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shot of the batteries. At 4b. P.M., finding that the batteries fired only occasional shots, I made the signal for boats of squadron, manned and armed, to rendezvous alongside Gore gon and Firebrand, and sent to propose to my colleague that the remaining part of our plan should foe 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 511.45 m. I landed with 180 seamen and 145 marines, 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 hill. 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, end 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 • taining unmolested possegign of the grounds and woods the whole day. It was not to be expected that a contest, lasting from 10 A. 31. until nearly sunset, could do otherwise than cause the loss of several officers and men ; and accordingly I hare to lament the death of Lieut. C. Brickdale, who fell early in the day. He was an officer of great promise, and w 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 dreadful agony from his wounds, his mind ap peared bent on the result of the actioia. Such a spirit must necessarily carry the sympathies 'of all his brother officers. Lieutenant Levinge reparts 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 Inss of officers, petty o ffi cers, seamen, and marines, amounts to Officers. —.. .... 2 killed ... 6 wounded. Seamen . . ...3 „ •• • 9 ff Petty Officers.—. 2 „ ••• 6 If Marines none .-.. 1 7, Boys The noble behaviour of my brother senior dicer, 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 mindful 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 comple,te our arrangements for the attack. First Lieutenant S. E. NV. Lawrence, R.M.A., also acted as my aide-de-camp, and has-a strong claim'on my gratitude ; principally through his instrumentality a bri g ade of seamen am has been formed . capable , I A quite satisfie d, 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 shot, 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 h ve, &c. (Signed) CHAS. HOTHAM, Captain and Senior Officer. Rear-Admiral S. H. Inglefield, C. 8., Conanaander-in-Chief, &c. Report of casualties that cccurred'in the Squadron under the command of Captain Charles Hotham, while taking and destroying the batteries, &c., at Point Obligado, in the River Parana, on the 20th November, 1845. Officers' Names. Lieut. C. Brickdale, H.M. sloop Comus, 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. Sir,—l inclose for the information of the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty a further report from Capt. Hotham, detailing the proceedings of the squadron under his orders, since the destruction of the batteries at Obliged°, 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.-1 have the honour to be, &c. S. H. INGLEFIELD. Rear-Admiral and Commander-in Chief. To the Right Honourable 11. 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 Pabou, 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 mouth of the Pabou, Captain llope 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, he most properly re turned ; actin4 however, on his suggestion, I had previously dispatched Firebrand by another channel, to intercept the schooner, and this manoeuvre had its desired effect. The windings of the river enabled the enemy to descry the approach of tire Firebrand 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 tire 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 tlare 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 armed man 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 HOTHAISI, Capt. To Rear Admiral S. 11. Inglefield, C. 8.,• Commander-in-Chief. . • French. San Martin, 8 guns, Captain Trehouart. Fulton, steam vessel, 2 guns, Lieutenant Mazeres. Expeditive, 16 guns Di e utenant de Miniac. Pandonr, IQ guns, Lieutenant Du Paie. Proneda, tender, 4 guns, Lieutenant de la Riviere. English. Gorgan, steam frigate, Captain C. Hotham. Frebrand, steam frigate, Captain J. Hope. Pbilomel, surveying bfig, Commander B. J. Sulivan. Comus, 18 guns, Acting Commander E. A. Inglefield. Dolphin, brigantine, Lieutenant R. Levinge. Fanny, tender, Lieutenant A. C. Key. t December 17, 1845. Lieutenant Doyle has since arrived at Monte Vide, and appears to be iu a fair way of recovery. lie has lost an arm. INDIAN DISPATCHES. PAPERS RESPECTING THE LATE HOSTILITIES ON THE NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIER OF INDIA. No. I. The Governor-General of India in Council to the Secret Committee ofthe East India Company.— Fort William, July 2, 1845.—( No. 54.) (Extract.) We take the earliest opportunity of forwarding to yon the copy of a minute by the Governor-General, dated the 16th ultimo, relative to the proposed visit of his Excellency to the Upper Provinces during the ensuing cold season. In the arguments contained in the minute, .relative to th e hi g h ex pediency, if not necessity, for the presence 'of the Governor-General in the neighbourhood of our north - west fron tier her the close of the rains, we unanimously and entirely concur. Enclosure in No. I. • Mil l et s by the Governor-General of India.—June 16, 1845. As the time jo h u ae rn e e (Extract.) made for the now arrived whenreparatlons will require to Be I Consider It vinces of the Governor-General to the Upper Pre any steps are taken to m west advisable to consult my colleagues before Under ordina ry effectors?' that intention into effect. grounds, to remain the next I should have desired, on public to have the advantage of thewinter and summer at Calcutta, in order by which course the usuaglulbaursiitye. experience and advice of the Council, business of the Government can be trans acted with morennity, re general satisfaction than when' colleagues. the Governor-General is separated ro On the other hand, it is clearly cimyyitiut:y to place myself in that position, as regards the exercise of m estlen for decision Is, most advantageously array my guru., fofregttfi,i,,,n,4o4,b_ioe,ct, wofhtiffeehsltacteau In this, as in every other case, the real whether it is 'nue for the public lateeests that I should this autumn proceed to the Upper Provinces, or remain at the usual seat of -Go.. Ternment. Betw een my colleagues and myself there has always m ost anxious desire , and p erfect unison of Opinion, existedeeff t h o a r e, recau ti o ns should be spared to maintain a Seikh in Government Punjaub as long as it may be possible. policy of the Government of India into effect, To carry the pacifi c we have been content to suffer great incOnvenience, a le:considerab ex. on our part, an pense, and some risk, necessarily caused by the presence of arge disorganised Seikh force on the frontier, requiring, army to be assembled 'for the protection of our frontier, and in close contact with that of the Seikhe ; I need not enter into the considera tion of the various questions of as tude which aro involvedclose in lose the proximity of a Seikh army, in a s u c ce ssful state of mutiny, upon our frontier. We have never relinquished the hope that some amelioration ma y eventually take place, affording the prospect of the re-establishment of a Sancti Government, able to carry on its ordinary ftineilons I . Ve have never abandoned the expectation that , a fter anarchy and m:11 tary violence have long prevailed, these disorders, having reached their maturity, might subside, worn tout and exhausted by their own virulen.e ; or that some man of superiority and master mind might appear amongst them, able to control this mutinous array, and to re construct a strong Seikh Government. I must confess that these hopes have not been strengthened by recent events; and now that we can, at this season, when all mili tary operations are nearly suspended, deliberately review the poli tical and military condition of the Punjaub, I can arrive at no other conclusion then that the state of our relations with that country has became more critical than it has been at any time since Raja Ileera Singh's death. N o V p h s en the finances of the state shall be found insufficient to pay the troa state of things may arise at any moment requiring the in on the spot. from Calcutta may be very things which may have hap when the report was made ; :elved, twenty days after the • •••••••“, vs sisisls3 Illiky illl. ill. ally I/WI/Lel. Sto.la decision of the highest authority on the spot. MIL/I/1116 MG 11 , The instructien.s which we may send from Calcutta may be very proxer, and applicable to the state of things which may have hap- l a r • M'A,, , 4 Mi t tr i pl,e,A days before, when the report was made ; 1 ifittt ns are received, twenty days after the revpaar to s c. is li3 an inconvenience, but in the state i 016., • 44,66 kt. angerous. fhP, , / a firtrieiOt i feti at the chances of preserving peace .64.! hilioheef Wile: rless state in which the Government Qui , ~. paced, by ' ble to act with decision and urompti- - Mt lietat e• d : ~„ ,^ ;it.oppopintitiefs, onla be lest of effecting some good, and - ! - ---" - Ni: N„ , ",;:i z - - - 7: - - i ‘i'• ,/,, ''', / . 0 .,,i l it t.- ....t, THE of preventing mueh mischief, if in the state of the Pnnjaub 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 mre securely into effect, that thevaor-General. should, in the mouth of October next, proceed tot c tipper 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 te this subject. , lI.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. • ERON _ I concur, C. H. CAM. 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 bten altogether with out success, and the collection of the revenue has been somewhat improved, under the management, able, though corrupt, of Dc au 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 Broadfoot, to our Secretary. These extracts, illustrating the deplorably profligate condition of the Lahore Durbar, cannot fail 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 that these details should be re ported ; they tend to show the unsatisfactory nature of that Govern ment, and that cur 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. _ _ _ TT Enclosure in No. 3. Extracts from Letters from the Agent to the Governor-General on the North-west Frontier to the Secretary to the Government illustrative of the Riot and Debauchery now prevalent at the La• hore Durbar. Letter, dated June 8, 1845. On the sth the Punehayets 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 menta 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 eival from the Mundee 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 Lahore on the 11th, but Jowahir Singh and his favouritas 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. Jowahir 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. _ _ Lette - r, dated June 20. At the capital, Ghoolab Singh, Jowahir Singh, and Lal Singh, are well engaged in plans to a.assinate each other, any two joining for a day against the third. A paramour of the Ranee has run 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. Al Lahore they aro quiet, drinking, and intriguing politically and amorously. Letter, dated August 1. Towahir Singh has finally yielded to the troops, and the Ranee made him do so, but he was drunk at the time, and may change. On the evening of the 28th there was to be 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 abusa in Durbar to Bhaee Ram 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 godees, 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 now 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 unfit for ,the decency of a dispatch. The state o' 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 Ram 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 Dusserah, would put to death Jowahir Singh and the Ranee, with her son ; lie 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 Rath. This council con sisted ofJowahir 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 Moottshee. 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 Lal Singh ; held no Durbar on the 2d; the consultation all forgotten; they went out to the Shaliman Garden. My letter arriving, my vakeel carried it to the Shaliman, and sent word it was emergent . ; they refaced to tee him or it, and told him to come when they were at leisure. Letter. dated August 7. Though the effects of the forenpon,debauch were not gone off, the contents of the letter produced a dead silence, and 'after a time an answer that the letter would be deliberated on, and answered with out delay. This effect waSproduced by the warnings given not to be misled by foolish rumeturs. On the 3d there was no very marked carousing, and much de , bating ; so k.suppose a day or two, will bring some answer or other. Letter, dated August 8. Shdar Jowahir Singh and his party, after abstaining nearly a day from drinking to deliberate pn my Isttetymade all 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. dancing girl, 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 druliken companions, who recommended the con. . quest of India, &c. &c. ; and out the other hand, the whole of the men of consideration urge on him the necessity of making matters smooth with the English. ITo. 4. The Gdvernor-General to the Secret Committee.—On the River Ganges, off Monghyr, September 30, 1845.—(N0. 2.) ...(Extract.) _ The forbearance of the GOvenimelit 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 /doling chiefs. Their per sonidinterests, endangered by the demotratio 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 he 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, Tile Governor:General to the Secret Committee—On the Ganges, proceeding to Barr, October 1, 1845. , --(No. 4.) ' ''' - • ' (ExtracL) There seems to be very little doubt -that General Chutter Singh Attarecuala did, after much hesitation. enter into the views of the Wuzzeer Jowabir Singh, and cause the KOOUNTUI Peshora Singh to be put to .death en his way frem Attoc.k to Lahore. • The leading men at Lahore expect that this event will so greatly excite the leading of the regUlar troops around Lahore as to in duce them to rise ' against the Slitiister, 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 Sutlej, On the 12th September, it would further appear that the leading chict:s met Bhace Ram Singh, in concert with them, and, in open Durbar, Made a solemn and bold remonstrance against the course of pelicy pursued by Jowahir Singh in his recent relations with the British Government. In his address he openly and fully admitted tbat'in the existing discussions with our ,Political Agent, the right to resist the Durbar'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 - °"Bl tig h' 6 kits engaged, according to'custom in' rad drinking; first heard of Pes i a p pearan c e and probable death ; he instantly resolved to persevere in i 5 l' course of precipitating th collision with the British troopsobn : ' P e l s 1 4 1 i o s r a d :I; verse to Jowalur slug would appe - Rain had caused the news of the death of Singh were to the troops, and that the party ad ar that 111"6 received by renewed remonstrances, and it feat the resolution of the M r ' y the Se m ill s h ter rm " y he b acting with boldness and energy to de ; E th og at li h o e b, w r o o u th id ei gr t a h t o lf n die th,:ntyu,Thautii,not a leadingay l o a g tt a e t r ah continuing ot ee.ithem a g t to i nst declare the y the l ei r t , i that there will be no attack the assassination j' e l% e s . h d ora Singh 5 ca :' t l o ie;r he an ci g e e n r e a r g a al l, n b s y t The impression made on pr,,te p ilee o , r to tl i ie Prince's t o h r o V 3 io t l i a n t io lo t i e t r o f f ot ou c r ou fr s o io n g tie th r , contrary li,ntoati: tfareoenetier. h t e he tter l" s h i l l i l s g te h r ' Regent o a i l l i t d ha i t i, ajri l g l i i a: a rb r ' i t‘ to their Injunctions signified to e sending their Panchay ets to a revolution at Lahore, putting Jowahir Singh to death, protection, will probab t l o y i t n h d o uc i e te t P p r a c i e ri e P p ti sin i gh " , tienndthsat case the child Shah Leo, the son of the late son, the Maharaja Shere Singh, will, be . dedlared the sovereign of the Punjaub, The regular force at Lahore, on the 12th September, does not amount to 15,000 men. The larger proportion of beginning e army would desirous of being led against the Assuming that the Seikh troops are not have returned front. furlough until the October. English, an assumption more than doubtfu l, their p age them to undertake such a inefficiency is too palpable to eneonr resent state of con mpt, and whose this moment is an object of their hatred an D fatal risk at the bidding and under the command of a to minister who at anti-English policy to the state, by the most influential chiefs. For these reasons, I do not expect any immediate rupture ; at the has beets publicly,denounced in., urbar as same time, after such decisive proofs of the hostile intentions of the Maharaja's minister, it will be prudent not to relax in those precau tionary measures which, in concurrence with my colleagues, I con sidered it expedient to adopt in the cours e of last spring, when the frontier stations were reinforced by European and native troops. I shall pursue my journey to Allahabad, and t hen ce to Agra, AC- SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN LNG, FEBRU-ARN 28, 1840. eoWig to my original intention oncgaving CAldutta, 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, should 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 is my letter of the Ist instant has taken place. The Seikh soldiery having formally celled the late Mi nister Jowahir Singh to account for the destruction of Koonwur Pc shora Singh, and for his other misdeeds, put him to death on the 21st September. The circumstances under which the destruction of Jowahir Singh was accomplished, are related in Major lircadfoot's dispatch of the `46th ult., 'a paper which cannot be perused without much interest. As I expected, the violentremoval ofJowahir 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 ¢eal 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 Pun- chayets of the army. No Minister has yet been nominated, and it seems doubtful whether the Ranec'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 canbe little doubt that eventually he looks to acquiring full power in the Punjaub, and entertains the hope, that he may be able, with better success than his nephew, Heera Singh, to reduce the army with i n 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 continued 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 piiched 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 Selkh 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, requir ng 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 Jiving 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 anl the artillery, of which the superior officers were much 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 ; he 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 Math, Fakeer Noor-ood-deen, and Sirdar Ultar Singh Kuleewala, 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 fort ; and that she I 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 I'unth, 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. akeer lioor-ood-deep, having fulfilled his mission, was honourably dismissed : the other prisoners were insulted, threatened and derided by the soldiery. On the night of the 20th, Sirdar Jowabir Singh made great presents and greaterpromises to his troops, giving one general half a lack 01 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 ninth. 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 Munjan Meer. immediate departure for the camp was announced to be the only chance of safety. the Slider, his sister, and her son, with all the members of Durbar:who had not alreadygone 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 hen become dark. The Ranee, the Maharaja and their immediate attendants, except the slave /dangle, were con ducted to their tents by the troops, which ran tumultuously to theta from every part. Sirdar Jowahir Singh was put to death in his how dab by innumerable wounds of swords and muskets, and his body thrown out on the ground. Two of his leading associates, Bhyar Chatter, a door-keeper, and Bawa Rattan 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 Jewun Singh, a man of low station, a native of }lnject% 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 Main raja, who was designated to command the expedition against the English, fled, and is believed to have crossed the Sullej. He was, on Deere 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 s.ntlej bank opposite to Fp 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, reproached them with the death of her brother, and threatened to destroy herself and her son. The Pun chayet -released Deewan Deena bath and Ultur Singh Kaleewala, with orders to saoth the Bailee. 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, carrying with her the Sirdar's !Jody. They also allowed Deewan 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. The 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 sacred, 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 sou would live long and happily, and the Maharaja continue to reign. These riro 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 Dena Nath and Sirdar Uttar 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 Jowahlr Singh, and had consented to do the same to the Vakeels with me ; but they had forbidden any communication directly to me, saying that in fitture no letter to 'ithe English was to be written till the army had deliberate d on its n tents. They declared, however, that they desired peace , but th tif troops marched from our stations to Locdianah and Ferozspore, they would marchtoo ; if not, that each power should keep its Own territory in peace. They give out that Raja Ghoolab Singh is to have the Wuzeon4thip only on condition of increasing their pay, and making a considerable donation ; but till the party of chiefs which is moving them through the Punchayets 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 Punchayets 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 miner Siedars, 3tujan Pirthee Singh, a relatioa of the Ju,nuncto flintily, who has, without appearing, been deep in the intrigues of the last few months. No. 7. The Governor-General to the Secret Committee.—Camp, Muttra, Nov. 6, 1845.,-(No. 8.) (Extract.) The Ranee continues to carry ou the government in her own name as regent Or her son ; she consults alternately Deewan Deena Nath and Rhabee'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 occasem 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 having 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 counnitted by the troops, ou their return frcm leave. Two generals have been beaten, and turned out of the tamp, and demands made on the Entice for generals of the troops' own selection and nomination. Sirdar Tej Singh has returned from Peshawar, and is intriguing on his own account, while Raja Ghoolab Singh continues to strengthen himself, end to watch events. He has lately entertained a large number of 'Milan 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 if encouragement to any one. No. 8. -. The Governor-General •to the Secret Commlttoe.—Camp, Delhi, November 18,1845.- 7 -INo. 9.) • , (Extract.) 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 timritsir, to endeavour to induce the Rilledar 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 lacs of rupees, were promised, whereof 10 lass 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 Siag Maharaja, and for appointing Raja Ghoolak Singh Minister., , • This caused the Ranee and her party to return forthwith to Lahore e where they, are said to have arrived jus t 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 Sacs brought from Govindghur have been made over to the pay department; and the arrangements by assignments, &c., which the Ranee Wag 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 haents 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-General to the Commander-in-Chief. —Agra, Oc 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 6f 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, yoar Excellency is aware that I do not anticipate the probability of any emergencies arising which eau 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 Corn panies Ft::; ri e red lrregular t Artillery, t 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 regimen gu ie l,ar haltingC avalry ra ; te a s r . id as it is most desirable that the ar rangement should be made on the most economical scale, the whole will be _ e lf, as If shall be t a l tonee h as b of e t the h e Lahorecasev sinceeD. Dunbar r .s b i a r r rdaa s dr h uj o a i u 1 1 7 d atchooinrdtisinnilnui diminish s t i O si scale of the present preparation, which, as ." before, g is strictly of a Ic tl e te N anrel defensi r v r e O c y h is a io ra n er m r. be anxious, according to been made for the baggage animals of the European officers, accordin g to the decision of the Government of India last year. The number required would probably exceed 1,200 camels. 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 Conimittee.—Camp, Umballa, December 2, 1845.—(N0. 13.) (Extract.) i left Delhi on the 19th ultimo, making the usual ;penile! towards Kurnaul and Kixtbiffire, with' the intention of meeting the Commander in-Chief at thdlitter place, who was on his way to inspect the troop 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 Seikh 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, and 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 would 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 the army 10 be so urgent, and its present attitude and temaer 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 Ihnballa 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 Loodianah. The force at the former pest 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. liter a full and satisfactory censultation 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 between me and the Commander-in-Chief, will be reported to you. At the present moment kis Excellency coincides 'with me that no forward movement is required. In the midst of much hesitation and irresolution, the enterprise ordered by the Seikh Government elms 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 advanee, to be followed the next morning by three other brigades, including one of artillery. This was on the 24th alt. The intelligence received from that date has been communicated to me by Major Broadfoot each day, as it arrives. 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 al the munitions of war, on the frontier, is the cause of the concentration of their forces on the Sutlej ; that they intend to demand the reasons of our preparations ; to insiston the surrender to the Lahore Govern ment of the treasure which belonged to the late Raja Soocheyt Singh; the restoration by the Raja of Nabba of the village tof 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 tile 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, 1845, 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+ queues of the ungovernable misconduct -4 0f 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 reinforcemeut of Foroze pore, had not arrived. At Lootilianah, one of the two regiments of native cavalry had actually marched for Shale before it was re lieved, leaving that post, as it is at p‘csent, 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. I have given these details to show the hollow pretences of such assertions, if they should be made. 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, frotn Cawnpore ; 1 troop of European Horse Artillery ; 4 regiments of Native Cavalry; 5 ditto Native Infantry; which, with the concur rence of the Commander-in-Chief, will be cantoaed, with the excel,. lion of the European artillery at or near Kimna, twenty-eight milts from Loodianah, and ten miles in advance of Suhind. This intention will not be 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 arrangemebts 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 ao 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 hoar 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 sl,all 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 ay:s 7 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. The answer I have desired nay be given to them is, that we do not anticipate that the Seikhs *ill 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 consequeaces to which such conduct might render them liable on account:of their position in the Funjaub. I have every reason to be satisfied with the ability, energy, and sound judgment displayed by Major Broadfoot in the course of these proceedings Letter referred to in No. 9 The Secretary to the Governnie Agent nt of India to the Governor-General's Fort William, Jan. 25, 184. Sir,—l am directed to acknowledge the receipt of the copy of ybur 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 Embattle. oidetdhis manifestation of alarm in some giving, the Governor-General in 2. In the absence of information of the or ders which may have been given by the Com mander-ln-Chief, a nd which probably his Ex cellencymeasure to the success ful Intrigues of the party of Ghoolab Singh at Lahore, which party , b y detaching a p ortion of the Seikh army to wards the Sutlej, wou ld weaken its efforts, then about to be directed in operations against that Raja. Couneil is e oul disposed d not to have attribute a 3. Another cause which may have had som e 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 he convenient te ascribe this movement to the orders for military pre parations issued at Umballa. 4. Be this as it may, the Governor-General in Council desirei me to refer you to the letter, Secret Department, of the 10th Instant, addressed to the Commander-in-Chief, of which a copy was sent with my dispatch of the same date, No. 17, and te beg you forthwith to state to the Durbar the exact truth, as follows : 5. That a barrack for, a European regiment of infantry had for a length of time been ordered to be constructed at Ferozepore, of which 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 order's for the completion of this building, in order that no question might ails°, ?netting 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 itsa own Government, which conduct It is unnecessary 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 beond 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. Yeti are requested to impress on the Vakeel that the samel for bearance 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 ;suc cessor to his Highness the Maharaja, whom the British Government has recognised, that you would not feel yourself justified in r4cog nising, without special orders, a chief whose power had been acquired by such means. S. 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 vernor-General in Council advises the Maharaja's Government to disregard rumours and newspaper reports, over whieh the Governor- General in Council exercises no control. 9. You will impress upon the Durbar Vakeel that you possess the confidence of the Governor-General in Council, and that your instruc lions are to declare the truth plainly to his Highness's Government, 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 principre of policy not in accordance with the spirit of your instructions. 12. Yon 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 the opportunity should occur, you Will, without exciting any irrita tion, but In the most friendly terms, state that the Governor-General in Council has, in consideration of the difficult circumstonees 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 subjec t of formal remonstrance to the Maharaja. The Govern or- G ener al in Council to trusts aharaj the that a return- may h ste, and that he ma avert the necessity of his taking any p y inc wes Ma ing sense of the duty which the army o 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 will 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 the that Govern Governor men -Ge t daily acts of coercion and tyranny, nevertheless, neral in Council deems it expedient that a notice, in the most guarded terms, should be given of the great inconvenien&to which the British Government is exposed, and of which, if the 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•Chlef, 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 reort of an eme in-rgency from yourself ; and that, in that letter to the Commander-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 tile 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 , on e European regiment, two battalions of European artillery, seven regiments of native infantry, and one N. I. horse artill er y. movement (gum Seikh army towards the Eiutlei, and Its is, mutinous ungovernable state, will be your answer to *Mch may arise as to British" rdinforeements arriving or its immediate neighbourhood.—l have, &c. any questions on the Sutlej F. CURRIE. Letter referred to in the preceding Letter. The Political Agent to the Commander-in-Chief. Camp, Laskar-Khas-kee-Serai, Jan. 15, 1845. Slr,—l 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 flu ther intelli gence 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 now 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 wit 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 couldicad me to do more than make the application usual in such cases for 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 Casbmeer 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 onlytcollect of regular troops as folio as : 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 peasauiry of Jessotas, nor do anything but plunder the poople, insult and beat: their officers, and return at will to their own homes. In addition to this, they have, however, the following undisciplined troops : Irregular. infantry, 1,500 ; two battalions of Heera Singh's bill-men, who have joined the Seikhs for high pay, and have received muskets and are now at drill. Irregular horse, 4,750, including those at Umritsir, detached to the Sutlej, Jaghtirdars, &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 away 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 forco 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 victorious 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 able 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 is the rumour that the march is to take place very shortly on further orders being issued, 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 Ralee Kishur Chund.—Umballa, Nov. 18, 1845. The friendship and alliance now for many years subsisting betweeri 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 Funjaub 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 th 4 regular army to advance towards the Sutelej, the limits of the two states, for objects at variance with ex 4 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 ,Ilighness 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 a variance with existing relations of friendship, and can scarcely be believed. With reference, however, to late proceedings of some elf the officers of the Durhar, 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 yeu, 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 off 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. Tae prowess of the British Government, and the strictness with ;which it maintains the rules 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. in No. 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). i 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, one 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 a force under Raja Gholab Singh was to be sent to Attock. Each division was to be of 8,008 to 12,000 men against Ferozepdre,i under Sham Singh Attarewallah, whose estates adjoin the place against which it was to act. Against Hurreekee is to go Raja Lai Single ; against Loodianah, 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 4,800 horse, and two brigades of infantry, with guns ; under Raja Ltd 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, &b. ; 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 als 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 dd, that the matter seems to have come to a pitch which m akes s me ! notice of it by our Government not easily avoidable ; and this b ing the case, and as the Governor-General is so near, it may be desilble to await his arrival, or his decision as to the extent of what ma be done, before making any movements, unless we hear of the Sikh army having actually crossed the Sutlej. In all this, however, I speak with the utmost submission to our 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) ' G. BROADFO4. ~ . Enclosure No. 3in No. 9. i The Agent to the Governor-General to the Secretary to the GoYbm ment of India.—Camp, Umballa, Nov. 20, 1845, (Extract.) I have the honour to forward, for the information of his Excellency the Governor-General, a copy of a demi-official letter to his 1 Ex cellency the Commander - in - Chief, as affairs at Lahore assumed eir present form. Not to delay the messenger, I must reserve a fuller report tilt to morrow ; but I may add to what has been already communicated demi-officially, and what will be gathered from my letters, tha 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 trm persuasion that, if victorious, they will find new means of power and 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 "%raked, 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 runitonrs 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 Durhar having the smallest ground to say that any menacing preparations or movements on 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. 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 tumoticed, 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 a.,ticipation 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 Solidi Sirdars OR 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.—l 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, and sending for Raja Ghoolab Singh to lead them. The two ehiefs 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 Gavernor-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 Landers; the !3d ,Regiment of Light Cavalry ; her Majesty's 10th Foot, save one company ; the corps of Sappers and Miners ; 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 Slrhind. 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 shertest 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. GOUGH. (Signed) Enclosure No. 5, in No. 9. The Agent to the Governor-General to the Secretary to Government. Umballa, Nov. 21, 1845. The Durbar of the forenoon of the 18th was protracted till two o'clock, but I have net the details of the afternoon Durbar. 11 A.M. was the hour found by the astrologers as auspicious for the march of the troops ; not a chief stirred froin his house. The officers and Punchayets 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 promo to dud the proper time, IDS pored through his tables .., z , '• 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 lariat's, 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 Durbar broke up at two rim. Great consultations took place in the afterneon, 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 Rance says is quite true of the sepoys dispersing to their houses ; the whole affair has so suddenly reached its present height, that massy of the mess 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 liureekee, 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 Singin---‘ 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 Tfaiglish Government desires only friendship like that of thelate 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 saide" 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 mina; who will protect you ?" The Raja said he would go to that Dheora, and stay in his tent (near Shalimar), and he begged the Bhace'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 mass ; let him go first." The Baja is greatly ashamed, and sent word to the Bhaee to say he would remain and send qn ammunition. _ _ No. 10. The Goyernor-General to the Secret Committee.--Camp, Umballa, December 4, 1845.—(N0. 16). (Extract.) Major Broadfoot having reported to me that the Lahore Vakeel had joined the camp from Loodianah, I directed Major Broadfoot to see him and to require from him the reply to his perwannah, remon strating against the proceedings which had taken pltce 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 Lai:ore, had received merely an acknowledgement of its safe arrival, and that he had repeatedly sent urging that a reply should be f#,rwarded 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 resuit of bis interview with the Vakeel, and communicate in writing the orders ho might receive. The Vakeel said very little at this interview ; he protested that he kad 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 communlcntions, 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. lam 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 repiy to be received from Lahore. This morning news up to the Ist inst. has been received. The Ranee and Sirdars 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 collisionwith the British forces. • The Seikh army moves with evident reluctance, and is calling for Ohootab Singh, who is collecting forces at Jumboo, and is watching the progress of events. My own impression remains unaltered. do not expect that the mops 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. I, in No. 10. The Agent to the Governor-General to the Lahore Vakeel. December 2; 1845. I wrote to you a lotter on the 18th ult., requiring explanations as to the reported orders of the Lahore Durbar to its troops, to move towards the Sutlej with unfriendly intentions. On the 20th inst. you answered from Loodlanab, that you had f r warded a copy of my letter to the Durbar Immediately on receive tg 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 thou you had some days ago received fro m the Durbaran acknowledgment of the receipt of your letter, you had received no answer to it, lut you had in the interval writte n re p eatedl y to the Durbar on the s b ject of it, and that you confidently expected an answer this day, tr, at furthest, to-morrow morning. I pointed out to you that, notwithstanding the notoriety of e events which had occurred at Lahore, and notwithstanding the - convenience suffered by the detention, on the frontier, of the b t talionkabout to leave it for Snide and Bareilly, the Governor- Ge e ral, in hopes of receiving, without delay, satistactory explanation& in answer to my letter, had continued the forbearance he had exercitd so loag, and to so great an extent ; that no new troo p s had arri .ed 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' egret. I have now to communicate to you the following orders from the Governor-General. His Excellency has directed me t o say, that the rules of friend ship lietween 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 Ibe lost, because delay cannot but operate to confirm the (most tin= 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 noon to-morrow, you will quit this camp. Tcr prevent, however, interruption to the business of this agency, as regards the Mahaja's estates on this side of the Sutlej, I recniest that you will leave with me a confidential Moonshee to communi cate, during your 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. BROADFOO t. Enclosure No. 2, in No. 10. The Lahore Vakeel to the Governor-General's Agent Your Letter, dated December 2, 1845,.has been delivered to me by Moulvez, Itujub Ally Khan after midnight, and I have arranged for its immediate transmission to the Durbar. Seal of Krishen Chund. Decaliter 2, 1845, after midnight (i. e. by our reckoning, 1 A. 51., 3d.) No. 11. The Governor-General to t C he Secret ommittee.—Camp, Ferozepore, Deceinber 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 en the 11th, and, after investing Ferozepore on one side, took up an an entrenched position at the village of rerezeshah, about ten nines 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 Urn belle, 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 TJmballah for defensive purposes, to move up on the 11th, and after a rapid march of 150 miles it reached Moodkee on the 18th, where, on the evening of the same day, .1t repulsed an attack of 'the. Seikh army, and captured 17 guns ; on the following day the army was concentratedat Moodkee, and on 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 camp, 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 r orozepore and the fords of the Sutlej. 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 Umballah," 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-in-Chief, 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 l , and I am convinced that the forbearance manifested by me in al 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 to the Seikh army and Government was so strong, that from the alarm 18th of November up to the Bth of December, I deferred.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. • and uncontrollable power usurped by the se l ik u h th a e rn s , ta y, t m e yofreallumerteahnyee to resent their hostile conduct may have been inisaudt.rsteod as th effect of conscious weakness or timidity ; but the Liar ire Uoverument, there is every reason to believe, was not influenced by any such impressions. The Regent a nd her advisers courted collision for the purpose as of employing their unruly so ldiers against their friendly neighbour, the sa fest means of extricating themselves from the personal dan gers to which they were constantly exposed; the Lahore GOMM- ment deceived their army by false statements bf the fidelity of native troops, whom they have in va in attem p ted to cellar emissaries employed by that Government. • s had • And there is also to believe that to active hues 'ur, some time past been resort reason ed to, in order induce the chiefs of protected Seikh territorities to rise in arms a g ainst the British Pew as son as a ikh arm should cross the j. There was n Se y o proof that such a conspiracySutle existed on the P art eer, the leading Seikh chiefs on this side the Sutlej, although in a. ac few instances, where the personal character of the individuals,,!:e counted for the folly of their conduct, there were reasons for bei : i ; ity ing that disaffection did exist, and wculd be exhibited with " tease on the first favourable opportunity, and particularly should attend our arms. - pro l c s l h am all at l i t o a n ve l o i c ss e the 13th advert to in this s re i d on on to th a • tellig enc. But I will previously resume the narrative of the daily al . ~ h oe from Lahore, as affording a connected series of the events which hod 11 occurred since Dec. 4, when I informed you that I had d j: copse expedient to desire the Lahore Vakeel to leave my eal ,, 1 a gent' ant s . ubject when I notice quence of the disregard shown by his Court to my remonstrance of Nov. 18, and of the determination evinced IV Durbar to withhold all explanation of their conduct. a u tocri rdi I had moved with my camp on Dec. 6 from Umb a _ A , Loodianals, peaceably making my progress by the route I a a , nounced, with the intention of visiting - the Seikh protected st te" cording to the custom of my predecesori. diall In common with the most experienced officers of the la _, vernment, I was not of opinion that the Seikh army w oti cr..' Sutlej with its infantry and artillery. ,resti I considered it probable that some act of B .'„ politica _ _ __ would be committed by parties of plunderers, !°ierfexes purpose of compelling .the British Government most averse' to which course the Seikh chiefs knew I . was , s ere' but I concurred with the Commander-in-Chiet; and the ea , ' No j tary to the Government, as well as with my political agen t ' 0 1 Broadfoot, that offensive operations, on a large scale, would resorted to. Exclusive of the political reasons which induce d me to cart ! forbearance, as far as it was possible, I was confid ent, from .t''' nions given by the Commander-in-Chlet and Major-General `',l, Littler, in command of the forces at rerozepore, that that 1 ,0 " resist any attack from the Seikh army as long as its provis loll6 and that I could at any time relieve it, under the ordinal:9 stances of an Asiatic army making an irruption into our provided it had not the means of laying siege to the fort - trench to e Hid b: Up d this period no act of aggression had been conm a- • tit t°' Seikh army. Ihe Lahore Government had as goo d a rig force their bank of the river Sutlej, as we had to reinforce oat on that river. The Seikh army had, in 1843 and 1841, moved down river from Lahore, and, after remaiking there encamped a f! , had retnrned to the capital : These reasons, and, above '' ll !., trems anxiety to avoid hostilities, induced me not to malie ,fiae movement with our army, which, when the two armies u. each others presence, might bring about a collision. The army had, however, been ordered to be in readindat s the shortest notice; and on the 7th and Bth of December_!re heard from Lahore that preparations were making on arote ltr:7 t , for artillery, stores, and all the munitions of war, Commander-in-Chief, directing his Excellency, on the 1 'pl to up the force from Umballa, from Meerut, and s ome other', w the rear. Up to this time no infantry or artillery had been repOrtt left Lahore, nor had a single Seikh soldier crossed the Sink , thelcss, I considered it prudent no longer to delay the forte" ment of our troops; having given to tha Lahore Govc most ample time for a reply to our . remonstrance. On the 9th, at night, Capt. Nicolson, the assistant political Ferozepore, reported that a portion of the Seikh army had al within three miles of the river. On the' other hand, the tion received by Major Broadfoot on that day from Lahore t of a character to make it probable that any Seikh move nleu .., large scale was meditated. toi 51 10 ' On the 10th no intelligence was received from L ahore co ~.,01 of Captain Nicholson's report, and the usual opinion OW' prevail that the Seikh army would not cross the Sutlej. ~, Di The troops, however, moved on the 10 th, 11 th , and 1 241 ,001 e ~ 0 suance of the orders given on the 7 th and B th ; and the ,„5„011"' the forces, destined to move up to the Sutlej, we re in full i'. the 12th. +a be '..,4, I did not consider the force, moving up from Umballa, - 70, an' n *, clout to force its way to relieve l'erozepore,large S el a ttei u ta h 0 1 with a numerous and well served park of artillery, 8 - ° ,,,D tees to intercept It in its approach to Ferozepore, as, ill s i ic iag ',. 0 could with difficulty receive any aid from that garrison* , .ore 1 i days march in advance of the Commander-in-Chief, 1 Nue,epts ti i 1 Loodianah ; and, having inspected the fort, the can le of 1 0 , the troops, it appeared to me most advisable - that the wi l . ct iag io , force should be moved up with the Limb:ilia force, re stri e rell g l a, defence of Loodianah to the fort, which could be 'e t c tha i /9' 1;0 risoned by the more infirm soldiers of the regiment a-. 04000 unless attacked by heavy artillery, which was a very ' (3 contingency. Ma- ail° o ir The risk to be incurred of leaving the town and the ca, •• - v0 De 4 liable to be plundered, was maturely considared , and I naumeleildo tion in incurring that risk to ensure the strength ands % •0 411 'rto the force which might separately be brought into acoThi l ee , , whole of the Seikh army. I, therefore, ordered Briga dier -• be prepared to march at the shortest notice. . antis. The Umballa force, in March, was 7, 500 men and 3w a - . taft The Loodianah force amounted to 5 , 000 men and 12 gu' „ T ,. a thi!aill -• The Commander-in-Chief concurred in these ',flocs ; gaud pa body of men, by a rapid march on Busseean, an it ri l )° , WO DO where the roads leading from Utiaballa and Kurnaul Mee' , oaclt advanced column of the army, and secured the sup Pl ies 400 been laid in at Busseean. /acti n ' re Up to the morning of the 12 th , • the „ tiic a ol from Lahore had not materially varied ; but ..".' 0f P, ports received on that day, the general ftsPe c ' d been appeared more warlike. Still no i-'eikh aggresslon lit ' ac io milted, and no artillery had moved down to the river* t the ea On the 13th I first received precise information •the eat air' army had crossed the Sutlej, and was concentrating in g , t oe° the left bank of the river. days. On U o m h b th al s la d f a b t r e ce l aistsutehdatthteimpereehlaahad proclamation, ill tno W e rli f e tf iP w'' lrl' '' a coPY „ ol• enclosed. tarc te l d'r • On the 14th the British forces moved up by doubles fraal ternate days, and on the 18th reached Moodkee , 20 or zepore, after a march of 21 miles. e l s to e On this day, and at this place, the whole British forcottac centrated, with the exception of two European and PO t alc! ments, expected on the following day. ~14 nano The troops were engaged in cooking their Inc"*", a ats 4 v A Broadfoot received information that the Seikh ar n 2,„' e tro u „ridr, march, with the intention to surprise the camp. , - s ot , ei v mediately stood to their arms, and advanced. The 0 4 , 5 , 000 short, but decisive action, was the signal defeat of the en:ea: o ; s l'r point, and the capture of 17 guns, the details of which a r e tre'c o al ° report of the Commander-in-Chief, herewith sent. . 1 ; t 11 0.0 1 ff i turned to their camp at midnight, and halted the ig t t o caP ._, refresh the men, to collect the wounded, and bring D i ~ 7 guns.coilO'ef oir •oil There was no objection to this delay, as it was evicts ,401' preparations and movements of the Seikh army, th a t ' d o p"' o was intent upon intercepting the relieving force, and of ° r. f of risking an attack upon Ferozepore. ~, baggta 4 Da On the 21st the Commander-in-Chief, having left ,-- , pros-plo army, the wounded, and the captured guns at Moodie e ,..' e iocii ~,;1 11 two regiments of native infantry, marched at four i f irs 11; f morning by his left, keeping about three o r four the ear , 11 , enemy's entrenched position at Ferozesbah , in winch o 1 0 0 ,1 placed 108 pieces of cannon, protected by breastworks•_, a jga 4 A communication had been made during the preceurofaidil‘ Sir John Littler, informing him of the intended lin e e as 0 o cr desiring him to move out with such a part of h is force , compromise the safety of his troops and the post. _ o elfe d oc e ,,, r At half-past one o'clock the Umballah force, having f„,agef., for` the country disencumbered of every description of birttle ti ( '',oo the reserve ammunition, formed its junction with Si t .„, - reg il ' a• who had moved out of Icrozepore with 5,000 men, V P ' ,ar d a cavalry, and 21 field guns. , 00 93: , 0r ~‘ This combined operation having been effected, the 1 a feii iS „ olf l ' Chief, with my entire.concurrence, made his Arran!". to ile , o f attack of the enemy's position at Ferozeshah, about fra" yr' from the point where our forces had united. , 6 9 gaa'' .., t al The British force consisted of 16,700 men , I,l '' 0,4 1 ' horse artillery. pa. avi d ' ' O f The Seikh forces varied from 48, 000 to 60,000 in— * O O Jr of cannon of heavy calibre, in fixed batteries. 011g 11 ".5 o .ot , You will observe that every soldier who could be i l L io dinair o ta ranks had, by these combinations from Umballan and . 5 fac - , t ed ail rozepore, been rendered available ; that the force as': jte rsc":,o th e and, notwithstanding the difficulty of the groundedl a rn" te r c r i t jungle, the vast superiority of the enemy's well - se r i t, 0 1 %0N e the breast-works behind which their infantry f"b, r y 00'; $ l , P e tish force, particularly our infantry, surmounted ev‘' as to rct i , c 1 turing that evening and the following morning 70 Pi c ittt ry , oa , and the whole of the enemy's camp-equipage and ir,,,, f ta u 4 ,1; 1 I refer to the report of the Commander-in-Chief '" /yj ,op this brilliant exploit. e a Di agi le he three attempts of the Seikh army, reinforche 45 ) , 4O O, ar '1 my, to retake their position in the course o f r .otiq' availing. etc .. it of The Seikh army then retreated on the fords af t , eo 0 10 '' ":f s to Dij heartened by the capture of its artillery, a nd the' c" . . e d off sustained in killed and wounded, and has since era,' ..„ oo, f g other side of the river. The force thus promptly brought forward fr ul 'at ti cri i :( l'3: o l ,' C' t'i-.16 : frontier, has proved that it was sufficient for the Pr o 0 - 1 "' t o 7 which it was prepared, to repulse the treachery e` t Oepit' r Government, and the arrogance of the Seikh arrn.V . •„ ;o os oaf ' It has further oved, that the military preca"7ool',oll9Y), most necessary. It has driven the invaaing f o rce_ o ' st ail- aft rie,s, and punished the mutinous soldiery of a iu .„ 0 f,1,, Government. . ropy l o a po o f ' ' 1 It remains for me to advert to the proclarnation,;oouToe ' ? forms an enclosure of this despatch. I have •en,, t ae l `,;, t rof o o paper, to give a brief outline of our relations wit t l ie pr 03 ,i and of the circumstances which have precede d ' a rta,. Di t l ', That this invasion of our territory by the Seilal , tt I. l o rt' e .4 voked, must be apparent to all; and I consider t hat tha t do n , forbearance I had shown, with the motives of f o r, 4 many The monthso n p t e o s t, he though prot e n c e t e d overtch i e acts was e ery' e el p p should be distinctlromulgated. tsof bnor esso n ryii ii tn e ri pc i f !r oc milted, with one exception, there was a feeling_ o oea t oar 0 1 valent among them favourable to the Lahore GoT, oel' e acP, ll.l to our'", which evinced itself iu a backwardness ,i.'" the ag,, 0 , o t our army, and to attend to the requisitions P . is tiw „ L ap with the exception of the Maharaja of Puteala, " iaerpiti° perhaps all the chiefs. ~ lo ta - , t o , de Immediate measures will be taken for bringida „ D as , 4 til"„ e 0 settlement the states which have been declared t oo f to , . ~ side of the Sutlej, when it is hoped that the ad vun t on cli e al cl 'ior rule ma), by light assessment and judicious arra' if dot ~ ~,_, el. 0 o se o apparent to them. , a ressi",,f 0 0 4 , co, I have now to conclude this dispatch, by e - ' ;i nt, `' -•ito os' cern for the loss, in the action of the 21st in of to ffy a ro , r y valuable officer, Major Broadfoot, my politic al 41 ' at TasVl e 'V He was wounded, and thrown off his horseo,utited,ooll:ooos; I failed in prevailing on him to retire. Ile r? -i le stcliUtest ° ,'o 4 l lll shortly afterwards received a mortal wound ai. ~,, Dup.".A s , 0 1 . ,,,i against the battery in our front. I entertained "...'„ipte`,„siftes, his abilities. He was second to none in this aCCZ r y IP:,qt re 0 . ,r every qualification by which the political or i t an t ot De,,"o ante r East India Company could be advanc ed, and I .'"fDolf of I , if, at a season of more leisure, some special mar:s"deata 0 1,0 0 ip ferred, by which his great merits and glo ri° di re , e pill i petuated. bro Dav os. apMpeainjoirmGeielotergienßtrhoeadcfooomtpwahays,etheentl,a3st, oafadtbarute tD as i e erozpe t oi e o , ,54 battle, in the service of their country. ot foal woo ro , Captain Nicholson, assistant political age, w as u . o r fo, also killed in the action of the 21st fist.' an d )0 0 eV gallant officer. o der ir e S et o a Captain Abbott and Lieut. Lake, a ssistasi t .,!,ol ii.. le t0 A, 5 5 0 foot, were wounded, and have ever since c oinn ta naar. e d,i.o. ..4 1 . Captaid Mills, assistant political agent at.!_t0,,r,0,0,,r1.00,' mand of a troop of horse artillery during n eee a a tir , tt; Or,: quently been of the greatest use by his intclua _..., teal* die- 0. ,;0 i I owe great obligations to the Chief Secret.,li7ipg : v ea rop oo t of India, Frederick Currie, Esq., who bas . , , t `" / oas e s a ccf„ t eid t ',s o and sometimes conflicting, duties, in win e ' bot aetin' e t jtai,l , ;o,o 9 ' given me his sound advice and active aid, the aord.„, ee at a" 0 0 , me in the field, and at all times evincing " t he B , ' t to ` P i exhibiting the resources of his experience to ~a ssi',ft° P 4 1 .._,,, 0 eP 4 0 $ ll4 the Company's service. 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