The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-12 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

(From the Bombay Times, May 10.)
Our advices from Buipah are to the 20th ult.
The general state of affairs throughout the country
upon the whole satisfactory, although dacoity
still exists to, a, great extent. Goung-Gee, one of
the leaders, still heads a predatory band, and a
detachment of our troops has proceeded against
bite, the primary object being to reach his strong-
holds, where his granaries are. A letter, dated
Renzada, 15th inst., states the Tharawaddie dis-
, tact is still far from settled; and skirmishes are
continually occurring with Goung - Gee's men.
Three companies of the 10th Regiment N.I. have
been marching about in that district since Decem-
ber, and will be out for another month. They
have met with parties of Goung-Gee's people on
several occasions, and have both attacked his vil-
lages and been attacked by his followers repeatedly.
. They are now marching along the base of the hills
On the eastern side, burning every village that fires
on them. An affair came off a few days ago, in
'which ten men of the Sikhs and Arracau battalion
were wounded ; the companies of the 10th, 250
strong, have had altogether three killed and 17
Wounded since December. 'Captain Phillott, who
commands the entire detachment, had a narrow
escape one day, his pony being' shot under him,
and two balls through his solar—topee. A volley
Was fired from a jungle at the side of the road. A
company of her Majesty's 84th is here ; they accom-
panied Captain Sparks, the Deputy Commissioner
of Rangoon, up the Lyne river, and having left a
company of the 19th Native Infantry at Sanguay,-
came over here to drop down to Rangoon by water.
Another company of the Madras 19th are to accom-
pany the wing of the Bth Irregulars up to Prome. ,
They are expected in four or five days. Goung-
Gee cannot be caught, and he is naturally reluctant
to abandon a district that has owned his sway for .
many years, and in which he is universally popular. .
Another chief, Moung Shway Moung, is threaten- ;
jog the north of the Bassein district, but no dis-
turbance has occurred as yet. There is a report ,
that Meeaday has been burned, but it has not been :
confirmed ; and it is hoped that the Governor-Ge-
neral will at once adopt measures for the effectual ,
suppression of dacoity.
.We have been in posses- .
sion of the country long enough to have exterrni-
nated these robber bands, and %if they. will not,
follow some honest employmentethey must be.
deStroyed. So long .as they are permitted to'
exist they exercise a most damaging influence
over the minds of our new subjects, some of whoni
imagine that we will eventually vacuate the country
when those who have submitted to our rule will be
signally punished. To the Delhi Gazette we are in-
debLed for the following intelligence from Cabal
" There. is a report from Heerat that 40 Russians,
haviiig been associated with 40 Persian officers, have
gone to different places in Central Asia, and two had
reached that city. They have engaged to strengthen
and occupy neerat for a certain period of time ; and
the son of the late Vazeer Yar Mahomed Khan has
agreed to leave it and remain in Neeshapoor, a dis-
trict in Persian Khorasan. But he has not yet
started. It is also said that the same Russian and
Persian agents will come on to Candahar and Ca-
bool. Dost Mahomed Khan seems just at present
inclined for an alliance with the British Govern-
ment, while Sooltan Mahomed Khan leans towards
:Persia. There is also a report that the Russians
.have built and garrisoned a fort on the shores of the
;sea (whether Caspian or Aral is not stated), five
:marches from Oorgunge, no water intervening.
'Jafar Khan, on the part of Dost Mahomed Khan
and Meer Dad Khan from Sooltau Mahomed Khan,
who had gone as agents to Persia, have not yet re-
turned. Nawab Jubber Khan is really dead. Nazir
--Ehairoullah, who left Cabool some time ago, has
arrived at Peshawur, and mentions to the Ameer
his satisfactory interview with Aiwut Sahub'
Major Edwardes, of course), Bahadur commissioner.
;tie has also spoken to that officer about his own
pecuniary affairs, and, in reply, has been told that
a he Chief Commissioner, who will shortly be at
1 tawul Pindee, will take his case into consideration,
a s that gentleman is Mookhtar Surkar, or Plenipo-
t, entiary. Several letters, which Dost Mahomed
than has received from Heerat, &c., have been
ent to the Nizir to show to the Commissioner
F lahub. They are of course suited to his own pur-
P oses, and therefore sent to Peshawur. Nazir
117.hairoullah, now deputed by DostMahomed Khan
t a Peshawur, was originally Nazir or steward of,
A ,meer 001-moolk, the late uncle of the Dost. He•
vir as prosperous and wealthy ; and before or after
tl le death of his master he went to Bokhara,
W hence his trade spread as far as the rich markets
of Russia. The Ameer, like a true Afghan chief,
co yeted his riches, and married his daughter, who
re mained in Cabool, while the other members of
th e Ameer's family were removed during the Bri-
, tie It occupation of Cabool. When the Dost surren-
----de red his sword to the late Sir W. Macnaghten,
aft er the battle of Purwandurah, this lady, daughter
of the Nazir, was honourably brought forward by
tidy Macnaghten, and united with her exiled and
loi ig-lost husband, the Ameer of Cabool. Such is
th 3 account of the Nazir's relationship with the
1/4, )st. Nazir Khairoullah did great service to the
un tfortunate Colonels Stoddart and Connolly at
Bt 'khara, and at his own personal risk became the
tat ilium of the correspondence which those officers
cal Tied on with the late Sir W. Macnaghten and
Sit • Alex. Burnes. The brutal and savage King of
Bo khara, finding out that Nazir Khairoullah was
Sec retly attached to the British, plundered him of
his open and known property to a considerable
anal mat, and compelled him to throw himself agai.n
O.
his covetous son-in-law, the Afghan chief at Ca-
boo 1, saving his head at the sacrifice of his wealth.
His agent Ahmed Khan, in Berunj Farosh or
Mu: adeewal, by fabricating news-letters, like the
-late Meer HaSSUT:' of Cabool, and Taifoor Shah, of
Peshiawur, gained the favour of Sir W. Macnaghten
lend Bir A. Burnes, and through their influence got
;possession of the rich estates of the Nazir, to the
:am ou nt of several lakhs. This man had lent more
'than one lack of rupees of the Nazir's money to
:teed the English wounded soldiers and prisoners
under Captain John Connolly, when the British
force abandoned the cantonment, and were massia-
c ;red on the road to Jelallabad. This Ahmed Khan
' took away all the movable property and precious
I stones of the Nazir from Cabool, and went with
k 3.eneral Pollock's force to India. There he was
1 mid in full all the money he had lent to feed the
3ritish soldiers, and thus fraudulently making him-
elf master of his chief's money, went to Cashmere
• nd refused to return to Cabool. Thus all the
✓ realth of the Nazir is now in the hands of the
o the treacherous Ahmed. The Nazir,
la- Ince his arrival at Cabool, has been inducing, by
• coney and promises of future presents, several
c- aiefs, such as the late Nawab Jubber Khan,
( lholam Mahomed Khan Mookhtar, and others,
t ) use their influence with the Ameer, and
is castigate the latter to open communications for
cintracting an alliance of peace with the British
(3,overnment. The Ameer was also told by the
11 razir that his interference with the British would
cilitate the way for recovering his money from
.his agent, which sum will be al ways at the dis-
posal of the Ameer. These proposals had been
tong under the consideration of the Ameer, till
tews arrived from Persia and Bokhara that the
aoosee and Roomee (Russians and Turks) were
ighting, and that the English would also join the
I atter. Agaiu the friends of the Nazir stirred up
1- he matter and the cunning Ameer found a favour-
s .hle opportunity offered toll= to open negotiations
Tith the British through the agency of the Nazir.
1 tis his custom to play a double game, but he will
a lways try to get the effectual support of the Rus-
, s :an and Persian Governments, unless the British
iVe him at least the Peshawur territory, of which
' 1 .e always talks. So the Nazir has done good ser-
N ice to the British at Bokhara. ; and having induced
t he Ameer of Cabool to enter into his views, has
ow to come as agent to negotiate a treaty of alli-
nce at Peshawar. Messengers have arrived in
labool with a report that the Russians and Hoc
13 iinjees (or people of Kbiva) have become one, a 1
rill be joined by.the King of Bokhara. The letter
thich the Dost has received from Persia has been
ent to Peshawur through Nazir Khairoullah, in
thieh the King, it is said, has told him either to
tared by him or by the English. One of the sons of
I Lhe Candabar Chiefs has gone by express to the King
of Persia. The Ameer has also heard with jealousy
that his Candahar brothers are secretly correspond-
ing with the Sahub Commissioner of Sindh through
the Kohat Chief. Gholam Haider Kban is at Jel-
elalabad, and amusing himself with drilling his
Force, and Mahomed Azeem Khan is gone to collect
'the revenue of the Keen= Province. He has
-killed several refractory Maliks or head men of the
-villages, and plundered their property and children,
:both girls and boys, to the number of 20) persons
in all. Mahomed Shah Khan Ghilzaee has come on
a visit of consultation to the Akhoond of Sai,vat.”
Mr. Gillespie, Quartermaster of H.M. 98th B,e-
-siment, who murdered his horse-keeper at Um-
oallah, has, it is said, been sentenced to transpor-
tation, but no official announcement has yet appear-
ed- From Calcutta and Madras we have no intelli-
gence of moment. General Sewell is, it is con-
fidently believed, to be confirmed as commander-
lh-claief of tho latter presidency. Lord Harris ar-
t'ived in Madras on the 2Sth ult. Sir Henry Pot-
Unger had left a few days previors to Lord Har-
ris's arrival. The tornado which we mentioned in
Tir last summary as having visited Rungpoor in
Bengal, and destroyed the inhabitants, appears
_lO have travelled almost due south at a mcde-
'4,te, pace, for, it was not until the evening
'3l the 12th ultimo. that we hear of it in Jesioie.
There a fearful blast of wind came roaring through
tl=lo village, and carried away in an instant six