The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-21 00:00:00

MI oA . 138 0 tb! OVER LAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. We have received in anticipation of the Overland Mail intelligence from the army of the Punjaub up to the 3d, from Lahore and Moultan to the 4th, from Calcutta to the 7th, and from Bombay to the 13th of February. Since the departure of the mail conveying to Eng land the news of the fall of Moultan, and giving some account of the disastrous affair of the 13th of January at Chillian walla, on the left bank of the Jhelum, little of moment had taken place as regards the army of the Punjaub. Our letters come down to the 3d of February, at which period Lord Gough was busily occupied in fortifying his camp. Shere Singh's army was about four miles' distance from the Commander-in-Chief's camp. It was generally supposed in Lord Gough's camp that nothing would be done in the way of offensive operations till the arrival of reinforcements from Moultan and Lahore. The conduct of the 14th Dragoons had been very freely commented upon. The papers of the north west teem with letters on this painful subject; both sides are advocated, but as great a mystery hangs over the whole affair now as at the time of its occur rence ; nothing short of a most searching inquiry into this business will satisfy the public mind, to say nothing of the wish on the part of the gallant officers concerned to have all doubts cleared up as to the cause of this alleged disgraceful movement. Lieutenant Bowie, who had been taken in Pesha wur, arrived in Lord Gough's camp on his parole on the 27th of January, being the bearer of. some pro posals from Shere Singh, but nothing had transpired as to their nature. It was understood, however, that Lord Gough would hear of nothing but " uncondi tional surrender." Little was known, with any degree of certainty, regarding the movement of Dost Mahommed, or his intentions. Rumour said that Shere Singh has been joined by large bodies of Affghans, but this requires confirmation ; another version was, that the Affghans are still on the right bank of the Indus. It is reported that the detachment of Affghans said to be in Shere Singh's camp is commanded by three Europeans, formerly privates of her Majesty's 44th Regiment, who remained in Caubul, and became Ma hometans. Major Lawrence had been allowed to join Mrs. Lawrence, and they are said to be treated with great kindness by Chuttur Singh. The surrender of Moolraj and his garrison has placed a considerable force at the disposal of Lord Gough, and no time was lost after the Dewan's surrender in making prepara tions for the onward march. It was said that General Whish's force would have to take a fort called Chu neout, on its way up, where Narain Singh was hold ing out. It was, however, expected to reach Lord Gough's camp on the 17th ult. Additional details had been received from Moultan. The bodies of Agnew and Anderson were found near the place where they had fallen, and where they were buried at the time by Affghan merchants, according to the rites of their country. A portion of the Bombay column moved on the 2d of February in progress to join Lord Gough's camp. This consists of her Majesty's 60th Rifles, Bombay European Regiment (Fusiliers), the 3d and 19th Regiments of Native Infantry, Major Blood's troop of Horse Artillery, and 500 of the Sinde Horse. Moolraj accompanies this force as far as Ramnuggur, whence he will be sent to Lahore. Lieutenant Henry, of the 19th Regiment, and formerly aide de-eanip to Lord Falkland, has charge of the Dewan. We subjoin copious extracts from the papers. (From the Bombay Telegraph and Courier of the 17th ult.) Little or no news of interest has been received from the army of the Punjaub since that sent home by the last overland mail. Lieutenant Herbert came into the British camp on the 27th of January, and Lieutenant Bowie on the following day. The latter officer, it ap pears, was the bearer of some proposals from Shere Singh but their nature did not transpire, though it was under- Stood Lord Gough would hear of nothing but " uncon ditional surrender." These two officers, as well as other prisoners in the hands of the Seikhs, seem to have re ceived kind and considerate treatment. On the 31st of January, working parties were formed, and a redoubt began to be thrown up in advance of the right face of the camp. By the last accounts several guns had been wieunted on this field work. A number of the enemy's cavalry, on the look out for our camels at graze, came in contact on the 30th with a Party of Christie's Irregular Horse, under Lieutenant Chamberlain, who attacked them and put them to flight, killing sixteen and taking several prisoners. Lieu tenant Christie himself was wounded, as well as some of his men. " On the Ist," says a letter published by our daily contemporary, " two squadrons of the Bth Lancers, two of the 14th Dragoons, a regiment of Light Cavalry, and four of Warner's guns, proceeded in the direction of Goojerat, to bring in a convoy of some 2 ,500 camel loads of provisions, and taking with them The 12 Seikh guns captured on the 13th ult., to be depo sited at Ramnuggur. This detachment marched as far as Bogrewalla, where they intended to have bivouacked, having taken no tents with them; but at that place Col. King, who was in command of the party, received 11 letter from Capt. Biddulph, who was in charge of the Convoy of camels, telling him that he wished fur imme diate support, as the enemy were stated to have collected a large force of cavalry in his neighbourhood for the Purpose of intercepting him. To this letter Col. King responded by an immediate advance, and he has, I am glad to say, now returned bringing in the convoy in Perfect safety. This gives us an abundant and most timely supply of provisions, which will last us until General Whish's force join us about the 18th. Our new friend Elahee Bux is exerting himself much in obtaining supplies for our camp, thus proving the sincerity of his Intentions towards us. Chuttur Singh paid a visit to his °°a's camp soon after the action of the 13th, but it seems ,_ did not long remain there. The Delhi paper represents him as " incapacitated by personal infirmity from taking an active part in the military operations," and says that in consequence, he has " placed himself in ,ebarge of the civil duties connected with the rebel lion." Mahomed Akram Khan, a son of Dost Mahomed °f Caubul, is reported to have been, for a considerable time, in the Seikh camp. There have also been rumours of Shere Singh having been joined by large bodies of Affghans; but although we have reason to believe that considerable number of troops from Caubul have made their appearance in the hill country beyond the Jhelum, We do not think authentic information has been received r b ankortion of them having as yet crossed over to the eft of that river. The next fight with the Seikhs Will effectually test the willingness of their Affghan friends to join and co-operate with them. The Delhi Gazette says:— "It is mentioned in one of our letters, but as we see do confirmation of it in any other we give the report 9 1 tantent valeat, that this detachment of Affghans is Commanded by three Europeans, formerly privates of her u , ajesty's 44th Foot, who remained in Caubul at the 4 44 "rae of the evacuation, and became Mahometans. It is s ingular that in our frequent correspondence with Caubul, and especially during the visit of Colonel Lawrence's e nvoy to that capital for the purpose of bringing away V of those who might have remained, this fact should sot have transpired long since, especially as Mr. Camp- Dell' s name has been frequently mentioned in connexion :ith the army of the Ameer. As it is added circum „Rtntially, however, in the letter before us that these '''lree individuals had actually visited Lieutenant Bowie, a nd we presume this statement comes from him, we C annot reject its probability on the mere ground that th ese men have not hitherto been mentioned, especially iPen we consider that by abandoning Christianity for i lt_ahometanism they became virtually identified with people whom they joined, and so disappeared among t he mass." This story wears an aspect of improbability ; but lv,e place it o n record, and our readers can bestow on ' 4 What amount of credence they choose. _ By the last advices the weather at Chilianwalla :AS very favourable ; the wounded were doing well ; the troops generally were healthy, and the army lyas regaining its spirits after the disastrous triumph for which royal salutes were fired all over India. In the last number of th e D e lhi G azette we find the following:— " Reports have also been received th a t th e S e ikh le ader was bent on sending, or had actually e nt St rong detachment of his troops down th e righstbel a bank 1 ! the Jh e lum to meet the advancing Moult an f orce . i hese a cc ounts may prove correct, and their probability Countenanced by the fact, mentioned in several army letters, that the Seikh camp had, to all appearance, un :None a sensible diminution. At one time it was sup. tro ops this was owing to the det achment of a bod y of 11 ,? ° P8 to attack Colonel Steinba ch at Meer p oor; but the pr esence of a large body near Goojerat may explain the 41 "ter at once." "e think it scarcely probable that Shere Singh tkolltdd weaken the force opposed to Lord G o ug h on C Jhelum in the hope of overthrowing the adva ncin g , I.7 , !tinans under General Whish and Brigadier Dund as. -4 . 1 , 3 only chance appears to have been rapidly t o r' , her reinforcements, and strike another blow illtiost the British force before General Whish could ", le ' ll the main army. From all accounts this chance ~7ros likely to be thrown away. Lord Gough, when q nfo reed will be strong enough to re-enact on the Jhelum the sanguinary scene of the Sobraon, the ha ters of which stream were crowded with fugitive , tri beaten Seikbs, while its waves for the time ran Pson with their blood. Intelli g ence has been received to the effect that h i .lor Lawrence, having been permitted to rejoin por et , family, had proceeded for that purpose to the t of Sukkoo, where Mrs. Lawrence and her chil • m a, were confined. The party, it is gratifying to tj,„ continued to be treated with " much considera :" and kindness." l' reops have been ordered from Lahore to reinforce ord Gough. Our Delhi contemporary says— fro S ,ix companies of her Majesty's 53d Foot marched th Lahore on the Ist of February for the camp of the % na 1) 441 _ ander-in-Chief, and on the same day the two corn (flit " of her Majesty's 98th Foot that have been doing f )? with the escort of the Governor General marched Itl 4 o o ,_erozepore in progress to Lahore. Orders wet e "a tied to the 17th Irregular Cavalry (Liptrott's) to proceed in the same direction, in consequence of Captain Quin'.ietr.-ps (the 14t !) having been directed !o march to , rards the head-quarters camp. Her - Alaj:sty's 98th IVA had been halted near Loodianah on account of its d.:unicd advisable to . commit treasure to their care." The last mail conveyed to England the gratifying intelligence of the unconditional surrender by Dewan Moolraj of the long and bravely defended citadel of Ploultan. Arrangements having been made for the depar ture of General Whish's force to join Lord Gough, the second brigade (Bengal), with the 11th Light Cavalry, and some guns, moved towards Sirdarpore on the 27th of January, en route to Raninuggur —the route being via Jhung and Chenout. This brigade reached Ameerghur on the 28th, and had arrived on the 31st at a place called Kumbheera, within six marches of Jhung. General Whish was with it. On the 30th the Ist brigade of the Bengal column marched for Ramnuggur, leaving the 49th Native Infantry and Wheeler's Horse behind, to form part of the garrison. Soon afterwards the fol lowing Bombay troops left for Ramnuggur under command of Brigadier (now Brigadier-General) Dundas and Brigadier Capon :-3d troop, Horse Artillery ; 2d company, Ist battalion, Artillery, with No. 7 light field battery attached ; 2d Sinde Horse ; Ist company Sappers and Miners; her Majesty's 60th Rifles; the Ist Fusiliers; and the 3d and 19th Native Infantry. The troops which remain at Moultan are, the 4th company, 2d battalion, Artil lery ; Ist and 2d companies, 4th battalion Golun dauze ; No. 5 light field battery ; the Ist Lancers ; the 4th company Sappers and Miners ; the 4th and 9th Native Infantry, and a division of the baggage corps. It is said that General Whish's force was to take on its way up a fort called Chuneout, where Narain Singh was holding out. Up to last night, however, no intelligence had been received of the advancing column having come in collision with the enemy. The wounded and sick officers and men belonging to the Bombay force left Moultan on the 27th ult. ; and at the time of their departure consisted (accord. ing to the Bombay Times) of the following : Wounded.—Captain T. Tapp, Captain R. D. H. Leith, and Lieutenant W. Gray, Ist Fusiliers; Lieutenants J. Hill and J. A. Fuller, Engineers ; and Lieutenant W. N. Dyett, 3d Native Infantry. Sick.—Brevet Captain J. B. Woosnam and Lieutenant D. M‘Dougall, Artillery; and Ensign F. G. Steuart, 9th Native Infantry. EUROPEANS. Commissariat Conductor ... 1 Artillery and Sappers and Miners ... 11 Her Majesty's 60th Rifles ... 56 Ist Fusiliers Total ... ... ... —ll3 NATIVES. Artillery ... ... 9 Sappers and Miners 31 Native Infantry 4th Native Infantry (Rifles) ... 23 9th Native Infantry 19th Native Infantry Total ... 68 Grand Total ... One of the most solemn and interesting occur rences at Moultan, subsequent to the surrender, was the reinterment of the bodies of Messrs. Agnew and Anderson, whose murder, it may be remembered, signalized the commencement of the insurrection. The following account is from the pen of an officer with the force : " On the evening of the 26th, I joined in a very pleas ing, though melancholy ceremony. The burial place of Mr. Agnew and Lieutenant Anderson had been discovered, and it was determined to exhume the bo dies, and move them to the fort. The grave was opened under the superintendence of one of their most intimate friends, and the bodies were found to be in a sufficient state of preservation to be identi fied. A carrying and funeral party, with the band of Fusiliers, to which regiment Lieutenant Anderson for merly belonged, attended, with a large portion of the officers in camp, and moved off from the Fedgah near which the bodies had been found, at five o'clock, and entering the fort by the breach, the coffins were depo sited in a grave which had been prepared in the highest part of the fort. The chaplain was in attendance, and read the funeral service in a most impressive manner. The otlicers of the Fusiliers are anxious to show their respect for their brother officer by the erection of a mo nument to his memory; and so are the assistants to the Lahore Residency, by whom subscriptions have long been made for the purpose; I suppose it will be done conjointly. They appear to have been two men very highly respected and esteemed." Government have ordered an immediate report as to how many European regiments the garrison of Lahore can accommodate, as the army will have to fall back in the hot weather on the capital. Brigadier General Wheeler has also been ordered by Govern ment to proceed, via Deenanuggur, to the Com mander-in-Chief's camp, I hear, and he is to report on the site of Deenanuggur for a cantonment. It is said to be extremely unhealthy, from the over flowing of the great canal from April to October. The Delhi Gazette states, on the authority of recent communications, that Lieutenant Pearse, of the Madras Artillery, had reached the Payloo-pass, with 1,500 men and six guns, in support of Lieutenant R. Taylor, who was still at Lukkee, while Lieutenant Pollock, with 2,000 men and five guns, had made six marches to join him. Lieutenant J. Young, of the Engineers, was to proceed to join the Bunnoo forces on the Ist of February. The annexed intelligence relative to the trans ference of certain Madras Regiments to this (the Bombay) Presidency, in compliance with a requisi tion from our local Government, reached us on Thurs day, in an Athenmum Extra : " We understand that in consequence of a requisition from the Bombay Government for troops from this Pre sidency, the following regiments will be transferred. " Tee 6th Native Infantry from Bellary to Kulladghee or Dharwar, us may be decided on by the Bombay au thorities. " Her Majesty's 94th from Cannanore to Sinde or elsewhere at discretion. "Four other re4irnents of Native Infantry, the corps not yet decided upon, but supposed to be the sth Native Infantry, 15th Native Infantry, 19th Native Infantry, and 40th Native Infantry, will be made available for the occupation of Bombay cantonments." Should the Governor-General decide on garrison ing Moultan, we presume the duty of holding that fortress will fall on the Bombay troops. On this as sumption an increase of our available force will be essentially necessary. MOULTAN. (From the Bombay Times.) Moultan provides almost the only event of moment which has occurred since our last. We were then able merely to state the fact of the garrison having surrendered—we can now supply particulars. The counterscarp having been blown in, as for • merly stated, on the 13th of January, tremen dous salvos of artillery continued to be hurled against the works from a distance of some scores of yards; while huge howitzers dashed shells bodily right into the walls; and these bursting after burying themselves deep amidst the brickwork or mud of which the defences were composed, acted like so many mines, tearing ofl vast fragments as they exploded. On the 20th two prac ticable breaches had been established, and the storming parties had been told on. To the Bengalese that on the southern side was assigned, while the Bombay troops were to penetrate that on the north. The attack was to have been made at daybreak on the 21st, but was coun termanded. A letter had been received from the Go vernor-General, authorising General Whish to assure Moolraj of his life, and there was naturally every dis position to avoid the slaughter on both sides a storm must have occasioned, however little doubt there might be as to its results. On the 21st the order was re-issued; it was to be carried into effect on the following morning, under the same arrangements as before. On the evening of that day a messenger was seen issuing from the gate, and making his way on foot to camp. He was taken to the General's tent, and after an inter view of some duration returned on horseback. The garrison had agreed to an unconditional surrender. General Whish probably assuring them that their lives would be spared, though no pledge to this effect could be given. The troops were drawn up at daybreak on the 22d; they formed two long lines extending from the 1)owlut-gate. The street betwixt the living walls of armed men was about 50 feet in breadth. They waited some hours under heavy rain on their guard, in case of treachery or surprise; when about 10 o'clock a messen ger appeared, intimating that the garrison were at hand. First appeared about 200 ill-clothed miserable wretches, who seemed broken and dispirited; then followed about 3,500 hard, trained, stern, and stalwarthy-looking men; they had defended the fort to the last, and abandoned it only when no longer tenable. They looked as if they would have fought to the death in the breaches if such had been the will of their chief. They brought camels and horses and large bundles of things along with them. These, together with their arms, were placed in charge of the prize agents as they passed. At last came Moolraj and his brethren and chiefs—the last, as became him, in the retirement. He was gorgeously attired in'silks and splendid arms, and rode a magnificent Arab steed, with a rich saddle-cloth of scarlet, which bare no marks of suffering or privation. No small curiosity was expe rienced to discover the appearance of one who had main tained a defence obstinate and protracted beyond any related in the annals of modern warfare. He but little exceeded the middle size; was powerfully but elegantly formed; his keen, dark, piercing, restless eyes, surveyed at a glance everything around. He neither wore the face of defiance or dejection, but moved along under the general gaze as one conscious of having bravely done his duty, and aware of being the object of universal re gard. lie was taken to the General's tent, where he gave up his sword; this is said to have been returned him. lie was now placed in charge of Lieutenant Henry, of the 19th Bombay Native Infantry, who had quitted the personal staff of the Governor of Bombay, to be present with his regiment at the scene of action. Moolraj seems to have been actually adored by the people, and no stronger evidence of this attachment and fidelity can be given than that supplied by the fact that though for a fortnight his deluxe was known to be desperate—though hundreds were being slaugh tered daily, and no result whatever could be looked for but death or captivity—no ono ever threatened to aban don him, or thought of betraying him. Ete was spoken TrIE SUN, LONDON, of by all in terms of the highest respect and deepest attaelom iit—es a man not more brave than he was ge nerous and just. It now became necessary to separate him. from his brethren and chiefs, and the separation is represented as having been most touching. There were eighteen of these of higher rank than the rest, who had been with him through all his adventures. They threw themselves at his feet, and wept sore as they were parted from him and might not hope to see his face any more. He was placed under a strong guard some distance from the town, in a fine country residence his father had built. Writing materials were prohibited him, but every attention was shown to his comfort in so far as this was compatible with his safety. He declined seeing his famely—he had not beheld them for nearly a month before; they had been placed for safety in an excavation under ground, and he refused all intercourse with them, as the sight of his mother, wife, and children, he said, unmanned him, and disturbed him in the discharge of his duties. It was not considered safe to retain him longer than was indispensable in a neighbourhood where there numberless dependents ready to incur any risk in attempting his rescue, and he was accordingly ordered to proceed with the force about to march up the line of the Chenab in the direction of Ramnuggur, to turn off as they approached the road leading to Lahore for the camp of the Governor-General. Orders were now given to the troops to prepare for their upward march— the company 2d battalion Artillery, 14 and 2d compa nies 4th battalion Golundauze, No. 5 light field bat tery, the Ist Lancers, the 4th company Sappers and Miners, the 4th and 9th Native Infantry, and a division of the baggage corps to be left behind in charge of the fort—the residue of the Bombay column to march by the left bank of the Chenab under Brigadier-General the Hon. H. Dundas, the Bengal troops under Major- General Which by the right. The wounded were put on board the Bess flat, to be towed by the steamers down the river, and thence proceed to Bombay. The battering train was sent into the fort, and the breaches were ordered to built up. The troops now made their way in numbers into the fort, and a scene of plunder is said to - have ensued in the last degree discreditable to the discipline of the Bengal army. The details given by our correspondents are too distressing to be dwelt upon. The fort was completely separated from the town. It was surrounded by a regular glacis, which in stead of sloping away to a point, was cut off short, ex hibiting a face of at least 18 feet in height. At the base of the wall was a ditch 25 feet deep and 40 feet wide; beyond this was the outer wall 50 feet from the base of the ditch to the battlements. Within the fort, and on a considerable elevation, was the citadel, in itself of very great strength. Of the general appearance of Moultan after it passed into our hands, the annexed graphic descrip tion, from the correspondence of the Delhi Gazette, atibrds perhaps the best idea that could be given " Fort of Moultan, Jan. 25, 1849. " The day before yesterday Major Wheeler commenced his researches for the reputed wealth contained within these walls. He was accompanied on the occasion by an old bedridden Mistree of Sawun Mull's time. Thus was a clue obtained to the whe: eabouts of those vast subter ranean store-houses of which we have heard. The prin cipal of these were pointed out in the open ground within the citadel, as also among the ruins of the explosion. Some of these contain a large amount of silks, others ghee and grain stored up in the lifetime of the late Dewan's fa ther. There is also a great collection of opium, indigo, &c., worth a large sum of money. Two or three lacs of rupees were blown up with the vast chaos of valuables; when the rubbish shall have been cleared away from the entrances of the Tykannehs, then we shall no doubt be able to extricate many of the bales of shawls and silks. In the mint a pretty good amount of silver and gold coin was found. Moolraj's house and the neighbouring Toshukhanah contained a great quantity, as also many valuable swords, and rich property of every description. The fort is reduced to such a heap of ruins that it will require many months to excavate and remove the fallen houses; the site of the explosions is marked by a long deep pit, around which buildings are piled on buildings, scarcely one brick remains on another; corpses, carcases of animals, and every description of property strew the ground; the stench within the citadel is dreadful, there must be hundreds of men buried in the rubbish. The piles of huge stone shot have been hurled to a great dis tance, and the contents of large bomb-proofs showered far and wide upon the occupants of the place. The Bahawul Iluk shrine is reduced to a mere wreck, but that of Shah Rookn Alum has been more fortunate, it has escaped with only a few,scars. It is a most massive structure, and from its great height commands a beauti ful view of the surrounding country. On ascending two winding-staircases the parapet is reached; thence may be seen the snowy range, the winding course of the Chenab, the numerous canals: gardens, and fields which dot the far-spreading jungle ; even Jhung, on a very clear day, is said to be visible. Within the courtyard of this shrine there is a newly built range of bomb-proof barracks; in these some va luable property has been stowed away. Moolraj's house appears to have been once a good substantial one; it is now unroofed, and the walls are knocked to pieces with our shells; ho appears to have vacated it long ago. There is a large garden with raised walks, which appear to have been nicely laid out. Between this and the before-mentioned tomb there is an enormous domed magazine, surrounded by a dry ditch several feet deep; a trench has been cut to communicate with it under ground, and the surface being closely packed with logs of timber, a mine is suspected: double sentries have been placed, as a precaution against accidents. The stables, godowns, and arsenal are built in long ranges behind the citadel wall; they are mostly protected by domed roofs of considerable thickness, but our shells have pene trated them, and set fire to the contents; many dead and wounded men, on charpoys, were found in them. In a large timber-yard wheels for guns of all siz,s, and Dumbooruk saddles, newly made, are lying about in great profusion. Further on, near the ramparts, are two large brick furnaces fbr casting cannon; an earthen mould of a very large one—intended to be made—lies close to them. The quantity of loose gunpowder in every hole and corner is surprising; the largest collections are those iu the vicinity of the heaps of arms thrown away by the garrison before making their exit. Camp fole lowers and others appear utterly regardless of danger, for blazing fires of logs are met with at every turn. Some small explosions have occurred, but no one has been killed, though many have been seriously burnt. The soil appears made of lead. Bullets strew the ground like pebbles; the supply would haye lasted for years had the garrison held out; cannon balls are equally common from those stone ones of Brobdignagian proportion to the Lilliputian for one-pounders; 39 cannon have been counted, and four mortars (the largest of these has been knocked off its rude carriage by our shot). There is abundance of wall pieces of all sizes and lengths; zumbooruks and muskets innumerable, with piles of matchlocks of every weight and size. Talwars by thousands, and heaps of wooden and leather accoutre ments for all the above weapons. I think Moultan is the beau ideal of a Buneea's fort, or rather fortified shop. Never, perhaps, in India have such depots existed of merchandise and arms, amalgamated as they are with avarice. Here opium, indigo, salt, sulphur, and every known drug are heaped in endless profusion; there ap parently, ancient granaries in the bowels of the earth disclose their huge hoards of wheat and rice; here stacks of leathern ghee vessels, brimming with the grease, fill the pucka receptacles below ground; there silks and shawls revel in darkness, bales rise on bales; here some Mammouth chest discovering glittering scab bards of gold and gems; there tiers of copper canisters crammed with gold moburs. My poor pen cannot de scribe the variety of wealth displayed to the inquisitive eye. Tumbrils under strong guards have been moving to and fro with gold coin all the day; it is said that threo or four crores are concealed in the fort; the place is alone known to Moolraj, who may eventually make such disclosures as would materially benefit his cause. The Sappers are busily employed in filling up our trenches and approaches. I think we have taught the Moultanees how to take a fortress, and they will pro• !stably profit by the tuition should affairs ever allow it." The Mahajuns and other inhabitants of Moultan in the first instance offered 15 lacs for the ransom of the town, but this amount was refused, and the matter was referred to the Governor• General, by whose order a committee was appointed, which fixed on 20 lacs as the proper amount to be paid. The inhabitants, however, now began to talk of " oppression," and refused to pay the sum demanded. The Governor-General has decided that the property taken at Moultan is to go to the captors of the place as prise. Preparations had been making some time beforehand for the upward march of the troops. On the 27th of Jan uary the first portion of the Bengal force, under Briga dier Markham, of her Majesty's 32d, marched out. It was composed of Anderson's troop Horse Artillery, the 11th Irregular Cavalry, her Majesty's 32d Foot, and the 51st and 72d Native Infantry. He reached Ameerghur on the 28th, and halted at Sirdarpore, the place where the Seikhs from Moultan attacked them on their down ward march on the 16th of August, and where Shere Singh first encamped o❑ the 11th of October on his re tirement, on the 30th; they crossed the Ravee at its junction with the Chenab on the 31st, and arrived within six marches of Jhung, a large mercantile town near the junction of the Chenab and Jhelum. They were from this to 'push on to Ramnuggur, the place near which the grand army lay encamped between the 20th of November, when Lord Gough joined, and the 16th of Deceinber. They were expected to reach this, if all went well with them, by about the 18th of February. On the 30th the second brigade, consisting of Mackenzie's troop of Horse Artillery, 12 heavy guns, the 11th Regular Cavalry, her Majesty's 10th Foot, and the Bth and 51st Native Infantry, and commanded by Brigadier Hervey, followed in the footsteps of the first. On the 2d of February the Bombay column marched, under command of the Brigadier -General the Hon. H. Dundas, with Colonel D. Capon as Brigadier. It con sisted of her Majesty's 60th Rifles, the Ist Bombay Eu ropean Fusiliers. the 3d and 19th Native Infantry, the 3 , 1 troop of Horse Artillery, the 2d company Ist Batta lion European Artillery, with N,o. 7 light field battery attached, the Ist company of Sappers and Miners, and 500 of the 2d Sinde Horse—or in all about 2,200 Euro peans and 2,400 Natives, all in the very highest condi tion. They expected to reach Ramnuggur in 17 marches. Totters of the 4th from their camp reached us last night, at which date they were at Kotab, 25 miles north of Moultan. The siege train had been sent into the fort, and the breaches were ordered to be par tially repaired, Major Scott, of the Bombay En gineers, having been ordered to report on its condition, to enable the Governor• General to decide whether it should be razed to the ground, or repaired and garri soned. In the event of the latter being determined on, 15,000 men will be requisite for its defence. The troops left behind are not above 2,60') in all. They are detailed above. The 7th Bengal Irregular Horse and 49th Na tive Infantry had been left behind to convey treasure to Ferozepore and Lahore. Instead of appropriating the booty found in the town, the inhabitants were allowed to hold it to ransom for 200 ,0004—they had offered 300,0004 to save it from sack when we first entered it. Here the amount of plundering committed by the Bengal troops appears to hove been fearful—the work of spoliation being by no mear,s , confined to the men. The fort having surrendered, the booty found there will not, it is understood, be allotted to the captors, but was to be assigned to the Durban. It is ; . ,said to amount to upwards of 1,000,000/. sterling; it will, of course, pass immediately from the Durbar to the British treasury to meet the charges of the war. The sick and wounded of the Bengal division, about 160 in number, under command of Captain Moore, her Majesty's 10th Foot, had reached Feroz Tore by boat. Captain Mait land, 72d Native Infantry, and Lieutenant Irwin, 49th Native Infantry, who had both been severely wounded during the first siege, had accompanied them. The whole were under the medical charge of Dr. Macbeth, 10th Foot. Lieutenant Gillon, 72d Native Infantry, who was wounded at the storming of the suburbs on the 27th of December, died on the 20th of 'January. Lieutenant J. Thompson, of the Artillery, was the last officer killed be fore Moulton, having been shot in the trenches on the morning of the 21st of January; tl e total number killed since August being 13. The following are the names of the wounded officers of the Bombay force hourly expected the steamer Sesos iris from Kurracheo:—Captain T. Tapp, Captain H. D. H. Leith, and Lieutenant W. Gray, Ist Fusiliers; Lieu tenants J. Hill and J. A. Fuller, Engineers; Lieutenant W. N. Dyett, 3d Native Infantry. The subjoined is a memorandum of the wounded men expected by the same vessel:— EUROPEANS. Artillery, and Sappers and Miners ... 11 Her Majesty's 60th Rifles 56 Ist Fusiliers 45 Total ... 112 NATIVES. Artillery 9 Sappers and Miners 18 3d Native Infantry 4th Native Infantry (Rifles) ... 23 9th Native Infantry ... 1 19th Native Infantry 8 Total ••• 68 ••• ••• Grand Total 180 We subjoin the orders issued by Lord Dalhousie on the news of the surrender of the fort and the dispatches of Major-General Whish reaching him:— " NOTIFICATION.—FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. " Camp, Mukkoo, Jan. 25, 1849. " The Governor-General has the highest satisfaction in intimating to the President in Council, and notifying for public information, that he has this day received in telligence that on the morning of the 22d instant, when— practicable breaches having been effected—the troops were about to storm the citadel of Moultan, the Dewan Moolraj surrendered himselt with his whole garrison un conditionally to the British Government. " The Governor-General directs that a salute of 21 guns shall be fired at every principal station of the army, as soon as this notification shall be received. "By order of the Right Honourable the Governor General of India. _ _ _ -. (Signed) "IL M. ELLIOT, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General." " FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. 4, C a mp Ferozepore, Feb. 1, 1849. " The Governor-General having received a dispatch, reporting the surrender, on the morning of the 22d in stant, of the citadel and garrison of Moultan, directs that, together with other dispatches relating to the operations against the city and tort, it shall be published for the information of the army and of the people of India. The capture of this important fortress, which during a protracted period has resisted the powerful ar mament brought against it, and has been defended with gallantry and endurance, i s a just subject of congratula tion to the Government of India and to the army. The Governor-General desires to convey to Major-General Whish, C. 8., his warmest thanks for the valuable ser vice which has thus, under Providence, been rendered to the Government by the united forces which ho com mands, for the steady and s kilful and successful prosecu tion of a siege which, at a comparatively small loss to ourselves, has inflicted most heavy loss upon the enemy, and has utterly destroyed his strongest f or t ress . Brigadier Cheape, C. 8., the chief engineer of the army, is entitled to the best thanks of the Governor-General for the zeal and ability with which he has fulfilled the important duty entrusted to him, and in the discharge of which ho has been well supported by Major Napier, chief engineer of the Bengal division, and Major Scott, chief engineer of th e Bomay division of the force. To Brigadier Markham, whose services have been con spicuous, to Brigadier Salter, and to Brigadier Hervey, the Governor-General tenders his warm acknowledg ments. To Brigadier the Hon. H. Dundas, C. 8., corn- , mending the Bombay division, to Brigadier Capon , and Brigadier Salter, the best thanks of the Governor-Gene ral are due for the ready and effective assistance they have rendered upon all occasions, as well in the attack upon the suburbs on the 27th December, as in the assault of the city, which their troops were the first to enter, and in all the subsequent operations of the siege. To Major Garbett, and to Major Leeson, commanding the artillery of the Bengal and Bombay di visions ; to Commander Powell, of the Indian navy ; and to the heads of the various departments, the Governor-General offers his thanks. And to all the troops of each division, European and native, to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, the Governor-General tenders his hearty thanks for the gal lantry, perseverance. skill, end discipline which they have displayed throughout the service on which they have been employed. With etiaat coriiisaity the Gover nor-General offers his best thanks to Major Edwardes, C. 8., wi,h the irregular force under his orders; and to Lieutenant Lake, who has commanded the forces of our ally, the Nawab of Bhawulpore. The Governor-General congratulates these officers on their having been enabled, with their native troops, to witness, in the capture of Moultan, the complete vindication of the supremacy of British power, which, (luring the past summer, their own gallantry and enterprise so materially contributed to sustain. The Governor-General Kill have the utmost satisfaction in bringing the services of the force at Moul. tan under the favourable consideration of her Majesty's Government and the Hon. East India Company. A salute of 21 guns has been ordered to be tired at every principal station of the army in India.—By order of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India. (signed) " 11. M. ELLIOT, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General." Extract from a private letter of a soldier in the Artillery, at the battle of Chillianwallah : " Ca mp, Chillianwallah, Jan. 18 . * * * We left Lahor e and proceeded to a place called Ramnuggur, and came in with Shero Singh, who gave us rather a warm reception, and opened fire as well as us. Our artillery moved o n to the b an k o f the river, and the firing continued for a considerable time on both sides, until the enemy's cavalry crossed the ford ; the artillery then had orders to retire, and the cavalry, ours, charged the enemy, but had to retire with great loss—a number of officers were killed as well as men. The enemy then re -crossed to the opposite side, and our heavy guns were moved down within range of him, and opened fire for two nights and two days, but could not move him out of his position, which was deeply entrenched. Genera' Thackwell crossed the river at a place called Woaarabad, with some artillery and cavalry and infantry to take the enemy in flank, but Shere Singh smelt a rat and moved down to meet him, and came in with him on 3d De cember. The enemy attacked us with artillery, then ours opened on them; the firing was kept up a considera ble time, when the enemy retired into a thick jungle. The cavalry and artillery did not do anyt hi ng on either side, it was an artillery fight alone. The loss on our side on this occasion was but little. We crossed the river with the heavy guns on the 30th, and joined the di. , vision in advance, and moved towards a place called \ Chillianwallah, and fell in with the enemy and engaged them at twelve o'clock on the 13th of January. The battle raged till dark, wh en b oth armies ret i re d to their respective camps, where we are now, within two and a half miles of each other, and have a fine view of each other's camp. Our battle at Chillianwallah was the best contested one I ever saw. The loss on both sides must have been dreadful, as both parties met bayonet to bayonet, sword to sword, and gun to gun. Guns were taken and retaken on both sides. We took twelve of theirs, and they four of oars. We took a deal of their ammunition and stores, and they, of course, some of ours, but I cannot say w h a t. We (the Artill er y) lost two captains and about thirty men. The gallant 24th regiment of r oot E uropean s (I amnow lying with that regiment) lost thirteen officers killed, ten wounded, two missing. I saw the thirteen officers that were killed, on the followin g d ay , l y i ng i n a tent, after th ey were brought in from the field, and a horrid sight it was in deed —most of them with the head severed nearly from the body --the colonel of the regiment and his son lying by each other. I thank God I have got off safe once more. I h ave exper i ence d m any hot days in this dis trict, but the 13th of January was the warmest I ever felt, or ever wish to feel. This is a very fine count ry , an d we have a s pl en did v i ew o f t h e flimalayah M ounta i ns: they are very hi g h , and covere d with snow, and l ook most beautiful. The weather is cold and very pleasant indeed; the frost lies on the ground of a morning, th e same as in old England. I have a nice pony, an d enjoy myself of a morn i ng w i t h a r ide, but it is rather expen sive keeping him, as fodder is dear—in fact all kinds of food are dear. B rea d , e i g h t p o unds for a rupee; mutton, threepence per pound; and vegetables not to be had at any price." THE ARMY OF THE PUNJAUB. (From the Bombay Times.) The latest intelligence from Lord Gough's army con tained in our last extended to the 20th of January, o ur present letters come down to the 3d of February. At the former of these dates the Seikhs, under Shere Singh, and the British army, under the Commander-in-Chief; lay encamped about dye miles from each other. The in surgents occupied the strong post of Russool, meant to have been attacked on the 14th of January, when Lord Gough lost his temper and gave battle a day sooner than was intended, and on which his left at that date rested. The former consisted of some 30,000 men of all arms, one third, at least of whom were in the last degree irregular, with about 40 guns, none heavier than 14 -pounders. The river Jhelum was in their rear, and thtir c ommunication with the co un t r i es b eyon d. Where their f r i en d s lay in strength, and from which their supplies were drawn, was maintained by a bridge of boats. Lord Gough had also at this time begun to entrench himself; he had ordered up the whole troops that could be spared from Ramnuggur, and directed her Majesty's 53d from Lahore, and her Majesty's 98th from Ferozepore, to join him without delay. Brigadier-General Wheeler's force from the Jullundur was also directed to join ; it was about 5,000 strong, with 12 guns. On the 27th General Whielfa force, liberated from Moultau by the WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21.; 1849. surrender of the Dewan, began its upward march. The former reinforcements amounted to some 7,000, the latter to about 12,000 or 19,000 in all, an army nearly equal to that at present on the Jhelum after her Majesty's 24th and the 30th Native Infantry rendered unserviceable through loss of offie,ers on the 13th, had been sent back to Lahore. Ilahee Buksh, the commander of the Sikh artillery, who had come over to us about the 18th, proved himself meanwhile a valuable man in camp, from his knowledge of the country, and the purpose and enterprise with which he seemed disposed to exert himself. Hitherto Shere Singh appears to have received no material accession of strength. Chuttur Singh and Akram Khan, son of the Ameer of Caubul, had both made visits to camp, but neither appears to have brought troops along with him. On the 27th Lieut. Bowie, the companion in arms of Major Lawrence at Peshawur, arrived in camp on parole. He was under stood to be the bearer of overtures or explanations of some sort from Shere Singh; the nature of these had not transpired. He returned to the camp of the enemy on the expiry of his parole; all had, according to him, been kindly treated, and Major Lawrence had been per mitted to rejoin his family at Sukkoo, from whom he had been so long separated. The Commander-in-Chief now began to clear the countries betwixt his camp and the Chenaub of jungle and impediment—a tolerably essential operation, which had, it seems, been overlooked for a coucle of months—and to erect strong outworks in the direction of the Seikh camp. With so tremendous a park of artillery and supply of mortars as that at his disposal, it might have been imagined that, rather than stand still, he would have endeavoured to approach their position by regular parallels and covered ways, as in case of seige. Our ord nance could have told on them tearfully at a range to which their shot could not have reached. On the 30th a party of the enemy was seen prowling about in quest of our camels as they fed; they were at tacked by Lieutenant Chamberlain with a party of Christie's Irregular Horse (the 9th); 16 of them were cut down and slain, the rest were put to the rout. Lieut. Chamberlain himself was slightly wounded, this being the 16th time we believe that this brave officer has been hurt in action since 1840. At this time a working party of 500 Europeans were employed in throwing up a redoubt on the right face of the camp; they were re lieved by a corresponding number at midnight. The work was carried on from sunset to dawn. Other works were ordered to be constructed by hired labourers. The Sepoys guarded the workmen—having themselves, we presume, declined, as at Moultan, to handle entrenching tools. The work was conducted under the supervision of Captain Cunningham and Lieutenant Young of the Engineers; and the enemy seemed to feel uneasy as they saw us at last adopting a system against them which they had pursued so long and with so much success against us. On the Ist of February a strong de tachment, consisting of a regiment of dragoons, and another of light cavalry, with four guns, was detached to bring up supplies from Ramuggur. Reports at this time prevailed that the Seikhs were about to send down detachments to attack the force advancing from Moul tan—or to operate against Colonel Steinbach and his Jameo troops; and it is probable that Lord Gough may propose fortifying his camp with the view of moving out, if requisite, with the larger portion of his troops, leaving a small detachment secure within their defences. Whish's force will probably reach him two days hence; till then, he is not likely voluntarily to un dertake any operation against the enemy. It is said that after the next great engagement the troops will go into quarters for the season. They are, in fact, nearly three weeks' march from Peshawur, and the campaign cannot be considered ;completed till this city, together with Attock and the Hazareh and Bunnoo countries, be subdued; operations which would carry us far into the month of May—a season at which men can scarcely live under canvas. The following defence of the 14th Dragoons had appeared in the Mofussilite:— " Having read in the Mofussilite of the 23d of Ja nuary an article in which her Majesty's 14th Dragoons are selected for editorial comment, I trust you will allow me, through the medium of the same columns, to ask a few plain and simple questions, and make a few remarks which will tend to set the public right, and correct the statements made in that number. Your readiness in correcting the errors that arise necessarily when men write on sudden impulse, and during the confusion that must exist after an engagement such as was that of the 13th of January, induces me to do so; for to these circumstances alone, and not to malignity, am I inclined to attribute the remarks made on the 14th Dra goons by your correspondent. Why has this gallant corps been singled out from all the regiments composing Pope's Brigade, when the 9th Lancers and the Ist and 6th Light Cavalry were united with the 14th Dragoons on the 13th of January, in a line of two deep—when the right and centre regiments were the first to obey the order to retire by threes about,' were the first to break— when the 14th, which was the last to retire, was the first to rally—and when the other regiments, on the right and centre, went three times the distance to the rear the 14th Dragoons did? The officers of the 6th Light Cavalry and about 30 of their men formed up with the 14th, and have vouched, and will again vouch, for this fact. No regiment went about until ordered, and the 14th received the command from Brigadier Pope, whose ingenuity could device or conceive no other movement to the rear but by the word Threes about." The 14th Dragoons were never ordered to charge at all on the 13th, and could not, as they only formed part of a line of cavalry. Brigadier Pope halted the line of cavalry when he caught the first glimpse of the enemy, and never gave a single word of command, although re quested to do so by the officer commanding the 14th Dragoons—who was rendered powerless by his position, with all the seuiur (dicers of native cavalry—except the command to go tbrces about,' which occasioned the confusion in the absence of either skirmishers to protect the rear, or a reserve to rally upon in retiring. Why ere the guns placed in the rear of the cavalry by Bri gadier Pepe, when in firing they would kill his own troops—they were worse than useless there ; and this against remonstrance and entreaty ? Why should a brave body of men, who have always distinguished them. selves since the formation of their regiment by Dormer, more than a century and a half ago, and more signally under Lord Wellington than any other cavalry regiment, li be selected for vituperation when, while united with three other regiments, they only obeyed the order of the Bri gadier commanding ? It looks like trying to sacrifice a regiment to save a Brigadier, when the tact is that the 14th Dragoons were rallied by their own officers, one of whom was killed and the other wounded, trying to save Captain Huish, not, 800 yards from where they went about, as soon as they discovered that a panic had been created by their being, when in front of their own guns, commanded to retire by a word which would necessarily tend to insure disorder in a jungle, and in crease the difficulty of such a position. The confusion was created by a sick old man who chanced to get hurt, and who was, I believe, in the novel position of com manding a cavalry brigade in action. and never having been under fire before in his life. Nothing better can be expected while such a piece of decrepitude is placed in command of a cavalry brigade; or rather while such a system exists as will permit a man weighed down with years, illness, and infirmity, who cannot mount or dismount a horse unless assisted by three or four men and a chair, to command her Majesty's Dragoons and Lancers, for the first time in his life before the enemy in the field. A rheumatic, aged, decrepit Light Dragoon is a contradiction of terms, and would be as loudly ridi culed in Europe as if the troops of flying artillery were led at a review by the Chelsea pensioners." A letter from Lahore, dated the 18th, says:—" I am sorry to inform you that Bri ga di er P ope was mortally wounded in the action of the 13th, and is since dead. Captain Unett, of the 3d Dragoons, is the only officer touched of that corps; he was sliced down the back about a yard. The corps had 24 killed; ne return vet of the wounded." BY THE COIIMANDER-IN.CHIEF—QUEEN'S TROOPS. The Commander-in•Chie£ in India is pleased to pro mote Lieutenant-Colonel Henry N. Douglas, of the 78th Highlanders, to be Colonel, by brevet, in the. East Indies only, from the 29th July, 1848. The following orders aro confirmed:— By his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, G.C.8., appointing Lieutenant Little, 10th Hus sari, Aide-de-Camp to the Right Hon. the Governor of Bombay, vice Harrison, resigued—with effect from the Ist of October, 1848. Head-Quarters, Camp Chilianwalla, 17th January.— The Commander-in-Chief in India is leased to make the following promotions until her Majesty's pleasure shall be known:— 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet William Spilling to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cureton, killed in ac tion. 14th January, 1849. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Andrew Hollinaworth to be Captain, vice Fenwick, promoted. 12th September, 1848. Lieutenant Henry Radford Norman, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hollinsworth, deceased. 3d October, 1848. _ Ensign Patrick Brown Lucas to be Lieutenant, vice Hollinsworth, promoted. 12th September, 1848. Ensign C. R. Berkeley Calcott to be Lieutenant, vice Norman, 3d Oct., 1848. 24th Foot—To be Lieut. -Colonels without purchase— Major Howell Paynter, vice Brooks, killed in action. 14th Jan., 1849. Major Matthew Smith, from 29th Foot, vice Penny cuick, killed in action. 14th Jan., 1849. To be Majors without purchase—Brevet Major John Harris, vice Paynter, promoted. 14th Jan., 1849. Captain Augustus George Blachford, vice H. W. Harris, killed in action. 14th Jan., 1849. To be Captains without purchase—Lieut. Francis Spring, vice Lee, killed in action. 14th Jan., 1849. Lieut. John Henry Lutman, vice Travers, killed in action. 14th Jan., 1849. Lieut. George E. L. Williams, vice C. R. Harris, killed in action. 14th Jan., 1849. Lieut. Francis Charles Skurray, vice J. Harris, pro• moted. 14th Jan., 1849. Lieut. Sweton Grant, vice Blachford, promoted. 14th Jan., 1849. Lieut. Andrew John Macpherson, vice Shore, killed in action. 14th Jan., 1849. Lieut. Richard Aubin Croker, vice Brown, promoted in 29th Foot. 14th Jan., 1849. To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign William Douglas Hall Baillie, vice G. Phillips, killed in action. 14th Jan., 1849. Ensign Henry John Hindu, vice Payne, killed in action, 14th January, 1849. Ensign R. a A. de Montmorency, vice Woodgate, killed in action. 14th January, 1849. Ensign Robert Holahan, from the 18th Foot, vice Spring, promoted. 14th January, 1849. Ensign Alexander Robert Mowbray, from the 29th Foot, vice Lutmau, promoted. 14th January, 1849. Ensign James Stewart, from the 98th Foot, vice Wil liams, promoted. 14th January, 1849. Ensign Joseph Charles Goodfellow,, from the 224 F9Qtt Vice §kUrraYl Pr9l49ted• Joututry, 1549, Em ign Francis Stsn'Asrd, from the 53d Foot, vice G rant , promoted. 14th January, 1849. E m i g u Richt4rd lleury Travers, from the 10th Foot, vice Mac phers(,n, pro:coteq. 14th January, 1849. 29th FL ot—ijaptaiu William Gustavus Brown, from the 24th Voof., to be Major, vice Smith, promoted in 24th Foot. 'l4th January, IS-!9. By order cr. f the Right Hon. the Commander4n-Chief, EDWARD LUGARD, Major, AetingAdju,tnt-G en eral of her Majesty's term in India, Ciii A. The followi, lg letter is from a correspondent at Hong-Kong, da t i ed the 30th of January : " The Peninsuk ar and Oriental Company's steamer Pekin arrived latt: on the night of the 22d, with the 24th of November Mail. She brings a good freight of opium. " All remains quiet in Canton, and the Chinese new year has passed over easily. We do not hear of die turbances of Any kind. The authorities have used every precaution to rreser ye quiet, and soldiers have been con stantly walking their rounds iu the back streets. Their unusual appearance rr. ay, in some measure, no doubt, be connected with the Ap, - il question and opening of the city gates. Little or no alarm is at present expressed on the point, though it is generally known that the Im perial Commissioner is to have an interview with her Majesty's Plenipotentiary next month, when it is thought the naval Commander-in-Chief, Sir Francis Collier, will take to the Bogue the Hastings, 74, the ' steamers, and other vessels of war, which may have the effect of preserving quiet. " The colonial journals are full of the memorial to his Excellency the Governor, and of the petition to the House of Commons. No doubt attention will be paid to it by her Majesty's Government; the number of her Majesty's subjects is yet small in China, but the magni tude of British interests involved is considerable. There has been a fair business doing the greater part of the month, with improvement in some articles o' import, and the trade seems i❑ a more healthy state than it has been the last two years at this season; and we have rarely found so few complaints of the great scarcity of money at the Chinese new year. " Of the two staple articles of export, that of tea is about half a million pounds short of last year's at this time; and of silk the falling off amounts to about 3,600 bales compared with last season. Considerable ship ments have been made at Shanghae the last six weeks. " Early this month we had imports of gold from California, which turned out well, and several vessels have proceeded with ventures to that coast during the month. " Her Majesty's ship Hastings, 74, Sir F. Collier, re mains in harbour here, with her Majesty's steamers Fury, Medea, and Inflexible; the latter proceeds to-day on a cruise to the coast of Cochin-China. The Arab is at Whampoa, and Phlegethon steamer off th• Factories at Canton. Her Majesty's ship Scout has been got afloat, and is daily expected hero from the Min to pro ceed to Bombay fur repairs. The Columbine resumes her station at Amoy. Her Majesty's brig Mariner re mains at Shanghae. The Hon. Company's steamer Pluto has proceeded to Calcutta. " The United States ship-of-war Plymouth is still at Whampoa, and the United States corvette Preble, it is reported, proceeds to Shanghae and Japan. The Fri nch corvette Bayonnlise was at Shanghae by the last ac counts, of the 22d inst. " Our latest dates are from London the 24th Novem ber, Calcutta the 14th December, Madras the 13th De cember, Bombay the 9th December, Singapore the 1 lth inst., Manilla the 15th inst., and Sydney the 2d De cember." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CALCUTTA MARKETS. (From the Overland Bengal Barham Price Curren! of Wednesday, Fvb. 7.) GENERAL REMARKS. The letters per express, with London dates to the 23d December, came in on the 3d inst. The Bentinck with the mail was reported the same day. There has been a steady demand for exports since last mail left. Stocks and supplies grow scant, and prices have mostly advanced, or will do so now. Indigo has sold with great animation, and prices have gone up 10 to 15 rs. per md. Sugar too has gradually become more wanted, but Benares having almost run out of stock, sales are chiefly of date, and not large. Raw silk is i❑ the same good inquiry, but supplies have come in very slowly. Corahs are in excellent request, but the paucity of arrivals has prevented much business being done. Saltpetre has remained in steady demand, and higher rates sire paid since the mail came in. Rice is still being shipped, thomgh not quite so largely. The third opium sale of the season, on Monday, the 22d ult., resulted in an average of Rs. 838 3 10 for Patna. Accounts from China have since been coming in so favourable that prices rose almost immediately after the sale. They have ranged about Rs. 870, but during the last few days have got up to Rs. 890 for Patna. The import market can scarcely be called lower, though in some instances prices are not quite so high as they were. The accounts from the markets in the north west hare not been so generally favourable, but trade here can only be very partially affected while stocks re main as light as they are now. Manchester cottons continue to sell freely and well. They have been placed on the market on arrival, and though some goods have drooped a little the general range of the market is extremely satisfactory. Glasgow fabrics have been more generally wanted; stocks begin to experience some reduction, and as im porters d not now hold " advance" goods they are not allowed to accumulate. The destruction of property at Moulmein has caused au eager demand for all goods suited to that quarter. Mule twist has declined a little, the reduction being most in No. 50's. This is a dull season for consumption, and demand is not brisk, though stocks are unusually low. Red yarn is stationary in value, and without any animatio❑ in demand. Metals of European import are generally light in stock, and prices are maintained. Copper is steady. Speher is wanted at a trifle advance. Iron is freely saleable, and some kinds being scarce command high prices. The reduction of the I3snk interest noticed in our last speedily improved the value of Company's paper, which has since been steady at— New Fives per cent. Es 0 6 to Its 0 8 disct. Sicca Fives „ „ 3 0 „ 3 8 „ Company's Fours „ „16 0 „16 4 „ Sicca Fours The rate of exchange on England has remained at but there have been few operations of magni tude, and little demand for bills. Freights have drooped a little, but latterly have almost regained their former position, being now 41. for salt petre, and 41. to 4/. ss. for sugar, to London. Indigo.—The demand, both at the public auctions and privately, has been brisk, Prices have again advanced, and are now fully 10 to 15 rs per md. higher than at the date of our last. Sugar—There was rather more inquiry for sugar shortly after the date of our last. A few parcels of Be nares, nearly all the stock in the baziar, were taken at full rates, but the chief sales have been of Gurpatta date. This kind has been arriving in moderate quan tities, and has found a ready sale at 6 2 to 6 8 Co.'s rs. fur usual quality Since the mail arrived an advance of 4 annas per md. has been paid upon these quotations. The arrivals of other sugars of native manufacture hare been very limited. Exports from Ist to 6th February:— Great Britain ... ... 18,462 mds. Ditto Khaur .•• ••• 112 Raw Silk—The sales of silk during the past fortnight have been limited by the small supply at market. Stock scarcely exists, and the bulk of the November Bund, ex cept Bauleah, appears to have been shipped. Some good Native Cossimbaz ir has sold at 8 12 Co.'s rs., and usual common Bauleah 6 4 to 6 8 Co.'s rs. per f. seer. These prices are rather in advance of our last quotations, and the market looks up. Exports as above— To Great Britain ... 1,164 mds. Silk Piece Goods—Our last reported that the bazaar was cleared of corahs, and nothing has been allowed to accumulate since. Rather higher prices have been paid for any small lots that have come in since, but transac tions have been of unimportant extent. Since the mail came in dealers aro a,king more, and for ordinary bazaar goods they want 90 rs. per corge. Exports as above— Ureat Britain, corahs 7,353 pcs. choppahs, &c. 473 Saltpetre —The demand for Saltpetre has remained very steady, and a considerable business has been done at full prices. All qualities have been wanted. and since the mail arrived, the market has been taking an upward tendency. Exports as above— Great Britain ... ... 3,339 mdi. France ... ... 2,424 North America .•• ..• 667 China . 1,339 Rice—The exports of Rice during last month to Eng land were 85,000 bags at 2 mds. each. There is less doing now, !but shipments still appear to proceed on a fair scale. Prices are quite stationary. Exports as above— Great Britain ... 22,180 mds. Franc© 1,500 Mauritius 7,900 Shell Lac—Good shell has been in fair inquiry, but for ordinary quality and colour demand is slack. Lac Dye—The better kinds of native dye from 00 to 25 rs. per red. are saleable. Jute—Shipments have been large, P without alteration. ! i ce s remaining Linseed—A moderate business hasbeeonlodwoienngoufgohr America, but freights to Englan d did not g to encouraffe any amount of op erations. Cotton—No 6 sales of any consequence have been made. Exports as above— mds. none. Penang and Singapore ... Ind. „ none. China... O p i um —The third opium sale was held on Monday, Jan. 22, when the follo win g was the result:— Chests. Highest. Lowest. Average. Proceeds. Patna— 2905 860 850 838 3.10 18,45,325 Benares 820 840 825 828-2- 2 6,79,075 Accounts from China to the 30th December, coming in shortly after the sale, reported higher prices there, and the price of Patna went up to Rs. 875. The Lau rick, ou the 2d instant, brought down advices from Can ton to an early date in January, when prices rather looked down, but since the steamer's letters were do livered the market has risen higher than before, yester day's rates being Patna ... Co.'s Rs. 190 to 895 per chest. Benares „, 870 to 875 „ Exports as above— China ... „, 345 chests. Singapore and Penang .•• ••• 35 9, FREIGHTS.—The rates of freight were barely main tained, and occasionally a decline of ss. per ton upon our last quotations was taken. Latterly ships have been up anre freely, lola the tewpcury been regained. Arrivals have not been nume row, and presenc rates are firm. FOIL LONDON. d. s. d. Saltpetre 4 s. Su 0 ar .. oto 0 0 0 0 p. ton of 20 cwt. g ••• 4 2 6 4 5 0 Rice ... 410 00 0 „ „ Linseed ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 „ Hides ... 412 6 415 0 Jute ... ~ 14 cwt. 4 0 0 0 0 0 ~ of Raw Silk •5 0 0 0 0 0 „of 1 bales 0 cwt. P. Goods and 59 59 ~. 5 0 0 FOR LIVERPO 0 OL.O 0 „ofso e . f t. £ s. d. £ s. d. 4 0 oto 0 0 op. ton of 20 cwt. ... 4 5 0 0 0 0 „ ... 410 0 0 0 0 „ 0 0 0 0 0 0 „ ... 0 0 0 0 0 op. ton of 14 cwt. ... 317 6 4 0 0 „ 5 bales FOR MAURTIUS. Rice Co.'s R 5.... 1 10 to 1 1 12 per bag payable there. FOR CHINA. Saltpetre ... Sugar ... Rice... Linseed Hides Jute Cotton Opium ... Dolls. 3to 0 per bale. „ 7 8 per chest. IMPORTS. Cotton Goods—There has not been quite so eager an inquiry for some Manchester cottons for the Lipper Pro vinces as there was. Stocks are, however, still so light that sales can be readily made on arrival at paying rates and the general position of the army is highly satisfac tory. In Glasgow cottons there has certainly been more doing. Stocks of some of these are now short, particu larly of those suited for Burmah, for which the Moul mein fire has caused a further considerable advance. Shirtings—Grey have been sold to a moderate extent, without alteration, except, perhaps, in the middling and better qualities, which are less eagerly wanted than they were. Bleached have been less readily saleable, and in some instances must be quoted rather lower. Jacconets--Sales are moderate, both of white and grey, at prices showing the maintenance of full rates. Malls—Common makes of No. 1 to 5 sorts are in con tinued good demand, and rather higher in value. In finer qualities a fair amount of sales is also reported. Book Muslins—The destruction of property at Afoul mein has improved demand for coarse makes, No. 1 to 3 for Burmah. The inquiry has been active, and prices are higher by Ito 2 annas per piece. No. lis at 1-5 r. to 1-6 r. per piece. Lappets—A considerable business has been done in these fabrics, of all qualities, but at rather irregular rates, consignees in general showing every desire to clear off such goods as they arrive. Turkey Red Goods—Sales are to a fair extent at prices showing no change. Printed Goods—Transactions have been inconsider able. Mule Twist —Prices have given way about 24 pies per morah in No. 50, and Ito 1 pie in 40s. 60s. and most other numbers. The business done had not been large at this reduction. Dealers hearing of more extended shipments are less anxious to purchase, as the consuming demand is not very pressing. The stock in importers' hands remains very small. Turkey Red Twist—The demand for red yarn has been moderate, and prices are quite stationary. Sales reported are S 4 bales 30 to 60, at 1-3 to 1-6 rupees per lb. Copper—The copper market has not been very active, but still a fair demand has prevailed. Stocks of most descriptions are so moderate that during the last few days prices are somewhat stiffer. China cash are sup plied stilt in large quantity 10,000 mds. in January, and have again declined, the price dropping at IS Company's rupees per fy. md. Spelter—Tho demand for spelter has continued steady, and during the last few days a further advance has been gained. To.day's value is current rs. 8 8 per fy. md. and wanted. Sales reported are 6,250 mds. at current rs. 8 4 to 8 5 per fy md. Iron—Has continued saleable, and prices of most de scriptions are maintained. Lead—A fair inquiry has prevailed. Pig has been sold at Sa. rs. iBi per md. Sheet is worth Sa. rs. 8 4 per f. md. Reported sales of sundries are : Co.'s Rs. Salt, Liverpool 24,000 mds. 103 0 0 to 104 0 op. 100 Salt, Madras 8,000 mds. •51 00 to 0 0 0 „ Coal, Steam 70 tons, 073 to 000 p. md. Tar, ditto 2O brls. 13 00 to 0 00 p brl. Paint assorted 130 cwt. 0 13 to 0 0 0 per lb. Tin Plates 2OO boxes 18 00 to 0 0 0 per box Eng. Quills 83,500 10 0 0 to 22 8 op. 1,000 Chalk lOO tons 155 00 to 0 00 p. ton Quicksilver 3 boxes 4 96 to 0 00p. f. sr. Umbrellas.-- 3,780 1 60 to 1 80 p. ps. Rice l'ans MONEY MARKET. BABY SHARES. Bengal 8ank..... ...... (Co.'s rs. 4,600) prem. 1,530 to 1,580 Agra Bank (Co.'s rs. 500) 10 to 15 North-Western Bank (Co.'s rs. 500) par. BANK Or• BENGAL. DISCOUNT.—On Government acceptances months) ... ... 4 per cent. On private bills and notes (ditto) 7 per cent. INTEREST. —On deposit of Company's paper... 5 per cent. On cash credit accounts ... 51 per cent. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Transfer stock paper, 5 per cent. ... prem. 10 0 to 10 8 Bombay 5 per cent disct. 3 0 to 3 8 Old Sicca 5 ditto according to number „ 30 to 3 8 New Company's 5 per cent. „ 0 6to 0 8 Third Sicca, 4 per cent. ... „ 17 oto 17 4 New Company, 4 per cent.... ... „ 16 oto 16 4 THE BOMBAY MARKETS REPORT ON THE STATE or TUB BOMBAY MARRETs FROM TUB DTO THE ICTU FEBRUARY, 1849, INCLUSIVE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE o'cLocx, F I,B. 16,1849. Since the (late of our last report considerable supplies of gods have come to hand, and a somewhat better feel ing having again prevailed, a fair amount of business has been done. For some fabrics, lower prices have been submitted to in consequence of the supplies received, which, though not excessive, are ample at the present moment, when the advices from the seat of war continue of so unsatisfactory a nature, and have the effect of causing an almost total suspension of inquiry for certain articles of import. The money market con tinues in an easy state. Cotton Piece Goods—For grey shirtings an active inquiry has prevailed during the period under notice, and the supplies to hand having been quite inadequate, the market is exceedingly bare of both 40 and 45 inch widths. All qualities command a higher price than at the date of our last, but the better kinds are in most re quest. As will be seen some sales of these fabrics to ar rive have been effected. Grey madapollams—Large quantities of these goods have been received, and prices have given way to the extent of two annas per piece since our last. Grey jacconets have been moved off to a mo derate extent; the better kinds are steady, though not much inquired for ; the lower qualities are in fair de mand. Light 24-yard domestics continue in fair in quiry. T cloths are in good request, and dealers are disposed to buy to arrive. For the finer kinds of do mestics some inquiry has again existed, but not to any extent. Grey long cloths suited for dyeing purposes have been in good demand, and the market being almost bare high prices could be obtained. Bleached Goods—Shirtings have fully maintained the prices that have been ruling; a parcel of 60 reed,. fine finish, h ave, having ; how re e a v l e i r s , ed fo 7 r time being , per piece : m the the s up w p a h n e t s s of t hand o dealers, and farther arrivals, if early, will doubtless cause some decline upon the extreme rates that have existed for some time. Jacconets— Some large parcels having come to hand, prices have receded, and may be quoted at four annas per piece below those obtainable at the date of our last, for qualities worth more than 3 . lis. per piece. Madapol lams have also given way somewhat in consequence of arrivals. Dyed and Fancy Goods—Little inquiry has existed for Turkey red plain cloth. Twilled has been very dull. Turkey red prints are in fair inquiry. Dyed mulls are steady. Satin spots and stripes, also common jacconet checks and stripes, are in good inquiry. Mull mulls, more particularly of fine quality, are inquired for. Swiss lappets of approved styles are wanted. Common lappets are dull, but veined colonnade and diced are in good request. Grey dhooties of 45-inch widths are in steady demand. Cotton Yarn—A considerable business has been trans acted during the fortnight, the parcels received having come to a bare market as regards all numbers except 20's, and met with ready sale at extreme quotations. Dyed Yarn—Turkey red twist continues very dull, and no sales are reported. A sale of 40 bales orange, Nos. 30 to 60, at 111 annas per lb., was reported on the eve of last mail; since then nothing has been done. Cochineal—Th e con ti nue d u ntoward slate of affairs in the Punjaub prevents our p r incipal dealerscoming the market, and i n consequence the article remains o arrivals have with out any improvement since our las t. No taken place. further advance has taken place Metals—Copper. I oer kinds we have no consequence of some arri ivnal b e r:a h z a i rssl'i,gbhuttly s heathing, in s carce, s and wanted. Some arri dish bar continues very chan r a e l e l e are in good t e emand. Iron—Swe cen place during the fortnight, vals of last q uotations are not maintained. Other and our kiads continue in good inquiry. Lead is steady, as y, also geStoritlishicbeL have ta• . speller, and unchanged in value. The only sale of metals reported is as follows:-500 cwt. sheathing copper, per cwt. article is dull, and has d ec li ne d consi derablySpirits—Nothing doing. o)pe Saffron—This a in t s . value. 5 Beer—The market is very dull, and a decline in prices has taken place. 70 hhds. of Ailsopp's are reported as sold at Rs. 50 per hhd. We hear of no sales of Bass's, and the quotation for this latter brew is Rs. 40 to 45 per hbd. Marine Stores-100 bolts bleached canvas are reported as sold at Us. 16 per bolt. Paints are steady, also lin seed oil and spirits of turpentine. Sundries—The following sales reported; -600 boxes of crown glass, at Rs. 11 per box; 90 dozen of sherry, at Rs. 12, per doz.; 100 gross.of Liverpool bottles, at As. 12 per dez.; 50 gross of ditto, pints, at As. 12 per doz. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The market has been very steady, and prices for old cotton may be considered som e what hi g her, owing to the inferior quality of what is on hand. The new cotton is coming forward in small parcels, large supplies not being looked for till the beginning of next month. The stocks of old cotton are now very small, and in consequence the amount of business trans actedo, during the f or t n i g h t i s li m i te d , b e i ng only - -o-J bales, as follows:- 300 bales old Broach at Rs. 60 to Rs. 7 7 4 0 pe d r it c t d o y . . 1,725 „ old Dollerah at Rs. 73 to Rs. R 79 1 ditto. 200 „ new ditto at . Rs. 01? to Rs. •t he4price has Opium—This drug is looking dull,of ur last, the present declined somewhat since the quotation late fall beingof rainl, 32.15. in s i t expect the coming crop phreelsr.dacarht date of which st ' o o Wi a ll amount ' to from 10,000 to 12,000 chests. The steamer for Chita, to hitYo ill two days, will take about 1,050 cheats. .0, jogs Pl . 4611 fitll be C, if Ling sit e hie!' t he a te' bed 101