The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-04 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA.
(From the Chronicle.)

We have received by extraordinary express a
copy of the Telegraph and Courier of the Ist of May.
The Atalanta, with the mails, arrived at Suez on
the 21st.

Our private letters and dispatches have not yet

arrived.

(From the Bombay Telegraph and Courier.)
The news from the Punjaub—till recently so im-
portant and exciting—has begun to grow scanty and
of diminished interest. We have little, indeed, to
add to the accounts sent home by the last mail, save
that everything in our new province wears an appear-
ance of tranquillity, and that the arrangements for
administering the affairs of the country, though not
yet officially announced, are believed to be in active
progress. _ _

There is, it is understood, to be no addition to the
regiments of the line of the Bengal Army. A sort of
"half measure"—neither prudent in its origination,
nor likely to be very successful in its results—is in-
tended to be tried. The leading feature of this con-
sists in the raising of a " Contingent" for service in
the Punjaub—a force to be composed of ten regi-
ments, five of cavalry and five of infantry, and half of
the men to he recruited from the Seikhs who have
" never borne arms against us," and the remainder
from Mussulmans and Poorbeeas.
Of the civil arrangements of the new administra-
tion no formal announcement has as yet appeared.
The Board and commissionerships, however, are to
consist of the following :

BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION.

President 5,000
2 Members at 3,500 , 7,000
Secretary (according to the Delhi Ga-
zelle) ...

... 2,500 14,500

COMMISSIONERS.

5 at

... 2,750 13,750

4 at 1,500
6 at 1.200
7 at 1,000

DEPUTY-COMMISSIONERS.

1 at 700
4 at 600
1 at 500

... 1,600
... 6,000
... 7,200
... 7,000 21,800

ASSISTANT-COMMISSIONERS.

... 7,700
2,400
... 5,500 15,600

Total
Annexed is the official list of the officers who are
to fill the posts of commissioners, deputy-commis-
sioners, and assistant-commissioners :
(No. 456.)
Camp
R 0 opur, April 13, 1849.
o.
The Right Hon. the Governor-General has been
pleased to make the following appointments:—
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir IL M. Lawrence, K.C.8., to be
President of the Board of Administration for the affairs
of the Punjaub, and agent to the Governor-General.
Mr. C. G. Mansel and Mr. J. Lawrence to be mem-
bers of the Board of Administration.
Mr. G. J. Christian to be secretary of ditto.
Major 11. P. Barn to be deputy-secretary of ditto.
TO BE COMMISSIONERS IN THE PUNJAUB.
Mr. R. Montgomery.
Mr. D. F. Macleod.
Captain D. Ross, 51st N.I.
Mr. E. Thornton.
Mr. M. P. Edgeworth.
TO BE DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS IN THE PUNJAUB.
Mr. A. H. Cocks.
Major G. St. P. Lawrence, 11th Light Cavalry.
Captain J. Abbott, Artillery.
Captain W. C. Birch, sth N.I.
Captain G. W. Hamilton, 34th N I.
Captain G. G. Hollings, 38th N.I.
Major H. B. Ed wardes, C. 8., Ist European Regiment.
Mr. W. J. R. Carnac.
Mr. F. B. Pearson.
Mr. J. D. English.
Mr. E. C. Bayley.
Captain F. C. Marsden, 29th N.I.
Captain R. Morrieson, 521 N.I.
Captain J. Clarke, 25th N.I.
Captain G. W. S. Hicks, Bth N.I.
Lieutenant J. Nicholson, 27th N.I.
Lieutenant J. R. Becher, Engineers.
Lieutenant R. G. Taylor, 11th Light Cavalry.
Lieutenant E. J. Lake, Engineers.
To BE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS IN THE PUNJAUB.
Mr. P. H. Egerton.
Mr. 11. Fane.
Mr. B. Sapte.
Mr. A. Money. •
Mr. L. B. Bowring.
Mr. H. Brereton.
Mr. J. Wedderburn.
Captain F. E. Voyle, 39th N.I.
Lieutenant M. J. Turnbull, 7th Light Cavalry.
Lit utenant H. R. James, 44th N.I.
Lieutenant C. Herbert, 18th N.I.
Lieutenant R. C. Lawrence, 73A N.I.
Lieutenant B. M. Loveday, 15th N.I.
Lieut. naot J. E. Fraser, 4th N.L
Mr. G. F. Macleod.
Mr. 11. B. Henderson.
Mr. D. Simsun.
Mr. G. E. Cowper.
Mr. R. Stinson.
Mr. F. D. Forsyth.
Lieutenant R. Young, Engineers.
Lieutenant J. M. Cripps, 26th N.I.
Ensign H. W. 11. Coxe, 70th
Lieutenant F. R. Pollock, 42d N.I.
Mr. J. H. Prinsep.
Mr. E. A. Prinsep.
There is little intelligence of interest from Pesha-
wur; the burden of every letter, in fact, being "no
news." Major-General Sir W. R. Gilbert, having
reviewed the troops, and issued the following com-
plimentary order to them, took his departure, with a
suitable escort for Lahore.
" FIELD FORCE ORDERS BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. R.
GILBERT, K.C.8., CAMP PESIIAWUR, 3D APRIL, 1849.
" Major-General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, K.C.8.,
being about to proceed to Lahore, all reports of the
troops to be stationed to the west of the Indus will be
made from this date to Brigadier- General the Honourable
H. Dundas, C.B.
"The Major-General embraces with pleasure this op-
portunity of expressing his entire approbation of the
conduct of all branches of the field force, from the day be
was appointed to command it until the present moment
of making over the immediate command of that portion
of it that imams at Peshawur to his second in command,
Brigadier-General Dundas.
" It has not been the good fortune of the force to meet
the enemy in open fight, but the Major-General sincerely
congratulates all under him on the unprecedented suc-
cess that has attended their untiring efforts to bring the
enemy to action. By rapidity of movement be has been
enabled to achieve for Government all the advantages
that are the usual results of a successful battle.
" The British prisoners have been released, a large
remnant of the Seikh army forced into submission, the
province of Peshawar freed from its Mahomedan inva-
ders, and the blessings of peace once more restored
throughout these newly acquired dominions.
" For the attainment of these glorious results, the Ma-
jor-General gives to the troops under his command his
warmest thanks. He thanks them for their cheerful en-
durance of fatigue, for their unwearied labour in effecting
with rapidity the difficult passage of the Jhelum and the
Indus, and above all, for their exemplary patience in
following, by forced marches, the flying enemy through
the broken ground and narrow defiles that intercepted
their path on each day's march.
"The Major-General takes his leave of the Field Force
with a feeling of honest pride at having been selected for
so honourable a command; and in thanking the troops
for their good conduct and cheerful endurance of the
fatigues and privations they have been exposed to, he
bids them farewell with every good wish for their conti-
nued welfare and uninterrupted prosperity.
By order,
(Signed) "H. P. BURN, Deputy Adj.-General."
Major-General Gilbert was at Attock on the 6th,
and arrived at Rawul Pindee with Brigadier Campbell,
on the 10th. This latter place, it is said, promises
to be " one of the finest stations in India. It is 2,500
feet above the level of the sea, and everything is
abundant and cheap." " The General," says the
Delhi Gazette, " resumed bis march for Lahore on
the 11th, and was expected at Jhelum on the 16th,
the Brigadier remaining to assume command of the
new district committed to his charge." The force at
Peshawur had moved to the Seikh cantonments on
the west side of the city ; a new cantonment was
talked of, but nothing had been decided respecting it.
On the arrival on the bank of the Indus, of the troops
marching towards Lahore, the bridge of boats was
found to be destroyed by the rising of the river, and
some detention in consequence took place.
were sent in pursuit, but
,
The,Nofussilite announces, on the authority of a Fe-
rozepore letter, that Shere Singh, on being sent for by
Sir H. Lawrence, "made his escape." "A party of
h
without him. " re
him. This story, however,
they o r s e
returnedm en , i t is
w
receives no confirmation from either the Delhi Gazette
or the Agra Messenger. From the native correspond-
ence of the former paper, we gather that on the 7th
andinstant
was Rajaljda
thSahter"ehibsitnrgebache'arys present in Durbar,
to the State, and to
the British Government, was so great that he deserved
condign punishment, but that the promise to spare
his lite would be kept, and some small allowance
made for his support." It is added that " the
Raja expressed his gratitude." On the evening of
the same day, orders were issued to Raja
Shere Singh and Sirdar Chuttur Singh to proceed
with their families to Attaree, and to take up their
abode there. They were instructed to dismiss all
their followers, to give up all their arms, and when
they reached Attaree not again to quit the place,
and never to go more than three or four miles
off, when inclined to ride out for the benefit of
their health; they were distinctly warned, that the
slightest infraction of these instructions would be
visited with the most severe punishment. A provision
would be made for their support.

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