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en4fce ths batteries. At 4b. P.M., finding that the batteries nod only occasional shots, I made the signal for boats of squadron, manned and armed, to rendezvous alongside Gor gon and Firebrand, and sent to propose to my colleague that the remaining part of our plan should be carried into execution; the officer bearing the message found Capt. Trehouart occupied in moving the French squadron close in to cover the landing; so, placing entire confidence in the fire of his ships, and knowing full well that his division of seamen would, as soon as possible, support us, at 5h.45m. landed with 180 seamen and 145 marmes, and giving three cheers, formed on the beach ; the skirmishing party and light company of seamen under the command of Com mander Sulivan led up the bill. On reaching the crest they were received by a smart fire of musketry, but the speedy arrival of the Marines, under the command of Captain Thomas Hurdle, R.M., drove the enemy back, and the light company of seamen, under the com mand of Lieutenant A. C. Key, completed the work, by carrying and holding the wood, the key of the position. Very shortly afterwards the French Brigade landed, and the guns of Nos. 1,2, and 3 batteries were spiked and dis mantled. On the following morning the English and French Brigades again landed, and completed the work of destruc tion ; carrying off all the brass guns, 10 in number, and re • taming unmolested pa - ssessiim of the grounds and woods the whole day. It was not to be expected that a contest, lasting from 10 £5l. until nearly sunset, could do otherwise than cause the ,loss of several officers and men; and accordingly I have to lament the death of Lieut. C. Brickdale, who fell early in the day. He was an officer of great promise, and is ould have been an ornament to his country had he lived. Mr. George Andrews,:clerk-in-charge of the Dolphin, was also killed whilst assisting the assistant-surgeon ; he was a valuable officer, and one of a large family, who mainly de pended upon him, and I trust their case may be laid before the Board of Admiralty. Lieutenant Charles Doylet is, I fear, mortally wounded, and ere many hours must terminate his existence. Although suffering dreadfal agony from his wounds, his mind ap peared bent on the result of the action. Such a spirit must necessarily carry the sympathies of all his brother officers. Lieutenant Levinge reports most highly of the conduct of Richard Rowe, gunner's-mate, and Walter Ross, caulker's mate, of the Dolphin ; although severely wounded, they re mained at their quarters until the day was won. The aggregate bss of officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines, amounts to Officers. „ .... 2 killed ... Seamen • 3 ~ Petty Officers.... 2 „ Marines none 6 wounded. 9 /) 6 II 1 ft 80y5..... 2 99 •• • 2 , The noble behaviour of my brother senior of ficer, Captain Trehouart, excited the admiration of all on board ; it was evident that his brig was especially selected for the enemy's fire, and I consider myself fortunate in having such an officer for my colleague. I have great reason to be satisfied with the goodconduct of all the officers, seamen, and marines of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my orders. I have already mentioned the services rendered by Cap tain Hope in cutting the chain,and I have to thank him for acting as my aide-de-camp when on shore. I should be un mindfal of the ability and continued zeal of Commander B. Sulivan, did I not bring him particularly to your notice ; by his exertions we were furnished with a chart, which enabled us to complete our arrangements for the attack. First . Lieutenant J. E. W. Lawrence, R.M.A., also acted as my . aide-de-camp, and has a strong claim on my gratitude ; principally through his instrumentality a brigade of seamen has been formed capable, I am quite satisfied, of resisting cavalry. It is impossible to conclude this dispatch without recom mending to your favourable consideration Lieut. Reginald Levinge ; his little schooner occupied the berth better suited to a frigate, and I sometimes trembled when I saw the shower of sh ot, shell, grape, and rockets flying over her. As soon as the damage sustained by the combined squa dron shall have been repaired, Captain Trehouart and myself intend to proceed in the execution of our instructions, leav ing two vessels of war here to prevent the enemy offering any further obstruction to the free navigation of the Parana. I have, &e. (Signed) CHAS. HOTHAM, Captain and Senior Officer. Rear-Admiral S. H. Inglefield, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief, &c. Report of casualties that cccurred in the Squadrdn under the command of Captain Charles Hotham, while taking and destroying the batteries, &c., at Point Obliged°, in the River Parana, on the 20th November, 1845. Officers' Names. Lieut. C. Brickdale, H.M. sloop Comas, killed. Mr. G. Andrews, Clerk-in-charge, H.M. brigantine Dolphin, killed. Lieut. C. Doyle, H.M. ship Philomel, very severely wounded. Mr. R. Warren, Second Master, H.M. brigantine Dolphin, slightly wounded. Mr. J. Gallagher, Assistant-Surgeon, H.M. brigantine Dol phin, slightly wounded. Mr. T. Ellstob, Assistant-Clerk, H.M. brigantine Dolphin, slightly wounded. Lieutenant A. C. Key, Fanny tender, slightly wounded. Gorgon-1 seaman, 1 marine, 1 boy Ist class, slightly wounded. Firebrand-1 seaman, killed; 1 seaman, severely wounded. Philomel-1 seaman, killed ; 2 seamen and 1 boy, severely wounded; 2 seamen, slightly wounded. Comus--1 boy, killed ; 2 seamen, slightly wounded. Dolphin-3 seamen and 1 boy killed ; 6 seamen, severely wounded ; and 2 seamen, slightly wounded. Her Majesty's ship Vernon, Monte Video, Dec. 19, 1845. inclose for the information of the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty a further report from Capt. Hotham, detailing the proceedings of the sttuadron under his orders, since the destruction of the batteries at Obligado, by which their Lordships will learn that the Chacabuco has been blown up, and the probability of our expedition meeting no further resistance on its passage up the Parana.—l have the honour to be, &c. S. H. INGLEFIELD. Rear-Admiral and Commander-in •Chief. To the Right Honourable H. T. L. Corry, M. P., Secretary of the Admiralty. H. M. S. Gorgon, Rosario, December 4, 1845. Sir, —Having received intelligence on which I could de pend, that the Chacabuco schooner and two gun-boats were at anchor in the Arroyodel Pabon, I have the honour to in form you that Captain Trehouart and myself determined to dispatch two vessels to destroy them; but, owing to there being no French man-of-war at that moment ready for sea, the execution of our plan was postponed until the 24th, when the Firebrand took the Fulton in tow, and proceeded on that service. On arriving at the month of the Pabou, Captain Hope dis covered that there was not sufficient water for his ship, so, taking three boats and forty men, he started in pursuit ; most fortunately they obtained more information from an intel ligent native, and learnt that the whole force accumulated amounted to 250 men, that a chain was stretched across the river, placing surprise out of the question. As any further attempt would have been madness, be most properly re turned; actin& however, on kis suggestion, I had previously dispatched Filebrand by another channel, to intercept the schooner, and this mapceuvre had its desired effect. The windings of the river enabled the enemy to descry the approach of the Firthrand at a considerable distance. Accordingly, they commenced hauling the Chacabuco up a narrow creek, by means of warps, manual labour, and horses, closely pursued by Firebrand. At the end of a chase of sixty miles the steamer grounded, but the enemy had seen enough : in the night a fire and explosion took place, and in the morning no Chacabuco was visible. The squadron re-assembled at Punta de las Siedras ; during the night of the 2d the enemy brought down four field pieces, which however did no injury, and on the 3d instant the squadron passed ate strong point of the Rosario unmolested by the enemy; a number of women and country people col lected on the beach to see the ships pass, not an armedirnan was to be seen, hence it would appear that orders had been given to offer no further resistance to our passage up the Parana.—l have, &c. (Signed) CHARLES HOTHAM, Capt. To Rear Admiral S. H. Inglefield, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief. * French. San Martin, 8 guns, Captain Trehouart. Fulton, steam vessel, 2 guns, Lieutenant Mazeres. Expeditive, 16 guns, 'lieutenant de Miniac. "'endow., 10 guns, Lieutenant Du Paie. Proceda, tender, 4 guns, Lieutenant de la Riviere. English. Gorgan, steam frigate, Captain C. Hotham. Frebrand, steam frigate, Captain J. Hope. Philomel, surveying brig, Commander B. J. Sulivan. Comus, 18 guns, Acting Commander E.'A. Inglefield. Dolphin, brigantine, Lieutenant R. Levinge. Fanny, tender, Lieutenant A. C. Key. 1 December 17, 1845. Lieutenant Doyle has since arrived at Monte Vide, and appears to be in a fair way of recovery. lle bas lost au arm. INDIAN DISPATCHES. PAPERS RESPECTING THE LATE HOSTILITIES ON THE NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIER OF INDIA. No. 1. The Governor-General of India in Council to the Secret Committee of the East India Company.-- . Fort William, July 2,1845.—( No. 54.) _ of preventing much mischief; if in the state of the Piinjaub the re sponsible authority of the Government remains more than 1,000 miles off, at the other extremity of Bengal ; it appears to me, there fore, to be expedient, as a means of averting risk, and of carrying our policy more securely into effect, that the Governor-General should, in the month of October next, proceed to the Upper Pro vinces, and that the authority should be entrusted to him with which the law enables the Council to invest him, when separA d from his colleagues. Havingigiven my decided opinion that, under existing circumstances, it will be the duty of the Governer-General to proceed to the Upper Provinces in the autumn, I have to request the attention of my colleagues to this subject. H. HARDLNGE. I concur, T. H. MADDOCK. I concur, F. MILLETT. I concur, GEO. POLLOCK. As the separation of the ;Governor-General from the Council re quires the sanction of a law, I presume it is proper that I should re cord my opinion upon the proposition. I concur, C. H. CAMERON. No. 2. . . The Governor-General in Council to the Secret Committee.—Fort William, August 7, 1845.—(N0. 63.) (Extract.) In the midst of anarchy, conspiracies for the destruction of conflict ing parties, treachery, and debauchery, there is an attempt making at improvement, in the suppression of open rebellion, and in main taining the peace of the capital, which has not been altogether with out success, and the collection of the revenue has been somewhat improved, under the management, able, though corrupt, of Dewan Deena Nath. Military preparation is also being made with more than usual vi gour ; but, notwithstanding this, we can perceive nothing to lead to the expectation of a permanent and strong Government being formed. No. 3. The Governor-General in Council to the Secret Committee.—Fort William, Sept. 6, 1545.—(N0. 70.) (Extract.) We would request attention to extracts from letters addressed on different dates, during the last month, by Major Broadioot, to our Secretary. These extracts, illustrating the deplorably profligate condition of the Lahore Durbar, cannot fall to impress upon you the almost hopeless expectation of any immediate, or permanent, improvement in the condition of a state, whose rulers abandon themselves to such open and disgusting debauchery; unredeemed by any of those states manlike qualities which distinguished the Government of the Maha raja Runjeet Singh. We deem it to be essential for a just understanding of the actual condition of the Lahore Government tkat these details should be re ported ; they tend to show the unsatisfactory nature of that Govern ment, and that our relations with a Court thus constituted, and an army solely governed by Punchayets, must be in a very precarious state. We are determined to maintain the pacific course of policy which we have hitherto pursued to the utmost extent of conciliation and forbearance. Enclosure in No. 3. Extracts from Letters from the Agent to the Governor-General on the North-west Frontier to the Secretary to the Goverriment, illustrative of the Riot and Debauchery now prevalent at the La hore Durbar. cording to my *renal intention on leaving Calcutta, not deeming It expedient or necessary to accelerate it, and you may be assured that no efforts shall be wanting to repress all manifestations of hostility against the Seikhs, shonld any such be displayed, by patiently and firmly carrying out, to the utmost extent of forbearance, the pacific policy of the Government. (No. 6.) The Governor-General to the Secret Committee.—Agra, 23d October 1845.—(N0. 5.) _ (Extract.) The result anticipated by me iii my letter of the let instant has taken place. The Seikh seldiery having formally celled the late Mi nister Jowahir Singh to account for the destruction of Koonwur Pe shora Singh, and for his other misdeeds, put him to death on the 21st September. The circumstances under which the destruction of Jowahif Sines was accomplished, are related in Major Broadfoot's dispatch of the 26th ult., a paper which cannot be perused without much interest: As I eipe - Cted, the violent removal of Jowahir Singh has not led to any circumstances likely to bring about a collision with us, or to compromise the nominal Government at Lahore in its relations with the British power. On the contrary, the disposition of the remaining chiefs appears evidently to be to maintain, as far as possible, the former relations with us, and to make atonement for the unfriendly acts of the late Jewahir Singh ; while the soldiery, the openly-avowed administrators of the Government, though they talk largely of their intentions with regard to our army, show plainly, by their acts, they are fully aware that any attempt to force hostile measures upon us must be an act which would at once seal their own destruction. The Dusserah festival has passed without carrying with it further convulsions or bloodshed. The state of affairs, however, cannot fail to exhibit the hopless ness of our seeing a permanent government established in the Pun jaub out of the elements that now exist there, capable of conducting the administration of the country, and reducing the army to a state of subordination and control. The Ranee has been declared Regent, and at present carries on the government, if such it can be called, at the dictation of the I'an chayets of the army. No Minister has yet been nominated, and It seems doubtful whether the Ranee's favourite, Raja Lel Sing, or Raja Ghoolab Singh, may be the next person called to that ill-omened distinction; probably the former will be the first nominated, as the very deeply-laid schemes of Ghoolab Singh appear hardly yet ripe for his accession, though there eanbe little doubt that eventually he looks to acquiring flat power in the Punjaub, and entertains the hope, that he may be able, with better success than his nephew, Hem Singh, to reduce the army within the limits of its legitimate duties. Enclosure in No. 6. The Agent to the Governor-General on the North-West Frontier to the Secretary to the Government of India. (Extract.) Camp, Simla, 26th September, 1845. _ _ _ _ _ The troops con-tinned on the 18th - and subsequent days to maintain the same attitude as before, perfect order among themselves and strict discipline towards the city and its neighbourhood. They pitched their camp at the plain of Mujan Meer, on the Ferozepore side of Lahore, where the Punchayets held their nightly meetings, and in the morning issued the orders determined on, under the designa tion belonging to the Seikh sect, before Runjeet Singh became a monarch, viz., the Khalsa Punth (Khalsajee da Punth). They for mally assumed the Government, and sent letters bearing their seal, inscribed merely with the name of God, to all local officers, military leaders, and members of the Durbar, requiring their presence and obedience. They sent similar letters to the Ranee, requiring her to o in their camp with her son, and to deliver up her brother and the murderers of Peshora Singh, if he were really dead. The Ranee jus tified his death, which her brother had denied. The troops answered that her admission proved it, and required her to choose between j;iving up or sharing his fate with her sons. In such negotiations were passed the intermediate days. Sirdar Jowahir Si ngh trusted to holding the fort with his new levies an.' the artillery, of which the superior officers were mach in his favour ; but he found that, including the Englishman, or, as he himself says, the American Colonel Gardener, the troops and their officers were ready to obey the summons of the troops, and to join their camp ; lie now began to think of escape, and laboured in every way to gain time and conciliate the levies, that they might at least connive at his flight. On the 19th he and the Ranee sent Deewan Deena Nath, Fakeer Noor-ood-deen, and Sirdar Ultar Singh Kaleewala, to urge the troops to return to their obedience on account of the danger of English inva sion, &c. The troops immediately made them prisoners, releasing Noor-ood-deen, whom they sent to warn the Ranee that the 20th was the latest day to which the option of surrendering her brother would be left to her ; that this delay was only given to spare the city the miseries of a siege of the tbrt ; and that she and her son would pay with their lives the penalty of such siege, if their obstinacy made it necessary. At the same time, under the seal of the Punth, they required the troops in the fort to take care that no one escaped, and they posted guards at each gate of the city for the like purpose. Fakeer Noor-ood-deen, having fulfilled his mission, was honourably dismissed : the other prisoners were insulted, threatened and derided by the soldiery. On the night of the 20th, SirdarJowahir Singh made great presents and greater promises to his troops, giving one general half a lack of rupees to facilitate his escape. They allowed him to reach the gate of the fort, where the guard peremptorily forbade him to go further, saying, that such were the orders of the Khalsa Ptuith. The Sirdar returned to his house in despair. In the afternoon of the 21st, it was announced that four battalions had left the camp to destroy all in the fort, of which the garrison, with all the artillery and generals, had marched to the camp of 3lunjan Meer. Immediate departure for the camp was announced to be the only chance of safety. The Sirdar, his sister, and her son, with all the members ofDurbar;Who bad not alreadygene to the camp, now mounted on the state elephants, and proceeded to join the troops, their tents having been already sent on. The four battalions which they met turned back in silence and escorted them to the camp. When they arrived there it had become dark. The Ranee, the Maharaja and their immediate attendants, except the slave Mungla, were con ducted to their tents by the troops, which ran tumultuously to them from every part. Sirdar Jowahir Singh wasput to death in his how dah by innumerable wounds of swords and muskets, and his body thrown out on the ground. Two of his leading associates, Bhyar Chutter, a door-keeper, and Bawa Ruttun Singh Bedee, a chabrook sower, a horse jockey, were also put to death, as well as some orderly horsemen, much consulted on state affairs by the Sirdar. Of the rest of his attendants, most escaped in the dark. Raja Lal Singh was made a prisoner, as also Sirdar Jew= Singh, a man of low station, a native of Majecto, but for some years a Hindoo Fakeer, in Rohilcund. Mungla, the slave, was also imprisoned, as well as a few others of less note. Sirdar Lal Singh Mara raja, who was designated to command the expedition against the English, fled, and is believed to have crossed the Sutlej. He was, on Heera Singh's death only a risaldar of orderly horse, and raised by Jowahir Singh first to be a general and then a Sirdar, with a view sometimes of going as a special ambassador to the English, and sometimes of commanding an army to invade them. General Mehtal Singh Majeeteea, and others of that family, lately leaders at the Durbar, are in concealment, and orders were sent to bring Lal Singh Adawlavee a prisoner from the sutlej bank opposite to Fe rozepore. Thus the whole of the members of the late Government were either slain, imprisoned, or fugitives. On the morning of the 22d, the Ranee, who has still great in fluence with the troops, reproacted them with the death of her brother, and threatened to destroy herself and her son. The Pun chayet released Deewan Deena Rath and Ultur Singh Kaleewala, with orders to sooth the Ranee. After some time, she and her son and their attendants, came out to where the body of Jowahir Singh was lying almost cut to pieces. The Ranee and her women broke out into violent lamentations, which moved the soldiers so much that they permitted her and her son to return to the fort, carryit4 with her the Sirdar's body. They also allowed Decwan Deena Nath and Sirdar Ultur Singh Kaleewala to accompany her. The body was carried, first to the fort, and then to the burning place, where, amidst a great concourse of people, tour of the Sirdar's wives were burned with it. Tke crowd was so great on the way from the fort, that they broke the order of the procession, and two companies of sepoys on duty with it, during the confusion, plundered the Sirdar's wives of all the jewels and ornaments with which they were decked for the occasion, and which were intended for distribu tion to Brahmins and others at the pile. Suttees are sacrel, and receive worship; their last words are considered prophetic, their blessing eagerly sought for, and their curses dreaded. Deewan Deena Nath, the Ranee, the Maharaja and others prostrated themselves before them, and obtained their blessing. This was repeated at the pile by Deewan Deena Nath, and by the Ranee, and her sowree by proxy. The suttees blessed them, but cursed the Seikh Punth. At the pile they were asked the fate of the Punjaub, and declared that during the present year its independence would cease, that the Seikh sect would be conquered, the wives of the Seikh soldiery be widows, and the country desolate ; but that the Ranee and her son wouldlive long and happily, and the Maharaja continue to reign. These pro phecies made a great impression on the superstitious multitude, and I mention them on that account, and because they doubtless express the opinions of persons about the Durbar. At noon of the 22d my latest letters left Lahore ; a company of infantry had arrived at the fort to demand Deewan Deena Nath and Sirdar Ultur Singh Kaleewala, but with what intent was not known. The troops had that morning put Raja Lal Singh in irons, as having dishonoured the Ranee, " the mother of all the Seikhs." They had also made Deewan Deena Nath announce, in their name, to all go vernors and officers the death of Jowahir Singh, and had consented to do the same to the Vakeela with me ; but they had forbidden any eomrannication directly to me, saying that in future no letter to the English was to be written till the army had deliberated on its con tents. They declared, however, that they desired peace, but that it troops marched from our stations to Loodianah and Ferozepore, they would march too ; if not, that each power should keep its own territory in peace. They give out that Baja Ghoolab Singh is to have the Wuzeership only on condition of increasing their pay, and making a considerable donation ; but till the party of chiefs which is moving them through the Punchay ets shall decide on its next step, little reliance is to be placed on what they may say. For the present, however, there is no recognised head of the Government except the Punehayets of the army, which have net for some days used the name of the Maharaja at all ; and the voice of the troops was, on the 22d, for remaining in this state till the Dusserah, when they propose to nominate a Govern ment to carry on ordinary business under the Punchayets. They have named one of the minor Sirdars, Mujan Pirthee Singh, a relation of the Jummoo family, who has, without appearing, been deep in the intrigues of the last few months. No. 7. The Governor-General to the Secret Committee.—Camp, ituttra, Nov. 6, 1845.—(N0 8.) (Extract.) The Ranee continues to carry on the government in her own name as regent for her son ; she consults alternately Deewan Deena Nath and Bhahee Ram Singh, with Raja Lal Singh, and endeavours to play off one against the other, while she, with the concurrence of the army, governs in person as the army chooses. She is said to have shown much spirit and energy on more than one occasion lately ; and to have laid aside to a great extent all debaucheries with her veil ; she now appears openly to her troops, and in public generally ; and has been leading a more regular life, desiring that it may be thought she devotes herself to state affairs. In the meantime dissensions are beginning to show themselves amongst the troops ; Court's brigade baying divided itself into two parties, with separate interests. The small amount of money remaining in the treasuries is becom ing notorious ; and many excesses have been committed by the troops on their return from leave. Two generals have been beaten, and turned out of the camp, and demands made on the Ranee for generals of the troops' own selection and nomination. Sirdar Tej Singh has returned from Peshawur, and is intriguing on his own account, while Raja Ghoolab Singh continues to strengthen himself, and to watch events. Ile has lately entertained a large number of A ffghan troops. Confidential agents, with overtures from different parties, have been endeavouring to open communications with the agent, who, as before instructed, hears what every person has to say to him, but gives no sort of encouragement to any one. No. 8 The Governor-General to the Secret Committee.—Camp, Delhi, November 18, 1845.—(N0. 9.) (Extract.) . _ _ (Extract.) We take tke earliest opportunity of forwarding to you the copy of a minute by the Governor-General, dated the 16th ultimo, relative to the proposed visit of hls Excellency to the Upper Provinces daring the ensuing cold season. In the arguments contained in the minute, relative to the high expediency, if not necessity, for the presence of the Governor-General in the neighbourhood of our north-west fron tier atter the close of the rains, we unanimously and entirely concur. Enclosure In No. 1. Minute by the Governor-General of India.—June 16, 1845. .) As the thee has now arrived t when preparations will require to be made for the journey of the Governor-General to the Upper Pro vinces, I consider it most advisable to consult my colleagues before any steps are taken to carry that intention into effect. Under ordinary circumstances I should have desired, on public grounds, to remain the next winter and summer at Calcutta, in order to have the advantage et the by which course the usual business and advice of the Council , iness of the Government can be trans acted with more unity, regularit y , general satisfaction than when the Governor-General is separated and general his colleagues. On the other hand, it is clearly n yduty to place myself in that Position, as regards the exerciseiy ‘xoeruons of my functions, but which I can mos t advantageously apply , the realfer the servi ce o f th e s t a t e . In this, as in every other case Itien for decision is, w hether it is more for the public interests that te should this autumn proceed to the Upper Provinces , or remainthe usual seat of Go yernment. . _Between ray colleagues and myself there h as always a existed desire, and perfect unison of opinion, that no effort - M ost. anxiousdesire, s or precaut ions should be spared to maintain a Seikh Government in the y u nienb aa long All . ft may . be Possible. tic policy of the Government of India paCt ~. . Into effect, TO carry the we jive been content to sutler great Ineenvenlence,lconsiderable ea ' necessarily caused by the presence of a large pence, and some riga', , OR our part, an disorganised Se' ed for the protection of our frontier, and in Seikh fore(' on the frontier, requiring_ close army to be assembled I need not enter into the considera_ contact with that of the Seikhi ; sUeCessfill state of mutiny, So close lion of the various auestions. of floliei tude which are involved in the in a proximity of a Seikh army , .. upon our frontier. s ect of the re-establishment We have never , relinquished the hope that some amelioration may dinarY eventually take place, affording they ro P . carry on its or of a Seikh Governwent, able tofunctions We have never abandoned the expectation that, having reached after anarchy and mill tart' violence have long prevailed, these disordOrg, their maturity, might subside, worn lout an d smind might xhauSted d „master by their own virulence ; or that some man of superiority my and to re appear amongst them, able to control this mUtinOUS ar , construct a strong Seikh Government. I must confess that these hopes ha ve not been strengthverilibliy. r ecent events ; and now that we can , at this season, when an op' t a ry operations are nearly suspended , delibera tel y review the p _ Beal and military condition of the Punjau b, I can arrive at no otner conclusion then that the state of our relations with that country has become more critical than it has been at any time since Raja Heera Singh's death. When the finances of the state shall be found insufficient to pay the troops, a state of things may arise at any moment requiring the in atant dec!sion of the highest authority on the spot. The instroctians which we may send from Calcutta may be very proper, and aolteable to the state of things which may have hap pened on the fre.'itier ten days before, when the report was made ; and nay, when the Instructions are received, twenty days after the event, be totally insildicable, In ordinary transamiovis this 6 an inconvenience, but in the state of the Punjaub it to positively dangerous. I have a firm conviction that the chances of preserving peace will be diminished by the powerless state in which the Government -svoUld be placed, by not being able to act with decision and prompti ' .ode, and that opportdulties woelubs lest of eneetlita Sunni poi, and No material change in the state of parties or affairs at Lahore has taken place. The Ranee, taking with her the young Maharaja, went in person to Umritstr, to endeavour to induce the HilWar at Govindghur to make over to her a part of the treasure there, to meet the demands of the troops for their pay. After much discussion and intrigue 20 lacy of rupees were promised, whereof 10 Lacs were placed at the Ranee's disposal. Before the remaining 10 lace could be obtained, news arrived from Lahore that the troops there had given out that the Ranee and young Maharaja had absconded, and that preparations were in forwardness for proclaiming the infant son of the late Shere Sing Maharaja, and for appointing Raja Ghoolab Singh Minister. This caused the Ranee and her party to return forthwith to Lahore, where they are said to have arrived just in time to arrest the progress of these proceedings ; and her presence and energetic behaviour appear to have restored her influence for a time. The ten lace brought from Govindghur have been made over to the pay department; and the arrangements by assignments, &c., which the Ranee was making, would, it was thought, enable her to meet the present demands of the troops. I send the copy of an official communication (secret) which I have made to the Commander-in-Chief, relating to commissariat arrange ments for a portion of the army stationed on the frontier during the present season. My reason for making these arrangements are con tained in the letter to his Excellency. Enclosure in No. 8. The Governor-Getteral to the Commander-in-Chlef.--Agra, 0e- tober 24,1845. (Extract.) . , I have the honour to inform your Excellency that, on or before the 12th of November, arrangements will be made by which the commissariat department will be prepared to equip nearly two thirds of the force at and in advance of Meerut, with the necessary means of marching at the shortest notice. . . The extent to Which it may be expedient to be prepared with this description of equipment must always be dependent on contingent events, which fluctuate, in an unsettled Government like that of Lahore, in a manner which, defies all ordinary calculations of pro bable results. In the present state of our relations with the . Lahore Government, your Excellency is aware that I do not anticipate the probability of any emergencies arising which can require the army, under your Ex cellency's orders, to take the field this autumn. Nevertheless, having to deal with a mutinous Seikh army, which has usurped the functions of the Government, and whose caprice may, at any time, force on a rupture with our forces on the frontier, I have deemed it advisable to be prepared with the means of move ment to the following extent :-7 troops of Horse Artillery, 6 Com panies Foot Artillery, 4 Light .Field Batteries, 2 regiments of Dra- goons, 3 regiments of Light Cavalry, 5 regiments European Infantry, 13 regiments Native Infantry, 6 companies Sappers and Miners, 2 regiments Irregular Cavalry ; and as it is most desirable that the ar rangement should be made on the most economical scale, the whole will be hired at the halting rates. oc as rapel I expect, the tone of the Lahore Durbar should continue to defensive Europeanre friendly,ocvfhot de e ath, I shall be anxious, according to events, gradually to diminish be elinf e sattnihroeeaencprth.re L a; hnbtaesepnrbeepernaaraatdthei preparation nf e o, a se since Sirdar Jiwahir Singh's , b a , :b a e g fo o re a , n is im strictly o t f h a e accozding to the r d w e llit c l i c s eh ion of the Government of In N di o a camlast year. Th e number required would probably exceed 1,200 Lieutenant-Colonel Parsons, the Deputy Commissary-General, will be instructed to communicate with your Excellency on this subject, and will postpone his usual tour of inspection for one month, No. 9. - The Governor-General to the Secret Committee.—camp, U m b alla, December 2, 1845.—(N0. 15.) (Extract.) I left Delhi on the 19th ultlino, makins the usual macho towards THE SUN, LONDON, MATTYRDAY EVENING , . FEBRUARI 28 3 iP46, Kurnaul and Umballa, with the Intention of meeting the Commander in-Chief at the latter place, who was on his way to inspect the troops at Meerut, Delhi, and other districts. On the 22d November I received from Major Broadfoot the official dispatch dated the 20th November, detailing the sudden intention of the geikh army to advance in force to the frontier for the avowed purpose of invading the British territories. The letter of the 20th was succeeded by a private communication of the following day, stating the same facts, and enclosing news, letters, ana papers of intelligence received from Lahore, which pro fessed to give an account of the circumstances which have led to the present movement, and which world appear (if these papers are to be depended upon) to have originated with the Ranee and certain of the Sirdars, who telt the pressure of the demands of tile army to be so urgent, and its present attitude and temper so perilous to their existence, that they desired to turn the thoughts of the troops to objects which might divert their attention from making extortionate demands for higher pay, by employing their energies in hostile opera tions against the British Government. The precautions already adopted to provide against the possibility of our forces being unprepared to meet any movement of the Seikh army this season, and the arrangements made by the Commander-in- Chief on the receipt of Major Broadfoot's intelligence, rendered it, in my opinion, unnecessary to allow these reports of invasion to make any change in my movements. I arrived on the 26th at Kurnaul, where the Commander-in-Chief met me, having proceeded from Umballa by Dak, returning to his camp the same evening ; on the same day I was also joined by Major Broadfoot. I had the satisfaction of concurring in all the orders which his Ex cellency had given, to hold the troops in readiness to move at the shortest notice, and in the instructions which he had sent to the officers in command of the stations at Ferozepore and Loedianah. The force at the former post consists of one European regiment, seven regiments of native infantry, two regiments of native cavalry, and 24 field guns, exclusive of heavy ordnance. The force at Loodianah consists of one regiment of Europeans, five regiments of native in fantry, one regiment of native cavalry, and two troops of horse artillery. After a full and satisfactory consultation with his Excellency, and taking into consideration the improbability of the Seikh army cross ing the Sutlej, I determined that no movement should be made towards the river by the forces from Umballa and Meerut, and I postponed for further consideration with his Excellency any change in the present distribution of the troops; eventually some alterations will be made, which, when they have been finally determined upon At the present moment his Excellency coincides with me that no between me and the Commander - in - Chief, will be reported to you. forward movement is required. .. In the midst of much hesitation and irresolution, the enterprise ordered by the Seikh Government does not appear to have been for mally abandoned ; the intelligence received by Major Broadfoot on the day of his joining my camp showed that three brigades of the Seikh force had actually left Lahore a few miles in advance, to be followed the next morning by three other brigades, including one of artillery. This was on the 24th ult. The intelligence received from that date arrives. has been communicated to me by Major Broadfoot each day, as it It is said they intend, in reply to Major Broadfoot's remonstrance, to allege that the fact of our having collected so large a force, with all the munitions of war, on the frontier, is the cause of the concentration of their forces on the Sntlej ; that they intend to demand the reasons of our preparations ; to insist on the surrender to tke Lahore Govern ment of the treasure which belonged to the late Raja Soocheyt Singh; the restoration by the Raja of Nabba of the village of Mowran, escheated by the Raja, and the escheat confirmed by us ; and hence forth the free passage of their troops into the Lahore possessions on this side the Sutlej. I need only remark, on the first and most essential point, that the Seikh army did in the beginning of last January prepare to move to the Sutlej. The Political Agent remonstrated, and the troops were withdrawn ; the reason then assigned for the movement being the same as that now intended to be brought forward, namely, the state of our military preparations on the frontier. The Governor-General in Council, in a dispatch to Major Broadfoot of the 25th January, Mb,. entered into very full explanations, which were conveyed to the Lahore Vakeel. The Government of India, through its Political Agent, has more than once complained of the inconvenience and expense of being obliged to retain so large a British force on the frontier, in conse quence of the ungovernable misconduct of the Seikh army —a fact well known and never contradicted by the Lahore Government. As regards the past, it is clear that no cause of complaint has been given by the Government of India. .If it should be asserted that our military preparations this autumn have given offence, the assertion is equally unfounded, and is a mere pretext for hostile proceedings which have originated in the political weakness and the internal dissentioas of the Lahore Government, and, above all, in their desire to be' released, on any terms, from the terror which the ferocity of their own troops has inspired. The proof is to be found in the fact that, at the time these disorderly movements commenced, no additional British troops had reached our frontier stations. The additional regiment of native infantry, destined for the reinforcement of Feroze pore, had not arrived. At Loodianah, one of the two regiments oi native cavalry had actually marched for Sinde before it was re lieved, leaving that post, as it is at present, with one regiment, in stead of the usual complement of two regiments of cavalry. At the other stations no alterations had been made, and the troops which had marched were peaceably engaged in completing the annual reliefs according to custom at this season. Ihav if givieiththey shouldese det be ails m to ad s e h . ow the hollow pretences of such assertions, I do not believe that this alleged grievance, or any of the other de mands, will be made, or, if made, that they will be pressed, but I need not say that they will and must be resisted. Such is the state of affairs at the present moment, and, although my conviction is strong that the Seikh army will be deterred from acts of aggression on account of the state of our military preparation, yet it is by no means impossible that we may be forced at any mo ment into war, and that operations on a very extended scale may be immediately necessary. For this alternative I have made all preparations. Orders will be dispatched to bring up from stations in the rear of Meerut the fol lowing additional forces :-4 companies of European Artillery, from Cawnpore ; 1 troop of European Horse Artillery; 4 regiments of Native Cavalry ; 5 ditto Native Infantry ; which, wills the concur rence of the Commander-in-Chief, will be =stoned, with the excep tion of the European artillery at or near Kimna, twenty-eight miles froni Loodianah, and ten miles in advance of Suhind. This intention will not he divulged at the present moment, pending events at La hore, and no step will be taken calculated to excite alarm which in prudence can be dispensed with. The Commissariat arrangements are nearly complete, on a scale adapted for defensive purposes, en abling the forces to march in any direction at the shortest notice. My views and measures will be anxiously directed to avoid a re course to arms as long as it may be possible. On this point my de termination is fixed. At the same time it is very apparent, from the general aspect of affairs, that the period is fast approaching when further changes will take place at Lahore, and that the weak Go vernment of the Regent will be subverted by the violence of the troops, instigated by the intrigues of the party favourable to the Raja Ghoolab Singh. Up to the present hour no act of open hostility has been com mitted. I shall not consider the march of the Seikh troops in hostile array towards the banks of the Sutlej as a cause justifying hostilities, if no actual violation of our frontier should occur. The same privilege which we take to adopt precauticnary measures on our side must be conceded to them. Every forbearance shall be shown to a weak Go vernment, struggling for assistance against its own soldiers in a state of successful mutiny. I have no cause to doubt the loyalty of our admirable native army, but I have every reason to believe that endeavours have been sys tematically made, on a very extensive scale, to tamper with them ; that promises of promotion and reward have been lavishly made ; and that their religious prejudices have been forcibly appealed to. Some chiefs of influence on this side, and with estates on both sides of the river, are anxious to come forward to prove themselves unconnected with the present movement against as, and to evince their adherence to our interests. lhe answer I have desired may be given to them is, that we do not anticipate that the Seikhs will proceed to unprovoked hostilities ; but that, should such be the case, the parties who have estates on our side the Sutlej, and prove by their conduct their true adherence to the British Government, will be protected from any consequences to which such conduct might render them liable on account of their position in the Punjaub. I have every reason to be satisfied with the ability, energy, and sound judgment dispiayed by Major Broadfoot in the course of these proceedings. Letter referred to in No. 9. The Secretary to the Government of Inala to tile Governor-General's Agent. Fort William, Jan. 25, 1845.• Sir,—l am directed to acknowledge the receipt of the copy of your letter of the 15th instant, addressed to the Commander-in-Chief, on the subject of the alarms which prevailed at Lahore when you wrote, and the movement of troops towards the Sutlej, in conse quence of certain rumours of orders alleged to have been issued by the Commander-in-Chief at Umballa. 2. In the absence of information of the orders which may have been given by the Commander-in-Chief, and which probably his Ex cellency could not have avoided giving, the Governor-General in Council is disposed to attribute this manifestation of alarm in some measure to the successful intrigues of the party •f Ghoolab Singh at Lahore, which party, by detaching a portion of the Seikh army to wards the Sutlej, would weaken its efforts, then about to be directed in operations against that Raja. 3. Another cause which may have had some weight in the above movement, may be the anxiety of the Lahore Government to get rid of an army which is more formidable to its friends than its enemies, from the immediate vicinity of the seat of Government ; and it may be convenient to ascribe this movement to the orders for military pre parations issued at Umballa. 4. Be this as it may , th e Governor-General in Council desi res me to refer you to the letter , Secret Department, o f t h e 10th instant, d the tl C l same man d d a e t r e, in fo. hi l e 7 f, o a f t w id hi te ch b a eg you copy was sent with forthwith to ma st aydt dispatchere s t soetdho of te Durbar the exact truth, as follows : 5. That a barrack for a Europ ean r egiment of infantry had f or a length of time been ordered to b e c on structed at Ferozepore, of w hi c h the foundations are already laid ; that the Governor-General in Coun cil, perceiving during the autumn the state of weakness in which the Government of the Maharaja had been for some time, under his Highness Wuzeer Raja Heera Singh, had postponed to give orders for the completion of this building, in order that no question might arise, exciting any doubt or jealousy of our intention, on the part Of the Government of the Maharaja or of the Seikh army. 6. That the British force stationed at Ferozepore has remained of the same strength as before, notwithstanding the recent violent pro ceedings of the Seikh army against its] own Government, which conduct it is unuecessary now to comment upon otherwise than to repeat that it is conduct utterly repugnant to British feeling and Bri tish policy ; and that this army has become so notoriously beyond control, that the Governor-General in Council, always anxious to pre serve the tranquillity of the Seikh states under his protection, will, under existing circumstances, now proceed to complete the buildings at Ferozepore according to his original intention, and also to rein force that post by an additional force of native infantry. 7. You are requested to impress on the Vakeel that the same for bearaace has been shown since the death of the Wuzeer Raja Heera Singh, in order to evince the friendly feeling of the Governor- General in Council towards the Maharaja, in proof of which you will advert to the sentiments expressed in the Governor-General in Council's letter to your address, and which you were desired to convey as from yourself to the Vakeel, of the 15th instant, stating that if any attempts be made by violent proceedings to bring about any change, such as the army proclaiming Peshwa Singh as sac cesser to his Highness the Maharaja, whom the British Government has recognised, that you would not feel yourself justified in recog nising, without special orders, a chief whose power had been acquired by such means. _ _ Mutinous ungovernable state, will be your answer to any questions which may arise as to British reinforcements arriving on the Sutlej or its immediate neighbourhood.--I have, &c. F. CUItRIE. Letter referred to in the preceding Letter. The Political Agent to the Commander-in-Chief. Camp, Laskar-Khas•kee-Serai, Jan. 15, 1845. have the honour to inclose, for your Excellency's informa tion, a translation of an extract from Lahore intelligence received last night. 2. Coming immediately after the reports respecting European troops, which I had yesterday the honour of mentioning, this caused extreme excitement, and among other resolutions, one was to de mand explanations from me. In order to enable me to meet these demands if made, I beg that your Excellency will do me the favour of saying whether there has been anything of the kind described as having occurred at Umballa, or whether the whole is not mere idle rumour. 3. A second dispatch, arrived this evening, brings further intern price on this subject, and I regret that in consequence of these ap pearances of preparation, our position with respect to the Durbar is materially and unfavourably changed from what it was three days before, and that there is new more risk of collision than there has been yet, seeing that the Ranee, from circumstances not unlikely to deceive her, and others, suspects that we are in co-operation with her enemies, and had appealed to the troops at Lahore, communicat ing to them the report of the order'for preparation at Umballa, as cribed to your Excellency, and the troops have offered to do what ever she will sanction against the English. 4. But, though there is more risk of disturbance now than for merly, and though our intercourse with the Lahore state is, for the moment, embarrassed, yet I beg, with the utmost deference to your Excellency's better judgment, to state that I consider nothing as yet likely to occur, and indeed very little to be at present possible, which couldlead tee to do more than make the application usual in such cases fer support from the officer commanding the division, and that I do not even now propose, as far as matters have yet gone, to call on him to do more than maintain his usual vigilance. . ~.....___. .... 5. The bulk of the Lahore army had been lately sent by this Go vernment, in reliance on our good faith, against the Jummoo Rajas, and towards Cashmeer and the country beyond the Jhelum, which is disturbed : supposing the Durbar to collect every man in Lahore and its vicinity, including the garrison of Umritsir and other detach ments, to countermand the march of the troops now proceeding to Jummoo, and allowing nothing for men on leave, or sick, or false musters, they can , nly collect of regular troops as follows : Infantry - - - 12,300 Cavalry - - - 1,300 Artillery - - 1,530 Total - 14,930 a number inferior, I believe, to that of the troops In the Sirhind division, and in a state of such utter disorder that their nominal leaders cannot get them to face the armed peasantry of Jessotas, nor do anything but plunder the poople, insult and beat; their officers, and return at will to their own homes. In additien to this, they have, however, the following undisciplined troops : Irregular infantry, 1,500 ; two battalions of Heera Singh's bill-men, who haves joined the Seikhs for high pay, and have received muskets and are now at drill. Irregular horse, 4,750, including those at Umritair, detached to the Sutlej, Jaghurdars, &c. I think that the most probable source of disturbance will be, that the restriction of fourteen miles from Lahore of their troops detached towards the Sutlej will be withdrawn, and that this disorderly rabble will interrupt the dawks, and commit outrages on the south side of the river, as well as on the north ; but it will be most likely in a way not easily distinguished from ordinary gang robberies and forays I have, &c., . - . (Signed) G. BROADFOOT. Translation of an Extract from the "Lahore Akbar." The newswriter of Umballa reported through that the officers and men of the Englisd force had on their parades received an order from the exalted in rank the Commander-in-Chief of the English armies, that the whole of the victorions troops should remain continually ready, for it was uncertain how soon they might be called on to march, and that they must be in light marching order, so that they may be aisle to march with everything necessary at four hours' notice ; and the whole force in the cantonments looks for further orders to march, and the English, agreeably to the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, are all busy in preparing what is neces sary for a march in light order ; and it it the rumour that the march is to take place very shortly on further orders being fthued, and that it is to be towards Ferozepore ; and the gentleman of •Umballa has been instructed (advised) respecting the procuring of carts and camels, and other carriages, in order that he may collect them through the vakeels of the different Sirdars. Enclosure No. I, in No. 9. The Agent to the Governor-General to the Lahore Vakeel Ratee Kishur Chund.—Umballa, Nov. 18, 1845. The friendship and alliance now for many years subsisting between two powers, according to the established rules, is well known to all the world, and may God grant that it increase daily. At' this time a very general report prevails in the Punjaub which has extended to the districts of Loodianah and Ferozepore, and has now reached me, and it behoves me, on account of the existing relations of friendship, to make it known to you. The report alluded to is this, that the Durbar first ordered the regular army to advance towards the SuteleJ, the limits of the two states, for objects at variance with ex isting treaties. The regular army, however, refused, and the same orders were then given to the irregular army, which has acquiesced. The policy of the late Maharaja Runjeei Singh in this respect is known to all men, and especially to you, as an old servant of the state, that his Highness never moved a small portion of men to wards the Jalunder Doab without previous intimation to the agent, and never advanced a larger force without first ascertaining the wishes of the agent on the subject. The reported intention of the Durbar is therefore improper, and at variance with existing relations of friendship, and can scarcely be believed. With reference, however, to late proceedings of some of the Officers of the Durbar, which took place some four or five months since,:it is not impossible that it may be true. I therefore now place explicitly in writing what I formerly mentioned to you, as I am bound to do by existidg rules of friendship,— That the fact of my army exhibiting a hostile purpose is incom patible with friendly relations. If the purpose of the parties concerned be merely the destruction of that army, they entertain a mistaken notion ; for the sender of the troops, whether openly or secretly,must be necessarily considered as implicated with them, for a ruler is responsible for the acts of his army or subjects. If the troops of any Government are enemies, then the Government to which they belong is also an enemy. The prowess of the British Government, and the strictness with ;which it maintains the rilles of friendship are well known to the SeikhDurbar. Communicate to me immediately whatever may come to your know ledge on this subject. G. BROADFOOT. - Enclosure No, 2, inNo. 9. ' The Political Agent to the Commander-in-Chief. Governor-General's Agency, 20th November, 1845. I Sir,—Since I had the honour of waiting on your Excellency to-day, I have received Lahore letters of the 18th instant (morning). _ During the night of the 17th the chiefs had agreed on, and the Durbar had ordered in writing the following plan of operations The army was to be divided into seven divisions, ono to remain at Lahore and the rest to proceed against Roopar and our hills, Loo dianah, Hurreekee, Ferozepore, and Scinde, while one was to proceed to Peshawur ; and aforce under Raja Gholab Singh was to be sent to Attock. Each division was to be of 8,000 to 12,000 men against Ferozepore, under Sham Singh Attarewallah, whose estates adjoin the place against which it was to act. Against Hurreekee is to go Raja Lal Singh ; against Looclianah, Sirdar Tej Singh, the new Commander in-Chief ; and against Roopar, a brother of Sena Sing Mujeeteea. The force under Sham Singh is to be 4,600 horse, and two brigades of infantry, with guns ' • under Raja Lal Singh, 4,500 horse, and two infantry brigades ; under Sirdar Tej Singh. four brigades of infantry (one of them irregulars, and one new levies), and 1,000 horse, &c. ; but till the plans of the Durbar are in actual execution, they cannot be considered fixed, and therefore I do not trouble your Ex cellency with further details. With respect to the probability of their actually moving, I must say, that my correspondents in Lahore seem to doubt it, though they are perplexed. The causes, however, which have so suddenly led the Durbar to such lengths, may carry it further; and, indeed, it is difficult to see how they can stop now without a change of Go vernment—a thing not unlikely; still prudence requires that we should act as if they would not change their minds, and I there fore most respectfully venture to submit to your Excellen cy:the following suggestions First, that the carriage of the troops in this division should be drawn into the stations, both for security, and to enable the troops to move at the shortest notice ; and that the European troops in the hills should be held in readiness to march ; to move them is a work of time, and needs some preparation. I shall write to the Sub-Commissioner and the other local authorities without delay to collect coolies ; but I shall be glad to hear from your Excellency the numbers required, and also on what roads supplies, &c., should be got ready. With respect to further measures, I must of course speak with ex treme diffidence; on the whole, I incline still to hold the opinions that I had the honour of expressing verbally ; and I may now add, that the matter seems to have come to a pitch which makes some notice of it by our Government not easily avoidable; and this being the case, and as the Governor-General is so near, it may be desirable to await his arrival, or his decision as to the extent of what may be done, before making any movements, unless we hear of the Seikh army having actually crossed the Sutlej. In all this, however, I speak with the utmost submission to your Excellency's better judgment ; but I beg to add, that in whatever your Excellency may decide on, I shall esteem it an honour to give whatever aid I can.—l have, &c., (Signed) Enclosure No. 3 in No. 9. G. BROADFOOT, The Agent to the Governor-General to the Secretary to the Govern• ment of India.—Camp, Umballa, Nov. 20, 1845, (Extract.) I have the honour to forwaid, for theinformatien of his Excellency the Governor-General, a copy of a demi-official letter to his Ex cellency the Commander-in-Chief, as affairs at Lahore assumed their present form. Not to delay the messenger, I must reserve a fuller report till to morrow ; but I may add to what has been already communicated demi-officially, and what will be gathered from my letters, that no complaint of any kind has been made to me by the Durbar, and that the pretext of a grievance alleged has been dropped by the Durbar, and rejected by the troops. The truth is, all are in a false position, from the unlooked-for results of the cry raised against the English, to serve a party purpose, and all, moreover, are indifferent to war with us, from their firm persuasion that, if victorious, they will find new means of power :tad wealth, and, if beaten, that they will be what most of them desire, the heads of a subsidiary, instead of an in dependent state. This opinion has never received any countenance from me, but the very contrary ; and the Durbar will by this time have received the perwunnah which I addressed to the Vakeel, when the intrigues which have led to the present state of things assumed a serious form. It will be seen from the enclosed copy of it, that no warning could be plainer, and, as therein indicated, that it is only a repetition of former warning. Continued letters from my assistants, respecting the runsonrs on the' frontier, showed that our posts there were vigilant ; and I ab stained, therefore, from communicating with the military authorities, in order to prevent the Durbar having the smallest ground to say that any menacing preparations or movements en our part had been taken up, for this ground has been already alleged in their consul tations, as justifying their present movements; nay, even after I had yesterday received a communication on the subject from the major general commanding the division, I ferebore to write to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, and even to-day I ventured to recommend to his Excellency that no steps should be taken for the present. Since then, however, authentic intelligence has reached me that the Durbar has openly adopted, and ordered in writing, a fixed plan of operations against the English, and I accordingly addressed to his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief the letter, of which a copy is annexed. 'l3: You will observe to the Vakeel that, in despite of the friendly conduct of the Governor-General in Council, a portion of the Selkh army has been moved towards the Sutlej, on the pretext of rumours from the cantonments of Umballa ; and you will say, that the Go ♦ernor-General in Council advises the Maharaja's Government to disregard rumours and newspaper reports, over whieh the Governor- General in Council exercises no control. ptruonththeplaDinulrybator hisVakeel that You will declarepretsah eu tio 9 n . sHighness's Government, confidence of the Governor-General in Council, and tha y t o y u o p u o r s i s n e s s t s r th uc e reiterating the same sentiments as those conveyed by your prede cessor, that the Governer-General in Council has a sincere desire to see a strong Government re-established at Lahore, such as that which existed in the time of our faithful ally, his Highness Maharaja Runjeet Singh. 10. Having taken the opportunity which this movement of Seikh troops towards the Sutlej so suitably affords, of declaring our inten tions as to the military arrangements about to be made at Feroze .pore, you will state that the British Government does not desire to interfere in the internal affairs of the Punjaub ; that the Governor- General in Council regrets the embarrassments under which the Seikh Government at present labours, and sincerely trusts that they may be overcome by firmness and prudence. 11. In making these communications, you will modify them, if ne • cessary, in reference to any events which have occurred in the in terval which must unavoidably elapse before your receipt of them, taking care not to commit the Government of India to any line of action involving any principle of policy not in accordance with the spirit of your instructions. 12. You will continue to do everything in your power to convince the Government of Lahore of the good faith of the Government of India, so as to enable the Seikh Government to direct the efforts of their army to the legitimate object of coercing its enemies ; and if Vie opportunity should occur, you will, without exciting any irrita tion, but in the most friendly terms, state that the Governer-General in Council has, in consideration of the difficult eircumstonces in which the Government of the Maharaja is placed, and for other obvious reasons, hitherto forborne to make the unruly and ungovernable con dition of the Seikh army a subject of formal remonstrance to the Maharaja. The Governor-General in Council trusts that a return ing 'sense of the duty which the army owes to the Maharaja may avert the necessity of his taking any such step, and that he may hear that which will be much more gratifying to him, that it has obediently marched against his Highness's enemies, and honourably fulfilled the true functions of an army, by supporting the just autho rity of its Sovereign and his Government. 13. You wiil understand that this caution, although incidentally given, will be distinctly delivered. The state of this army, the Go vernor-General in Council observes, so close upon our frontier, may become an intolerable nuisance ; and although it would be a mockery to expect that the Lahore Government, in the state of anarchy and weakness in which it at present can scarcely be said to exist, can re gulate the conduct of an army which exercises over that Government daily acts of coercion and tyranny, nevertheless, the Governor-Ge neral in Council deems it expedient that a notice, in hen most guarded terms, should be given of "the great inconvenice to which the British Government is expose d, Lahore Government was in a state of greater strength and responsi bility, the Governor-General in Council would justly have cause to complain. 14. You will observe, in the letter of the Governor-General in Council to the Commander-in• Chief, of the 10th of January, that the reinforcements, European and native, to be posted at Ferozepore, were not to be moved up by the Commander-in -Chief, unless on a report of an emergency from yourself; and that, in that letter to the Commander-in-Chief, the Governor-General in Council would be satisfied if the reinforcements were posted towards the end of March and April—so short a time before the river would become unfordable as to be no longer a source of uneasiness to the Seikh Government, and at the same time placing our advanced post in that condition to be able to defend the post and the passage of the river, in which, under existing circumstances, it ought at all times to remain. 15. I am directed to take this opportunity to send you a copy of Papers, by which you will be apprised that two additional native regiments of Infantry have been ordered up, making the additional four between Meerut and the Sutlej, one E uro p ean• regiment, two battalions of European artillery, seven regiments of native infantry, and one N. I. horse artillery. 16. This movement of the Selkh army towards the Sutlej, and its , . - I now only suggest abstinence from movement on account of the vicinity of the Governor-General, who will probably think the matter now one which has gone too far to be left unnoticed, whether the troops actually move from Lahore or not. That I presumed to suggest any delay whatever is owing to this : It appears to me that the frontier is too long to he defensible on all points by any force we can move; that our two posts on the frontier are strong enough to maintain themselves till relieved ; and that to attempt reinforcements, therefore. in anticipation of those of the Seikhs, would be useless as protecting the open country, and might impede any operations which the Governor-General may resolve on. Moreover, the delay recommended is only one of two or three days till an answer to this letter can be received. The Seikh Sirdars on this side of the Sutlej have for many months past been called on to keep their troops in readiness to repel the in vasion of their territories, and I have now directed them to prepare to repel the threatening aggression. —I have, &c., (Signed) G. BROADFOOT. P.S. It is right to add, that up to the last moment •the regular troops were discussing the propriety of murdering Raja Lal Singh and Sirdar Tej Singh, l and sending for Raja Ghoolab Singh to lead them. The two ehleis menaced look for escape to exciting enthusiasm against the English. This may delay or precipitate invasion. Enclosure No. 4 in No. 9. The Commander-in -Chief to the Agent to the Governor-General.— Camp, Umballa, Nov. 20, 1845. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt, this moment, of your letter of this date, conveying to me intelligence of the hostile attitude which has been assumed by the Lahore Durbar. Under the circumstances, I have ordered the following prepara tions to be entered upon immediately, to meet whatever may take place : Her Majesty's 9th Lancers to move at once from Meerut to Umballa. To be held in readiness to move from Meerut to Kurnaul on the shortest notice—two troops of Horse Artillery; her Majesty's 16th Lancers; the 3d Regiment of Light Cavalry; her Majesty's 10th Foot, save one company ; the corps of Sappers and Mixers ; all save one of the regiments of native infantry. The Bth regiment of Irregular Cavalry will likewise be held pre pared to move from Hansee to Kurnaul, and the Sirmoon Battalion from Deyrah to Saharumpore, where it will be centrically situated, and ready to be moved wherever it may most be required ; the 4th regiment of Irregular Cavalry will be brought up from Bareilly to Meerut. I beg that you will instruct the civil authorities at Simla to place themselves in communication with the officers commanding European corps in those hills, and ascertain from them what numbers of coolies will be required to enable the regiments to move, in order that they may he collected at once. Supplies for the corps in the hills will be required to be laid in on the roads leading thence to Sirhind. I shall direct the other corps of all arms in this division to draw their carriage into cantonments, in view to the troops being prepared to act on the shortest notice. Previous to adopting any further measures at present I would await a communication of the views of the GoVernor-General. I have, &c. H. GOUGII (Signed) Enclosure No. 5, in No. 9. The Agent to the Governor-General to the Seeretary to Government, Umbalia,-.Nov. ted 21,. The Durbar of the forenoon of th e 1 8th was protrac ti 1 11845 two o'clock, but I have net the details of the afternoon Durbar. 11 a.m. was the bow found by the astrologers as auspicious for the march of the troops; not a chief stirred from his house. The officers and Punchayeta of the troops, regular and irregular, to the number of a couple of thousand, crowded to the Durbar, and de manded the reason ; the Ranee tried to soothe them, saying, that the fortunate hour being passed, the march could not now be undertaken till the astrologers found another. The crowd demanded that this should be Instantly done, and the court astrologer was ordered Into their presence to find the proper time. He pored through his tables for two or three hours, while the Ranee sought to divert the atten tion of the military mob ; at length he announced that the most fa vourable day was not till the 15th Mujsur (28th November). The military were furbus, and declared that he was an impostor, and that they had to get from him two crores of rupees, which he had made from the public money ; the pundit implored mercy, and said the 7th Mujsur (20th) was also a good day; the military were still angry, and the poor pundit left amidst their menaces. They proposed that the Ranee and her son should march, and in timated that till she made an example of some chief no march would take place. The Ranee complained that whilst the troops were urging the march, they were still going home to their villages as fast as they got their pay ; and Sirdar Sham Singh Attareewallah declared his belief to be that unless something was done to stop this, he would find himself on his way to Ferozepore with empty tents. The bait of money to be paid, and to accompany them, was also offered, and at length the Dunbar broke up at two P.M. Great consultations took place in the afternoon, but I know only one result, that the Ranee had to give her lover his formal dismissal, and that he (Raja Lal Singh) actually went into the camp of the Sawars he is to command, and pitched his tent. What the Ranee says is quite true of the sepoys dispersing to their houses ; the whole affair has so suddenly reached its present height, that many of the men themselves think it will come to nothing, and still more who have taken their departure do not believe it serious enough to go back. On the day alter this scene took place, i.e., the 19th, the usual streams of sepoys, natives of the protected states, who had got their pay, poured across the Sutlej, at Ilureekee, on the way to their homes. Every preparation, however, for war is making with probably more energy than if it had been a long-planned scheme, for every person of whatever party must show his sincerity by acti-„,.. vity and virulent professions of hatred to the English. Enclosure No 6, in No. 9. Letter from Lahore, Evening of the 24th November, 1845. Bhaee Ram Singh thus advised Raja Lal Singh:---` The English have interfered in no affairs of the Khalsa ; what is the wisdom of your making a (religious) war at the bidding of the soldiery ? None of the nobles have discovered the real intentions of the English. The Governor-General's agent, who is a steady friend, and charged with the relations of the friendship between the two Governments, has written in the plainest terms,• that the English Government desires only friendship like that of the late Maharaja Runjeet Singh; but that if anything wrong is done by the Seikh army, the rulers of the king dom will be held responsible, for rulers must account for the acts of their troops and subjects. Be cautious how you march to Hureekee with the troops." The Raja said, " Bhahee Sahib, what can Ido ? If I remain, the soldiery call me to account" (seize me by the throat.) The Bhaee said, " Delay a few days ; require the other Sirdars to go forward, or you will bring the whole odium and risk on yourself; and it you go to Hureekee, what will you do? If the English do not attack you, you will sit there and be ruined; who will protect you ?" The Raja said he would go to that Dheora, and stay in his tent (near Shalimar), and he begged the Bhaee's influence to have his departure delayed. The Raja went to his tent, and told the officers of the cavalry to march, as he was ready. They, that is Dal Singh, of Rythub, said, " Raja, you have never seen war of any kind, and know nothing of war with the English ; send en the regular troops ; we will join rapidly when the war begins. Tej Singh is a wise man ; let him go first." The Raja is greatly ashamed, and sent word to the Bhaee to say he would remain and send on ammunition. No. 10. The Governor-General to the SeCreiCommittee.—Camp, Umballa, December 4, 1845. (No. 16). (Extract.) Major Broadfoot having reported to me that the Lahore Vakeel had joined the camp from Loodianah, I directed Blajor Broadfoot to see him and to require from him the reply to his perwannah, remon strating against the proceedings which had taken place at the time it was written, and demanding the cause thereof. The Vakeel waited upon Major Broadfoot, and in reply to his requisition, asserted that he had received no reply from the Durbar ; that he had sent the communication immediately to Lahore, had received merely an acknowledgement of its safe arrival, and that he had repeatedly sent urging that a reply should be forwarded to him, but hitherto without success ; but he asserted that he fully expected the reply by that evening's post, Major Broadfoot explicitly informed the Vakeel, as previously in structed by me, that the Governor-General would not permit the Lahore Government to trifle with him in a matter of such serious impor tance ; that positive information had been received of the Lahore army having left the capital towards the frontier, avowedly with hostile intentions towards the British Government, to which course they had been instigated by the express and repeated orders of the Ranee and the chiefs, and that the Governor-General expected to re ceive, without further delay, an answer to the political agent's written remonstrance. Major Broadfoot then said, that he should report to the Governor-General the result of bis interview with the Vakeel, and communicate in writing the orders he might receive. The Vakeel said very little at this interview ; he protested that he had done all in his power to procure a reply to the perwannah ; and on Major Broadfoot's saying that we knew positively that the Ranee and chiefs had ordered the present movement, he said he had no such knowledge. When Major Broadfoot reported to me, in the evening, the result of this interview, I immediately directed him to address to the Va keel the written communication, a copy of which is inclosed. I considered that it was absolutely necessary, on my arrival at Umballa, to take decided notice of the extraordinary proceedings that had taken place, and were stated to be still in progress. It was evi dent I could not permit the political agent's communicntions, in the face of what was going on at Lahore, to be treated with disregard. I took the mildest course in my power, consistently with the dignity, position, and interests of the British Government. I purposely left an opening to the Lahore Government to remedy, through its Vakeel, the discourtesy it had shown, by affording to that Government the facility of making any explanation it might desire. The plain• con struction to be put on the silence of the Lahore Government in reply to the demand for explanation, evidently was, that the intentions of that Government were hostile, in which case I did not deem it to be expedient to give to that Government the leisure to complete their hostile preparations ; whilst, on my part, I had abstained from mak ing any movement, expressly for the purpose of avoiding any cause of jealousy or alarm; thus affording to the Maharaja's Government the strongest proof of the good faith and forbearance of the British Government. Major Broadfoot entertains the impression that the reply to his demands had been sent to the Vakeel, and had either been returned by him, with a protest, (as is, I understand, often done) or was, at the moment of the conference, in his possession, but was withheld because the Vakeel was reluctant to deliver so unfriendly a docu ment. However that may be, the perwannah from Major Broadfoot of the evening of the 2d December was received by the Vakeel the same night, and, with the reception of an acknowledgment of its receipt, no further communication had passed between him and Major Broadfoot. The Vakeel is not now in the camp. I am satisfied that the course I have adopted was imperatively required, and before I authorise any precautionary movements to be made, I shall give full time for a reply to be received from Lahore. This morning news up to the Ist inst. has been received. The Ranee and tirdars are becoming more and more urgent that the army should advance to the frontier, believing that, in the present posture of affairs, the only hope of saving their lives and prolonging their power is to be found in bringing about collision with the British forces. The Seikh army moves with evident reluctance, and is calling for Ghoolab Singh, who is collecting forces at Jumboo, and is watching the progress of events. My uwn impression remains unaltered. Ido not expect that the troops will come as far as the banks of the Sutlej, or that any posi tive act of aggression will be committed ; but it is evident that the Ranee and chiefs are, for their own preservation, endeavouring to raise a storm, which, when raised, they will be powerless either to direct or allay. I shall, as I have before said, await the reply from Lahore to Major Broadfoot's last communication to the Vakeel. If the reply from the ostensible Government, acting under the control and at the dictation of the army, is hostile, I shall at once order up troops from Meerut and other stations to the support of our advanced positions, persevering up to the last moment in the sin cere desire to avoid hostilities. Enclosure No. 1, in No. 10. The Agent to the Governor-General to the Lahore Vakeel. December 2, 1845. I wrote to you a letter on the 18th ult., requiring explanations as to the reported orders of the Lahore Durbar to its troops, to move towards the Sutiej with unfriendly intentions. On the 20th inst. you answered from Loodianah, that you had for warded a copy of my letter to the Durbar immediately on receiving it, and you stated that on receiving an answer you would forthwith communicate it. For several days past I have been in hourly expectation of your answer, but none came. This day, on your waiting on me, you informed me, that though you had some days ago received from the Durbar an acknowledgment of the receipt of your letter, you had received no answer to it, but you had in the interval written repeatedly to the Durbar on the sub ject of it, and that you confidently expected an answer this day, or, at furthest, to-morrow morning. I pointed out to you that, notwithstanding the notoriety of the events which had occurred at Lahore, and notwithstanding the in convenience suffered by the detention, on the frontier, of the bat talions about to leave it for Sinde and Bareilly, the Governor-Gene ral, in hopes of receiving, without delay, satisfactory explanations iu answer to my letter, had continued the forbearance he had exercised so long, and to so great an extent ; that no new troops had arrived on the frontier, and that the Governor-General had proceeded slowly on his journey in this direction, as intended, before the occurrence of the events of which explanation is now demanded ; that I pointed out that, notwithstanding this forbearance you had appeared atter so long an interval without any answer to my demand for an explana tion, and that I saw this with surprise and regret. I have now to communicate to you the following orders from the G overnor-G eneral. His Excellency has directed me t o say, that the rules of friend ship between the two states, and indeed the custom of all nations, require that in answering a demand for explanations so grave as those which have occurred at Lahore, not a moment is to be lost, because delay cannot but operate to confirm the (most un friendly) worst construction of such events, and is, moreover, an act of the highest discourtesy towards the Government, demanding explanations. In this instance the requisition for explanation has been disregarded, and the apparently hostile movements have been continued. Under these:circumstances the Governor-General feels it impossi ble to permit you, who are the authorised representative of the Go vernment which has offered to his Government so great a slight, to continue in his Excellency's camp, while this slight is persevered in ; he has directed me not to admit you to any further interview with me, unless you come as the bearer of the answer of the Durbar to my remonstrance ; and his Excellency further commands, that if this answer be not delivered before neon to-morrow, you will quit this camp. To prevent, however, interruption to the business of this agency, as regards the Mahaja's estates on this side of the Sutlej, I request that yon will leave with me a confidential Moonshee to communi cate, during yoar absence, my orders, or those of the subordinate courts of the agency, to the managers of those estates ; and you will warn the Kardars and residents in those estates to obey all orders coming from the ordinary courts through your Moonshee In the same way as if received from yourself. (Signed) G. BROADFOOr. Enclosure No. 2, in No. 10. The Lahore Vakeel to the Governor-General's Agent.; --__ ---_ . Your Letter, dated December 2, 1845, has been delivered tome by Moulvee Rujub Ally Khan after midnight, and I have arranged for its immediate transmission to the Durbar. • Seal of Krishen Chund. December 2, 1845, after midnight by our reckoning, 1 a.m., 3d - No. 11. The Governor-General to the Secret Committee.—Camp, Ferozepore, December 31, 1845.—(N0. 18.) (Extract.) Since my last dispatch:to you, of the 4th inst., events of great moment have occurred. The Seikh army, in large numbers, commenced crossing the Sutlej ou the 11th, and, after investing Ferozeporc on one side, took up . an an entrenched position at the village of J ' erezeshah , about ten miles in advance of Ferozepore, and about the same distance from the vil lage of Moodhee. In this camp the enemy had placed 108 pieces of cannon, some of large calibre, with a force exceeding 50,000 men, for the purpose of intercepting the approach of the British force, moving up from Um balls, to the relief of Ferozepore, which had been thus treacherously attacked, without provocation or declaration of hostilities. I had ordered on the Bth instant that portion of our army, posted at Umballah for defensive purposes, to move up on the 11th, and after a rapid march of 150 miles it reached Moodkee on the 18th, where, ou the evening of the same day, it repulsed an attack of the Seikh army, and captured 17 guns; on the following day the army was concentratedat Moodkee, and OR the 21st moved by its left on Feroze pore, and having on the march formed its junction at half-past one o'clock with 5,000 men and 21 guns under Major-General Sir John Littler, which had moved from Ferozepore that morning, the Com mander-in-Chief formed the army in order of battle, and attacked the enemy's entrenched camp, and on that evening and the follow ing morning, captured 70 pieces of artillery, taking possession of the enemy's came, with large quantities of ammunition and warlike stores. These successful and energetic operations have been followed by the retreat of the Seikh army to the other,side of the Sutlej , the Bri tish army being now encamped between Forozepore and the fords of theSutlej,_ You will not fail to observe that these important and brilliant successes have been achieved by that portion of our army posted at and in advance of Unaballah, for defensive purposes ; and that our forces from Meerut, and other stations from the rear, ordered to move up at the same time, are in reserve, and will reach this neigh bourhood between the sth and the 9th of January. I have the honour to enclose two reports from the Commander-in- Chief, detailing the admirable manner in which these important duties have been performed, and I am convinced the Court of Direc tors of the East India Company, in concurrence with her Majesty's Government, will highly appreciate the eminent services rendered by the Commander-ln-Chiet; and by the officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Indian army. The Commander-in-Chief has successfully accomplished every ob ject I had directed him to effect for the relief of Ferozepore, and the protection of these British states. No accident or failure has oc curred during the complicated operations of a combined movement, and our army, whether for defence or attack, has shown, as hereto fore, that its power is irresistible. I also transmit a notification which I issued on the 25th instant, and a general order recording the grateful acknowledgments of the Indian Government for these important 'services. I now proceed to detail the events which preceded a resort to arms. and I am convinced that the forbearance manifested by me in all these transactions will meet with your approval. My previous correspondence will show the extreme anxiety I felt to avoid hostilities, by friendly explanations required from the Lahor- Durbar ; and my reluctance to give any cause for jealousy or alarm to the Seikh army and Government was so strong, that from the 18th of November up to the Bth of December, I deterred to make any movement of troops, in the hope of proving the sincerity of our pro fessions by the moderation of our actions. This forbearance,.carried to the utmost limits which prudence could allow, was not appreciated at Lahore. In the state of anarchy and uncontrollable power usurped by the Seikh army, my reluctance to resent their hostile conduct may have been misunderstood as the effect of conscious weakness or timidity ; but the Lahore Government, there is every reason to believe, was not influenced by any such impressions. The Regent and her advisers courted collision for the purpose of employing their unruly soldiers against their friendly neighbour, as the safest means of extricating themselves from the personal dan gers W which they were constantly exposed; the Lahore Govern- Letter, dated June 8, 1845. On the sth the Punchayets agreed to go in a body to the Palace, and remonstrate against Jowahir Singh being continued in the Go vernment, and to require that in his stead Deewan Deena Nath, or Bukhshee Bhugut Ram, or Raja Lal Singh, or the three conjointly, should be appointed to the Viziership—they did so, and great con fusion followed. They had interviews with Jowahir Singh, whom they reproached with breach of faith to them, with drunkenness and incapacity—they went to the Ranee, and insisted on her seeing them herself, which she did; they demanded the dismissal of Jowahir Singh, and the substitution of Raja Lal Singh, or the others named above. The Ranee referred them to the chiefs, and it was finally settled that, next day, the 6th, Raja Lal Singh, Deewan Deena Nath, and Bukhshee Bhugut Ram, should go to the canton ments and consult with the Punchayets. The troops demand gratuities, and the Ranee, if she did not help to get up the disturbance, is favourable to its ostensible objects, and the replacement of her brother by Raja Lal Sing. The latter's sickness revived her tenderness for him, and he has used this skil fully, pretending he is afraid to visit her, as formerly, for fear of Jowahir Singh. This has made her the more eager to renew un restricted intercourse, and of this eagerness the lover has availed himself before she changes or grows cool. Letter, dated June 13. A formal reconciliation has been effected, by the Ranee, between Jowahir Singh and Raja Lal Singh. She marked her satisfaction by tending each of them a handsome slave girl just rec eived from the Mandee Chief, our neighbour here. Such is Seikh morality in this matter, and taste also, for Lal Singh is one of the Ranee's own lovers. _ . . . - . . Letter, dated June 14. The above "news reached Lah•re on the 11th, but Jowahir Singh and his favourites had been carousing with the new slave girl and other women all the previous night, so that he was too drunk to hold the Durbar, and the Chiefs and Mootsudjees dispersed. Letter, dated June 18, Jewahir Singh and Lal Singh were seeking on the 14th to assassinate each other—the former was the aggressor—the cause, the Ranee's increased passion for Lal Singh since he had cholera. Letter, dated June 20. At the capital, Ghoolab Singh, Jowahir Singh, and Lal Singh, are well engaged in plans to assassinate each other, any two joining for a day against the third. A paramour of the Ranee has ran away with about a lac of rupees worth of jewels, to the public amusement or scandal, as the public is grave or merry. Letter, dated July 8. At Lahore they are quiet, drinking, and intriguing politically and amorously. Letter, dated August 1 Towahir Singh has finally yielded to the troops, and the Bance made him do so, but he was drunk at the time, and may change. On the evening of the 28th there was to he a private consultation of Jowahir Singh, Ghoolab Singh, Raja Lal Singh, and Deewan Deena Nath. Letter, dated August 5. Jowahir Singh is always drunk, and has gone the length lately of gross and indecent abuse in Durbar to Bhaee Barn Singh, whose religious character had hitherto prevented such an occurrence in the worst times ; he quarrels also with the troops, and, indeed, with all but some low favourites, and Deewan Deena Nath, whose advice, however, as to answering my letter he spurned with reproaches of treachery. I believe he has for some months, and especially for the last two months, formed a drunken design or vision of war with us, after the Dusserah, as a resource to avert from himself the wrath of the army, as a means of finding money to pay them; and, not unskilfully, he tries to make the Sodees, who are very sacred characters, the ground of quarrel—therein he has, however, failed. It is quite im possible, however, to say what may be the issue of dealing with such a drunkard, acting on such troops. Letter, dated August 6. Were it not that the consequence of what is new doing at Lahore may be momentous, I should feel inclined half to laugh and half to be ashamed of having anything to do with it., It is essential that the Government should know the exact truth, and in setting before it the kind of people with whom it is now dealing, as with the chiefs of a state, it will be difficult to avoid details unlit for :the decency of a dispatch. The state of parties is seriously changed; but the cause is, the Ranee's mind having become seriously affected by her excesses. She has become stupid instead of clever and lively ; is sometimes for days in a state bordering on fatuity ; and though at times she revives, chiefly when stimulated by drinking, she takes but little concern in the public business, compared with what she used to do, and then is guided chiefly by her low paramours and servants. Now, the remnant of wise men left, hitherto prevented convulsion by their influence with the Ranee, especially the Fakeers and Bhaee 11am Singh ; but this influence is all but gone in the Ranee's present state, so much so, that Bhaee Ram Singh lately sent me a caution against closing a business with the existing Government, as it was certain the troops, on their return after the Dttsserah, would put to death Jowahir Singh and the Ranee, with her son ; he added, that they would set up Peshora Singh and Rajah Ghoolab Singh, as King and Vizier. I never even acknowledge the receipt of such communications ; but in the latest remonstrances, I have, in conse quence of this, pointed out that my warnings spring from the Go vernor-General's friendship, and from [consideration of the Maha raja's tender years. But to proceed :on the Ist, there was no afternoon Durbar, there being a consultation of the principal per sonages on the the English affairs ; it lasted all day, but every man of note was excluded, even Deewar Deena Nath. This council con sisted of Jowahir Singh, the Ranee, and three personal attendants, domestics of Jowahir Singh, men of low origin, raisedby him, one an old horse-jockey, another lately a Fakeer, and a third still a palace Peon, also Jowahir Singh's private Moonshee. After much debate, it was agreed to consult next day the chiefs who were used to such matters ; but it was decided that the Governor-General's letter should be answered." Letter, dated August 6. The eveaing Dawb, of the 2d is in ; Jowahir Singh, the Ranee, and Maharaja, all drunk, with Raja Lel Singh ; held no Durbar on the 2d ; the consultation all forgotten ; they went out to the Shaliman Gardan. My letter arriving, my vakeel carried it to the Shaliman, and sent word it was emergent; they refesed to see him or it, and told him to come when they were at leisure. Letter, dated August 7. Though the effects of the forenoon debauch were not gone off, the contents of the letter produced a dead sil.nce, and after a time an answer that the letter would be deliberated on, and answered with out delay. This effect was produced by the warnings given hot to be misled by foolish rumours. On the 3d there was no very marked carousing, and much de bating ; so I suppose a day or two will bring some answer or other Leiter, dated August S. Sirdar Jowahir Singh and his party, after abstaining r.early a day from drinking to deliberate on my letter, made an excuse of heavy rain on the 3d; to set out with his favourites and some generals on elephants, each supplied with a bottle of brandy; they returned drunk, held no Durbar, and listened to no business ; but sending for dancing girls, Jowahir Singh dressed himself as a dancinggirl, and danced with the rest. Letter, dated August 10. . _ On the 7th the deliberations were renewed, if deliberations they can be called. The Ranee is passive, Jowahir Singh drunk and mad referring to his drunken companions, who recommended the con. quest of India, &c. &c. ; and on the other hand, the whole of the men of consideration urge on him the necessity of making matters smooth with the English. No. 4. The Governor-General to the S ecret Committee.—On the River Ganges, off Monghyr, September 30, 1845.—(N0. 2.) (Extract.) The forbearance of the Goverment of India has been carried to an extent beyond that which has been customary. Every military precaution has, however, been taken ; advice and warnings have been repeatedly conveyed to the Lahore Government in the plainest language; even the risk of giving offence by such language has been incur red, rather than fail in the essential point of clearly defining the nature of our policy, and of having that policy well un derstood. lam convinced that our desire to see the Maharaja's Government re-established on a basis of independence and strength, is well known to the most influential and leading chiefs. Their per sonal interests, endangered by the democratic revolution, so success fully accomplished by the Seikh army, may Induce those chiefs to exert all their efforts to compel the British Government to Interfere ; but these attempts, and any danger resulting from them, will be attributable, not to our forbearance, but to their personal fears for life and property. You may be assured that, whilst I shall omit no precautions, and be prepared for any event, I shall persevere in the direct course I have hitherto pursued, of endeavouring by moderation, good faith, and friendly advice, to avert the necessity of British interference by force of arms in the affairs of the Punjaub. No. 5. The Governor-General to the Secret Committee—On the Ganges, proceeding to Barr, October 1, 1845..—(N0.4.) (Extract.) There seems to be very little doubt that General Chutter Singh Attarecuala did, after much hesitation, enter into the views of the Wuzzeer Jowahir Singh, and cause the Koonwur Peshora Singh to be put to death on his way from Attock to Lahore. The leading men at Lahore expect that this event will so greatly excite the indignation of the regular troops around Lahore as to in duce them to rise against the Minister, Jowahir Singh. The Mi nister, to ward off the blow, is represented as being determined to bring about a collision with our troops on the frontier, and had given orders for three brigades of infantry to be prepared to march towards the Butte). On the 12th September, it would further appear that the leading chiefs met Bhaee Ram Singh, La concert with them, and, in open Durbar, made a solemn and bold remonstrance against the course of policy pursued by Jewahir Singh in his recent relations with the British Government. In his address he openly and fully admitted that in the existing discussions with our Political Agent, the right to resist the Barber's pretensions was clearly on the side of the British; that the Minister was, by his orders, violating all the eustomary rules by which their intercourse with the British authorities had hitherto been regulated ; and that these attempts to set our autho rity at defiance had been met, on our part, in a spirit remarkable for its moderation and forbearance. It is understood that the Minister agreed to retrace his steps, and that letters apologising for the past would be immediately addressed to the Political Agent. During the night of the 12th September, the Minister having been engaged, according to custom, in hard drinking, first heard at Pes hora Singh's disappearance and probable death ; he instantly resolved to persevere in his course of precipitating the collision with the Peshora Singh t British i troops on the frontier. TI i determination was received by renewed remonstrances, and it would appear that 13h to Jovrahi o r de feat the resolution of English, rather than that he would gratif y The impression made on aee Ram had caused the news of the death of t reported to the troops, and that the party ad verseor violation of our frontier ls;t7,11" is , the Minister for causing the assassination g dt h i :v et ;r c e ik a h cting with boldness and energy to Minister ; the latter continuing to declare PUnchayets to Chatter to their injunctions sfied to sending their army by leading them against the the lla rt protection, will probably induce them, isi t , : t it l there will be no attack on that Their anger against the death of a dog at Lahore. a revolution at Lahore, putting Jowahir of Peshora Singh, contrary Singh death,toerce, bring about and, ‘ if the and to the General, by child Shah Deo, the sou o - f l prescription extends to the Regent and her son Dhuleep Singh, in that case the t e campr, for the Prince's the Maharaja Mallaraia Sher°. Singh' will, be declared the sovereign ( 1 ,7 I t a h te e Funjaub. September, does not no en The larger proportion of the army amount to 15- 13 in * I h til the beginning The regular force at Lahore, on the 12th oug un of October. troop are desirous of being led against the Assuming that the Seikli t b n doubtful, their present state of an assumption more t a not have returned from fur English, encourage them to undertake such a the command of a minister who at risk at the bidding and under their hatred and contempt, and whose it is too palpable to this moment is an object of the anti-English policy al chiefs. to the state, by the most influential denounced in Durbar as fatal immediate rupture; at the I do not expect any has been publicly For these reasons, same time, after such dec isive p roo relax in inte e those precau- Maharaja's minister, it will be pru d e nt not to with my colleagues, I con- fs of the hose ntions of th tionary measures which, in conc urrence ean and native troops. the frpfftier stations were reinforced by Europ . sidered it expedient to adopt in the course of last spring, when I shalt prow IDs journey to Aliatiobstd, and 000 to 48 11 , AC' ment deceived their army by false statements of the fitielit Yapt by native troops, whom they have in vain attemp ted to cort emissaries employed by that Government. had And there is also reason to believe that active intrigues 4. our some time past been resorted to, in order to induc e the chiefs •e._,er, protected Seikh territorities to rise in arms against the British Pu" as soon m as a Seikh army should cross the Sutlej. o t of There was no proof that such a conspiracy existed on the . ve ry the leading Seikh chiefs on this side the Sutlej, •although l , - "1,,,, se few instances, where the personal charact er of the indivi fornueve counted for the folly of their conduct, there we re reasons f anY Late ing that disaffection did exist, and would be exhibited With re : er ,;, on the first favourable opportunity, and particularly i should attend our arms. notice I shall have occasion to advert to this subje ct when I proclamation I issued on the 13th ins:ant. • intellig e° But I will previously resume the narrative of the daily p ee frees Lahore, as affording a connected series of the events wn.`;„ e d it occurred since Dec. 4, when I informed you that I had nesi" in cone eapedient to desire the Lahore Vakeel to leave my caniP , „ oa at's quence of the disregard shown by his Court to my Pol itic : l ,lv the remonstrance of Nov. 18, and of the determination min eu Durbar to withhold all explanation of their conduct . h .na towa rdS I had moved with my camp on Dec. 6 from Urn --- sn" Loodianah, peaceably making my progress by the rou te pister dc pounced, with the intention of visiting the Seikh protected cording to the custom of my predecesors. Indi an G°. In common with the most experienced officers of the cros , at vernment, I was not of opinion that the Seikh army r uld Sutlej with its infantry and artillery. „,tes.s o I considered it probable that some act of -7 tile would be committed by parties of plunderers, Itrerfero purpose of comp e llin the British Government to to which course the §eikh chiefs knew I was r oost •: secro . but I concurred with the Commander-in-Chief, and the Our No ,jor tary to the Government, as well as with my political o , g e n n ot n$ Broadfoot, that offensive operations, on a large scale, woule resorted to. 4 carry mY Exclusive of the political reasons which induced me .° t he or'' forbearance, as far as it was possible, I was confident, from To o nions given by the Commander-in-Chief and Major-General _i.i-v;00.1 Littler, in command of the forces at Ferozepore, that that PT ias taii resist any attack from the Seikh army as long aa provisie n % r airs' and that I could at any time relieve it, under the ordinarY stances of an Asiatic army making an irruption into our ter, , ; e provided it had not the means of laying siege to the fort and trenched camp. mi n e d b 5 t)ie Up to this period no act of aggression had been con Seikh army. the Lahore Govenunent had as good force their bank of the river Sutlej, as we had to reinforce 0 ' ` on that river. „ a right ~„° r „ o s '- ; The Seikh army had, in 1843 and 1844, m ooed down uk,•, o elt‘ river from Lahore, and, after remaining there encamped f°‘,.,„• had returned to the capital. These reasons, and, above au, _r i ot/ treme anxiety to avoid hostilities, induced me not to make au fie in to movement with our army, which, when the two armies CO each others esence, might brin a collision The army had, however, beenordered to be in readiness tow..-0 at the shortest notice ; and on the 7th and Bth of December, mite heard from Lahore that preparations were making on a lsrg.to tj e for artillery, stores, and all the munitions of war, I w rete to Commander-in-Chief, directing his Excellency, on the lith , in up the force from Umballa, from Meerut, and some other eta." br io the rear. to Up to this time no infantry or artillery had been reported ;war left Lahore, nor had a single Seikh soldier crossed the Sidie•L' d ove: theless, I considered it prudent no longer to delay the forW.. i.i t th ment of our troops, having given to the Lahore Governu?'" most ample time for a reply to our remonstrance. , agen t !, t i On the 9th, at night, Capt. Nicolson, the assistant politica, icae, Ferozepore, reported that a portion of the Seikh army had aPP n r' f o rros,' within three miles of the river. On the, other hand, t he I. as ' W. tion received byMajor Broadfoot on that day from l,abore as $ of a character to make it probable that any Seikh Moveinen large scale was meditated. o torl m rsr On the 10th no intelligence was received from Lahore cou`'oed of Captain Nicholson's report, and the usual opinion eel n * - prevail that the Seikh army would not cross the Stith?). in The troops, however, moved on the 10th, 11th, and tetb ;, h ole suance of the orders given on the 7th and Bth ; and Mum sub" the forces, destined to move up to the Satlej, were in Mu the 12th. t I did not consider the force, moving up from Uraballa , la en a 'y cient to force its way to relieve Ferozepore, if a large 71_, at it with a numerous and well served park of artillery, slie w , h case , to intercept it in its approach to Ferozepore, as, in an a - pieg could with difficulty receive any aid fromthat garrison. over days march in advance of the Commander-in-Chief, ret'e„ats Loodianah ; and, having inspected the fort, the cant:da-001$ the troops, it appeared to me most advisable that the wh ele og t p. force should be moved up with the Umballa force, resirieroy defence of Loodianah to the fort, which could he a e e l . l ,a . ' et red risoned by the more infirm soldiers of the regiment aL-proby" unless attacked by heavy artillery, which was a very E 0 contingency. a idon`",..4 • The risk to be incurred of leaving the town and the e A -- lio~ t' o f liable to be plundered, was maturely considared, and I hana c iendae tion in incurring that risk to ensure the strength and au . '", t itn;te the force which might separately be brought into aet iel , l ,raeeiP whole of the Seikh army. I, therefore, ordered Brigadier be prepared to march at the shortest notice. The Umbella force, in March, was 7,500 men and 36 g un .. ° A t ie The Loodianah force amounted to 5,000 men and 12 gu n ' a tlllsf in t The Commander-in-Chief concurred in these views ; 01 _0 pv,7,, body of men, leading a rpid march on Busseean, an 11 13 P °1. ' Oro' bad where the roads from Umbella and Kurnaul wee' , sv uic/ 1 been advanced id colatumn of the army, and secured the suPPlie' d•rr oci la in Busseean. DP ° Up to the morning of the 12th, the i 00 4 ,6 from Lahore had not materially varied ; but 10 r d 0;,, ports received on that day, the general aspect ~,en ce appeared More warlike. Still no Seikh aggression bad "" mitted, and no artillery had moved down to the river. 4 to F e - 7,11 On the 13th I first received precise information th3'at for' army had crossed the Sutlej, and was concentrating i n gr tbr. thThee lett U bank of the river. mballa force at that time had been in 11 10— „f days. On th s date I issued the proclamation, a copY 0 , enclosed. u10.rc".,,S On the 14th the British forces moved up by double - ternate days, and on the 18th reached Bloodkee, 20 nai l° c oie Fag zepore, after a march of 21 miles. force • On this day, and at this place, the whole British . s tiee centrated, with the exception of two European and two4of raents, expected on the following day. le 01 0 ,a• The troops were engaged in cooking their mea ls , w as lac, Broadfoot received information that the Seikh army tr ooP: t o , march, with the intention to sarprise the camp. T h ! it at mediately stood to their arms, and advanced. The I. `"'" ni ssit" 1.0 short, but decisive action, was the signal defeat of the ene „ e a to f r point, and the capture of 17 guns, the details of Which ar e , rh t report of the Commander-in-Chief, herewith sent. turned to their camp at midnight, and halted the 19 4 ` The cap refresh the men, to collect the wounded, and bring I n guns. . There was no objection to this delay, as it was e-'4,,defic`',oll,*oo preparations and movements of the Seikh army, that it! o jaile was intent upon intercepting the relieving force, arid b n ,( 1,0 of risking an attack upon Ferozepore. bagg egs' e lpf On the 21st the Commander-in-Chief, having left the otee! army, the wounded, and the captured guns at Moodkee,,L3 S ea two regiments of native infantry, marched at four e,e'.l-ttole ps morning by his left, keeping about three or four lave'eeeial enemy's entrenched position at Ferozeshah, in whic h tee iia placed 108 pieces of cannon, protected by breastworks . it igi! so i A communication had been made during the preceding,,oo.,,,! Sir John Littler, informing him of the intended line o f lu ojo i ' desiring him to move out with such a part of his force 0,9 4 41 compromise the safety of his troops and the post. „ r ebe 4 ,l, ' s l4 At half-past one o'clock the Umballah 11 force, having ' - „,e, the country disencumbered of every description of bagg,leisi the reserve ammunition, formed its junction with Sir I , "*Joies who had moved out of Ferozepore with 5,000 men, two , cavalry, and 21 field guns. d e fee ° t! D This combined operation having been effected, the Cv_ re is f ,', 4 0. 11$ Chief, with my entire concurrence, made his a rrangell'i lo s c`" attack of the enemy's position at Ferozeshah, about four a l „Ili from the point where our forces had united. The British force consisted of 16,700 men, and 69 ga v '' le d horse artillery. 101 oof The Seikh forces varied from 48,000 to 60,000 men , of cannon of heavy calibre, in fixed batteries. et le t wog 0 0'0 You will observe that every soldier who could be _Aso o te ranks had, by these combinations from Umballah and I , vv - 0 ,, rozepore, been rendered available ; that the force was and, notwithstanding the difficulty of the ground, !„a`w,, f talc",:llf r jungle, the vast superiority of the enemy's well-serve v , '"" bt ee, or the breast-works behind which their infantry fouB llL, De tse,,, e ted i tish force, particularly our infantry, surmounted ever)" teL an turing that evening and the following morning 70 Piceee,stoPd the whole of the enemy's camp-equipage and _ tlic jeole e , .3 X refer to the report of the Comman der-in- Chief far 5. this brilliant exploit.'T r j The three attempts of the Seikh army, reinforc ed b , f ,,v army, to retake their position in the course of the ' l "' • ‘l l evening. 0 14 ' $ The Seikh . army then retreated on the fords 0 , .• re the lose t o th e by the capture of its artillery, mid the sell over sustained in killed and wounded, and has since crossed Tite tO other side ef the river. ll tv - tjec 'she force thus promptly brought forward fron t _am frontier, has proved that it was sufficient for the pro tece ;is tam which it was prepared, to repulse the treachery of th e 00 ill Government, and the arrogance of the Seikh army tO te rn It has further proved, that the military precau do 01 most necessary. It has driven the invaaing force frettnuescre? Do rie.l, and punished the mutinous soldiery of a la° of s t etGoeernment. P in t It remains for me to advert to the proclamation, a co, •te o, forms an enclosure of this despatch. I have eladei ee ,La tiol d ee' ro . , paper, to give a brief outline of our relations with the e vent o nl ) and of the circumstances which have pr ec eded the Pc lea! tis t t ee , That this invasion of our territory by the Seikh ar il iagrit.;" yoked, must be apparent to all; and I considered ' t for .4 forbearance I had shown, with the motives of that pee; should be distinctly promulgated. fee or The caution to the protected chiefs was necesSael2o Pe e ,!, c l/ 0 ; many months past, though no overt acts of hostilitt beeiiorae'r mltted t with one exception, there was a feeling very t ralDyiele;, valent among them favourable to the Lahore Governraei.'4 OPP 0,1 to our's, which evinced itself in a backwardness to a!!'" cie tief a i e our army, and to attend to the requisitions of th e „,1 e' with the exception of the Maharaja of Puteala, _oat a el perhaps all the chiefs. • • Into s ve ' e e d O r tee ll Immediate measures will be taken for bringing mo st 0 e settlement the states which have been declared C0". 5 of the side of the Sutlej, when it is hoped that the advantage t as, " , „ ev e rule may, by light assessment and judicious arrangeMe dee!' t ir apparent to them. t ooe to e I have now to conclude this dispatch, by expressi ng f that ste cern for the loss, in the action of the 21st instant, t ees,, e, 1 ) 4 valuable officer, Major Broadfoot, my political agent , ' W ra y 5 1 .15 . He was wounded, and thrown off his horse, his te' e o t I failed in prevailing on him to retire. He remotaa i te ing en i v n ielo e • i a shortly afterwards received a mortal wound in leads e 's4c 6 o. against the battery in our front. I entertained the 5 OfAil his abilities. He was second to none in this accoMP.,tereo,;.so;:„. every qualification by which the political or military inestsoirDe East India Company could be advanced, and I sh al t ° flour e . r if, at a season of more leisure, some special mark of I na/ ns ia ferred, by which his great merits and glorious deal' 11 ,,1ei pet uated. Major George Broadfoot was the last of three the- Leo o s appointments in the Company's army, and all t P-- pore' seel battle, in the service of their country. Fero' .0e Captain Nicholson, assistant political agent fe ern , aioe t also killed in the action of the 21st inst., and W ee . r gallant officer. their o t io erti 4 i , Captain Abbott and Lieut. Lake, assistant s u A n their 0 1 11 1 9 3 r foot, were wounded, and have ever since continue-no, teotos Captain Mills, assistant political agent at Lee di %,, mend of a troop of horse artillery during the acu ot Ooceot o3 o - 0 , at! Dt queutly been of the greatest use by his intelligencteea' tae Ya ri ged , I owe great obligations to the Chief SecretarY. tee- en an c o of India, Frederick Currie, Esq., who has, during,, beea ut ps , and sometimes conflicting, duties, in which T mes ce, t t,.. ol n d given me his sound advice and active aid, Bo net jest la dg caew cco c t me in the field, and at all times evincing the _ „. r ee e' exhibiting the resources of his experience to the e - to e:, e or , the Company's service.essis tan dep ol o ' ia Dlr. Cust, of the civil service, confidential_ejtate Broadfoot, both in the field and in his own jai" to has shown great intelligence in duties which were notice him as a most promising °Ricer. ..."." ..„. 0 ( lowed w o T u e h s d e e , COURT CIRC ULAii• r eno g o the en rr ,.o s i , llQnsulecaelon:othlavenridgheart.rirrini,ahcgeeefrAlajlibeoiydrt, accoMpaniece in s o0 ,• o Wales and the Princess Royal left Buckingham ova ,,g fa Oa s) l' 3alnaojtohre- another carriagee n e r alNV a e n m d y i and four, at half-past eight o'clock yesterdaY Elf ul n B tlfre a 9 Princess Alice, accompanied by tallifonlinDignolTvTeashgsirs, ...,rLgritind_Yedvr.l:sratittielitec4;oo,ll,tiCi! v nerfle Doi' be, occupied a chariot and four ; and the Countess of -- 0 _.,,,, f oie Lord George Lennox, Colonel Bowles, and Dr. Prx lo, "'" 1r cif ; ducted t° to , ' el sosura.nd Major-General Sir 4 ant 1-, 0 , 0 , Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were con o ber- 0 1013 riages bLord Cue C, the Maids of H enour ill Waltillg• the vniotiCf, t, Master of the Horse, Lord Gnlyon, Sir Henry 01a ce,,,,, Drummond, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel Wylde . __ t he r . V!, A party of Light Dragoons formed the escort fr*e fou r s" I , the terminus of the South-Western Railway, at ' ton , g° royal party left by a special train for Southanip t 10 air Osborne House. Major-General Wemyss has relieved Colon io.jorte,,,..ejatLe duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Queen wit(lic duties of s.. _..t AO Edward Bowater has relieved Colonel ilrYide in s"' of in Iv siting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. ~,.. grey ,nre At the Queen's Drawing-room, on ThursdaY, ';`,,.:1 0 . n tsl o ,, Presented to her Majesty by Duly Gordine,fLwort. . Clir o , Barclay was presented to her Majesty by Mrs• ~doteo,o otie Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent li , eF , rds) te 1 ' f ' , flier t ,03 se e the Hon James Murray (of the Scots lus Pu die her Royal Highness's Equerries. ed tl' e Kent visit „ v 0' Her Royal Hl hness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester liouse. ~t on de. l ile yes" Her Royal HighllC,..B the Duchess of Kent , e' honoured ning' ide - Fanny/Howard and Sir George Couper, dent' last e ve fo re o f formance of the French Plays with her prescnene .. r , ot the fl oe , oo 1 t he •- se eteo A Cabinet Council was held yesterday atter ...„,„ ~.._. ji office. The Ministers present were --Sir Itobeqr-i:.;i'n, *fir, i: Buccleuch, the Earl of Haddington, Sir James r te t e i ` i ' e ‘ I , ;a ri_; ii tw o , tary Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Excheaneu;„ , the I‘,l,loit t ' borough, the Earl of Ripon, the Earl of Dale i i ; Coun''' ooP, Sidney Herbert, and the Earl a St. Germans. hours. • d by 3/1. .. retie coMPanie the t e Sarim Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador, ac __,, co v et o t Secretary Interpreter, transacted business Yes" 00 1 e office. '0 tile debat e 1 Prince Castelcicala [was present at the Commons yesterday evening. Clel Arbutho,oo 41.11:rei 1 0 ' 140. et o el o ..-vhDO TCll7l",o'the r 00 0 London': Printed and Published by .... , - - , 0 st ood, .., rep Strand, Printer, at The 'Suet Office, No. 1 ' '' ,4aturaPi' bliddiee•Ar . of the Savoy, in tko comity of 28, 1846. 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