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VI ,LAND MAIL INDIA. COMPLETE DEFEAT OF THE SEIKHS BY LORD GrOUGH. The mail of the 4th of March from Bombay brings intelligence from the theatre of war in the Pun jaub to the 21st of February, on which day a battle was fought by tile united forces of Lord Gog h a General Whish, which ended in the complete rout of the Seikh army. Of this vict or y , however, no details have arrived by this mail, as the dispatches of the Commander-in-Chief bad not reached Bombay when the steamer left. We are enabled to state, however, that semi-official accounts leave no doubt of the com plete success of our arms. The proceedings of Lord Gough from the date of our previous letters and up to the 10th of February were chiefly confined to the defence of the position which the British army occupied at Chillianwallah. The Seikh forces, having received some addition to their numbers by the junction of Chuttur Singh, the father of their leader, Shere Singh, took up positions to the right of Lord Gough's camp, as if with an intention of out-flanking the British. This movement led to the supposition that the Seikhs con templated an attack ; but nothing of the kind took place. The enemy caused a good deal of s; annoytanco e to the grass-cutters and camp-follower bu n serious encounter took place, for Lord Gough per sisted in his plan of waiting for the arrival of the Bengal division under General Whisb, and of the Bombay column commanded by Brigadier Dundas. During several days, from the 6th to the 12th of February, various skirmishes took place, but no serious encounter, as the British General continued to act on the defensive. Provisions were abundant in the British camp. On the Bth a prisoner was brought into the camp, who gave the news that Dost Mahommed was collecting the revenue in the ttock districts, and that he had b u ilt bridges over the Indus and the Leandue. On the 11th the Seikhs advanced to a village near the British camp, as if to bring on an engagement, and the whole line wa s turned out, but no fight took place. The Seikhs plundered the outward and inward =nails from the camp. A proclamation (which will be found elsewhere) was published by Sir Henry Lawrence, in the name of Dhuleep Singh, the young Maharaja of Lahore, which promised forgiveness for the past to all those who should retire to their homes, and threatened condign punishment to all who persisted in the rebellion. This proclamation was supposed s ufficient to pro duce an e ff ect amongst the S eikh chieftains, many of whom were not satisfied with the course which the campaign had taken, as they found that money and provisions were wanting. On the i%th the Seikhs, who during the late feigned attacks on Lord Gough's camp had found !beans to remove their heavy guns from their entrenchments at Russool, drew up th e ir cavalry in the village of Coira; and under its cover struck their tents, and vnarched towards Goojerat. This retreat allowed the British an opportunity of examining with attention the ground on which the battle had taken place on tha 13th of January. That position of the Seikhs was found to be immensely strong, and consisted of a double line of intrenchments, in front of which they had planted large bushes in every direction, so as to mask themselves, and to prevent the movement of cavalry. Their camp had been pitched upon the slope of a hill, with a battery in the midst of broken ground. Close to this battery was a deep and rugged ravine with a narrow bridge. To the rear of this natural fortress was a perpendicular wall of rock near the Jhelum. This was the strength of the Seikhs on the memorable 13th of January. An advance upon that position would have cost many more lives than those lost in that battle. The plans of the Seikhs during several days showed that they wished to entice Lord Gough into an attack on that position ; but failing in their schemes, they retired from this spot at three o'clock on the morning of the 13th of February, and encamped at Needun and Chimbur, with the evident intention of moving in the direction of Goojerat. On the 15th it was known that the Seikhs had gone towards Wuzserabad, as if with the intention of crossing the Chenab there and of proceeding towards Lahore. Fortunately General Whish with his cavalry and a portion of his infantry had reached Ramnuggur, and a ,part of his force was detached from Ramnuggur to Wuzrerabad, so as to prevent the passing of the Seikhs at that ford. The Seikhs plundered all the districts between the Jhelum and Chenab, and took up a position near the town of Goojerat. On the 16th Lord Gough marched from Supooree to Sudalpoor, a village about five miles from the Chenab ; while General Whish constructed a bridge of boats over the Chenab at Hurreke Puttam, which facilitated his movement to join the Commander-in- Chief. On the 18th the troops were hastening towards the point at which they were to concentrate. The Bombay column, under Brigadier Dundas, arrived at Ramnuggur, and on the 19th marched to join Lord Gough. On the 20th the last preparations were made for the conflict, and on the 21st Lord Gough attacked Shere Singh in his position near Goojerat, defeated him on all points, and routed the Seikh army. Shere Singh fled, leaving a great portion of his guns and of his ammunition, as well as his standing camp, in possession of the victors, who were engaged in the pursuit of the dispersed Seikhs when the intelligence left. The news of this victory reached Bombay by ex press late at night on the 3d of Marcb, and a royal salute was fired in its honour on the 4th, at one o'clock in the afternoon. The steamer started in the evening of the 4th for Suez. The victory was announced in the following pro. clamation "NOTIFICATION. "POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. BOMBNY CASTLE., Alagctr 3 " The Right Hon. the Governor in Council has the gratification of publishing for general information the following notification by the Right Hon. the Gover nor General of India, announcing the rout of the Seihh army under Raja Shere Singh, on the 21st ult., by the forces under the command of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief. A salute of twenty-one guns will be fired at every principal military station in this Presidency on receipt of this notification. "By order of the Right Honourable, the Governor in Council, " A. MALET, Chief Secretary." " NOTIFICATION. "FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. " CAMP, FEROZEPORE, FEB, 23. " The Governor-General has the gratification of intimating to the President in Council, and notifying for public information, that he has thin day received a dispatch from Major Mackeson, C. 8., Agent to the Governor-General, with the Commander-in-Chief, conveying the intelligence that the forces under his Excellency the Commander-in Chief, on the 21st instant, attacked and routed the Sikh army in the neighbourhood of Goojerat. " 2. The enemy was beaten at every point, and retreated in disorder, leaving in the bands of the British troops, by whom he was pursued, a great por tion of his artillery, his ammunition, and the whole of his sanding camp. " The official dispatches of his Excellency the Com mander-in -Chief will be published as soon as they are received. " The Governor-General directs that a salute of 21 guns shall be fired at every principal station of the army on the receipt of this notification. " By order of the Right Hon. the Governor- General of India, " M. ELLIOT " Secretary t o th e Government of India, " with the Governor-Gene ral. (True copy.) "A. MALBT, Chief-Secretary .” The news of the battle arri ve d i n Bombay too late for the ordinary editions of the Papers b ut lowing extras were published : the fol lowing the Telegraph and Courier.) " March 4, 1849 " An express, with dis p atches dated the 25th n i t ., arrived late last n i g ht from the cam p of the G v e General, bringing t he im p ortant intelli g ence of aZtr. ie h a ving been te n ght on the 21st between the British army wader Lord Gough, and the insurgent forces headed by the rebel Sirdar, Shere Singh. " The Seikhs, we are informed, were beaten on all s ides, with the loss of several, but not the whole, of their guns. Their ammunition, and the whole of their standing camp, were taken by the British. Nothing is said as to the loss sustained on either side; and, indeed, official details on this head can hardly as yet have heen received. By the last advices the British were still in pursuit of the foe. " A salute has been ordered by the Governor-General to be fired in honour of the victory. " The above brief account (embracing all the news which has 3et come to hand) seems to indicate that the Seikhs have at last received a sound thrashing. As the ammunition and standing camp, however, were taken by Lord Gough, it seems o dd that any of the Seikh guns should have been allowed to be carried off from the field. We have been so accustomed to false or imper fecthardly official statements that until the arrival of details we knew whether a completo v ictory has been Inn or not. the fleeing foe. " SUNDAY AFTERNOON, ONE &CLOCK. " A royal salute has been fired from the battery in honour of the victory of Lord Gough over the Seikhs." (From the Bombay Times.) "An express from the Governor-General's camp, dated the 25th ult., was received by Government last night shortly after eleven o'clock, bringing the highly important and gratifying intelligence that on the 21st the Seikh army under Shere Singh had been attacked in their position at Goojerat by Lord Gough, and put to the rout. The enemy are said to have retreated in the greatest disc,rder, leaving a great part of their artillery, and the whole of their standing camp, in our hands. Further particulars cannot reach Bombay by ordinary dak before to-morrow morning. A royal salute was fired at noon today from the battery in honour of this auspicious event." The intelligence from other parts of India is not of an exciting nature. Moult= is under the superinten dence of Major Scott, of the Bombay Engineers— about to become the Gibraltar of the Southern Pun jaub, and promises also to be soon an emporium for British manufactures. From Bombay we learn that Mr. Reid has left the Council and come to Europe. Mr. Blane has taken his place. The following admirable journal of the operations of the army is taken from the Gentleman's Gazette. " Camp Chilltanwallah, Feb. 6. " In the afternoon of the 4th there was a royal salute fired on the right flank of the Seikh position, which for a moment raised our curiosity. We afterwards heard, however, that it was fired by Uttur Singh, who com mands the right wing of the Seikh army, in honour of Chuttur and Shere Singh', who had been over to inspect that portion of the army. " I understand there is a great scarcity of provisions and forage in the Seikhs' camp. We are, lam glad to say, well off in these necessaries, since the arrival of the convoy of 2,500 camels, of which I told you in my letter of the 3d. " I hear that General Whish is with the leading divi sion of his force, which may be expected to reach Ram nuggur about the 12th instant. " Since yesterday a large portion of the Seikh army has taken up a position on our right, at a distance of about six miles. About 8,000 of them, accompanied by 12 guns, are said to have encamped at the foot of the ridge of hills (to which I have so often alluded), and outflank our right in such a way as to embrace even a part of our rear, and they occasionally annoy our patrol ling parties by firing on them. " Sir Joseph Thackwall is gone with a few squadrons of cavalry, and a troop of horse artillery to Dingee, where the Seikhs are said to have a party with some guns—but up to the present moment (2 P.M )we have heard no firing from that direction. A few squadrons of horse and some guns under Colonel King are also on a reconnoitring expedition in the direction off Noor Juwall. I should not be surprised to hear that one or other, if not both these parties, have clashed with the Seikhs, who are certainly inclined to be most insolent. " We hear that Shere Singh is with the troops on our right, threatening our communications with Goo jerat and the villages between us and the Chenab. Our game, however, must be to try and keep the enemy at play till we are reinforced by Whish's troops, and by those expected from the direction of Laho.e. The six companies of her Majesty's 53d Regiment must by this t , rne be at Ramnuggur, where, I fancy, they may have orders to await the arrival of Whish's first division. " It is probable that we shall change ground slightly in a dayor two to meet the attempt of the Seikhs to turn our flanks. " I do not think that the Seikhs will attack us,although they have evidently every wish to do so, and all I can say is that, should their daring lead them to do so, I have no doubt they will very soon find the difference be• tween attacking us in our entrenchments and defending ',hemselves in theirs." " Feb. 7, "We are in all respects in statu quo. The Seikhs, and m,,re especially the few Affghans, who are with that portion of this army which has established itself on our right, give us a great deal of annoyance, by plun dering our poor grass cutters, who venture beyond the protection of our pickets. " The 53d have not yet come in, and it is doubtful when they may arrive. No one seems to know whether they will remain at Ramnuggur until Whish's force makes its appearance, or whether they march direct to join us here. _ _ _ " The position of our enemy is calculated to give us some uneasiness with regard to our communications, but the 53d, if sent on from Ramnuggur, will, of course, be duly supported. " No dak has arrived, the Seikhs may have inter cepted it. •' The Seikhs are evidently moving a portion of their force towards Dingee. We have anticipated this, and have sent guns and cavalry in that direction. " A fortnight hence we expect to win a decisive vic tory, which will, I trust, settle the whole business, and enable us to return to more comfortable quarters before the hot weather sets in. " February 8. " Our enemy have for the last day or two been on the move, evidently with the intention of attempting to out flank us, and to disturb our communications with the Chenab. Lord Gough, however, changed ground slightly yesterday to our right, so as to admit Campbell's infan try into our lines; and the front we now present to the Seikh division encamped at or rather near, Corea, is a most formidable one, and one which I do not think is at all likely to tempt the Seikhs to an advance. " A squadron of the 14th Dragoons, which was sent yesterday to Bazaarwalla, a village about four miles to our right rear, was obliged to return by a very large body of S,!ikh cavalry, with whom they skirmished as they fell back upon our camp. " A party of Tait's Horse, on a reconnoitring excur sion, fell in with a body of the enemy's cavalry, and gal lantly dashed at them—killing nine of their number on the spot, and wounding many others. This will, I doubt not, have a salutary effect, in some degree damping the ardour with which bodies of marauders from the Shore's camp are in the habit of carrying on their depredations upon stragglers and camp followers belonging to our force. " Markham's brigade of General Whish's army may, I believe, be expected at Ramnuggur on the 12th. Should Whish make an immediate advance from that point upon the division of the Seikhs encamped upon our right rear, he might deal a most effectual blow before they could receive reinforcements from the main body of their army, which is still at Russool. " Flour, in the villages in our immediate neighbour hood, is selling at 10 seers the rupee, which, considering the number of mouths to be filled, is not much out of the way. " In the Seikh camp, we hear that they are put to great shifts to gain the wherewithal to keep body and soul to gether. _ _ " The day on which this letter reaches Bombay, will, I think, be about that, which will, please God, see Lird Gough the victor in the battle of the Jhelum, and in possession of the guns of the Shere. " However, be that as it may, you will no doubt hear of a great battle being fought very shortly after Which joins us. Of the result with such force there can be no doubt.; Feb. 9 , "All with us continues quiet enough. The enemy en• camped on two sides of us, occasionally skirmish towards our pickets, evidently with the wish to provoke us to at tack them, but too wise to take the initiative of attacking us in our entrenched position. " Whish must be with us in a few days now, when I trust our chief will make a signal example of Shere Singh and his Kbalsss. " A man was taken prisoner by some of the patrols, and brought into our camp last night; from the sole of his shoe he produced a Persian letter, in duplicate, which purports to be trom some one of the name of AmeerKhan, who states that Dost Mahommed is collecting the re venues of the country he occupies; and further, that he bas built a bridge of boats over the Loondye, near Jehangheeru, and a second one over the Indus, near At took. "It is quite impossible to say what the Dost's inten tions may be, but I have no doubt he has entered into some arrangements with Chuttur Singh. He may also, it is said, be jealous of seeing us in possession of coun ries bordering so slosely on his own kingdom, but I can not think he will ever join the Seikhs. " Provisions are again growing rather scarce in our camp—however they must be still more so with the Seikhs." " Feb. "There is a strong report this morning that the enemy are advancing in torte upon Burrs Oomrah, about half a mile to our new front, facing the position lately taken up by Chuttur Singh, near Coira, which has caused our whole line to turn out, and they are now under arms. " The patrolling squadrons, consisting of one of the Lancers, one of the 3d Dragoons, and some of the Light Cavalry, had been skirmishing for the last two hours in in the plain as a front of our pickets. The 14th Dragoons, with Warner's forming the second Is t p ! srew o eit sp, e p ao.as Irr.n o odt dft; loth t Horse achk hes ris infantryt ie,a Artillery, andr regiments i are amite, ns tHs drawn osr tse u f o p their several alarm "Should the Seikhs advance beyond the limits of " The goinge ik h li ma naged down the jungle they will meet with such a reception as they little dream of from our entrenchments aad heavy bat the Shere has had tt j' l L e Yesterday, dons. I hope h e " Whish, with his cavalry and Ramnuggur to-day, and that instead of my letter of so to cut off both our outward and to enliven your columns, no doubt will be of studying my lucubra bettor of his studies. rand horse artillery, reached will ()In us the day after to morrow. " The Seikhs are no doubt puzzled at Sir Henry Law rence's proclamation, not knowing what effect it may have upon the country at large. " Sir Henry assumes the Government i n t h e name of Dhnlcep Singh, and promises forgiveness for the past to all who now become loyal subjects by retiring to their homes, and threatens all who continue rebels, after this warning, with condign punishment. " Sir Henry makes no reference whatever in his pro clamation to Dost Mahommed or his acts. The Dost may therefore look to himself. "To-morrow's letter may contain matter of greater THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1849. " Further accounts (except by express) can hardly be looked for till Monday." (From the Gentleman's Gazette.) "An express has reached Government from the Governor-General's camp, dated the 23d of Febrnary, which announces tho defeat and routing of Shere Singh. " It appears that Lord Gough having been joined by the troops under Generals Whish and Dundas, attacked Shere Singh on the 21st, near Goojerat, defeated him on all points, and routed his army. The Shere fled, leaving a great portion of his artillery and of his ammunition, together with his standing camp, in the hands of the victors. The British troops were eager in the pursuit of interest. I only hope it may reach you, instead of find ing its way into the Shere's hands." " Feb. 12. " After all the apparent readiness to attack us, as evinced by the Seikhs yesterday, their advance has ended, as it began, in smoke. Their design evidently was to draw Lord Gough out of his strong position; but having failed in this, they have, we learn, moved off; but in what direction is not known. '• I should not be surprised to learn that in anticipa tion of our reinforcements reachiag us they are concen trating their forces. Some officers who have just re turned (2 P.m.) from Bazsarwalla say, that with the aid of telescopes, they could plainly see the Seikh camp, near Coira, and that they distinguished a large body of the enemy's regular cavalry drawn up in rear of the vil lage of Coira, while a picket occupied a mound called by us Mungulwalla; but all remained perfectly still, till at 12 o'clock the boom of a heavy gun in the camp of Shere Singh was distinctly heard by those at Bazaarwalla. " This appears to have been a signal gun, for all the tents at Russool are now struck, and it would not sur prise me to hear that a portion of the Seikh army has crossed the Jhelum. Detached parties of them are plundering in all directions, especially towards Goojerat. " I have heard that money is a very scarce commo dity in the Seikh camp, and that Shore Singh has not the means of paying his troops. " You have, no doubt, heard of the surrender of Nar rayon Singh to General Whish. This must have con tributed to damp the spirits of our foe, who, as the vil lagers about us say, is beginning to lose heart. Be that as it may, he will very soon find us too strong to bo trifled with." _ " Feb. 14. " I fully intended to have written to you yesterday, but was prevented doing so, as I went over to Russool, and did not return to camp until after post hour. " The position which the enemy have just vacated at Russool is immensely strong, and consists of a double line of entrenchments, in front of which they had planted large bushes in all directions, as well with the view of masking their position as to render the ground difficult for our cavalry to act upon. Beyond these, on the slope of the hill upon which their camp was pitched, was a battery, the ground about which was much broken; but still not sufficiently so to impede the advance of infantry. " Passing over the site of this battery. towards the Tillage of Russool, we crossed a narrow bridge (whether natural or artificial I cannot say) over a deep and rugged ravine. This it was that constituted the strength of the Seikh position. Had we on the 13th advanced upon this almost impregnable position, the Seikhs would, no doubt, have been able to resist our attack for many • hours. " The rear face of this natural fortress is a perpendi cular wall of rock, along the base of which, in a per fectly level plain, I saw the Hydaspes threading its tor tuous way. " From this description you will understand bow strong the defences of the Seikh position at Russool were, but yet it was not without its disadvantages. "A well conducted attack upon it by a force advanc ing along the crest of the ridge, at one extremity of which it stands, would have rendered the situation of the occupants most desperate, as then their only means of retreat would have been cut oil; and fully aware of the impossibility of carrying off their guns, under emer gency, the enemy retired from it about 3 o'clock on the morning of the 14th, evidently with the hope that their movement might induce Lord Gough to make the at- tempt to storm it. " The principal portion of the Seikh army is now en camped at Needun and Chimbur beyond Coira, but i would appear that they contemplate a move towards Goozejat. At any rate it is certain that large bands of plunderers have gone in that direction. "As yet I see no sign whatever of any intention on the p irt of Shere Singh to cross the Jhelum. " Our patrolling parties, one of which General Gilbert accompanied, have gone out this morning, and they will no doubt bring in correct information regarding the whereabout of our foes and their movements. " As we retired from Russool we passed down the bat tle•field of the 13th ult. Many bodies, both of Seikhs and of our own men, were discovered lying upon it. Among these the body of young Cureton was disco vered, and identified by a portion of his uniform and some of the buttons, which still remained on the corpse. His remains were interred this morning at 10 o'clock. " Some prisoners (Affghans), who were taken by one of our patrols, report that the Seikh army is moving from Guojerat, but that the road to Jhelum is occupied by a large body of the Shere's men. I do not place much dependence upon what these men say, for never in my life did I see more ruffianly looking fellows. " The impression in camp is that the Seikh army is shaking a little, and that the slightest reverse would see it fall to pieces. " Whish's whole force will very soon be at Ramnug gur, where the advanced brigade is now halted." • " Camp Suparee, Feb. 15. " We moved this morning from our camp at Chillian wallah to this place, having,heard that the Seikbs are in full march for V,zierabad. " To-morrow General Whish, with two brigades, is expected to join us, and then I fancy Lord Gough will go straight at the Seikhs wherever he may find them. " We hear that General Whish has detached a por tion of the force from Ramnuggur to Viaierabad, to operate as circumstances may require, against the Seikhs, should any attempt be made to cross the Che nab. This :detached force consists of the six com panies of her Majesty's 53d Regiment, and one Regi ment of Native Infantry, with Holmes' Irregulars,' and two guns. "The. plot is evidently thickening. The Shere's men are plundering right and left in all directions, but as to the actual position of the principal portion of his army we are still in the dark; but if they have any intention of going towards Lahore I rather think he has made a false move, for with the Lahore force in his front, Whish's on his flank, and Lord Gough in his rear, I do not think he has much chance of a successful issue to his present movements. At any rate a day or two will show—and depend upon my keeping you informed of all his movements, so far as I am Ale to give them to you." "Camp at Sadulapore, Feb. 16. "We marched this morning at sunrise from Sapoores via Oogude. Cheye, &c., to this place, where we are now encamped in front of the village of Sadulapore, and between four and five miles from the bank of the Chenab. General Whish, with all his force, has been able to frustrate the Shere's attempt to cross the Chenab at Viaierabad, and the Seikh army has con sequently taken up a position in the vicinity of Goojerat. General Whish has a bridge of boats across the Chenab at Hureke Puttun, about fire miles from Ramnuggur, and is now preparing to join Lord Gough. The Shere, we learn, managed to send a force with a few guns to Goe , jeranwalla, where he compelled the principal inhabitants to disgorge some thousands of rupees. Marauding parties of the Seikh soldiery are on the right bank of the Chenab looting in all directions. I do not think Lord Gough has any intention to attack the Seikhs till after the Bombay brigade comes up. This they will do in the course of a day or two, when his Lordship will have an army at his disposal that shinld enable him to compete successfully with any num ber of enemies that may appear against him. Shere Singh's design, in his last movement on Vizierabad, has evidently been to create alarm and confusion, by making a threatening movement on the capital. We shall see ere long what the result of his manoeuvres is likely to be, now that Whish has succeeded in frustrating the passage of the Chenab." " Camp near Koomja, Feb. 17. "We marched again this morning from Sadulapore to within a short distance of Koomja. This move is no doubt with the view of effectually intercepang any ad vance the Sher may feel inclined to make in the direc- tioo of Vialerabad. - " Our present camp is within about six miles of the Seikh position at Goojerat. General Whish has crossed over to our side of the Chenab; the force which accom panies him consists, I believe, of the 10th Queen's, the 72d, and Bth Native Infantry, and some guns; while six companies of her Majesty's 53d, the 53d Native Infantry, and some guns, are at Vizierabad, but should an en gagement bo about to take place our whole force will no doubt be concentrated. " The Bombay division has not yet reached Ramnug gur, but I believe they are expected to arrive there to morrow. We are all anxiety to see Duudas and the gallant regiments he is leading. Of the Sinde Horse all who have seen them are loud in their praise. They will, no doubt, ere long have an opportunity of showing us a repetition of the deeds of valour which have won for them the high name they bear. " Major Lawrence came into our camp to-day. The Shere has given him unlimited leave on his parole, and the Major intends I hear to avail himself of it so far as to visit his brother, Sir Henry, at Lahore. I hear Major Lawrence reports that the Seikhs are confident of giving us a good beating at Goujerat. Shere Singh paraded the whole of his troops before Major Lawrence, observing to his prisoner—` These are the the troops with which I intend to defeat the army of the Engrese Surkar: Lawrence's reply was characteristic—" It you 'had 200,000 such as these, Sirdar, you could not do it.' " The country around us is a perfect level plain, thickly studded with villages." " Commander-in Chief's Camp, Feb. 18. "From orders that have just been issued, I think it is very probable that we shall march ere many hours pass over our heads, and I can but believe that we are now on the very eve of a battle. What the result will be, with our force, no one can, I think, for a moment doubt. "The Seikhs who have been computed to number 70,000 men cannot, I understand, from the best passible sources, muster above 30,000 men. At Chillianwallah we had about 12,000 men, and some 40 or 50 guns en gaged. We have now upwards of 18,000 men, and from 70 to 80 guns available. " We hear the Seikhs are intrenching themselves at Goojerat. The right of our position now rests on the village of liillidar, a town belonging, I am told, to Deena Nath. I can write no more now. To-morrow's dak will, I think, tell you of a fight, and, please God, of a victory. (From the Delhi Gazette, Feb. 21.) The aspect of affairs on the banks of the Jhelum, and indeed beyond the Chenab generally, has under gone a total and rather untoward, certainly unexpected, change since the issue of our last paper. We left the Commander-in -Chief and his army labouring under the impression on the morning of the 11th of February that the Seikhs, disheartened by the .known approach of the Moultan force, the scarcity of money, and the want of provisions, were seriously thinking of sending in Major Lawrence with fresh and less objectionable proposals, and the arrival of that officer was hourly expected. d thhaedabr arrival made of G General er s Arrangements wounded,assielkookanedd for with the utmost impatience and many cheerful anticipations, as, immediately after his junction with aelndWoliffishthwe the force under Lord Gough, the supposed final steps of the campaign were to be adopted, and the Seikhs to be %tucked , should the proposed gtompt at further neptiation, on their part, be unsuccessful, and at inducing a surrender on ours be eventually rejected by them. The Seikhs had, as we have previously mentioned, very materially altered their position sifter the 2d inst., concentrating their forces at and about Rus sool, and carrying their lines along the low hills runnieg north of Chillianwallah, and parallel, or nearly so, with the river Jhelum. In this range, which averages a height, near Russool, of about 200 feet, and further up the river of about 300, there is a pass, at no great dis tance from Chillianwallah, say about six miles, leading to Pooran an Khwar, on the Jhelum, and affording a practicable passage for the high read from Ramunggur to the town of Jhlum, on the right bank of the river, and ultimately to Rhotas and Attock. Through this pass the Seikhs managed to obtain their supplies from the country towards the north-east of their position as far as Goojerat and even Seeslkote; and there is much reason for believing that the convoy for the protection of which they manoeuvred so ably during the 2d, 3d, and 4th of February, as to induce Lord Gough to believe he was about to be attacked, came from Goojerat, where our own commissariat officer was busy purchasing stores for our army, and passed on to Russool through this pass. So eonfident was the Cummander-in-Chief, nevertheless, of the satisfactory state of affairs, that " plans" were already drawn out which contemplated the attack, on the junction of the Moultan force, of the pass in ques tion, in front by General Whist), while the main body of the army were to operate on Russool; at the same time that the intended dispatch of the sick to Ram nuggur indicated a belief that the country, in the direc tion of their progress at least, was not likely to be occu pied by the enemy. (The exact number of wounded who actually started on the 12th was 24 officers and 630 men, European and native.) We omitted to mention, in the proper place and at the time, that an ;escort, con sisting of one squadron from every mounted corps, with some guns, left the camp at eight o'clock on the night of the 9th instant for Hailah, to meet a large convoy from Ramnuggur with ten days supplies, and returned all right, on the next day about one o clock P.M. Matters were in this position when, on the morning of the 11th of February, information was brought in (pro bably sent in, according to the fashion of the Afoul= hurkarns) that the enemy were certainly bent on at tacking the British force during that day. The de parture of the sick was consequently delayed, and the army prepared accordingly ; the three signal guns, from the heavy battery on the mound in front of the camp, were fired, and the British line turned out in battle array,theSeikhs being at the same time drawn up within sight of our camp in two strong columns, one threaten ing the rear of Lord Gough. They remained in that position for between two and three hours, when they withdrew. The disappearanee of many of thtetents of the enemy from Russool ,was noticed soon after they had withdrawn from their threatening position; and by the next morning they had so entirely removed that a reconnoitring party, consisting of a detachment of Irre gular Cavalry, was sent forward, under Major-Gen. Sir W. Gilbert, to ascertaiu whatcould be the cause of this new and unexpected movement, especially as a large body of troops which had taken up a position to the north eastern, opening into the plains of the pass to Khwar, had not moved from the post of Khooree, which they bad previously occupied. The party moved forward un interruptedly till they reached Russool; which they were not a little surprised to find totally abandoned by the enemy. So entirely was the place evacuated that the General had an opportunity of leisurely examining the locality, which was found so strong by nature, aided by entrenchments of a very secondary consideration, how ever, that the abandonment of Russool was looked upon as a great advantage gained, especially as news (most likely brought in by those same pliable intelligencers already hinted at, 'on whom it is clear no reliance can be placed) came in that the Seikhs were in full retreat towards Jhelum, with the determined inten tion of crossing the rver. The news spread like lightning all over the map, and by the time it reached Meerut and ])elhi it had changed its complexion into a positive assertion that the Seikhs had crossed the Jhelum and given us the slit?. Our information, however, led us to doubt the truth of these statements, especially as it was mentioned that the strong body outside the pass continued located at Khoree during the 12th and 13th, and while they were being spread far and wide we were quietly looking for the consequence of the move of the enemy, which we were informed, from a " sure hand," had extended only to Pooran, the village on the north-west entrance of the pass to which we have alluded above, but wish what specific object was not known even in the best-informed quarters. On the morning of the 13th Brigadier Chespe arrived in camp with a portion of the 11th Irregular Cavalry, Master's (two squadrons had bean left in the rear with Brigadier Hervey's column), Robtrts's detachment of the 14th Ir regulars (Skinner's), atd the party of the 11th Light Cavalry already mentioned, all of which had preceded Major-General Whish bom Chunout by forced marches, and rather astonished some of the quidnuncs by the ra pidity of their movements. On the same day the sick were sent off to Ramnuggur under a strong escort, the impression that the Seikhs had retreated probably in ducing a belief - that there was even less chance than before of their being interrupted in their progress. On the same day, also, the Commander-in-Chief went in person to examine the abandoned position of Rus sool, wondering, we doubt not, how the enemy came to give up a spot in whice it was quite evident they would have had an opportunity of resisting an attack with the great advantage of position. Daring the 13th the large body of the enemy at Khoree remained on apparently the same ground as before, our intelligence department, continuing in blessed ignorance of their proceedings, and especially of the causes that had led to their evacuation of Russool. The impression that they, or any portion of them, had crossed the Jhelum, was, however, com pletely effaced, and those in search of news was at their wit's ends, and reduced to calculating what would hap pen next. The next was not long in developing itself, for it began to be bruited abroad at early dawn on the morning of the 14th of February, and was very generally known by sunrise, that a large portion of the Seikh army, if not the entire body, had marched from their previous positions, and were, at the time of writing, actually in_ possession of, the town of Goo jerat, where they took a detachment of Nichol. son's Affghans, who were in the tort, by surprise (one of them is supposed to have escaped, and to have been the only person who brought in this " plea sant" piece of intelligence), and whence they threat ened an immediate advance upon Wuzeerabad, investing the place in which the Affghans were posted so com pletely that there was small chance of their escape. They s da manhastepeido instant by w naatstart, a sent word, however, that if speedy relief were promised them they could easily hold out for seine days. The whole camp was naturally in a state of intense excite ment, and orders were issued , about 9, for th e i mme di a t e march of the army, which, of course, re ports that had been spread. The march was, however, subsequentlymwhade nethe ed a ardour oe deferredur everything thaiegt the iel wast l r 2 o ; or petashdeywfor utmosta confirmed thes stillr t thirdt order, intimating that the march was to be postponed until an early hoar next morning; nothing having, ap parently, occurred to induce any further delay. The number of guns with the Seikhs was known to be 53, ours is 110, including those with the Bombay troops, w hi c h may, however, not be in time for the fray, Chuttur Singh had crossed to the left bank of the Jhelum and held the posts the Seikhs had abandoned with his force and seven guns. While this was passing in the camp of the Commander in-Chief at Chilliaawallab, General Whish was hastening on without his own cavalry (which had, as already men tioned, preceded him by forced marches, according to in structions from head-quarters), with Brigadier Mark ham's Brigade, to reach Ramnuggur, and had brought up the 11th Light Cavalry to his own column from that of Brigadier Hervey. On the evening of that day an order was issued for the immediate departure of. Captain Anderson's troop of horse artillery, and they marched about 8 o'clock at night, and arrived at half-past 3 A.M. on the 13th, having completed a distance of 61 miles in 4$ hours. They n s a s n e d l v remainderGe e w n iet General el t f h w e theprospecthis Whish r fi og ua nd o de f were at a loSs to find out why they h a d b een sen t f or i n n i:Th s ee iderable force, consisting of such tw e d ri ey hurry, s, re st a and consoled leest. dol t himself marched at in the en head the samee of a her Majesty's 32d and 53d Foot, the 13th, 20th, 51st, 53d, and 72d regiments of Native Infantry, with, how ever, but one troop of horse artillery and three regi ments of cavalry—the 11th Light, the 12th (Holmes's) Irregulars, and the 13t1 (Quin's) Irregulars. The General, we believe, Ilse found orders to remain there until the whole of the Moultan field force should have closed up; and fortunate it was so, as his position at Ramnuggur, connected with the threatened movement of the Seikhs, by Wuzeerabad, onLahore, must have proved most important. The 'effect of the movement of the Seikhs on Goojerat was not slow in being felt st Ramnuggur. On the 14th of Feruary, information having been received by General Whish that 500 Seikhs had actually crossed the Chenab at Wuzeerabad (one account from head-quarters' camp says'they Merely sent a party to examine the ford), he issued orders for the_ immediate departure in that direc tion of two nine-pounder gnus (Miles's Battery) and of Quin's Irregular Horse. On the 13th instrustions mere ,issued for the imme diate departure, in the same direction, of her Majesty's 53d Foot, the 13th Regimentof Native Infantry, and the 12th Irregular Cavalry (Holmes's), with two horse ar tillery guns, in charge of ,Lieutenat Alexander, from Anderson's Troop; the whole commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Byrne. They marched -the whole day, and ar trhigehret bankthey he th e a h t ,n th ab e , S if e t i h k lived at Wuzeerabad about four in the afternoon, and e h y s had returned to the had ever crossed. It was ascertained, however, that they were actually in force some 4,000 strong, with some guns, at no great distance on the opposite side of the river. Brigadier Hervey reached Ramnuggur on the morn ing of the 16th of February, and Brigadier-General Dundas was expected on the 18th. On the first-named date General Whish issued an order for the march of Brigadier Markham's Brigade (her Majesty's 32d Foot, and 51st and 72d Regiments, Native Infantry, the 49th being still on the way from Moultan), and of two squa drons of Master's Irregular Cavalry (11th), towards the ford, half way between Ramnuggur abd Wuzeerabad. A general action was also looked for with much cer tainty in General Whish's camp ; and we have no hesi tation in saying that the speed with which he got over the ground has saved a very large amount of trouble, as, had he not been on the spot at the time he reach( d Ram nuggur, the whole Seikh army would, in all probability, have been in the Manjha on the 17th, without the pos• sibility of their being stopped by the force under the Commander-in-Chief. (From the Delhi Gazette, Feb. 24.) We now resume our narrative of the movements that have been communicated to us in the various letters received—beginning with those of the Commander-in- Chief. It appears that the march from Chillianwallah was principally delayed in consequence of the difficulty in getting in the camels from the grazing grounds, to which they bad been sent as usual in the morning. Information, of a nature to be relied on, having been received during the 15th, while the head• quarters' camp continued near Lusooreea, that the Seikhs were still nearly in the Vim° position in the vicinity of Goojerat as the day before, it was deter mined to move iu the direction of that place, but tokeep in close communicssion with General Whish's force on the left, bank of the Chenab. The march, consequently, commenced about sunrise, on the 16th, and concluded about ten, in the vicinity of Sadoolapoor; one letter is dated, " Musseetwallah, one mile north of Sadoolapoor." Late on the afternoon or the same day (the 18th) Major George Lawrence arrived in camp, and after remaining there till the morning of the 17th, proceeded onwards with all expedition towards Lahore, with the supposed intention of ultimately visiting the camp of the G overnor- General, near Feroz 'pore, as the bearer of overtures from the rebel chiefs; that is, according to the common belief in camp; but we have some reason to know that alejor Lawrence has been merely allowed to quit the enemy's camp on a week's " leave," on private affairs only, he having steadily refused to be the bearer of any message, the unsuccessful issue of which, he explained to Shere Singh, might be laid at his door by the Seikh soldiery. The proposition to treat of which it was supposed Major Lawrence was the bearer, does not appear most properly to have made any difference as to the movements of the army, , which again marched, on the 17th, about six miles fur ther towards Goojerat, almost parallel with the course of the Chenab, and encamped at Koonjah, with the con. tinued prospect of encountering the enemy on the 19:h or 20th at furthest. On the new ground the very desir able arrangements of reducing camp equipage and fol lowers were entered into con amore, the Commander in• Chief setting the laudable example of confining himself to one small tent, and only the servants he absolutely required (one letter, however, has it that his Excellency retained his horse tents, which, we trust, is a mistake), as well as by sending in all the records of the several departments with the officers connected therewith to Ramnuggur, and therefore calling upon every one, with a safe conscience, to double up two officers in one tent, and to send back all unnecessary baggage, and all ser vants whose presence was not urgent. The reduction thus effected is said to have been enormous, involv ing carriage to the amount of between 7,000 and 8,000 camels. The only fault committed was the sending in the records to Ramnuggur without any officer in general charge. It was ale arranged that the camp should thenceforth move with rations for five days only, and everything else was made proportionately "snug." It had been ascertained in the meanwhile that the Seikhs had not crossed the Chenab at any point, as had been erroneously reported to General Whish, but their chief, probably their only end, in quitting their strong positions at Russool, was to secure more ample means of subsistence than they had hitherto obtained, and also, very likely, to plunder the agricultural population of the very large sums which had been spent among them by our commissariat officers during the previous month; allowing Major Lawrence to come in,with the faint hopes of staving off an attack un til they should have collected a stock of provisions suffi cient to last them for some time, when they would once more return to their strongholds on the Jhelum. This view of their movements was, however, only taken after General Whish bad secured the passage of the river at Wuzeerabad. Had this not been achieved in proper time it is impossible to say what the Seikhs would have done; the probability is they would have taken advantage of the unguarded state of the river, and crossed a large portion if not the whole of their army. Meanwhile Colonel Byrne remained stationary at Wuzeerabad during the 15th of February, with the most explicit orders to risk nothing, should the enemy offer to attack him, but to retire at once on the force in his rear—viz., that of Brigadier Markham. On the morn ing of the 16th of February Lieutenant Alexander was ordered by Colonel Byrne, who had received intimation that Shere Singh threatened to cross over a detachment at Sodra Ghat, to proceed to the spot, to inspect the ford, and see if guns could be placed in position there. On his return, about four P.M. (the distance is said to be about seven miles). orders were issued for the imme diate march of the following troops, as it had been in the meanwhile ascertained that the enemy had brought a detachment of 6,000 men with six guns to point oppo site Sodra—viz., the two guns of Anderson's troop of Horse Artillery, the:two 9-pounders of Miles's battery, two regiments of irregular cavalry (Quin's and Holmes's), 580 bayonets of her Majesty's 53d Foot, and the 13th Regiment of Native Infantry. The move had not only the desired effect of preventing the Seikhs from crossing, if they ever had any real intention of doing so, but the one of inducing them to abandon their p mt, and retire on their main body in the neighbourhood of Goojerat. Brigadier Markham had on the 16th instant duly reached the place to which he had been ordered, and used such diligence in collecting boats, that he had al ready 40 in his possession on the 17th, and would thus be enabled to pass over his brigade at the shortest no tice, whenever he might be called upon to cross the river, and join the head-quarters' force, which was then at no great distance from him. General Whish's force, consisting of a respectable body after the junction of Brigadier Hervey (we should have mentioned in our last that this officer came on with her Majesty's 10th Foot and the 52d Native Infantry, leaving the Bth Native Infantry in the rear to bring cn the heavy guns, which only reached Ramnuggur on the 17th), had been directed to join the head-quarters' camp, whither the General went in person to confer with the Commander-in-Chief with as little delay as possible. Brigadier Hervey, consequently, crossed the river, and effected his junction with the main army on the 17th, and it was understood the heavy guns of his column, with the Bth Regiment of Native Infantry, would be up on the ltith, or one day, if not two, before it was expected the enemy would be attacked. We now come to a very disagreeable part of our task, as faithful chroniclers of the doings of the day; and, if we had not the strongest evidence of the entire correct ness of our version of the affair in question, should cer tainly not allude to it; but, with the facts as they are before us, we cannot even attempt to conceal them. The moment there appeared any probability of an early en • gagement taking place orders were dispatched to Briga dier-General Dundas, through General Whish, to leave the native p alion of his troops behind, and hurry on with his artillery and two European regiments, so as to insure his arriving at Ramnuggur on the 17th. Instead of hastening to obey this order the officer in question replied to the effect that he saw no necessity for alter ing the rate of his progress, which was in accordance with the instructions previously sent to him, and that as a European court-martial was then sitting, of which Major Blood was president, he wished to have the proceedings concluded before he moved forward. It may bo easily imagined that such a reply was not to the taste of Lord Gough, who sent off such a peremptory dispatch that we will venture to say that Brigadier-General Dundas did not wait to read it a second time. But in the meanwhile the object is fru:- trated and the mischief done, and great will be the dis appointment of the two corps, and of Brigadier-General Dundas himself, should he be too late for the battle, or should his delay have lost a day and enabled the Seikhs to retire on Russool. A second dispatch desired the Brigadier- General to send on the 60th Rill , s, by a forced march of 30 miles on the 18th, which would leave them 15 miles to get over to join the head quarters on the 19th. The Commander in-Chief intimated to Brigadier General Dundas that he might remain with the native troops if ho chose! So far our letters up to yesterday evening. We did not learn whether the Afl'ghans in Goojerat had actually been compelled to surrender or not, but we should hardly suppose it possible that they can have held out against the fearful odds the Seikhs had in their own favour. The dak of the 18th, from camp, furnishes the follow ing additional intelligence:—On the 18th the army marched four and a halt' miles towards , the enemy, from whom they were then distant about six miles, the Seikhs being encamped about one mile and a half from Gooje rat, in a very indifferent position, with a nullah running in their front, which promises that the battle (which will now have been most probably fought on the 20th instant, not the 19th, to enable the 60th Rifles to join) is likely to have been a very complete victory. Brigadier Mark ham crossed the Chenab on the 18th, and was so close to the Commander-in-Chief's camp that he would be able to join at a moment's warning. On that day, therefore, the Chief was within remits of the Seikh head-quarters, at the head of about 15,000 men, with somewhere about 70 (24 heavy) pieces of artillery,:Colonel Byrne at Wuzeer abad and; Sodra with artillery, cavalry, and infantry, Brigadier Markham close on the right rear of the Chief, with infantry and artillery, and General Whish ready to inove.up the Ramnuggur force, including the Euro peans of the Bombay division, so that a combined move ment on the 20th must to all appearance have brought the Seikhs to action, and insured such a victory as will put an end to the campaign, provided the time spent in the movements wo have detailed has not enabled the Seikhs to make good their retreat. We omitted to mention, in the proper place, that Bri gadier-General Wheeler had been directed to move his force from Dcenanuggur, across the Rechna Doab, in the direction of Wuzeerabad. He would, however, of course, be too late for the fighting, as the distance is between 80 and 90 miles. From Lahore we hear that precautionary measures, calculated to meet any emergency, had. been taken by Brigadier Godby, whose arrangements are said to have given every satisfaction. Major George Lawrence reached the capital on the evening of the 17th, and passed on towards Ferozepore. Our latest thence is to the 19th. Our news writer informs us that Narrain Singh had arrived at Lahore. SIR 11. LAWRENCE'S PROCLAMATION. The following is a copy of the proclamation recently put forth by Sir H. Lawrence:— " Proclamation for the information of all men who are with • the Seikh forces, and•those who are in rebellion. " Feb. 8, 1849. "On the 18th of November, 1848, the Hon. Sir F. Currie, Bart., published a proclamation, and I re-publish the same, for the information of all men, by order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, who now proclaims, " That any person who is now with the Seikh forces in arms against the British army has the option offered to him of being safe and protected, except Sultan Mahomed Khan 13errukzaee, regarding whom no stipu lation is herein made. "Firstly, it is announced that the lives of all those who come over at once will be spared. The lives of those who come over will not be endangered on account of their rebellion. " Secondly, all soldiers with the Seikh forces who lay down their arms will be permitted to return to their homes unmolested, and remain there without any appre hensionof harm. The Sirdsrs, who are Jageerdars, will not be deprived of their comforts; they will receive a sufficiency to supply all their wants. " Let it be well understood, that to entitle those who desire it to the mercy herein offered, it is necessary that they should come in without delay. • "H. LAWRENCE." • The state of Moultan has of course ceased to be a subject of much interest during the stirring events between the Jhelum and the Chenab. We extract, however, from the Delhi Gazette, the followin.4 ac count of the arrangements for its defence. It is dated Feb. 9 : Here we are all stagnant. The heavy guns are fflent, the busy army is gone, and even i‘loolraj is gone. A battered ina , s of rained fortifications and a dt sorted city, of which scarcely a house has not been ventilated for over with a shell, arc all that is left to tell of the Moultan rebellion. Here and there, too, a tomb is rising up over the remains of some brave fellow who will lead on no more. Major Scott, of the Bombay Engi ueers, is making the tort defensible again, by clearing out the exploded ditch, scarping and stockading the breaches, and mounting the guns. Both the native in fantry regimebts are to be in the fort, and the Ist Lan cers in the Am Khas garden below it. Moolraj's family (containing there mothers, among other things!) are to be removed out of the fort to some retired house in the suburbs. Their privacy has been scrupulously regarded, and two of the Moolraj's younger brothers, bhatu Singh and Ram Singh, are like Cerieri on guard, in case any dandy `• grandee" should strut too frequently below the lattice. Lieut. Lake has gone wi'h Which. Major Ed wardes has assumed civil ch trge of these pro viuces, assisted by Lieut. James, from Stride. Lieutenant Young, of the Engineers, with a detach ment of Edwardes's Irregulars and two guns, has gone against one Mujum Chund, a Kardar of Moolraj's, who is yagee in the strong fort of Hurrund, under the southern Sooleernunnee range, west of Dura Ghazve Khan. _ Lieutenant Reynell Taylor is encamped still at the fort of Lukkee, in Murwut, which doubtless you heard of his taking the other day single•handed, after a long siege. Along with him are Lieutenants Pollock (assistant resident), and Pears() (Madras Artillery), Colonel James, and 11. M'Mahon, also Dr. Cole, all commanding the now scattered fragments of Edwardes's levies and Cort landes regiments; altogether, I understand, about 5,000 men and eleven guns. The object of this strong force at the head of the Trans-Indus is to prevent the Affghans whom Dost Mahomed has sent into Bunnoo from occupying the Trans-Indus countries given by Chuttur Singh to the Dust. Chunout surrendered to General Wbish on the morn ing of the 9th, and at three P.M. of that day Sheik Ematn-ood-Deen was placsd in occupation of it. The materiel de guerre consisted of two guns of small ca libre, ten zumbooruks, 200 horses, and a large col lection of swords and matchlocks. The garrison actually numbered 2,000, as villanous looking a horde as could possibly be selected. The arrangements for disarming and marching them out were the same as those lately in force at Moultan, the precaution of first 'surrounding the walls with our troops having been taken. It was rumoured that great wealth had been collected from the surrounding villages and stored up in the fort by this band of freebooters, but such has not been proved to be the case; although a strict search has been made. Some miscellaneous property, grain, and some few mules alone complete the list of captures, but it has been pro posed to levy a considerable fine on the Bunnecas, and other moneyed inhabitants wbo may have aided or abetted Narrain Siegh's forays; this stern task has been in trusted to the vigilant Sheik, who will be found exceed ingly apt at the work. The furmc ris rather a fine look ing Sirdar; he is exceedingly talkative and bombastic, appearing to consider himself a perfect Roosturn. I ex pect that he will acc mapany Moolraj to Lahore; it will be somewhat amusing to witness their meeting under present circumstances. Sadik Mahomed alone is want ing to complete the play. The fortifications of Chunout are sorry in the extreme, consisting of a rather high puka wall, flanked with half a• dozen small bastions; the Sheik could make ro im pression on them with the Lilliputian artillery, so he had recourse to mining; a breach was of course the result, but his troops did not admire storming, and the siege re mained in statu quo. The besiegers appear to have suffered equal loss (and that, too, very considerably) by the matchlock firing. This place is surrounded by isolated rocky hills of considerable height, from one of which it is entirely commanded. General Whish halted here one day, and then pro• ceeded by forced marches towards Ramnuggur; he ex pected to reach head-quarters' camp in five marches, the proper number being nine. All the cavalry were also ordered on with all possible haste some days ago. Brigadier Dundas is coming up fast; I expect that he will pass our heavily encumbered brigade soon, as we are obliged, from the weary state of our cattle, to halt to-morrow, and consequently cannot think of double stages. Lieut. Graham, Horse Artillery, has died at Moultan, of the wounds he received durinx, the siege. The ransom for the city has not yet been realised, though our demands had dwindled to 20 lacs; most ot the rich merchants had not returned to their houses, and it was even feared that we should have to put up with a paltry sd. Daily discoveries were being made in the fort, and the prize prospects were looking up, thanks to Major Wheeler and Captain Hobson (ot the Bombay division), whose experience renders him au fait at the .ask. _... We have very damp, cloudy weather, and I fear we shall have to endure all the miseries of a wet camp ere long. SUMMARY. (From the Overland Bombay Times, March 3.) The intelligence given in our issue of Feb. 17 came down to the 3d from Moultau and the camp of tne Com mander-in-Chief. At this date the whole of the late be sieging force, with the exception of the garrison left to occupy Moultan, were on their march to join head quarters, where they were experted to arrive about the 20th. On their way they were stopped for a little, re ceiving submission from Narrain Singh, who occupied the fort of Chutsout with a garrison of 2,000 men, who gave themselves up as prisoners. He had here been shut up for some weeks by Sheikh Emaum ood-Deen, dispatched at the time of his withdrawal from Moultan to watch his movements. Various letters of importance had been de tected in the possession of Moolraj—one in particular, of very recent date, from Dost rslahomed, encouraging him in resisting, and giving assurance that assistance was at hand. From the beginning of the second week in February, the Commander in-Chief continued engaged in fortify ing the position he had taken up at the time of the battle of Chillianwallah on the 13th January. A battery judiciously advanced uncomfortably near the Seikhs, caused them to shift their position on the 6th, and this was followed by a slight alteration in our arrangements the following day. The Seikhs seem now to hive resolved on a new order of defensive opera tions—they advanced their outposts, entrenching as they went, till they threatened to outflank us and get into our rear. Their object seemed to be to force or tempt us to attack them behind their field works, and beyond the protection of our own. Ou the 11th a general move ment was observed amongst them, and on the following day they were found to have struck their imp') and evacuated all their works. The rumour now ran that they had retired in safety across the Jhelum without our observing them. The erroneousness of this position speedily appeared, anti on the 14th Lord Gough first heard that, instead of retiring before him, the great body of the Seikh army had passed him, and taken possession of the town of Goojerat, some seventeen miles iu his rear; that their irregulars were crossing the Chenab, end threatening Wuzeerabad. After various orders and counter-orders, preparations made to start and then abandoned, Lord Gough, at four on the morning of the 15th decamped from Chillianwallah, and abandoned the position he had for a fortnight been eng iged in fortify. ing; and after a march of from twelve to seventeen miles reached the neighbourhood of Sadoolapore, upon which Shere Singh had withdrawn after his engagement with Thackwell on the 3d of December. Whish had arrived at Ramnuggur on the 13th with Markham's brigade. Here he found her Majesty's 53d, three regiments of Native Infantry, and two of Irregular Horse. He was joined on the 16th by Hervey's brigade—the force at Ramnuggur being thus brought up to nearly 12;000 men, while Brigadier-General Dundas's column, expected on the 18th, would give 4,000 more. On the 14th, General Whish being informed that 500 Seikhs had crossed the Chenab at Wuzeerabad, ordered two 9 pounder guns, with a regiment of irregular horse, to proceed up the bank of the river. On the 15th they were followed by H. M. 53d, the 13th N. 1., the 12th Irregular Cavalry, and two horse artillery guns. They reaced Wuzeerabad late in the afternoon, but found that the insurgents had retired; 4,000 of them were said to be posted on the further side of the river, whither our troops proposed immediately to cross. On the 16th General Whish himself, with a strong body of men, moved up to Hurree-ke-Puttun, ten miles up the river, and halfway between Ramnuggur and Wuzeerabad. Here there was a bridge of boats. On the 18th our army had advanced to within f ur miles of the enemy's position. A battle on the following day appeared inevitable. Shere Singh was entrenching him self; he had in all about 30,000 men on whom he could depend, while the force under Lord Gough mustered no more than 18,000 effective soldiers, with 70 or 80 guns. Our army was encamped on as open plain studded with villages. This morning's post will most probably bring the news of a glorious victory having been won by our troops on the 19th. Major Lawrence had obtained unlimited leave from Shere Singh's camp on parole. He reached Lord Gough's army on the 17th, and Lahore on the 19th, from whence he was about proceeding to join Lord Dalhousie at Feroaepore. He brought a message from Shore Singh to the effect that all the prisoners would be returned to us immediately. The Resident at Lahore has caused a proclamation issued by Sir F. Currie on the 18th November, to be re-proclaimed, promising in demnity for the past to all who will now lay down their arms, and assuring the feudatories of the Crown that they will be allowed to retain their lands—a strong evi dence this of how anxious we are in any way to close the campaign. Moolraj will, it is said, be confined in the fortress of Govindghur. Lord Dalhousie continues at Ferooepore, anxiously watching the progress of affairs: he is said to have written home intimating that either a new Governor General or Commander-in Chief must be sent out immediately. We have had a month of the most extraordinary misty weather ever experienced in Bombay at this season of the year. Trade continues dull. (Vrom the Bombay Telegraph.) The sick and wounded from Wuhan arrived from the Kiddawary branch of the river Indus in the steamers Sesestris and Medusa, on the 18 h and 19th ultimo re spectively. We give below lists of those who have come down. _ _ List of the Sick and Wounded Officers and Alen from the Moultan Field Force, arrived by the llon. Com pany's steam-frigate Seiostris, from the mouth of the Kiddawary branch of the river Indus. Captain Thomas Tapp, Ist Bombay European 11-,gi ment Fusiliers, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General Moultan Field Force. Has a musket ball through the shoulder, and two sabre cuts on the right shoulder— (doing well). -capt4iu Robert W. Disney Idea, Ist I39robay LtlCO pean Regina, ut Fu,iliers. Lost his left arm under the Ibow; has also a musket ball wound on the right shoulder; ball not extrAetecl; in a very weak state of health, but gettig, on well. Li utenant William Gray, Ist Rimbay European Roc iin,.ut Fusiliot s. Wounded in the right arm, educe which time it has been amputated above the elbow Uoing L• e nt John Hill, Bomnbiy Engineers; wounded in the gro in (,ioing well). RANK AND FlLE.—Sergeant- Major Davis, a ball in the right arm; Sergeant-Major Elliott, a ball in the right arm; Sergeant Major Murray, a sword cut, and a ball through the head; Corporal Bacon, shot through the neck; Private Abbess, a ball in the leg; private Conners, a ball in the head; private Binding, a ball in the neck; private Bottrell, sword cut on the head; private Smith, a ball through the neck; private Guffin, sword cut on the lett arm; private Muilcaley, sword cut on the head; private Kennedy, left arm shot off by a ball; private Moran, a ball through the hand; private Williams, a ball through the hand. List of the sick and wounded from the Moultan Field Force on board of the Hon. Company's steamer Mc ' dusa, which lett the same day as the Sesostris. Lieut , nant Walker Neil Dyett, 3d Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, wounded very severely, and lost his ' right arm above the elbow. Thts officer was in a very dangerous state, and could not removed from the Medusa to the Sesostris, consequently he was allowed to remain there with about thirty of the very worst cases. RANK AND FILE IST FUSILIERS.—Sergeant Ryan, CorporAs Harroll and O'Connor, Privates Forsyth, Mills, Keith, Fanner, DrkPr, Campbell, Martin, Frank lin, , nni,:on, O'Donnell, M? 13 Quail, Gibson, Bresnahino Rewrdon, Tompkins, Davis, L-molor, and Moore. . . Be,ides the above, there are fifty Sepoys of different corps wounded. The following men are said to have died from the wounds which they received at Moultan:— Prtvate J. Denny, B. E. R., Jan. 13th, buried at Mout tan; Private J. Sullivan, B. E. R., Jan. 13th, buried at Moultan; Private James Kelly, B. E. R., Jan. 15th, bu ried at Moultan; Private Robert Nelson, B. E. R., Jan. 18th, buried at Mou tan; Private .Lawrence Quanlon, B. E. R., Jan. 20th, buried on the bailks of the Chenab; Gunner White. Bombay Artillery, Jan. 26th, buried on the banks of the Chenab; Gunner Collins, Bombay Ar tillery, Jun. 28th, buried on the banks of the Chenab; Private George Shuwyers. B. E. R., Feb. 4th, buried on the banks of the Indus; Private Charles Putts, B. E. R., Feb. 151 h, buried on the banks of the Indus. One of the wounded men died on his way to Bombay in the Medusa. All those who arrived here have since been doing well. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY MARIE rs. FROM THE 17TH OF FEBRUARY TO THE 2D OF MARCH. (From the Bombay limes of March 3.) BOMBAY, MARCH 2, FIVE O'CLOCK. During the interval that has elapsed since the date of our last report the supplies of manufactured goods have been limited, only one arrival from Liverpool having taken place, and our market for piece goods ge nerally continues in an active and healthy state. In the absence of any favourable accounts from the seat of war, some articles of import continue depressed and ne glected; but upon the whole our market wears as satis factory an appearance as we have yet witnessed. The coming fortnight will be one of little business, in consequence of the Hook holidays, which commence next week; at their close we look for an active resump tion of business. In our • money market we have no change to notice. Cotton Piece Goods—Forty inch gray shirting; are extremely scarce and wanted, no supplies of these fa brics having cone to hand since the date of our last. Some sales to arrive have been effected. Forty-five inch widths are also in good demand at prices previously ruling. Gray Madapollams—The sales of these fabrics have only been to a trifling extent, and, the bazaar be ing at present amply supplied, we have no improve ment to notice since our last. Gray jaconets of low quality have been in good inquiry, and sales to some ex tent have been effected. The better kinds are steady. Light 24 yard domestics have been in good request during the fortnight, and some large sales to arrive have been made. T. cloths are iq good inquiry, but the heavier kinds of domestics have been neglected, except coarse 40-inch cloths, for which a slight inquiry has existed. Gray longcloths, suited for dyeing purposes, continue scarce and in request. A sale of a lot to arrive is reported. Bleached Goods—A good demand exists for shirt ings, especially for the middling and finer qualities. Madapotlams are also in good inquiry, the recent sup plies being exhausted. Of jaconets large sales are reported at rates similar to those ruling at the date of our last. Dyed Goods—A better inquiry bag existed for Turkey red plain cloth during the period under notice. Twilled cloth, on the contrary, continues neglected and depressed. Turkey red prints of good styles • are in fair inquiry. There has been nothing doing in fancy goods to call for any particular remark. Woollens—A fair inquiry exists, but we have not heard of any sales. Cotton Yarn—The market has been very steady, and the sales reported are at extreme prices. Stocks aro small, and owing to this the business done has been limited. Dyed Yarn—Turkey red twist continues very dull. In orange we have not heard of any transactions, the last importations being almost cleared off. Cochineal—Some inquiry sprang up after the date of our last report, but any advance was checked by the ar rival of the Lady Nugent, although she only brought 3,0001 b. However, sales to the extent of 6,0001 b. were (41 . .cteti at 2 rs. 15} as. to 3 rs. per lb. Afterwards there was a cessation is the inquiry, and the parcel by the Lady Nugent was moved off at 2 rs. 13 as. per lb., which price we give as the quotation of the day. Met As—Copper—A slight decline has been caused in our quotations for all kinds by recent arrivals. We have not heard of any sales, the market being temporarily quiet on account of the approaching holidays. Iron_ Swe,iish bar is ,till in good demand, the only parcel to hand since our last being a small lot of 40 tons for which we understand 6S rs, per candy has been refused. For British bar our quotation remains as last stated, Lot the inquiry from the int, rior having slackened, no transact ions are reported. Sheet iron is in good request and some advance in the price has taken place. Nail rod, both square and round, has slightly declined. Hoops are steady. Pig lead is in fair inquiry, as are also sheets. Spt•lter remains steady, at our last quotations. Tin plates are scarce. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—ln the absence of supplies of new cotton the transactions of the fortnight have been to a mode rate extent, and the market is quiet, though steady. The native holidays will commence next week, and at their conclusion it is expected a large amount of cotton will have come to hand, when, if advices from England con tinue favourable, considerable activity may be looked for. The purchases reported amount to 6 ; 750 bales, as f ollow 2,500 bales New Broach (to arrive) ... at 80r. per candy. 300 „ Ditto ... at 81r. ditto. 600 „ Old Broach ... 65r. to 68r. ditto. 750 „ New DoHera ... at 80r. ditto. 900 „ Old ditto ... ' 721 r. to 74r. ditto. ~200 New Mangalore ... ... at 71r. ditto. 1,100 „ Ditto Oowrawuttee 77r. to 78r. ditto. 400 „ Old Comptah ... at 65r. ditt o . Opium—The tenuur of the advices•brought by the last China steamer was not so favourable as has been the case for a long time; but, holders being very firm, the decline on our last quotation is trivial, the present prices being 1,300 r. per chest for best Malwa. FREIGHTS. The continued want of cotton has caused rates to Engl,nd to recede somewhat further, and we quote the rate at 31. 10s. per ton for London, and 31.12 a. 6d. for Liverpool. Fur China the rate is 16r. to 16kr. per candy. EXCHANGES. The arrival of the lust China steamer was followed by a r so in Vie rate of exchange, as anticipated in our last, Bar,ng's ctedits, and other first class China bids, having been sold at is. 108 d. per rupee; while Bank paper, at §ix months' sight was disposed of at Is. 10 13-16 , 1. per rupee but at these rates the transac tions were very limited. Subsequently, owing to the opt-rations of ihe BaLk, the rate declined, and our present gotstions are Is. lOid. per rupee for Bank paper, and Is. 10 9-16 d. for other firs . -21ass bills. CALCUTTA MARKETS. (Frem Campbell and Burgett's Circular.) CALCUTTA, FEB 19 —The express, with LOLVOn dates to the Bth of January, arrived on the morning of he 16th instant. The favourable news brought by the previous mail are confirmed, and commercial prospects continued to improve. In this market the demand for exports has been steady and goneral. The rise in indigo, and the eager demand for chat. article not'ced in our last report, have been well maintained. 27,383 chests, containing 101.076 Inds,. hays been exported up to the 17th instant, of which' a h k e e i n couldncl up p ir a y e t b 22,190 che s t s h ave gone to G reat B r i ta i n . T for procuredsu gar of has g oo good improved, quai 1 t yand have s beenoh readily ast a b etter lm ~ s t prices, exhausted, but the conafin dsnteodterka t 0 0 0 s f a te ßa ht qualities ieeonnpsruerhscahvaese beenof has b the conse quently iw the inquiry for sa l tpetre, reported in i l i h r e l a t' a s l t 1 icnhgi.offfiy number, was not of long continuanc e; the arti cle speedily regained its former po s iti on. and has since continued in steady inquiry and with firm prices. Raw silk and coraha have remained ia favour; an active de mand has been maintained fur bol these st Ties at im proved ra.es. Lice has remained under comparative neglt ct. In our import market a steady but more quiet busi nens has been done in all the most consuming d i scrip lions of cotton pi ece goods. There has been less anima tion in the inquiry for shirtings, jacon,ts. and Madtpol lams; but the smallness of stocks has prevented prices tiom being influenced by the diminished demand. Mule twist has remained very quiet, and parties at:11011s to real se would have to submit to lower valuations. Scotch goods have been in better lavour, and almost all descrip tions of these have been selling more freely. Books and malls be.ng low in stock ciiromand s a satisfa c t )ry de mand. and hi g h er p r i ces, w i t h a rising tendency. Metals tire generally quiet, excepting spelter, which has taken another start, and risen from our last quotation of rupees 8 6 to 9 2 per rnqunel. The money-market continues to be superabundantly supplied wherever go d security can be found. Conti peNce in Company's paper has not been shaken by the state of affairs in the Punjanb; on the contrary, the trifling alteration in our quotations will be found in favour of that security; new Fives, 8 to 12 annas dis count; Sicca ditto, 3 4 to 3-12; Company's Fours, 16 to 16 8; E.i-lca ditto, 17 to 17-8. Bank of Bengal shares are still quoted at 1,500 to 1,550 premium, but nothing doing in Om, who prnfita 9 1 th e b an k f or the Intanh