying been unusually deficient. (From the Apra Uk&ar of Jan. 7.) The battle of Moodkee seems likely, from all that we can gather of it, to take precedence in military history of those of Maharajpore and Meanee, as far as regards the bravery of our gallant forces when opposed to an enemy immensely superior in numbers. Though this action has not been decisive as to the results of the campaign—though it secures no territorial acquisition—yet it fairly equals some of those wonderful achievements which struck terror into our earlier enemies, and established and consolidated our power in so many regions of the east. When we hear of a battle be tween 10,000 men or less on the one side, and 60,000 or upwards on the other, and learn that though the latter neither lacked courage nor perseverance, and yet were beaten—most thoroughly beaten—the heart of the man must be sold as an icicle that warms not with admiration of the gallant victors. The Seikhs first came down on the Governor-General and his escort, but notwithstanding they had him at advantage, he kept his ground till the Com mander-in-Chief came up with the main body of the force, and then went into action in command of a division subor dinate to Sir Hugh Gough. The fire of the enemy was literally one continuous roar of thunder, and was heard at immense distances, justifying the remark of Sir Henry that he had never seen one so hot in Europe. Of course our small army suffered dre idfully--ene-half of the whole force, in cluding nearly fifty officers, having been either killed or wounded—the Governor- General and his staff being through out especial objects of aim. No full account of the battle hag been yet received, nor does the last notification give any data of the manoeuvres. The enemy seems, however, as we gather from other sources, to have been successful in strategy, in haying drawn the 3d Dragoons upon a body of their horse, and then retiring and opening up a destructive fire from a masked battery, and completing the work by pouring in upon the shattered corps a heavy body of cuirassiers : only 250 men remained unscathed. Six of the officers were killed and several wounded. It was probable in the vicinity of the battery here mentioned that Major Broadfoot lost his life. Her Majesty's 80th Foot had also a terrific struggle, having refused to yield ground though repeatedly under the fire of artillery, and as often obliged to repel cavalry by forming squares; their loss amounting to 200 men killed, as also 6 officers, including Colonel Wood and Captain Scheberras. The 29th (Queen's) lost Colonel Taylor killed, and Major Congreve wounded. The losses up to this time ascertained in the Horse Artillery are killed, Major Todd, Captain Swin ley, Captain Dashwood, Lieutenant Lambert, and Lieutenant Pollock; of the Foot Artillery, Captain Trower and Lieu tenant Wheelwright wounded. The heavy sands met on the line of march seem to have greatly impeded artillery move ments, the 12-pounder elephant battery not being in many places manageable with a single animal. Captain Swinley's troop of horse artillery having got into very heavy sand and unable to move, it is feared was destroyed under the fire of the enemy's guns. They however at last lost all their own, which are now safe in Ferozepore, and beautiful pieces they are, ready, if need be, to pay them back in their own metal. Colonel Wheeler's action is said to have been a spirited affair, but a good part of his baggage was made away w ith by the Seikhs. They are not likely to think this any very satisfactory equivalent for what they have lost. Four bat talions of Seikhs attempted to cross the Sutlej on the 31st, but were intercepted by Colonel Wheeler and then returned. In a day or two some account of these will perhaps be ob tained. We learn that, although the result of the official returns of killed and wounded is not yet generally known, our loss in the action of the 18th at Moodkee was 250 killed and 500 wounded, and that in the last two battles of the 21st and 22d, between 1,700 and 1,800 Europeans were killed and wounded. Particular regiments suffered fearfully, and of the native corps some appear to have had their full share of hard knocks. The total loss on our side in the three actions is esti mated, of all ranks, at 4,200 killed and wounded. Upwards of 100 guns have been taken, and probably the enemy could have but few more on this side the Sutlej. His remaining artillery, which, however, includes in all probability the whole of his means wherever being, is estimated at 200 pieces. It may be supposed that their best guns were brought forward, and that among the remaining may be net a few in a defec tive and unserviceable state. The information in camp is said to be very bad, even in high places. The communica tion with the rear was still difficult and doubtful ; several posts have been cut off, and among them the overland ex press mail, which would probably have else carried home some news of the Moodkee affair, and of the other actions which immediately followed. On the 28th, the report being that the Seikhs had recrossed the river, the Commander-in- Chief moved towards the enemy; the Seikhs did not waitlto give his Excellency an opportunity of driving them over the Sutlej, but prudently disappeared, and were, on the 29th, encamped on the other side of the river. At Hurreeke none were found by the cavalry sent on for that purpose. Tej Singh was in Sir Hugh Gough's hands, considerably de pressed. One account would lead us to suppose that he was a prisoner, and when sent to the rear, for purposes of safety, had contrived to escape from his guard. Bahadoor Singh, one of the .Seikh generals, was killed during the fighting. It was rather confidently believed that the army would march on to Lahore, and even a day, the 20th January, was by some named as the intended date for such movement in advance. The Seikhs are represented as anxious fur peace, but the Governor-General is said to have refused to treat until he arrived at Lahore; and what were his ultimate determina tions as to the country and people, and rulers of the Punjaub, could not be known. Sir John Grey's force has been directed to occupy Loodianah for the present. We hear that various officers in staff employ have been directed to join their corps, among them Captain Blois from Meerut ; but we do not know whether this be for regimental duty, or to superintend the pay department of the grand army. The 60th Native Infantry left Benares on the 31st ult. for Barrackpore. The 13th N.I. was to leave Barrackpore on the 30th ult. Her Majesty's 53d Foot was to leave Delhi on the 4th instant, en route for Kurnaul, where it expects fur ther orders. The Commander-in-Chief's camp appears to have been on the 29th at Auruftee, on the banks of the Sutlej. The loss in the 2d N. 1., which, to our regret, lately left this station, had been considerable in the late actions— Captain Bolton has been severely wounded in two places ; Captain Gifford has lost an arm; Lieutenant Armstrong was killed at Ferozah, in the action of the 21st; two ensigns are also among the wounded, and the loss among the natives is 100 killed and wounded. We cannot refer to this matter without wishing our gallant friends a speedy and complete recovery, and expressing our hopes that then the Com mander-in-Chief and the Governor-General will find an early opportunity of rewarding, in the person of Captain Bolton, the services of a very meritorious and capable officer, who has served with distinction in Affghanistan, at Maharajpore, and has severely suffered during the present short but memorable campaign. (From the Delhi Gazette of Dec. 31.) camp having reached Moodkee on the 01 1 : 8 r T t y2 h o, h , attackedueoiereaecrdavh( cavalry, rapyr e:personal s s t ac ) 4 10 on . 3 mf t a . mn b ta y rnyd a , bodyoafndßaajOaf proportion Seikhs,a uSingh. i n g ohf. a consisting rTthie. latter were beaten back, wia: the loss of all their guns. The troops marched forward off the 21st, and were joined by General Littler between Sultan InilllWallah and Feroze pore, and the whole body then marched to the Attack of the Seikh army. Sir J. Littler failed in his attack ; the centre carried several positions of the enemy, and was obliged to desist at nightfall. The Seikhs, during the night, having discovered the spot where the Governor- General and the Commander-in-Chief were bivouacking, opened a fire upon them, which caused the death of so many of the staff-officers. The soldiers rose, and in the middle of the night drove the Seikhs from their guns. After a little more rest, the attack was renewed on the 22d, and our troops carried everything before them, notwith standing the enemy had considerably strengthened their positions. The Seikhs returned upon our men while they were en gaged in removing their dead and wounded comrades, but were again beaten off. Three times this was renewed. The whole of the contest on the 22d was carried on by the centre division. _ The details of the Ferozepore affairs do not appear to be well known. On the 15th the Seikhs advanced closer to the town, and plundered some villages, and on the next day were seen forming an immense crescent around the British lines. The party under Captain Colebrooke came upon 1,000 Seikh plunderers at Asoofwallah, put them to flight, and killed 40, the chief among the number, and took 50 prisoners. The report of Mr. Miller's death is untrue. The Seikhs fully admit having been thoroughly beaten. It is believed the army will march upon Lahore on the 15th. We previously mentioned that the head-quarters camp were to reach Bhaga Poorana on the 17th, Major Broadfoot having ridden on to examine the ground. This they did, and on the 18th marched to Moodkee, 22 miles from Ferozapore, and were quietly encamped. when about four o'clock in the afternoon (not on the 19th, as had been previously stated on the very best authority), an alarm was raised that the Seikhs were in full march ur on the camp, some 30,000 men strong. This number approximates greatly to that given by our Lahore correspondent, who says that the detachment which marched was under the personal command of Raja Lall Siagh, and consisted of 20,000 cavalry, 12 battalions of infantry (500 each ), and a proportionate amount of ar tillery, which would give about the total mentioned in our English letters. The British troops were scarcely under arms before the Seikh guns opened upon them, but the attack was met so resolutely that symptoms of wavering began soon to manifest themselves. The cavalry and artil lery then advanced, closely followed by the infantry in line, and a little after aunt the Seikhs were in fall retreat, lea's,- ing all their guns they had brought with them in our pose eession. It was thought they would larva renewed the con flict on the next morning ; but though it is evident by our Lahore letter that they meant to do so, at: least Raja Lall - Singh, who has shown himself a man of great bravery, as well as of considerable talent, they contented themselves, ac cording to that letter, with carrying off two of their guns, thus leaving 17 (the number mentioned in our " Extra" of the 28th) in our possession, or in collecting their dead b y means of small parties, who were suffered by our troops to do so. It is a most extraordinary circumstance that, although Moodkee is certainly not mere than 75 miles from Loo3iana, and about 135 from Umballah, the intel ligence of this battle was five days in getting to the former place, and eight is reaching the latter, and that through the territory of our ally, the Raja of Patteealla, a circum stance affording indubitable proof of the public comtnuni • cation being interrupted in a most effectual way by the enemy. Of the exact amount of our loss we are as yet (twelve days after the engagement) almost totally ignorant, and indebted to little else than rumour for what we know, which is to the effect that Lieutenant Hart, of the 31st Foot, was killed, and that the following officers were wounded : Lieutenant-Colonel (Brigadier) Mactier, of the 4th Lancers (at first reported dead); Captain Jasper Trower, of the Horse Artillery (dangerously shot in the back by a man from behind a bush); laieutenant-Colonel Bolton, her Majesty's 31st Foot (who is said to have lost his leg); Lieutenant Pollock, Ar tillery (who suffered a similar loss, and whose life is reported in great danger); Major-General Sir Robert Sale, Quarter master-General of her Majesty's Forces (wounded in the foot, and we grieve to say since dead, but whether in conse quence of this wound, or from one in a subsequent engage ment we do not know); Captain Dashwood (co mman di ng Ist troop let brigade Horse Artillery, which seems to have suffered greatly) severely—(this gallant officer is also said to have since died of his wounds); and Lieutenant Wheel right, Horse Artillery. It is also asserted that Lieutenant- Colonel Brooke, of the Artillery, is either missing altogether, or has been wounded severely in the leg. It is surmised from this list, to which we regret to learn several additions have to be made, that the Umballah division was alone engaged, but this 'mist be left to future explanation. Whether the troops halted at Moodkee on the 19th or 20th we cannot exactly tell, but we believe they did, and that leaving the camp standing, they marched forwards on the 21st, and were joined by Major-General Littler, with 5,000 men from Forozepote, which junction appears to have been effected south of, and between Sultan Khanwallah and Ferozepore, some 16 or I.7lniletrfrom the camp, the troops being nearly all the time without refreshment. When thus reinforced, the whole body formed into four divisions, that on the right apparently under the command of General Sir H. Gough, the centre commanded by Major-General W. R. Gilbert, the left by Sir J. Littler, and the rear by Sir Harry Smith, marched to the a tt ac k of the entire Seikh army under the command of Raja :Lall Singh and Birder Tej Singh, which had entrenched itself in several strong positions in a country rendered difficult for the march of infantry by the large quantity of brushwood and high jungle. The con sequence was, that the enemy's guns told most severely as they approached the entrenchments. That Sir J. Littler failed in his attack from the left there is no doubt, but how or from what cause is as yet unexplained, but will, we trust, not remain so long. The centre, under General Gilbert, was more successful, and carried some of the positions of the enemy, but even he was obliged to desist on account Qf the darkness of the night, and the scattered state of our troops, many of whom were blown up by mines dug in the ground in front of the Seikhs guns. The men had little and some'of them no food, and were obliged to take up their quarters on the bare ground, the Governor-General and Commander-in- Chief sharing in their privations. The enemy, resolute on doing all the mischief in their power, were not long in finding out the spot where Sir Henry Hardinge and Sir Hugh Gough had arranged their bivouac for the night, and having brought some guns to bear on the same, opened a most de structive fire, by which it is supposed the severe loss ex perienced amongst the members of the army and personal staff of the Governor-General was caused. It having become further rest, es of the 22d, t o th e storm ing of such parts of th e enemy's positi ons as had not been t the weary men were necessary to remove thi s battery of the ene my, oar gallant soldiers rose from th e i r h a rd bed, and wer e , i n the middle of the night, led to the a ttack, and beat th e S e ik hs from their l guns. edb y GeneralA ft e r a Gilbert fear l e rt hoursa t taken on the previous evening, and carried everything before them, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts which had been made by the enemy to strengthen their works during the night, and a large number of guns, thirty of which were of large size, came into their possession. While our men were engaged in collecting their dead and wounded comrades, whose number was great in proportion to the resistance made by the Seikhs, great bodies of the latter, especially cavalry and camel swivel-men, poured down upon, and compelled them to take up their arms, and were only beaten off after a severe struggle, ren dered much more so by the absence of artillery and cavalry, who had, through some misunderstanding, retired upon Fe rozepore when the brunt of the battle was over, and were not, as we supposed in our Sunday's " extra," absent alto gether; at least such is our impression from what we have heard since that " extra" was issued. Three times did they renew the battle in this manner, and three times were they beaten back at the point of the bayonet. The whole of the contest on the morning of the 22d appears to have been car ried on by the centre divisior, the left and the rear having failed to communicate during the night, and being, there fore, we presume, without orders. In these battles of the 21st and 22d, the following officers appear to have been killed. In the foremost list are the names of Major-General Sir J. M'Caskill, Lieutenant -Colonel N. Wallace, of the 73d Native Infantry ; Captain Hunter, of the same regiment ; Major George Broadfoot, agent to the Governor-General - N. W. Frontier ; Captain P. Nicolson, 28th Bengal Infantry, assistant to the agent ; Captains Codd and Newton, and Lieutenants Wooley and Bruce, of her Majesty's 3d Dragoons ; Captain Hillier (not Herrief), Aide de-camp to the Governor-General, and Captain Becher, commandant of the Bth Irregulars. In the list of wounded we find the names of Col. Gough, military secretary to the Corn mander-in Chief; Major Grant, Deputy Adjutant-General ; Major Somerset, military secretary to the Governor-General ; Lieutenant-Colonel Wood, principal aide-de-camp to the Governor-General, and Captain Munroe, another aide-de camp to his Excellency Sir Hugh Gough, is reported also to have had a narrow escape, a horse having been shot under him during one of the engagements. Of the loss in the ranks we have no idea, but presume it must be very great, from the fact that her Majestv's 3d Light Dragoons are reported to have lost upwards of 300 men in killed and wounded, other European corps suffering in proportion. This morning the following additional deaths were com municated to us, and it is with unfeigned grief we have to add that the number is not yet complete. It is estimated at 50 killed, and the number of wounded officers is stated to be 150. The number of wounded soldiers, European and Native, at Ferozepore, was estimated at 2,000, and the loss in killed is said to average 150 men per regiment of the Europeans. But to our long and melancholy list of killed :—Colonel Taylor, 9th Foot; Major Hull, 16th Bengal Grenadiers; Captain Dunne, 9th Foot; Captain Field, 9th Foot; Lieut. Gaynor, 9th Foot ; Major Griffin, 24th Native Infantry ; Captain Burnett, 16th Grenadiers; Captains Clarke and Wells, of the 62d Foot ; Lieutenants Scott, M'Nair, Sims, Gubbins, and Kelly, of the same corps; Doctors Grant, of the 41st Bengal Infantry, and Gahan, her Majesty's 31st; Captain Sheberas, her Majesty's 80th Foot ; Captain Van Homrigh, 48th Bengal Infantry; Lieutenant Fisher, Adju tant of the body guard ; Lieutenant P. Lambert, of the Horse Artillery; Captain W. Hore, reported yesterday missing, now said to be killed; Captain Box, Ist European Light Infantry, and Lieutenant Harvey, of her Majesty's 39th Foot. We shall doubtless receive full details of all that remains unexplained, and trust the Government dispatches may not be delayed very :long. It appears, however, certain that instead of standing to wait the result of another action on the new ground the enemy had taken up, and which had been arranged to come off on the 25th, they fled across the Sutlej, and thus rid the position of Ferozepore of their pre sence, after being eight days encamped on British ground, with an army of from 50,000 to 60,000 men, and fighting three battles with a spirit and determination worthy of a better cause. Certainly the severest loss, in the presefft state of affairs, is that sustained in the person of Major Broadfoot, though we were not amongst those who considered him so eminently fitted for the situation, in which he was placed by Lord Ellen borough, as others did. He fell on the evening of the 21st. He was last seen near the intrenched position thrown up by the Seikhs, about 7 o'clock. He attempted to take his horse over the ditch; the animal fell, and three Seikhs rushed on and speared the gallant Major to death. His remains were not found till the 25th, when they were interred at :Feroze pore, followed by the Gov ernor -G enera l and staff. He was buried as he was found. Major Broadfoot was decidedly a man of talent, and one who could accommodate himself to circumstances, and who mast, du r in g hi s l a t e i ncum b ency on the north-west frontier have obtained an experience which gave his services a peculiar value in the eyes of Government. For details of the affairs at Ferozepore, from the time the communication was cut off on the 13th, the day it was defi nitely re-opened on the 22d, at least with the head-quarters' army, we have as yet only two letters, of the lath and 16th, and from them we gather that on the former day the Seikhs advanced their camp closer to the town, plundered six of their own villages and three of ours (scarcely even-handed justice), and that about 11 a. at. an alarm gun being fired, the whole of the British troops moved off their ground, taking position towards the enemy's camp, along the eastern wall of the town. The Seikhs then fired three shots from heavy guns on a reconnoitring party, and having withdrawn, our men returned to their lines. It was on the 14th that Sir J. Littler ordered the 27th Regiment and the company of Sap pers and Miners in from the Ghaut, sinking the bridge of boats with their guns. The 27th, and three guns were posted at the north-east of the town, outside the wall. The lit company of Sappers occupied the fort; two regiments occu pied advanced positions towards the enemy's camp. On the 16th the Seikhs made another movement, which brought them SO near the place that their camp could be distinctly seen forming an immense crescent around the British lines. On that day it was arranged, that there appearing no chance of a communication to the east, a post-office packet should be de spatched southward towards Seersa, a plan which appears to have succeeded better than could have been expected with such an immense body of enemies in the field. At Umballah the utmost anxiety prevailed during the days Company, and the Res which followed the first rumours of the affair at Moodkee, on the 25th, 26th, and 27th, greatly heightened by the surmise, th had h which een w p purposely r p h o a se We are glad to learn that the party under Captain Cole brooke, accompanied by Captain E. I. Robinson, and which numbered a Ressala of the Bth Irregular Cavalry, in addition e ly a k lr e e p a t d c y lo a s l e l d u . ded , tee Brigade, mentioned in our last, have was present at been successful. They came upon the Seikh plunderers (the commander of whom had merely assumed the name of Nao a t a o ia tli o e f tlhleursreheeaknaawhaLight Infantry Nehal Singh, in order to pass himself off as the grandson of and notwithstanding their rapid . flight, succeeded in killing Runjeet Singh redivivus), about 1,000 strong at Asoofwallah, Y a Shekawatee horseman), in wounding a great many more, and in taking e o n r i a i r o y un c oe ap d ti:v t i o t‘ b ,, e and 5 4 0 0, 0 f t the cn. : chief this miniature battle. We are also iappy t -0 say that the in formation regarding the death of Mr. Nliller, the Customs' alive, to have to be in a beeno fa fl i i r c N e N r , a , y i ,s releasedo f recoveryi r incorrect. on h i l s i e temp is of his subordinates, when attacked on the evening of the 20th, is well spoken of. Four of the latter were killed. Since the above was; in type we have been favoured with the following most interesting letter from one of those en gaged, and which confirms , in a great degree, muc h of what we have given above, and corrects some errors ,-,. " Thank God, I am safe and well. We had dreadful marches of 30 odd miles a-daY, and after one of such the enemy came down to offer battle on the 18th, about 3. P.M., just as we reached our ground, The troops of all arms turned out as fresh as if they had beer/ in their lines for a month. We marched out a couple of Miles, met 20,000 of infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and their horse artillery. The horse artillery and cavalry set to work, and the infantry came up in echellon and set at them. The fire was just 4S hot as man could wish, and the 16th amongst others came on part of the enemy's guns with the bayonet and did the needful in good style. The On!; fault found WAS that the men were too fresh, and could not be kept from running at the enemy. We took 17 beautiful guns, and thousands of the enemy ware slain. Tile e4vOry in amongst got 111 amongst them, and carried destruction till night p ut an at end to it. We got back to camp __ f hal -past 1 next morning. We halted on the 19th and 20th, And the Iset . Miropeans and - - 29th - Foot having joined, we moved On the 21st, and came near the ear ..ray's fortified posi tion at 2 P.M. We opened our artillery , but with light guns little was or could be ,done against tt ,sir heavy ones. The infantry were formed in brigades, an• d advanced in line from the right by regiments SO paces dist=ance; when our artillery ceaseclfiring, the infantry went at, the fortified positions, found the enemy posted at them, went at them, with the bayonet, every gun of theirs turning ; down half a dozen of our ranks every time they fired. Sly e carried, we overcome all, but mines were , then let off and disabled guns. and hundreds of ;our fine fellows were blow n up. Night -came on; and we were obliged to withdraw the troops outside the fortified position, and draw them clear 01' it. The noble 3d Dragoons went on, but came on anot:ner position with guns, and the infantry suffered dreadtvdly and retired. The enemy occupied the position agaie,,, and began hammering away with all their heavy gtrais at nine o'clock P.M. They got so bold that Tr!, were obliged to detach a brigade or two, and Cleared their position, but not without heavy loss. They kept up a heavy fire on us all night. We, were without water or covering, and tired enough on the morning of the 22d. The enemy assembled every man and gun they had, and brought their cavalry to threaten an at tack. We formed again in echellon of brigades, and advanced from the right by echell on o f regiments, attac ked and carried everything before us in two of the positions, and thought all was ours and over; but in an hour another alarm was sounded, that 40,000 cavalry, with infantry, and a heavy battery of artillery, were at hand. Our cavalry and horse artillery were in advance, and forced to retire. The infantry threw them selves into squares of regiments, and bore the most dreadful fire of round and grape you can imagine. Part of the in fantry in an hour or two were ordered to take possession of a strong village; the rest ready to advance. The cavalry were formed on both flanks, and ordered to advance. Such cheer ing as took place, each corps and regiment cheering each other, and on all went, but the Seikhs, horse, infantry, and all, took to their heels, leaving there 101 as fine guns as any in our army ; th e w h o l e o f their magazine, tents, cattle, bag gage, and everything, and were off across the Sutlej. We have lost many dear friends. Hull amongst them. He was the ad miration of every man who saw him leading and cheering on the 16th Grenadiers; Burnett, the Brigade Major, is amongst the killed; two officers of the Ist European Light infantry killed, six wounded ; one of the 2d Grenadiers killed, three wounded. Our loss is great ; the enemy had upwards of 10,000 men in the field, but theil cavalry would not come near us. I cannot write mtsre ; we have been out without a great coat, even, meat or drink, excepting a chapatee cooked by the Sepoys, o r gram and sweetmeats, since the 21 s t n i g ht and day ; and we have got our baggage and tents about twelve o'clock to-day. You can imagine what figus we were. I be li eve Brigadiers Taylor, 29th, and M'L a r en , are the only brigadiers of infantry that have escaped. allace. killed ; Wheeler, roun d e d ; Brigadier Taylor w ound ed. level Taylor, 9th foot, killed ; Broadfoot and Yric daid o s son killed ; deneral Waskill, killed; Sale wol•- to be since dead." -acted, an The general belief in camp • at Ferozeporre was that the army 'would remain th° ", till about the 15th (we should say the 25th is In . . mom- till likely), and then march across the river, uronitl'7, capital of the Punjaub. Sir Robert Dick to remain command of the troops this side the Sutlej. ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLES RECEIVED AT LAHORE. (From the Delhi Gazette.) We have given at length extracts from our letters, which we continue to receive with great regularity, notwithstanding the danger which attends the k ee p ing up of the communi cation. It will be seen that the people in Lahore do full jus tice to our troops. DEC. 20.—1 t is ascertained 'that Raja Lelia Singh has been reinforced by about 12 battalions and 20,000 Goorchara Suwars, and that having heard of the death of Kurrum Singh, Raja of Puttealah, he had resolved on proceeding to attack the British troops.coming up with the Governor- General, before he should be able to unite with the other troops, and on leaving Sirdar Tej Singh in com mand of the troops at Ferozepore during his absence. The number of troops to be left with Sirdar Tej Singh are twelve battalions of infantry, six regiments of cavalry, 5,000 Goorchara Suwars, and three battalions of artil lery. The whole of the other artillery is gone or to go with Raja Lall Singh. It is roported that the British have sent troops from Loodiana to take possession of several small forts in that neighbourhood, especially those of the Raja of Ladwa and of the Sirdar Allowallah. They had already taken Budoowl. Sider Nebel Singh having heard of this, has made it an excuse for sending his troops across the river, instead of sending them into the Seikh camp as he had been ordered. It is confidently reported that as the British have left no troops in Loodiana, and that as Sirdar Runjoor Singh has more than 20,000 men under his command, he will lose no time in crossing the river, and taking possession of the place. The Raja of Ladwa is said to have been seized by the British, and to have been ordered to be sent towards Benares. His people have been causing great disturbances. The British are also reported to have seized several Vakeels of the Sirdar Khalsajee and their escorts. Nothwithstanding this the Ranee has given no unfavourable order regarding the Vakeels of the British, who are still in Lahore. The people in the town seem very easy compared to what they were when the troops were here. The bankers, however, are not so quiet; they have closed all their accounts, they lend no money, and will have no dealings with any ot i le. DEC. 21.--It is given:out that Raja Lall Singh having marched to attack the British, found them encamped at a place named Zeera. His cavalry immediately attacked, but are reported to have been beaten back, though no particulars are received. It is said that Raja Kurrum Singh is not dead, but that his Ranee is dead. Raja Ghoolab Singh is now reported more confidently than ever to be preparing to march with all his troops upon Lahore. Authentic accounts have come in that it was at a place named Moodkee that Raja Lall Singh encountered . the British. He h a d h ear d that the Governor-Gene ra l was encamped there with four battalions, and communicated the intelligence to the officers of the cavalry. These, without waiting for the orders of - Raja Lail Singh, and afterwards against his remonstrances, on account of the lateness of the hour, insisted on attacking the British. They had no sooner done so !than the British cavalry advanced with the infantry, the cavalry in line in their rear; on the cavalry of either armies meeting, those of the British retreated a little. The Rheims, thinking that the British did this out of fear, and not in pursuance of orders, as was doubtless the case, went forward, when the cavalry divided, and the infantry and artillery opened their fire. Notwithstanding this the Suwars persisted in moving on, and a number of them were killed by the British. The artillery horses became unmanageable, and 19 guns were taken by the British. It is said that Birders Ittur Singh Kallewallah, Kunda Singh, Kunjeya, and two other Birders, who led the attack of the cavalry, were either killed or wounded. DEC. 22.—1 t is given out that the defeat at Moodkee was caused by the troops in the rear of the cavalry not supporting them as they ought to have done, and also because the day was very far advanced. On the following morning Raja Lall Singh stated to the troops, that whoever wanted to show himself faithful to him must now follow him, and was proceeding to attack the enemy, when he found that he was accompanied by no more than about 500 Suwars. It being very early in the morning, the party found some of the British who had come to carry off the guns, fell upon them sword in hand, and recovered two of his guns and carried them back to the Seikh camp. It is cer tain that Sirdars Ittur Singh Kallewallah, Kunda Singh, Kanjeya, Ghoolab Singh Kubba, and other Sirdars were killed in the battle. No news has been received from the camp at Ferozepore. It is given out the troops were waiting to hear the result of Raja Lall Singh's movement. An urzee has come in from Raja Ghoolab Singh at Jamboo, to the effect that he had sent Meeans Jnwaheer Singh and Pirthee Singh, with 12,000 men towards Phullour, Roopur, and Subatho, with directions that they were to collect as many more troops as they could in the lower country and attack the British territory. He concluded his letter by saying that he was only waiting the receipt of an au th or it at i ve purwannals to leave Jamboo. He has sent some thousands of bullock loads of provision and ammunition to the army and promised a great deal more. Sirdar Sultan Mahomed Khan has not yet quitted Lahore, but it is said that he will leave shortly. It is said that the price of provisions has increased greatly in the Khalsa camp, where wheat is selling 7 seers per rupee. Dec. 23.—" It is understood this morning that Moulvee Goolam Mahomed Khan, Mookhteearkar of Sirdar Nehal Singh, Aloowallab, has been murdered by the troops of the Sirdar, and that Nehal Singh has himself fled from his town. Raja Gholab Singh has sent full 20,000 bullocks and camels laden with ammunition and provisions for the use of the Khalsa troops. It is reported that a battle has commenced at Ferozepore, and that it had lasted two days 'without in_ termission. It is also given out that at the battle of Moodkee, the Goorcharra Suwars, who were thought so much of, espe cially in comparison with the Aeen Khalsa troops, were quite unable to stand against the British troops, and were almost the first to fly • the consequence of this was, that a large number were killed and wounded, many of them never stopped until they reached their homes; whilst others took advantage of their position and began to plunder the tents and baggage of other men of their own army. The price of provisions has risen greatly in the camp opposite Ferozepore, and wheat flour: is selling at seven seers per rupee.' In other places it is still dearer, and not to be had for five seers per rupee. This day his Highness the Maharaja Duleep Singh ordered a small gun manned by boys to proceed towards Ferozepore as a propitiation for victory, and to make marches of five koss a day. The citizens looked upon the order as one of good omen, and are confidently looking forward to the taking of Ferozepore. It is believed, however, that if the Seikhs have been defeated in the battle of Moodkee and the Suwars have ran away in so shameful a manner, they will now never be able to stand again against the British. Yesterday the Ramgurreah Suwars have been ordered oft' towards Ferozepore; some went yesterday, and the whole quitted Lahore to-day. The Ranee has issued orders for the enlistment of new troops, but great care is taken to have as few Seikhs as possible. An European soldier, taken prisoner by the Seikhs has b een brought into Lahore, and was heard to challenge his captors at once to put him to death. His life, he said, was nothing, as the British had thousands more like him, while the Seikhs, he affirmed, would soon be reduced to beggary. 200 Nujeebs were this day ordered to post themselves along the road from Lahore to Phullour. It has been proclaimed in the city to-day, that the sepoys posted at the different gates had received orders to close them at seven o'clock in the evening, and not to open them again qntil between eight and nine o'clock in the morning. A few Seikli sepoys, runaways from the camp, speak badly of the cavalry, but say that the Aeen and especially the Khasa troops fought very well at Moodkee. It is reported that the Governor-General has gone unattended into Ferozepore, leaving the troops at Zeera and Moodkee. A considerable panic has began to mani fe st itself amongst the bankers and others of the town, and the y are burying such property as they had previously concea led. Dec. 24.—1 t is reported that the Lord . Saheb Bahadur (Governor-General) had sent Moulvee Rujjub Allee to watch the proceedings of Sirdar Nahal Singh, Alloowalla, at Kupoothalla, and that the Moulvee had been p ut to death by the troops of the Sirdar. The r e p ort is, however, not fully confirmed. This day Raja Lall Singh, the son of Deewan Deena Nath, Paymaster of the Goorchurra Suwa rs , and Deewan Ajoodhea Purshad, arrived in the city, accom prnied by a few followers, and it immediately became known that on the defeat of the cavalry the battalions of the Aeen troops had borne the whole of the attacks of th e B r i t i sh. The latter beat them so entirely that of the Khas troops and of those under General Mehtab Singh, full 9,000 were killed, and between 2,000 or 3,000 wounded, but enabled to escape, The British pursued them a great distance, and took posses sion of everything belonging to the Seikhs, and it is given out that they will march upon Lahore in a very short time. The Nujeebs in charge of the different gates of the capital had b e en ordered by the Sirkar not to admit any of the runaway sepoys into tho town, but to order their back to the cam p, and if any should succeed in getting in, to cut off their noses, and then turn them out. The Nujeebs have been instructed to search every man quitting the town, allowing those on whom nothing may be found to go out, but should any papers or letters lie found on any one, that p,erson was at once to he put to death. reitiiday, I!l<aharajal4 Dulcet; Singh Sept his own teiit omit to be pitched, expressing a determination to go hißselt: to ,jein thf,f9 - 41. 'Mc tent., hgweer, rowliAo pitcuegi only about tnree eqra, when it t4enci and brought back. Intelligenee has come in from Ferosepore that the Seikhs were ha avers , bad state. They had un to . actually besieged the place, but having bees attacked they had been obliged to collect all their troops and place their guns in position to resist it. Sirdar Tej Singh had written to the chiefs of the Khalsa durbar to send reinforcements, declaring that if the least delay occurred the whole of the trvors =du b would bo destroyed, Hs *led, that if they 'rained their own lives, they would not eat bread until they had sent him more troops, and prepared to come out themselves to his assistance. On receipt of this letter the most stringent orders were issued that every Seikh in the town and near it should march out to the camp. The price of grain has risen in Lahore, and wheat flour is sold at 11 seers, ghee at 12 , and fuel at 11- maund, other items in proportion. The panic still continues, and the greatest fears are entertained that they will be plundered by the Seikhs. [Our native friend at Loodiana adds to this, that the mes senger who brought the above from Lahore, reports that Raja Lall Singh had been seized by the Seikhs, who de clared that the defection or treachery of the Suwars was all owing to him, and had been made ' over to the "custody of Sirdar Runjoor Singh, who was instructed to keep him in cafe custody until the Punt had come to a definitive de termination in general assembly as to what was to be done with him. The Sirdar (Runjoor Singh) was then on his way to Phullour with 8,000 cavalry, and the Raja managed to escape from his camp : on which the Seikhs declared they would not rest until they had him again. It is stated by the same men that when the' Seikhs first seized Raja Lall Singh, they meant to have had him blown away from a gun, but thought it best to reserve him for more -si g n a l punishment, and, ther e f ore , made him over to Runjoor Singh.] ORDER OF MARCH AN ----- '1:)A -- ---TpoiNTMENTS PRE VIOUS TO THE BATTLES. The Artillery, horse and foot, and Sappers and Miners, were placed under the command of Brigadier Brooke; the cavalry, under the command of Brigadier Harriot, was di vided into three brigades, the first under Brigadier Whitt, the second under Brigadier Gough, and the third under Bri gadier Macher ; and the infantry was separated into four di visions of two brigades each, the first commanded tr j : Major- General Sir H. Smith, having under him Bris•P.,;:iters Bolton and Wheeler ; the second by Major-General Gilbert, with Brigadiers Taylor and BPLareu ; the Vnird by Major-General Sir J. M`Caskill, with Brigadiers Wallace and Wilkinson ; and the fourth by A lajer-General S; - r J. Littler, with Briga diers Reed and Ashburnham. - a " ARMY OF TUE SUTLEJ. " Head Quarters, Camp, gAinka-ke-Serai, lath Dec., 1845. " Under authority from the Right Honourable the Go vernor on t-Gheeneral of Idia, th frontier, e several corps in p rogress towards, and north-wtstern as ified, will be formed into divisions and brigades, hereinafter :and staff spec officers attached to thtm, as set forth in the following detail; all appointments for this force, which is to be designated the army of the Sutlej, are to have effect from this date. DETAIL. DIVISIONAL STAFF. • 11 1314gadier G. Brooke, horse artillery, commandant ; P..revet Captain W. E. Warner, commissary of ordnance ; Brigadier D. Harriott, commandant ; Captain J. Tritton, her Majesty's 3d light dragoons, deputy 4th general ; Brevet Captain T. Quin, adjutantde putylight cavalry, assistant quarter-master general ; Major-General Sir H. C. Smith, K.C.8., her Majesty's service ; C a pt a i n E. Lugard, her Majesty' s 31st foot ' • deputy assistant adjutant general ; Lieutenant A. S. Galloway, deputy assistant quarter-master-general ; Major General W. R. Gilbert, Honourable Company's service; Captain R. Houghton, aide de-camp : Captain F. W. Anson, assistant adjutant general ; Brevet: lajor R. Coddrington, assistant quarter-master ge neral ;Major -General Sir J. M`Gaskill, K.C.B. and K.H. Lieutenant D. M. Bethune, her Majesty's 9th f oot, aide-de camp ; Captain J. R. Pond, deputy adjutant -general, deputy assistant luarter-master general ; Major-General Sir J. H. Littler, h.C.8., aide-de-camp ; Brevet Major P. Innis, deputy assistant adjutant general ; Captain J. F. Egerton, deputy assistant quarter-master general. " BRIGADE STAFF. " Brevet Captain M. Mackenzie, major of brigade.—Horse Artillery: Ist, 2nd, Bd, and sth troops, first brigade; Ist, 3d, and 4th troops, and two guns, 2d troop, 3d brigade.— Foot Artillery : 2d company, 2d battalion ; 2cl, 3d, and 4th companies, 4th battalion; 2d and 4th companies, 6th bat talion; 2d company, 7th battalion; Nos. 6,7, 9, and 19, light field batteries. " ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.—FieId Engineer. The corps of sappers and miners. "CAVALRY.-Ist Brigade: Brigadier M. White, C. 8., 3d light dragoons; Lieutenant S. Fisher, 3d light dragoons, major of brigade.—Her Majesty's 3d light dragoons, Sth regiment of light cavalry, 9th regiment of irregular cavalry. 2d Brigade : Brigadier B. Gough, C. B. ; Brevet-Captain T. L. Harrington, sth light cavalry, major of brigade.— Governor General's body guard, sth regiment of light cavalry, Bth regiment of irregular cavalry. 3d Brigade : Brigadier W. Macher ; Lieutenant W. Wyld, 4th light Cavalry, major of brigade.-4th regiment of light cavalry, 2d regiment of irregular cavalry, 3d regiment of irregular cavalry. " INFANTRY.-ISt Division.-Ist Brigade : Brigadier S. Bolton, C.B. ; Captain J. Garvock, 31st foot, major of brigade. Her Majesty's 31st foot, 24th regiment of native infantry, 47th regiment of native infantry. 2d Brigade : Brigadier H. M. Wheeler, C. 8.; Captain P. O'Hanlon, major of brigade. Her Majesty's 50th foot, 42d native in fantry, 48th regiment of native infantry. "2d Division.-3d Brigade: Brigadier C. C. Taylor, C.B. ' • Captain J. 0. Lucas, major of brigade. H er M a j es t y ' s 29th foot, 41st regiment of native infantry, 45th ditto. 4th Brigade : Brigadier J. M'Laren, C.B. ; Brevet Captain J. H. Burnett, 16th grenadiers, major of brigade. Ist European light infantry, 2d native grenadiers, 16th ditto. " 3d Division.-sth Brigade : Brigadier N. Wallace, Capt. J. L. Taylor, major of brigade. Her Majesty's 9th foot, 26th native infantry, 73d regiment of native infantry. 6th Bri gade : Brigadier C. D. Wilkinson ; Brevet Captain P. Gordon, major of brigade. Her Majesty's 80th foot, 11th regiment of native infantry, 27th ditto, 63d ditto. "4th Division.-7th Brigade: Brigadier T. Reed; Captain C. J. F. Burnett, major of brigade.—Her Majesty's 62d foot, 12th regiment of native infantry, 14th ditto, Bth Brigade; Brigadier and Honourable T. Ashburnhain, Captain P. Hay, Major of Brigade.-33d regiment of native infantry, 44th ditto, 54th ditto. " The officers commanding the horse artillery, her Ma jerty's 3d light dragoons, 9th, 29th, 31st, 59th, 62d and 80th regiments of foot, and the lat European light infantry, will forward to head quarters the names of non-commissioned officers, the first to fill the office of provost marshal, the second for that of assistant baggage master, and the others for the appoinment of deputy provost marshals to the di visions to which their regiments respectively belong." LOODIANAH. (From the Delhi Gazette of Jan. 7.) LOODIANAII, JAN. I.—lt is given out that the Rajah of Ladwa has gone over to join Runjoor Singh at Phulloor, and that as his guns and other property were being taken over, they were stopped by the snsvars of the Nawah of Kotla, who are on duty in the town. This happened near a village named Maranhara. As soon as the ca,e was reported, two sahebs, with some suwars of the Raja of Patteeallah, went out to the place. It was soon after reported that 100 of the Runjoor Singh's men had crossed to assist in escorting the guns of the Raja of Ladwa. Should any fight take place between these parties, it is very likely that the whole of the Sirdar's men will cross. The Mookhtear, who was superin tending the march of the Rajah's troops aid artillery, has been seized by the British and thrown into prison. The report of seven guns yesterday evening induced the people of the town to conclude the Seikhs had fled. The Suwars and gunswho had been sent out to Sanoowal, have restored order and posted a company's Thannah in the place. About three o'clock this afternoon it was suddenly reported that the Seikhs had again crossed, and such people as have remained in Loodia nah began instantly to hide their property; some of them became pale and others became yellow, so great was the con sternation that ensued. It was at the same time reported that Deiee Khan, the Kotwal of Loodianah, had been killed in a skirmish, which occurred at Barrentharra." Jaw. 4.—" This day the Raja of Ladwa himself, with about 200 men, and a few guns, recrossed over from the other side of the river, with the assistance of the Seikhs there en camped, and took the direction of the village of Budowal, which was in his own Jaghire. On the commencement of the war the British authorities had taken possession of every thing that belonged to the Raja on this side the river. The cantonment of the British is to the south and west of the town of Loodianah ; the village of Budowal is also to the west, so that the Sirdar and the Seikhs who accompanied him passed close to the cantonments. The first damage they did was to set fire to the lines of the Toork Suwars, after which they - set fire to the lately built European barracks, which had cost so much money in building. This was no sooner seen than a detachment of the Goorkah battalion, which had this morning arrived from Dhera, and a regiment of native infantry, who had come to guard the place (the 36th Native Infantry) with a battalion of the Raja of Patteealla's, accompanied by two guns and 300 Suwars, as also the Kotwal of the city, marched to attack the Raja in his village of Badoowal. The inhabitants of the place became greatly alarmed. lam writing at two o'clock, and the fire is not yet extinguished. It is believed all the Seikhs will cross in the confusion which has arisen."—/bid. DELIIL—The left wing of the 6th Regiment Native In fantry marched into Delhi yesterday ; and were followed this morning by Colonel Woody's detachment of four companies of European Artillery. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—The Supplement of Govern ment Notifications, published this day, is unsually intefretshte ing, as containing the first formation of the "Arm y summoned o Sutlej ." the names of all the engineer officers e e a n n t . d s abovecon sequent followed by h a ea l ' o d n i g u l a i r s i t ers, of ar vr ti h l i l c e h ry w a i4l d d m o e u d b i t c l a e l s . s nri so cree c a r e si r ib a whiCh g . have , taken a! 1, the on the e pr m om el o a t n io c n h s oly ni cas tl u ie alt r ic o s } place. These orders, received on Monday morning, enabled us to correct the list of casualties sent horae in our Overland Summary, in regard to these regiments at least. There are some of the appointments in these orders, which seem to us open to animadversion, and though we are not sufficiently behind the scenes to say how far they might have been made less so, we must confess that we should have thought that Lieutenant-Colonel Havelock was the man, of all others on the Commander-in-Chief's staff, entitled to the acting ap pointment which has been conferred on Colonel Gough. It may be that the services of Colonel Ilavelock are peculiarly valuable in his present office, but they cannot be so oneraus as to have prevented his being quarter-master-general for the time being, especially as his knowledge of the languages would have been of great importance in that post. We are much gratified to see by the general orders to the Queen's troops, received this morning, too late for publica. tion, that seven men have been promoted from the ranks in as rsto c o : c i l va tl l i r a; asrOem toe two be organisedr tllree btless absorb afaortddhi: many royal regiments. I.a goodly m a p t i r o o n p proportion i a o b n a n o . f t wt l i i oi o lti s lita e .ils m ci en grnepne n sye orowafwi Irregulars YulY u l u m ne d by thelsatneeprot Ns d , o r n i t t t e h n e , slevrevhicaeveofthe enem learned tha the ( number htoisbpearraaisgredat'ishfowuars, to be numbered 10, 11, 12, and 13. They are to be formed at Ferozepore, Loodianah, Delhi, and Hansee, and Captain James Skinner ha s been charged with the raising of the 13th regiment at Delhi). The Goorkah (Sirmoor) Battalion accompanied the 36th in their march to Loodianah, and both regiments have doubtless reached their destination. (It will be seen by our Loodianah letter that they were just in time to pursue the Raja of Ludwa). Major Baldwin, of the 31st Foot, expired at Ferozepore, from the effect of his wounds on the Ist inst., and was in terred with all military honours. He was a man of great de termination of character, and one whose bearing had a most beneficial influence on all his subordinates. It may be in the remembrance of our readers that some discussion took place in our columns regarding the forage cap worn by her MAjesty's 31st. On that occasion the commanding :officer assembled the officers and called upon them to state upon honour whether they knew the author of those letters? Major Baldwin was the first to whom the question was put, anet asked in reply by what authority he was called upon to answer such a question, " when the law did not expect the veriest drunkard to criminate himself." The reply was deemed evasive and insolent, and the matter referred to the Commander-in-Qhiof, wile reproved the colonel for his un warrantable measures in the matter, and desired him, if we are nghtli; informed, to reassemble his officers and acknow lede his error, luptain Msou Is, we learn, officiating assistant itaiutant general o' the army, In the mai of o :rpialn J. R. Lumley , *he is reported to have 017 i the n occasion what • uperces siou we do not of appears his a know.l Infantry, has been ap f o r displeasure; but Lieut. Paton, of the 14th Bengal Infantry, d' ision as a in the field. reward for his distinguished ga llantry Barrackpoor from Sangor on the 30th ultimo, and the 13th pointed deputy quartermaster general to the 3d iv , The 40th Regiment reached Bengal Infantry commenced their march for theN.W. provinces on the 81st idem, rid tk ti grand trunk road. The 29th Bengal Infantry left Berhampoor on the 22d De cember, but were obliged to halt about a koss and a half on the other side of the I 3 ergheeruttee in consequence of the want of efficient carriage, that taken down by the 39th being quite unserviceable; with much difficulty a sufficient ( number of Bengal hackeries were collected, and the regi ment moved on, reaching S ooree on the 27th, halted there on the 28th, and marched again on the 29th. There had been but two desertions on the march, and 21 men only were in hospital. The right win g of the 6th Regiment are making all haste to reach the frontier. • They had, on th e 3d ot' January, marched upwards of sixty miles in three successive marches, and will probably be at Saharunpoor today, and at Kane keserae on the 12th. .._. The orders directing the Meerut force to move on Loodi anah reached them on the Ist of January, and the whole division, consisting of the elephant battery, three troops of horse artillery, her Majesty's 9th and 16th L ancers, two com panies of Sappers and Miners, the 3d Light Cavalry, the 4th Irregular Cavalry, her Majesty's 10th Foot, and five Regi ments (30th, 43d, 55th, 49th, and 68th) of Native Infantry, would march from Busseean on the 3d, and probably reach Loodianah yesterday. • • CHINA. CANTox.---We hear from Canton that the placard which I was lately stuck en the walls of the factories (a translation of which appeared in all the Ilong•Kong papers) turns out to be, what we pronounced it, a piece of official Chinese du plicity, intended most probably to smooth some of the diffi culties which Keying may have expected to encounter during his Hong-kong visit. Mr. Macgregor, on applied'. floe, was informed that sixty-seven copies of the placard had been posted, and the names of the places where they were to be seen was furnished. Mr. Jackson, accompanied by a linguist and other Chinese servants of the British con sulate, personally inspected the 67 places where the pro clamation was said to be exposed. He could only find seven copies ; four of them on the walls of the fo • reign factories, the other three in places whore bills are usually posted, but so covered up with other notices that they could not be read. In point of fact there were only four copies made public, and they were all on the factory walls. We presume that this deception has been communioated to her Majesty's superintendent of trade, and that it will receive due attention. It is not probable that foreigners will often avail themselves of the privilege of visit ing the suburbs of Canton, notoriously the abode of cut throats and thieves, neither would many care to enter the city, were it thrown open. In contending for the right of free access to the city, it is demanded not only as an act of justice, but also as redress for many past insults, intended to degrade foreigners in the eyes of the natives. Sir John Davis at once pledged himself to carry this question. We wait for a redemption of that pledge. Perhaps the ersonal comfort of foreigners in Canton would be more enhanced by permission to visit the country, than by a free communica tion with the city, though for the reason already stated, ac cess to the city becomes a point which in some degree touches the national honour, and is therefore not to be overlooked.-- Friend of China, Dec. 3. The ship Sir Robert Sale has been chartered to carry to England invalids belonging to the naval and military forces in China. We hear that before her departure for England she will take a cruise with such convalescents belonging to the 15th Regiment as, in the opinion of the medical officers, werem ay be broughtbenefited from round by the change .he They were relieved by a company of the 42d Madras Native In fantry.—lbid, D ec. 6 . mCh eko-Chew air.he w y Partes terd of ay. t Mr. Layton, Vice-Consul at Ningpo, has been appointed. Acting Consul at Amov, pending her Majesty's pleasure. The Ningpe Vice-Consulship is not to be filled up.—lbid. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA. The following changes in some of the mercantile firms of Calcutta, are notified:— The interest and responsibility of Mr. James Snsall, in the house of Messrs. Glass and Co. ; M r. A . A . Mackey, of the house of Messrs. J. Mackey and Co.; of Mr. William Martin, in the firm of Messrs. Cockrell and Co. ; of Mr. George Oliver, in the firm of Messrs. Os wald, Seal, and Co. ; of Messrs. J. C. Hay, and J. P. Meik, in the house of Messrs. Hay, Meik, and Co. ; of Mr. Alexander Fraser, in the firm of Messrs. Fraser, M'llonald, and Co. ; and of Mr. Charles Lyall, in the firm of Messrs. Lyall, Matheson, and Co., have ceased. The following were admitted as partners ;—Mr. Conn Wilson Macrae, in the firm of Messrs. Lyall, Matheson, and Co. ; Mr. William Woolley, jun., in the firm of Messrs. P. I. Sarkies and Co. ; Mr. Henry Leis Christiana ,in the firm of Messrs. hale, Hoch, and Co. ; and Mr. Robert Francis Carlow, in the firm of Messrs. Church, Luke, and Co.—Calcutta Economist . THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Comnzeree Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, JAN. 15Tn, 1846.—Metals—The transactions in metals have been confined to a few articles, and have been exceedingly limited. Nothing, so far as we can learn, has been done either in Swedish or British bar iron, and the prices of these descriptions, which differ little from these quoted in our last, must therefore be considered nominal. There have been some small sales In hoop and sheet, at our quotations, but the particulars have not reached us. The former of these, it will be perceived, is a little higher than be fore, while the latter has declined in a slight degree. We are in formed of a sale of 78 cwt. round and square rod at 3834 rs. per candy; the present price, however, of round is 43 rs. In copper there have been sales of sheet, both sheathing and braziers, at 54% rs. to 55 rs. per cwt.—a somewhat higher price fir the former than was current last month. A sale of the latter to the extent of 875 cwt. at 55 rs. per cwt., has been communicated to us. Is tile we are ap prised of sales of 875 cwt., at 4834 rs., and 108 cwt. at 49 rs. per cwt. Nails have slightly given way. Steel, quicksilver, and tin plates, are without change in prLe, and are dull of sale. In sheet lead we hear of a sale of 450 cwt., at 12.3-0 rs. per cwt., but pig has somewhat declined. A transaction in spelter, at 15-4-0 per ewt., is said to have taken place, but we are not aware of the quantity dis posed of, which must, we should imagine, have been small. Cotten Manufactures—With the exception of the finer qualities of 25-Inch cloth, and some few descriptions of bleached s hi r ti ng, which have been in demand, these fabrics have generally suffered a reduc tion in price. Grey domestics of stout quality, notwithstanding an inquiry which has existed for them for the Arabian market, have given way in price, though not to so great an extent as other ar ticles. Bleached modapollams are in little request, and can only be sold at a reduction on previous quotations. Bleached domestics are wholly unsaleable. For Jacconets, whether grey or bleached, there is little demand; prices are further reduced, and sales are difficult to be made. Cambrics and muslin are almost neglected, and cannot be sold at remunerating rates. There have been a few transactions in Turkey red goods at low prices, but owing to the cessation of the demand from Moultan, these fabrics are now without inquiry, and are extremely dull of sale. Yarns—The market for cotton twist has participated in the pre- Tailing depression. The business, both in mule and water, has been very trifling, and traue.ectiens a.:O, 40 444 41.4. former and No. 30 'in the latter. Prices, it will be sup, have ex perienced a general decline ; and at present, from the Offence of de mand, our quotations must be regarded as nominal. There has been some little inquiry latterly for Turkey red twist, but orange continues neglected. Woollens—These goods still remain wholly without Inquiry, and we have hoard of no transaction in them during the fortnight. Marine Stores—No sales appear to have taken place in the articles under this head, and the market generally is well supplied. We quote Swedish tar nominally at rs. 7 to 8 per barrel, and Linseed oil re. 1-6-0 to rs. 1-8 0 per gallon, both somewhat lower than before. but other items aro without change in value. Beer—The market ibr beer still remains in its former state of com plete inactivity, and the only operations that have taken place have been auction sales of inferior brands. Neither in Allsopp's nor in Bass's has anything been done. . .. Spirits—Are without change either in demand or value. Brandy is still all but unsaleable. We have been apprised of no sales. Red Lead is a trifle lower than last month ; white without alto• ration. Cochineal—This article has been in some request for caportation to the China market, where it appears to have been recently in de mand, and to have realised high prices. We now quote It at rs. 3 12 0 to 3 13 0 per lb. at the latter of which rates 3,0001b5. have been recently disposed of. Saffron—The stock of saffron is considerable, and, the demand being limited, the finest sorts only are saleable. Our present quota tion is rs. 8 22 per lb., according to quality. In Corks, Bottles, &c., there has been little doing, and prices are without noticeable change. NASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton —There is little change in the aspect of the market for this staple, and the fluctuation in prices as been inconsiderable. We now quote some sorts a shade higher, and others rather lower, than at the date of our last. Business has been limited, the closing of the Gs vernment Treasury for advances on produce having put a stop In a great measure to shipments by native dealers, while the state of th• home markets has held out little encouragement for exportation by European houses. Shipments, however, are in progress to China, from which quarter somewhat more favourable accounts have re cently been received. Our quotations are as follow : Broach, Surat, and Jumbooseer • • .. • • • • • • • • Rs. 82 per candy. Dollera . • .. Oomrawuttee . „ „ 80 to 82 Bersee ......... ......... • • . Cumpta ••• • • • Coffee—Both Mocha and Malabar have slightly declined—the former being quoted now at rs. 8 to 8% (with a small stock), and the latter at rs. 6 to 614 per maund. Gums—Animi has receded at rs. 70 to 64 per cwt.—a reduction of rs. 10 on our last quotation. Arabic may be quoted at rs. 32 to 33, and Olibanum is without change. Hemp has declined in value about re. 1 and 2 per candy. Opium—This drug is about xi. 6 per chest dearer than before, bat the quality in general is far from good. Pepper—Malab a r Pepper is rs. 1 per candy higher. Bhutcoll withoute Silk Nan kin, and Nos. 1,2, and s:Canton, have declined songs what since our last ; but the Persian and Bengal varieties era rater in advance of foriaer quotations. given way about rs. 10per candy higher than before. We Marwar may be quoted at rs. p Wool—The two first d to esc s rip p tl e o r ns e g d h y ora c s u sa te n h and d s ta hf u e o k n r a a ry n) ; h an al transactions inprogr i ess, n anyon nativevar variety, though . some There is little noticeable alteration in oth er art i cles of produce. 3 h i s i v p e rn ioineatsrd are,o f n we o r understand, ecent FREIGHTS. et;hbeumt ia o t n te th ay te . Shipping arrivals have been less numerous, but freight being ex. tremely scarce, no improvement has taken place in the rate to Great B w ri l t s a s in , p . erTthoenr,aatw,Nas.hiacnh asodmvaenocoegiangtehmegttrslywerpaerttpaodf owing to the unfavourable accounts from England, the rate has again given way. In the absence of authentic information as to actual almost it quota is difficult give the exa c t f i gure, and at present The o any rae offrei ti gh on t tois e no to ht m o i a n t a e l is. 15x per candy_a slight improve. mcut on our last quotation. The prices of Goveram Tp E a Y per l l i ftv it e K- rfs T en . since our last, owing to a slight dimi nut i on of the pressure on the Money Market. They may now be quoted as under :- 5 Per cent. Loan of 1825.. ..... .. Bs. 106 to 11 1 4 4 D 0... .• • • do. . • 1832-33.... • . „ 100 to 102 D 0.... •• • do. .. 1835-36..... • „ 95 to 97 5 D 0....• • • do. .. 1841-42...... „ 105 to 106 4 D 0..... • • do. • • 1842-43...... „ 95 to 97 }:zell ane—Transactions have taken place in Exchange on London at Six months, at 2s. per rupee, but the rate is now less firm, and drawers are demanding Is. 11 2 4 d. Exchange at 30 days may be set down at Is. II IA d. to Is. 1 iNd. Banks—There his been little variation since our last in the value of Bombay hank shares„ and we may now quote them the same as at the date of our last. viz., re. 48 per cent premium. Shares in the Oriental _Bank have improved, and were saleable yesterday at rs. 2273 s premium, for old, and rs. 195 for new shares. Price of Bullion—Sovereigns, each rs. 11% ; Bank notes, per 4 rs. !Obi. RAILWAY CLASSIFICATION. The Select Committee appointed for the classification of railway Bills according to the resolutions adopted by the House, and who are empowered to report from time to time, have further considered the several matters referred to them, and agreed to report as follows : Your Committee recommend that the following Bills be added to Group No. I, viz.,— Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, and Chesterfield as Gainsborough Canal. Lynn and E. 13 (Extension to March). Huntingdon and Wisbech. Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge. York and North Midland Enlargement. Your Committee also recommend that the following Bills be added to Group No. 2, viz.,— Cornwall and Devon Central Railway. and an C d o ß rn od w l a n l i l n B r a Devonn ranches) West Cornwall Railway. .Central Railway (Haylo, Levant, St. Austen. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN ING. -. , EI3.II:ITARA 23 3 1846. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Vefes and Proceedings of the House o f Comm.. ) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. (Omitted in the Votes of Saturday.) South-Staffordshire Junction Railway and Branches (No. 1.) South Staffordshire Junction (Bilston and Priestfleld Branch—No. 2), South Staffordshire Junction (Showhill and Portobello Branch —NO. 3). South Staffordshire Junction OVillen h all and Bloxwich Bralch—No 41 SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY Bras . ' ' WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25. Glasgow' Harbour Mineral. Ed!n,burgh and Glasgowu(ALmaneentisditneen:l:dcaHrrualsiech. es) Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (V4kod., ' •;. Hull and Selby Purchase.. kt Extensloll). York and Carlisle. Ulverstone, Furness E , EdinbUriill S I i'eebles. r THURS Gloucester and Dean Forest. DAY, FEB. 26. Ayrshire and Galloway. Leeds and Bradford (Junction Line at Bradford). FRIDAY, FEB. 27. Wilsontown-, Morningside, and Coltness (Caledonian Jan dish). i r ll3oll t o W ll ,llorningside, and Cohum (Bathgate Draileb).