The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-31 00:00:00

NEWS BY TUE OVERLAND MAIL.

THE INDIAN ARMY—THE RELIEFS.
( From the Calcutta Englishman.)
IIEA.D-QUARTERS, SIMLA, Aug. 26.—With the sanc-
tion of the Most Noble the Governor-General of India
in Council, the following movements of corps and de-
tachments for 1853-54 are directed to take place on the
dates and in the order specified :
HORSE ARTILLERY,-Ist troop Ist brigade, from
Peshawur to Meerut, when relieved by the Ist troop 2d
brigade, and Ist troop 3d brigade ; 2d troop Ist brigade,
from Peshawur to Jullundur, ditto, ditto ; 3d troop Ist
brigade, from Meerut to Sealkote, on the 15th of No-
vember, 1853 ; head-quarters 2d brigade, from Umballah
to Lahore, when relieved by the head-quarters of 3d
brigade ; Ist troop 2d brigade, from Umballah to
Peshawur, on the 15th nf, October, 1853 ; 2d troop 2d
brigade, from Sealkote to Lahore, on the Ist of Novem-
ber, 1853 ; 3d troop 2d brigade, from Umballah to La-
hore, with head-quarters, when relieved by 2d troop 3d
brigade ; head-quarters 3d brigade, from Lahare to Um-
ballah, on arrival of the 2d troop 2d brigade ; Ist troop
3d brigade, from Lahore to Peshawur, to join the Ist
troop 2d brigade on its reaching Lahore, and to proceed
in company ; 2d troop 3d brigade, from Lahore to Urn-
ballah, with the head-quarters, on arrival of 2d troop 2d
brigade ; 3d troop 3d brigade, from Jullundur to Um-
ballah, on arrival of the 4th company, Ist battalion, foot
artillery.
FOOT ARTILLERY.-ISt company is tbattalion, and No.
10 horse field battery, from Sealkote to Peshawur, on the
15th of October, 1853 ; 2d company Ist battalion, from
Jullundur to Govindgurh, ditto ; 3d company Ist bat-
talion, and No. 17 horse field battery, from Peshawur to
Sealkote, when relieved by the Ist company Ist batta-
lion, and No. 10 horse field battery ; 4th company Ist
battalion, from Govindgurgh to Jullundur, when re-
lieved by 2d company Ist battalion ; head-quarters
2d battalion, from Lahore to Peshawur, on the Ist
of November, 1853 ; Ist company 2d battalion, and
No. 7 horse field battery, from Lahore to Peshawur,
ditto ; 2d company 2d battalion, from Lahore to
Peshawur, ditto ; 3d company 2d battalion, from Lahore
to Peshawur, on the arrival of the head-quarters, and Ist
and 3d companies 4th battalion, with No. 19 battery ;
4th company 2d battalion, from Lahore to Peshawur,
ditto, ditto ; 4th company 3d battalion, from Feroze-
pore to Mooltan, on the Ist November, 1853 ; head-
quarters, 4th battalion, from Peshawur to Lahore, on
the arrival of the head-quarters, and Ist and 2d compa-
nies, 2d battalion, with No. 7 battery, making over the
mountain train battery to 2d company, 2d battalion ; Ist
company 4th battalion, from Peshawur to Lahore, ditto,
ditto ; 2d company, 4th battalion, from Peshawur to
Lahore, on the arrival of 3d and 4th companies 2d bat-
tallion ; 3d company 4th battalion, and No. 19 horse
field battery, from Peshawur to Lahore, with the head-
quarters, on the arrival of the detachment, 2d battalion ;
4th company, 4th battalion, from Peshawur to Lahore,
on the arrival of the 3d and 4th companies 2d battalion ;
headquarters sth battalion, from Pegu to Dum-Dum,
as soon as Government may please to sanction the mea-
sure. Ist company 6th battalion, from Agra to Cawn-
pore, when relieved by the 2d company, to which No. 8
light field battery will be transferred ; 2d company 6th
battalion, from Cawnpore to Agra, date to be fixed
hereafter ; 4th company 6th battalion, from Mooltan to
Ferozepore, on being relieved by the 4th company 3d
battalion.
LIGHT CAVALRY.-3d Regiment, from Nowgong to
Meerut, when relieved by the 6th Regiment ; sth Regi-
ment, From Nakodah to Ferozepore, on the 15th of No-
vember ; 6th Regiment, from Meerut to Newgong, on
the Ist of November • Bth Regiment, from Ferozepore
to Nakodah, when relieved by the sth regiment.
IRREGULAR CAVALRY.-3d Regiment, from Bareilly
to Jhansi, when relieved by the 13th Regiment ; 4th Re-
giment from Jhansi to Jullundur, when relieved by the
3d Regiment ; sth Regiment, from Mooltan to Sealkote,
when relieved by the 6th Regiment ; 6th Regiment,
from Sealkote to Mooltan, on the Ist of November ; 9th
Regiment, from Jhelum to Horsheyarpore, when re-
lieved by the 18th Regiment ; 10th Regiment, from Se-
gowlee to Goordaspore, when relieved by the 12th Regi-
ment ; 12th Regiment, from Jullundur to Segowlee, on
the 15th October, 1853 • 13th Regiment, from Goor-
daspore to Bareilly, when relieved by a wing of the
14th Regiment ; 14th Regiment, from Hosheyarpore to
Lahore, on the 15th October, 1853—detaching a wing
to Goordaspore on the Ist October for duty at that sta-
tion till the arrival of the 10th Regiment ; 18th Regi-
ment, from Lahore to Jhelum, when relieved by the
head-quarters and wing of the 14th Regiment.
EUROPEAN INFANTRY.—Her Majesty's 10th Regiment,
from Wuzeerabad to Umballah, when relieved by her
Majesty's 613 t. Regiment ; her Majesty's 18th Royal
Irish, from Pegu to England, when relieved by the 2d
European Eengal Fusiliers. Her Majesty's 22d Regi-
ment) from Rawul Pindee to Peshawur, w hen relieved
by her Majesty's 87th Regiment. Her Majesty's 32d
Regiment, from Peshawur to Kussowlie and Subathoo,
when relieved by her Majesty's 22d Regiment ; her
Majesty's 52d Regiment, from England to Meerut, on
arrival in India, to proceed by water as far as Allaha-
bad, and thence to march by land to its destination ;
her Majesty's 53d Regiment, from Peshawar to Dug-
shaie, when relieved by her Majesty's 75th Regiment ;
her Majesty's 61st Regiment, from Kussowlie and
Subathoo to Wuzeerabad, on the Ist of November,
1853 ; her Majesty's 70th Regiment, from Cawnpore to
Ferozepore, when relieved by her Majesty's 81st Regi-
ment ; Her Majesty's 85th Regiment, from Umballah
to Peshawur on arrival of the left wing from Agra,
which is to move on the Ist of November, 1853 ; her
Majesty's 80th Regiment, from Pegu to England, when
ordered by Government ; her Majesty's 81st Regiment,
from England to Cawnpore, on arrival in India, to pro-
ceed by water as far as Allahabad, and thence to march
by land to its destination ; her Majesty's 87th Regiment,
from Ferozepore to Rawul Pindee, on the 25th Novem-
ber, 1853 ; her Majesty's 98th Regiment, from Dugshaie
to Fort William, on the 20th October, 1853—t0 march
to Gurmucktesir Ghaut, and thence proceed by country
boats to Allahabad, and then by steamers ; Hon. Com-
pany's 2d European Bengal Fusiliers, from Fort William
to Pegu, when relieved by her Majesty's 98th Regiment
—by sea.
NATIVE INFANTRY.-4th Regiment, from Rawul Pin-
dee to Peshawur, on the Ist November, 1653 ; 6th Re-
giment, from Benares to Jawulpoor, by water, on the
Ist October, 1853 ; 12th Regiment, from Mooltan to
Newgong and Jhansi, when relieved by the 55th Regi-
ment ; 14th Regiment, from Dinapore to Mooltan, on
the 15th October, 1853 ; 18th Regiment, from Feroze-
pore to Bareilly, orders to be sent direct • 24th Regi-
ment, from Gorruckpore to Wuzeerabad, when relieved
by the 32nd Regiment ; 30th Regiment, from Jumaul-
pore to Agra, when relieved by the 6th Regiment ; 32d
Regiment, from Wuzeerabad to Gorruckpore, on the
Ist October, 1853 ; 34th Regiment, from Wuzeerabad
to Lucknow, when relieved by the 62d Regiment ; 35th
Regiment, from Lucknow to Sealkote, when relieved by
the 34th Regiment.
NATIVE INFANTRY.---38th Regiment from Sylhet to
Cawnpore, date of move will be hereafter communicated;
40th Regiment from Rangoon to Dinapore, when relieved
by the 65th Regiment, by sea to Calcutta, and to march
thence ; 41st Regiment from Mooltan to Etawah and
Mynpoorie, when relieved by the 14th Regiment ; 45th
Regiment from Bareilly to Ferozepore, when relieved
by the 18th Regiment ; 47th Regiment from Jhelum to
Rangoon, on the 15th September, 1853 ; to march to
Gurmucktesir Ghaat, and thence proceed by country
boats to Calcutta, and then by sea to Rangoon ; 51st
Regiment from Jullundur to Umritsir, on the Ist of No-
vember, 1853 ; 55th Regiment, from Jhansi and Now-
gong to Mooltan, when relieved by a wing of the 60th
Regiment from Bandah, and detachments from Gwalior;
59th Regiment from Hosheyaypbre to Jhelum, on arri-
val of the 69th Regiment ; 59th Regiment from
Cawnpore to Jullundur, on arrival of the 63d Regi-
ment ; 62d Regiment, Etawah and Mynpoorie to Wu-
zeerabad, when relieved by detachments from Futteh-
gurb and Alleygurh ; 63d Regiment, from Sealkote to
Cawnpore, on the Ist of November, 1853 ; 65th Regi-
ment, from Umritsir to Rangoon, on the 15th of Sept.,
1853, to march to Gurmucktesir Ghaut. and thence pro-
ceed to country boats to Calcutta, and then by sea to
Rangoon. 66th Regiment, from Peshawur to Rawul
Pindee, when relieved by the 4th Regiment, or at dis-
cretion of the officer commanding the Peshawur divi-
sion ; 67th Regiment, from Rangoon to Benares, when
relieved by the 47th Regiment, by sea to Calcutta, and
to march thence ; 69th Regiment, from Agra to Hos- 1
heyarpore, on the Ist of November, 1853.
SAPPERS AND MINERS.-3d company, from regiment
bead-quarters to Simla, Ist of March, 1854, or after the
practice ; 4th company, from Lahore to regimental
head-quarters, on the 10th of October, 1853 ; sth com-
pany, from Simla to regimental head-quarters, on the
10th of October, 1853 ; 6th company, from Dugshaie to
regimental head-quarters, on the 10th of October, 1853 ;
10th company, from Sealkote to regimental head-
quarters, on the 10th of October, 1853 ; 11th company,
regimental head-quarters to Dugshaie, on the Ist of
March, 1853, or after the practice.
Officers commanding divisions are requested to give
effect to the foregoing orders within their respective
divisions.
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rities in the districts through which the routes of their
corps or detachments may lie ; to the transmission of
progress and other reports to head-quarters ; and, dur-
ing the absence of his Excellency, the Commander-in-
Chief, from the Presidency, of duplicates of all such re.

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ports to the officer in charge of the Adjutant-General's
and Quartermaster-General's offices in Calcutta.
Routes will be furnished from the office of the Quarter-
master-General of the army.
By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.
EL T. TUCKER, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Adjutant-General of the Army.

THE ASSASSINATION OF COL. MACKESON.
We regret much to have to record a daring attempt
to assassinate a high British functionary, in the person
of Colonel Mackeson, commissioner of the Peshawur
division. It appears that, on the afternoon of Saturday,
the 10th inst., as the colonel was sitting in his veran-
dah, having dismissed his kucheree people, a religious
fanatic from Koner suddenly rushed in and endeavoured
to stab him. Colonel Mackeson, who is a very power-
ful man, seized the knifes but received such severe in-
juries in his hand that he was obliged to release his hold,
when the villain inflicted a deep wound in the breast of
his victim ; and, although the medical attendants hope
the lung is not injured, they could not, on the 11th inst.,
pronounce him out of danger. The miscreant was im-
mediately arrested, and is in safe custody. He denies
having any accomplices ; but, as he expressed to the
deputy commissioners his intention of killing both Col.
Mackeson and Captain James, in his capacity of a dis-
ciple of the Akhoon of Swat, strong suspicions are en-
tertained that he has some, and th most persevering
endeavours were being used to trace them.
Further particulars are, that the man was seen to
spread his cloth close to the verandah and pray ; having
done so, he threw his longee over his left shoulder, under
which he held the dagger with his right hand. He took
up a position amongst the crowd, and, during a slight
dust storm, staggered forward as though about to faint,
but in reality to disguise his intention. * * * The
point of the dagger was turned, evidently as though it
had struck a bone, and thus saved the colonel's life. A
man of the name of Ata Mahomed, formerly kotwal of
Peshawur, rushed to the rescue and received a wound
in his stomach ; but the assassin was seized ;
none of the chuprasies were armed, or he would pro-
bably have been cut to pieces on the spot. He came
direct from Jellalabad, with the intention of murdering
both the commissioner and deputy commissioner, because
he heard from travellers that a mountain train had been
organised preparatory to the invasion of Swat, in which
country he had many friends ; he said that his heart
burnt with indignation at the meditated conquest, and
thought the best plan to stay the invasion was to murder
the instigators of the intended movement.
He is said to be a fine man, evidently of the common
class ; he is confined in the quarter-guard of the 28th
Native Infantry. He says himself he attended kucheree
three days, so as to mature his plans.
Notwithstanding the severity of his wounds, Colonel
Mackeson, on the villain being seized, particularly de-
sired that he might not be hurt.—Laltorc Chronicle,
Sept. 14.
The colonel has died. This will be, we are sure, a
source of great sorrow to our readers, as few political
officers were held in such deserved estimation as the gal-
lant colonel. We have a few words to say on this much
to be lamented occurence. It appears from all accounts
that "none of the chuprassies were armed, or he, the
assassin, would probably have been cut to pieces on the
spot."
The chuprassies were not armed, we presume, in pur-
suance of the order directing all persons in the Punjaub
to be disarmed- But a greater absurdity can scarcely be
conceived that having unarmed chuprassies at a kucheree
in the Punjaub. It is a positive premium upon murder,
for an armed man who comes with a design to assassi-
nate, may hope to cut his way, sword in hand, through
unarmed men, after having accomplished his design, but
he would certainly pause before he went to a kucheree
with murderous intentions, if he knew he had to pass
through armed men.
Another thing we would suggest is, that these assas-
sins caught in the act should be summarily tried and pun-
ished at once..
The sentence should be carried into effect wit hout
delay upon proof of guilt. The tedious process of our
courts is quite out of place with reference to atrocious
cases of this kind.
Within the last few months three public officers in the
Punjaub have been attacked by murderous assassins—
Mr. Jenkins, Captain James, and Colonel Mackeson.
It is time this crime should be put down with a very
strong and vigorous hand.. The tribes to the north are
ferocious, vindictive, inured to blood, and murders from
the beginning. Talk of kucheree law for miscreants of
this kind—no, a strong rope and the first tree, on which
their carcases may swing as food for the region of kites.
We are no admirers of General Avitabile, whom, from
anecdotes we have heard, we are rather disposed to look
upon as a monster in human form ; but his quick, sharp,
and summary method of dealing with criminals caught
in the act is worthy of imitation, if the British Govern-
ment wish to give protection to their public servants
employed in the Punjaub.—Mofussilite, Sept. 16.