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pany G, of the ♦olunteers; the other, his companion, and
three sailors, were deserters from the Warren. The two
former are supposed to have committed a murder on the
Stanislaus last November. A Californian of the pur-
suing party was kill, d.

INDIAN DISPATCHES.
(From the London Gazette Extraordinary.)
INDIA BOARD, MAY 2.
The dispatch, of which the following is an extract,
and the accompanying papers, have been this day re.
ceived at the East India House, from the Governor-
General of India.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE SECRET

COMMITTEE.

Camp, Ferozepore, March 24th, 1849.

(Extract.)
The victory of Goojerat, followed up, as it has been,
with unfailing vigour by Sir Walter Gilbert, has led to
the delivery of the British prisoners, the surrender of the
Seikh chiefs, with all the guns that still remained to
them, and the entire prostration of the Seikh army.
These important results have been obtained, without
another shot being fired.
On the Bth instant, the enemy, about 16,000 strong,
were at Rawul Pindee, thirty-one miles in advance of
the position which Sir Walter Gilbert had reached. In
the evening, Mrs. Lawrence and her children, with
others of the British prisoners, arrived in the General's
camp. The rest, accompanied by Raja Shere Singh,
Lall Singh, Morareea, and 450 followers, came in, a few
hours afterwards. On the following day, Shere
Singh returned to Rawul Pindee, to arrange with his
troops for their unconditional capitulation. Sir Walter
Gilbert, however, determined to continue his advance,
and to close up his rear division, for the purpose of
moving on the enemy's position. On the loth, he was at
Manikyala, where Sirdar Khan Singh Majeetia came,
and tendered his submission, bringing with him his
armed retainers, about 1,000 men, with some
guns. On the 11th he was at Hoormook, on the left
bank of the Sohan River. There Sirdar Chuttur Singh,
Raja Shere Singh, and several other Sirdars, and officers
of the Seikh army, arrived in his camp, gave up their
swords, and made over 17 guns, intimating that others
were on their way.
On the 14th, the General reached Rawul Pin-
dee, and received the surrender of the whole body
of the Seikh army, the Sirdars surrendering their swords
i❑ the presence of the commanding officers of divisions
and brigades, and their staffs. The total number of
guns given up was forty-one, and 16,000 stanel of arms
were laid down. I have since learnt that the arms
amount to more than 20,000.
All the Sirdars that were in arms have surrendered,
with the exception of two, Bhaee Maharaj Singh (still
alive, it seems), and Colonel Richpaul Singh, who have
absconded, but without adherents.
"We have now," writes his Excellency the Com-
mander-in-Chief, "in our possession, 56 guns, taken at
Goojerat, and abandoned by the enemy in his retreat,
on the 21st of February-41, surrendered to Major-
General Sir W. Gilbert, since that event-12, captured
at Chillianwallah—and 50 at Moultan—making a total of
158 pieces of ordnance, which have fallen into our hands
during the present campaign."
In offering to Major-General Gilbert, and to the
whole army, my heartfelt congratulations upon the
events above related, the results of the battle of Goo-
jerat, and of the operations subsequent to it, so admira-
bly conducted by the Major-General, is fulfilment of
his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief's instructions,
I did not allow the glory of these results to conceal the
fact, that although the Seikh enemy was humbled to the
dust, and his power utterly crushed, there still re-
mained another, whose wanton and insolent hostility
demanded speedy chastisement. I cannot regard
the war as concluded—l cannot say that peace is
restored—until Dost Mahomed Khan and the Affghan
enemy are either driven from the province of Peshawur,
or destroyed within it. This may be—l hope it is—the
case, even now. I have heard, already, of Sir W. Gilbert
being at Attock, which the enemy evacuated, on his
approach. This energetic officer made a forced march
of thirty-one miles to that fortress, in order to secure
the bridge of boats on the Indus from being burnt
or destroyed ; and, in this object he has been
quite successful, having secured no less than seven-
teen boats, after the bridge had been broken by
the retreating Affghans. The Major-General writes,
that he hopes to cross the river with the Bengal division,
on the afternoon of the 19th instant, and intends to push
on, after the flying enemy, with all expedition. He
must, by this time, have reached Peshawur; and the
Ameer will hardly venture to meet him in the field.

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. B. GILBERT, E.C.8., TO TUE

ADJUTANT.GENERAL.

Camp, near Attock, March 18th, 1849.
Since my dispatch from Rawut Pindee, of the 14th
instant, I have advanced to this place, and beg to report,
for the information of the Commander-ia-Chief, that I
am, to-day, in possession of the fort of Attock.
On the 15th instant, the Bengal division of the force
under my command moved to Jani-lie-Sung,
17 miles, and, on the 16th, reached Wah, after a
march of 14 miles. While at Wah, intelligence
reached me that the bridge over the river Indus
was still standing, and that Attock was occupied
by the Affghan troops: seeing at once the import-
ance of securing the bridge, or, at all events.
the boats forming it, or such of them as could be rescued
from the hands of the enemy, I resolved upon advancing
on Attock, by a forced march of thiry-one miles, relying
with confidence on the utmost exertion being made by
every officer and soldier under my command to effect so
great an object as that of securing the means of rapidly
crossing the river Indus. This confidence has not been
misplaced.
At six o'clock P.M. on the 16th, the force moved from
Wah, bivouacked for a few hours at Booran, and reached
Shumshabad, about sunrise. From Shurnshabad, after
feeding the horses, I pushed on, with my cavalry and
artillery, to Attock, before which fortress I arrived,
with the cavalry, at half-past eleven o'clock, the
artillery coming up at one P.M. The fort of
Attock I found to be evacuated ; and the
rear-guard of the Affghan army was in the
act of crossing the bridge of boats. Our troops had
hardly shown themselves, when the bridge was broken
up, and many of the boats allowed to float down the river.
The enemy was drawn up in force on the right
bank, and on the sloping ground extending from
the river to the bills in his rear , on the river bank, he
had placed three batteries, two of them
of three guns each ; the third or right battery
consisted of a larger number of guns. To his right was
the fort of Khyrabad, where he had placed two guns, out-
side that fortress. Each battery was supported by a re-
giment of regular infantry ; and crowds of irregulars,
both infantry and cavalry, were formed on the sloping-
ground, in rear of his guns.
_ _

From his position, with a rapid river in his front, I
was led to expect that he would have offered some re-
sistance to our passage; but, in this belief I was mis-
taken, and was disappointed by his moving off; almost
immediately on my arrival with the cavalry, and before
my g,uns could come up.
T 64. batteries on the river side, and the guns at Khy-
rabad, opened upon such parties as showed themselves,
while the guns remained in position; and an exchange
of musketry was kept up by the Jezzailchies and some of
our troops until late in the day, but apparently without
loss on either side.
Seventeen boats have been secured, and are sufficient
to form a bridge, which shall be made with all possible
dispatch. I hope to cross the river, with the Bengal
division, on the afternoon of the 19th instant, and shall
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Camp, Ferozepore, March 10, 1549.
The name of Lieutenant-Colonel Birch, Judge-Advo•
cato-General, having been inadvertently omitted in the
General Order, dated the Ist of March, publishing the
details of the action at Goojerat, I am directed by the
Governor-General to request that that officer's ❑ame
may be inserted, immediately after that of Lieutenant-
Colonel Garden, C.B.

THE COMMANDEE-IN-CHIEF TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
Camp, Kullalla, March 15, 1849.
On reperusal of my dispatch, relative to the opera-
tions of the 21st of February at Goojerat, I regret to
find I omitted mentioning the names of Lieutenants
Lumsden and Hodson, of the Corps of Guides, and Lieu-
tenant Lake, of the Engineers, attached to the Political
Department.
These officers were most active in conveying orders,
throughout the action; and I now beg to bring their
names to the favourable notice of your Lordship.
MAIOR-GENERAL WHISII, C. 8., TO THE ADJUTANT-
GENERAL OF THE ARMY.

Camp, Ramnuggur, February 13, 1849.
In my dispatch of the 22d ultimo, I expressed my
apprehension that I might have omitted mention of some
who merited particular notice, and I beg leave now to
repair the omission.
After Lieutenant Garforth was wounded, on the 2 d
ultimo, Lieutenant Maxwell, of the Engineers, who had,
on the 27th of December, accompanied the column of
attack, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Young, her
Majesty's 10th Regiment, was appointed to officiate
as Brigade-Major, and carried on its duties with great
efficiency, giving, as his predecessor had done, every
satisfaction to the Chief Engineer, who also makes
favourable mention of Captain Longden, her
Majesty's 10th Regiment, Acting Field Engineer,
whose diligence and useful services have, frequently,
during the operations before Moultan, come under my own
notice: and although, at the earliest commencement of
them, I drew his Excellency's attention to the ability and
perseverance evinced by Lieutenant Glover of the En-
gineers, in performing (in August last) the important duty,
assigned to him on my approaching Moultan, of block-
ing up the mouth of the Grand Canal, I would fain
recur to it in this, as that officer's course has, ever since,
been consistent with this beginning.
As, from July last, the arduous, and often harassing,
duties of Brigade Quartermasters of the Bengal Field
Force, have been uniformly carried out by the under-
mentioned officers, with an energy and attention most
creditable to them, I beg to bring them to his Lordship's
favourable notice. _ _

Artillery—Lieutenant W. K. Fooks.
Engineers—Lieutenant J. E. Cracroft, 69th Native
Infantry.
Cavalry—Lieutenant J. H. Toone, llth Light Cavalry.
Ist Infantry Brigade—Lieutenant G. G. Moxon, 52d
Native Infantry.
2d Infantry Brigade—Lieutenant J. H. Reid, 51st
Native Infantry.
1 have the honour to enclose a detailed return of the
ordnance captured from the enemy during our opera-
tions before Moultan; total 50 pieces, including four
large mortars; also Major Garbett's letter of the 23d
ult., that accompanied it; and with which I also asso-
ciate letters, of the same date, from Brigadier Cheape,
C. 8., Chief Engineer, Major Napier. and Capt. Siddons.
I have, in conclusion, the honour of forwarding a gene-
ral casualty list of the force, from the 17th of August,
1848, to the 22c1 of January, 1849, which will, I trust,

prove, under all the circumstances, a satisfactory docu-
ment.

Of all ranks, total : killed, 210; wounded, 982.
MAJOR H. GARBETT, COMMANDING ARTILLERY, BENGAL
COLUMN, TO THE ASSISTANT-ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
MOULTLN FIELD FORCE.
Camp, Moultan, January 23, 1849.
In forwarding for the information of the Major-
General commanding the Moultan Field Force, the en-
closed document* connected with the late siege of Moul-
tan, I have, particularly, to bring to his notice the
indefatigable zeal of the Commissary of Ordnance,
Lieutenant Christie ; and the system and regularity
with which the constant and heavy demands of the bat-
teries were supplied.
I would also, most strongly, recommend to his notice
the conduct of Mr. Deputy-Commissary Spencer, who,
in the embarkation and disembarkation of the train, and
indeed on all occasions, evinced the utmost zeal and
attention ; and I should feel highly gratified by the
services of this Ordnance officer, of long standing, being
brought especially to the notice of the Government.

BRIGADIER J. CHEAPE, C 8., CHIEF ENGINEER, ♦RMY OF
THE PUNJAUB, TO THE ASSISTANT-ADJUTANT GENE -
RIL,.MOULTAN FIELD FORCE.
Moulton, January 23, 1849.
At the close of our operations against the town
and citadel of Moulton, I believe it is my duty to
report, for the information of Government, the services
of the Engineer corps and officers employed in the siege,
whose talent and indefatigable exertions have so much
contributed to the fall of the place.
So general has been the energy displayed by every
officer, it would be impossible to make any distinction;
anti it only remains for me to mention the different officers,
with a hope that they may be brought to the favourable
notice of his Excellency the Commander•in•Chief. To
Major Napier, my second in command, and Major
Scott, of the Bombay Engineers, the duties of directing
Engineer were, chiefly, intrusted; and to their talents
and abilities in caiducting the operations, our success is
greatly owing.
Captains Abercrombie, Western, Siddons, and Lieut.
Alaxwell, were also employed in directing, at the com-
mencement, when the extended line of our operations
against the town and citadel rendered such arrangements
necessary; and I have every reason to be satisfied with
these officers, especially with Captains Abercrombie and
Siddons, who superintended the operations against the
city. lam also indebted for the assistance given to these
officers by Lieutenants Fulton, Paton, Glover, and
Greathead.

The conduct of Captain Siddons and his corps requires
particular mention being made, and I hare much plea-
sure in forwarding his report.
Major Scott reports most favourably of the officers of
the Bombay Engineers; Lieutenant John Hill (wounded),
Kendall, Walker, Playfair, Fuller, and Berthon; and
their services deserve every praise.
To Captain Longden, of her Majesty's 10th Regiment,
and Assistant to the Lahore Durbar Engineer, my best
thanks are due for his diligence, and the very useful
plans and information he has, from time to time, sup-
plied; and I would here acknowledge the valuable as-
sistance and intelligence I received from Major Napier,
Chief Engineer in the former operations against Moultan.
I have also to mention Lieutenants Taylor (wounded),
and Hyde, in charge of the Engineer Park, through
whose able arrangements the operations have been
greatly forwarded; and my thanks are due to Lieutenant
Cracroft, Brigade Quartermaster, who generally ac-
companied me.

Lieutenant Garforth, my Brigade Major, was wounded
severely, in the assault on the 2d of January ; and Lieu-
tenant Maxwell has acted since as Brigadier Major ;
and to both of these officers my warmest acknowledg-
ments are due, not only for every personal assistance to
myself, and for carrying on the duties of the depart-
ment, but for intelligence and zeal in everything relating
to the operations.
I have omitted to mention General Cortlandt's Sap-
pers, who, under Lieutenant Young, Bengal Engineers,
made themselves very useful in our late operations.
BREVET•MAJOR R. NAPIER, LATE CHIEF ENGINEER,
MOULTAN FIELD FORCE, TO THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-
GENERAL, MOULTAN FIELD FORCE.
Moultan, January 23, 1849.
The siege of Moultan having been concluded, it is my
duty to bring, to the notice of the Major-General Com-
manding, with the hope of their being favourably men-
tioned
to the Commander-in-Chief, the services of the
officers employed ender me, in the early operations of
the siege; in those for protecting the British and allied
camps, which terminated in the capture of the enemy's
position and guns on the ith of November, 1848 ; and in
the preparation of the plans, and supply of siege mate-
rials, with the aid of which the siege has since been suc-
cessfully concluded.
To the zeal and ability of Captain Abercrombie; my
second in command, I sm most highly indebted.
To Captain Garforth, for his services as Brigade
Major, lam also most highly indebted; and his gal-
lantry, and that of Lieutenant Grindall, in the assault
of the Dhurrum Sala, on the 12th of September, 1848,
was conspicuous.
The exertions of Lieutenant Maxwell, who acted as
directing engineer; of Lieut. Taylor, in charge of the
Park; and of every officer belonging to the Engineers,
or doing duty with the corps, were deserving of the
highest praise. I never met a more zealous body of
officers.
The services rendered by Lieut. Glover, in the diffi•
cult operation of closing the head of the Wulle Maho-
mei Canal, and of Captain Longden, H. M.'a 10th Re-
giment of Foot, assistant to the Durbar Chief Engineer,
have been most valuable.

I have great pleasure in mentioning, particularly, the
services of Captain Siddons, Directing Engineer, and the
Corps of Sappers and Pioneers under his command ; they
fully maintained their high character.
To Lieutenant Lake, of the Engineers, in command
of the troops of the Nawab of Bahawalpore, who con-
ducted the left attack, I was also greatly indebted for his
support and assistance. Ho reports very highly of the
Company of Sappers under Lieutenants Pollard and
Maunsell.

It would be unjust to omit favourable notice of General
Cortlandt's Sappers, and the willing assistance afforded
by them.
Although the defection of our ally, Baja Shere Singh,
snatched from us the prize of success, when it seemed
almost within our grasp, it is satisfactory to reflect that
our labours have paved the way for the present, compa-
ratively bloodless, triumph ; that our trenches of the
Khutteh Byragee and the Dhurrum Sala, made us ac-
quainted with the intricacies of the suburbs; and that to
the respect, gained for our bayonets on the 12th of Sep-
may be attributed the rapid fall of the strong
of the Shums-Tabreez, Wuzeerabad, and the
meo
Awa, on the 27th of December, 1848.
position of
AND
PIONEERS,
CAPTAIN H. SIDDONS, COMMANDING THE SAP..
TO THE RFIGADE•MAJOR OF
ENGINEERS.

Moultan, January 23, 1849.
On the occasion of the fall of Moultan, I believe it is
my duty to make a report, as commanding the Corps of
Bengal Sappers and Pioneers: to write such in detail,
would be to embrace the whole of the siege operations,
which, of course, is unnecessary.
Nor need I dwell on the exertions of my men, as their
hard work and excellent conduct must have been observed
by every one, from the Major-General downwards,, and
will, no doubt, receive ample justice in Brigadier Cheape's
dispatch.
Custom justifies me in naming my Adjutant, Lieute-
nant Fraser, as having rendered me most important
assistance in carrying on all the details of the corps
during the siege ; his services were always available,
when required, in the trenches ; and he superintended
the loading, tamping, and firing, of the mines, on the
right attack.
I also wish to name Second-Lieutenant F. Grindall,
who has undergone much more than his share of labour
and fatigue, and has behaved in the most gallant manner,
in the assaults of the 12th of September, 27th of Decem-
ber, and 2d of January last, it having been his fortune
to lead on all these occasions. Of my other officers, I
can only say, that they could be exceeded by none, in
zeal, perseverance, and gallantry.
In like manner, the European non-commissioried
officers have all behaved admirably, and I wish to bring
the following to favourable notice:—
The Acting Sub-Conductor, Sergeant-Major Casey.
Sergeant W. Waring, wounded.
Corporal 11. Granger.
Corporal H. Bruen, wounded.
2d Corporal W. Ford.
2d Corporal W. 13urtry, wounded.
In the native branch of the corps, in addition to
those I have had occasion specially to recommend, on
various occasions, for the third class of the order of
merit, J beg earnestly to recommend the following to
the favorable notice of his Excellency the Commander-
in-Chief.

Jemadar Sooful, Ist Company Sappers and Miners.
Havildar Sewdeen, 2d Company Sappers and Miners.
Havildar Toola, Ist Company Sappers and Miners.
Harilcisr Chut Kao, 3d Company Sappers and Miners,

wounded.
Havildar Goordat Singh, 2d Company.
Havildar Naick Buctour, 3d Company Pioneers.
Havildar Naick Buldaun, 2d Company Pioneers.
Havildar Naick Sewdeen, 2d Pioneers.
Sepoy Mukha, 2d Company Sappers and Miners.
Sepoy Oree, 2d Company Sappers And Miners, wounded.
Sepoy Bregloll Singh, lat Company Sappers and Miners.
Sepoy Koosial.2d Company Sappers and Miners.
Sepoy Munbode, 2d Company Sappers and Miners.
I have the honour to annex a return of the killed and
wounded, and of ammunition expended, since the 27th
December.

' Return of .ordnance captured.

FRANCE.

MM. Colfaure, an advocate at the Court of Ap-
peal, and Pitois Christian, hommes des lettres, have
been brought back to Paris from Belle Isle, where
they had been transported in pursuance of a sentence
of court-martial. These persons are to be examined
as witnesses on the trial of MM. Charbonnier de
Guesnerie and Lafeullade de Lespinasse, accused of
having distributed money to the insurgents of June.
M. Charbonnier de la Guesnerie is, it is said, a dis-
tinguished Legitimist, and an old acquaintance of M.
de Falloux, the Minister of Public Instruction.

• FRANKFORT.
The following resolutions were passed in the sitting
of the Frankfort Parliament of the 30th instant :
" The German Parliament resolves, viz.:—
" 1. To pass a vote of censure against the Prussian
and Hanoverian Governments for dissolving the respec-
tive Diets of those States. •

" 2. To summon the said Governments to issue at
once writs for another general election.
"3. To express to the remaining legal organs the
Parliament's expectations that they will candidly, boldly,
and quickly inform the Government of the sentiments of
the people.