The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-01 00:00:00

MALTA.

Accounts from Malta of the 22d announce the death of the
Rev. Sir CEcll. A. BISHOP on the 19th, in his 27th year. He
leaves a widow in an advanced state of pregnancy.:

GREECE.

COLOCOTRONI, the Foreign Minister, died on the 12th
instant at Athena. LONDOS is appointed Foreign Minister ad
interim.

TURKE Y.

ABBAS PACHA has arrived at Constantinople. He was in-
vested by the SULTAN with the government of Egypt on
the 16th.

OVERLAND MAIL

We have received, by Extraordinary Express, in anticipa-
tion of the Overland Mail, advices from Bombay to January
3, and Calcutta, December 23.
The London Mail of the 7th of November, by express from
Bombay, reached Meerut, Agra, and Madras on the 14th,
Delhi on the 15th, Calcutta on the 16th, ard Colombo (by
the P. and 0. Co.'s steamer Lady Mary Wood, on the 18th
Dec.)—The London Mail of the 24th November reached
Bombay, by the steamer Sesostris, at noon on the 28th De-
cember.

SUDIJIAIar.—We gave in the last issue intelligence from
Yioultan to the 3d, and from the army of the Chenaub
to the 6th of December. The only movements which
',lave occurred since then at the former of these places
are two reconnoitres by the Engineers, one on the
6th and another on the 13th, when no serious
molestation was offered. On the 11th the detach-
ment of Bombay troops under Major Hallett,
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just
named, with the exception of the Sinde Horse, 'were sent
out to Shere Shahlre-puttun, to escort in the Bombay bat-
• tering train. • The main column had not commenced cross-
ing the river on the 18th, but were all expected in camp be-
fore
Christmas, when operations would immediately be re-
commenced. Narrain Singh, who had marched out in the
direction of Jhung—a large trading town, about ninety miles
up the river—on the Ist of December, had been compelled to
return by Sheikh Emaum-ood-deep, who had been sent out
to watch him. On the morning of the 18th the Sinde
horse with two other corps were sent out from the camp
with a view of attacking him. He was then at Sirdarpore,
a few miles from Mooltan, collecting grain, and trying to
raise reinfcrcements, with a force of about 2,000 men.
• .11oolraj had 2,000 picked troops in the fortrees, 3,000 in
• Itile town, and about 2,000 in the suburbs ; or, including
'those under Narrain Singh, 9,000 in all. General Whish
Ai id 8,000 Bengal troops, and the Bombay column, 8,0)0
at: rong, was expected before. Christmas. His artillery
an. satiated to nearly 100 guns, of which seventy are of the
let .gent calibre. The allies, under Major Edwardes, and
Co lonel Cortlandt, amount to about 12,000, so that the be-
sieging army -is about '28,000 strong, or more than three
tin les as numerous as the besieged. From the Commander.
in-. Chief's camp, we have news up to the 21st ultimo.
So soon as it was discovered that the Seikhs, after their re-
tirtment on the night of the 3d, had taken up a strong
petition on the Jhelum, two marches a-head of us, it was
resolved to leave them alone till after the fall of I,loul-
tan. For the last fortnight, accordingly, the troops
hd rested on their arms; nor are they likely to
h IQ taken the field till New Year's-day at all events.
T his is said to be in consequence of orders from the Gover-
n( Jubbar Khan, of Cabool, familiarly known as
" the good Yawaub," is said to have arrived at Peshawur
wi VA an army of Affghans, and to be in communication
wit `h Chuttur Singh. Ills purposes are not known.
He : is thought more likely to act a friendly part
towns ds us than a hostile one. Chuttur Singh
had not yet joined the main force. Major Law-
reacts was in the camp of Shere Singh. His interpreter had
been : made use of for the purpose of negotiating for an
armee -y, to which Major Mackeson, now in political charge
with the Commander-in-Chief, had replied that he
could enter on no terms with rebels in arms.
Attoc , under Lieutenant Herbert, still held cut ;
and Captain Abbott continued to maintain
self the Hazareh country. Lieutenant Robin-
son, the assistant of the latter, had made his way to General
Tho ..ckwe, 'l's camp. There had been no military movement
of r not, %daring the fortnight. The present procrastina-
ti° a and de. 'lay was and is the subject of universal complaint,
It • is said ~Ciat the Governor-General waits for instruc-
ti ans •frern ltue. Sir Henry Lawrence reached Kotree
° n the. Indus on the 15th, since which time he has
not been heard h. 'em, further than that the steamer he was
in had,been.agen, 0 for. a couple of clays after leaving that
statio4. He expo, ctea to be with the Commander-in-Chief
by tilt) 1004 hiwari, at latest.—lt bas Deco that

three regiments will immediately be sent out from England,
and an augmentation of the Bengal army is talked 'of.
Our army at present amounts to above 250,000 men,
being stronger by 50,000 men and 834 officers than
is was on its last peace etablislirnent ten years since, when
the Pnojaub, Sinde, and Gwalior, were all unsubdued, and
the Affghan war was in prospect. For two years we have
had 52,000 men with 100 guns on the frontier beyond
Meerut, where '24,000 men with 60 guns were all that 'Lord
Ellenborough considered necessary; leaving the garrison
for the rest of India still 28,000 stronger than it was
in 1837, when it was considered quite adequate for
the duties assigned to it. Out of a free income of sixteen
millions, Our army costs ten millions annually. The Com-
missioner in Sinde was still absent from Kurrachee, from
which place two native regiments were to proceed upward.
as soon as conveyance could be procured—the 24th for
Ilydrabad, and the 27th for Shikarpore. Major-General
Auchmuty was on a visit to the Ameer of Khyrpore,
his head-quarters being at Sukkur.—The substance of a
letter from the Governor-General to the Nizam of Hyder-
abad has been published, in which his Lordship plainly in-
timates his disapproval of the manner in which matters
have been conducted by that Prince for a long time past,
and suggests the expediency of a speedy reform. The
Governor-General was at Loodianah on the 19th ult. It
was reported that his Lordship intended proceeding to La-
hore.—A corps of Irregular Horse has been ordered to be
raised in Ilajpootana.—Every thing continues tranquil
throughout the Company's dominions; not so in Ceylon,
where by last accounts (I:3th December) the re-appearance
of rebellion was momentarily expected.