The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-04 00:00:00

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.

London, July 4, 1849.

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THE PUNJAUB WAR MEDAL.
By the last mail we have received the following extract
from tho order of the Governor-General of the 2d of April,
respecting the medal to be given to the army of the Pun-
jaub

" In anticipation of the wishes of the Honourable Court of
Directors, the Governor-General will grant to every officer
and soldier who has been employed within the Punjaub in
this campaign, to the date of the occupation of Peshawur, a
medal bearing the word' Punjaub,' ik commemoration of the
honourable service they have done.
" The Governor-General is also pleased to direct that every
corps which has been so employed shall bear the same word
on their standards and appointments."
This general order, which bestows the medal on all the
troops employed within the Punjaub during the campaign,
whether actually engaged in the different actions or not, has
induced the Commander-in-Chief to apply to the Governor-
General to ascertain whether it was his Lord: hip's intention
that all the troops in garrison beyond the Sutlej, including the
Jullundur, are to receive the distinction, or what particu-
lar troops are to be entitled to it. The Commander-in-Chief
also suggested, with the greatest deference, that the medal
granted for the campaign should be inscribed on the shield
with the word " Punjaub," as ordered by the Governor-Ge-
neral, but with separate bars (like the Peninsular medals,
and those ordered by Lord Hardinge for the campaign
of the Sutlej), to be exclusively tor those officers and
men who were actually engaged in the four actions
of the war, viz., " Mooltan, ' " the passage of the
Chenab" (1. e. Ramnuggur and Sadoollapore), " Chil-
lianwallah," and " Goojerat." Lord Gough also expressed
his conviction that the medal for the recent campaign would
not be prized as his Lordship wished it to be, if those who
were not present at any of the engagements are to wear the
identical decoration granted to officers and men who had par-
taken of the dangers and glory of such actions as the siege and
conquest of Moulton, the passage of the Chenab, the fierce-and
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and recommended that those troops notengaged
should he rewarded with the plain medal, which he
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DEATH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL ENGLISH. —nig
gallant officer was in the enjoyment of excellent health,
and most zealous iu the performance of his duties as
Commanding-officer of the Royal Engineers and Royal
Sappers and Miners at Woolwich, and as a member of
the Select Committee, until his attendance in the latter
capacity at the Royal Arsenal on the lath of May, to
witness the experiment of firing at a two-gun battery to
ascertain the power of the material of which it was com-
posed. Unfortunately one of the fragments, displaced
with great violence by the concussion of the shot,
struck the Lieutenant-Colonel in the arm, tearing the
sleeve of his coat, and making what at first appeared to
be only a flesh wound, but a subsequent examination
showed that the bone of the arm had been fractured.
The Lieutenant-Colonel was immediately taken home,
and, under medical care, was gradually recovering, when
he experienced a paralytic stroke, from which he never
recovered. Lieutenant-Colonel English succeeded the
late Colonel Sir George Hoste, in command of the en-
gineeringteemed for his urbanity and abilities. Ho had seen department at Woolwich, and was greatly es.
1813; and con-
siderable Lieutenan-
t service in the Peninsula during that long pro-
he premium
tracted war. He entered the corps as Second-Lieutenant
on September 8, 1807, was promoted to Lieutenant,
1808; Captain, July 21,
on gold at Paris
JranitziaArltyxlEol,
is I per raille, which, at the English Mint
price of 3/. 17s.
told. per ounce for standardgold, •
gives an exchange of
25.44; and the exchangCAop3lorilesll,E,
being 9 e at Paris on London at short
-5.42 i, it follows that gold is 0.06 per coat.
dearer in Paris
than in London. By advices from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 438 per mark, which,
at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.111; and the
exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being
13.114, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent, dearer in
London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at
New York on London is 1094 per cent., and the par of
exchange between England and America boring 109 23-40
per cent.. it follows that the exchange is 0.33 per cent.
against England. But the quoted exchange at New
York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must
be deducted from the above difference.
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