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Madras ' . . 000000000 •• ••• Dec. 24.
, . Calcutta - Dec. 23.
Bombay
China
(From the Bombay Times )
We are once more relieved from the listlessness which for
a season has overwhelmed us and our .columns—once again
freed of the want of interest which has for seven Months at-
tached to them, by the events which have just occurred in
the Punjaub and Sinde. The Vuzeer Lall Singh having been
suspected of a treasonable connexion with the Cashmere in-
surgents, had the charge brought home to him by the Sheikh
Einatim-ood.Dein, on the evidence of letters, written by the
Vuzeer to him while in arms. The inquiries were conducted
in presence of a commission consisting of Seikh chiefs and
British officers;---Mr. Currie and Colonels Lawrence and
Goldie being amongst the latter. It was • intimated to the
Durbar, that should a convicted traitor remain in power, we
should be under the necessity of ceasing to hold intercourse
with the Governinent, and Lall Singh was accordingly de-
posed, and removed, under our protection, to Hindostan•
Haft he remained in his own country his life would quickly
have been sacrificed to the indignation of the people. The
Government was now entrusted to a commission of chiefs,
and the question pressed as to the arrangements contem-
plated by them on our retirement. After much equivocation
and delay, it was determined to ask of us to permit an army
of ten thousand men to remain at Lahore during the minority
of the Maharaja—our coaamissary virtually to exercise the
functions of Vuzeer. To saris we asse-teil, the Seikhs de-
fraying alt tae charges of.iiiir troops, amounting to a quarter
of a million sterling annually. The Maharaja is now a child
of seven years old; and for the next ten years at least the
Punjaub is in the hands of the British Government, and con-
trolled by a British army. It is idle to speculate on-the
events which niay occur before the year 1857. Her Ma-
jesty's 10th Foot, with eight regiments of native infantry,
and a suitable proportion of artillery, had been ordered to 1
relive the troops who for ten mouths had so admirably dis-
chargedvo-
luntarily undertaken to defray the extra charges of an army
aluletaeruLdai maintainednhrghoi
eerte:es
-i protection;eeeonreu frontier!re d
spoill%'
te policymust
1 Suchueco havecountry
ni hot
ra)ds,
irulravectit(iluieucsssatihitt:ei
refusing to
of
rrtToat
othheueecroSonmoenciwi
much-censured
neehhtrl Government have thus
which has now been voluntarily and tranquilly placed
in our hands, without obloquy, trouble, or charge.
Just as the nrmy on the Indus was about to be reduced
troth 22,000 to 14,000 men, a foray of the Booghtie tribe
from the mountains has driven in ourou, posts, and co:np4llen
a whole cavalry regiment to retire. The enemy were com-
puted at 2,000 on their first appearance in the field. They
succeeded in ravaging numerous villages, carrying 'a- the
sheep and cattle in the face of our troops. A wing of the
4th Riffles, Jacob's Sinde Horse, and Fitzgerald's Camel
Corps, were on their way to reinforce Shahpore at the date
of last dispatches. The robbers are doubtless lung ere this
time safe within their mountain holds, where we cannot
follow them, waiting till our outposts are again weakened by
sickness or military indisdetion. Had the present attack
been made during such a season as 1843, when nine-tenths
of our troops were in hospital, oar cantonments might have
been fired and their occupants roasted in their cots, before
human aid could have reached them. The ravages of pes-
tilence in Upper Sinde are quinquennial. If 1848 sees us on
the banks ut the Indus, the Caubul catastrophe-may not be
without a parallel—the Beloochees, like the Gbilzies, abide
their time. Sir C. Napier continues at Kurrachee, where the
climate is healthy. He is expected at Bombay-in February
on his way-to England : the Government of Sinde to be
entrusted to a civil commission—preparatory, it is to be
hoped, to its final abandonment. Matters at Caubul
would seem to be in a better condition than formerly. The
Ghilzie Chief, who had so long been annoying the Govern-
ment, had intimated his desire for a cessation of hostilities,
and in token of the sincerity of his intentions had sent his
son as a pledge of his future peaceable behaviour. A vakeel
from the British Government was said to be on his way to
the Caubul chief, though the nature of his mission, was un-
known. A present of horses and fruits for the Governor-
General left Caubul on the Ist of October. The Governor-
General was at latest dates still cn the left bank of the Beeas,
where it was supposed he would remain till rejoined by Mr.
Currie from Lahore. --The Commander-in-Chief of India was
en route for Loodhiana, and was expected to reach Delhi by
the 20th -of January. The districts around Gwalior are said
to be in a sad state ; murder and robberies being of frequent
occurrence—the commission of any atrocities being over-
looked by the native authorities fur a consideration. The
state of the provinces of Indore and Bhopal presents a pleas-
ing contrast to that just mentioned, for which we are indebted,
in a great measure, to our resident, Mr. Hamilton, and his as-
sistants. The new minister at Hyderabad would seem to be
no great favourite with his master, who is said to be acting
in many ways with aview of neutralising some of the Vuzeer's
most promising measures of reform. The sword sent out by
the Court of Directors for presentation to the Raja of
Sanglee in token of their approbation of his conduct during
the Kolapore disturbances, was presented to that chief on
the 19th ultimo, at Belgaum, in presence of the whole of the
troops of the station and; an immense concourse of people.
The ship Augusta, of Bombay-, one of the vessels which
lett the Madras roads at the commencement of the hurricane
the gales
have aovfebeen
of the 25th of November, was wrecked near Point Pedro,
offsu subscribed
Octo-
ber and November, 1,0001. of which was munificently be- '
80141 by the Government.—Captain Durand, Commissioner
Ceylon; ;fecrrrebwe all
rebseafvuefdr.beUp
suffererswarts bo f
y
of the Tenasserim provinces, has been removed from his
office by the Government of Bengal, and been succeeded by
Mr. Colvin, late resident at. Nepaul, who has left Calcutta to
take up the appointment—the private secretary of Lord
Auckland superseding the private secretary of Lord Ellen-
borough. Mr. Colvin is a man of ability and discretion,
and very unlikely to fall into the errors which occasioned the
recal of his predecessor. -Cif)tain Durand has closely fol-
lowed the footsteps of ,his -patron': rash, capricious, head-
strong, wayward and impatient of criticism like Lord
Ellenborough be erred, and like him he fell. Our obituary
this mail contains the names of two eminent individuals—
Major-General Vans Kennedy, Oriental translator to the
Bombay Government, favourably known for the accu racy
and worth of his works on• military law; and Captain 'l'.
Postans, author of,one of.our best works on Sinde,L-Lord
Harding% is understood to have resolved on the reduction of
the postage throughout India, and the introduction of a
system similar to that of Rowland Hill. The oppressiveness
of the present charges may be guessed at when it is men-
tioned that for a'daily paper, restricted in weight to about
one-fourth of te-London journal, the postage amounts in swam
parts of India to Rd. annual! The country generally is
tranquil and healthy, and the climate cool and agreeable.--:
The non arrival of the overland mail has once more caused
the delay of the steamer. The change of arrangement was
intimated on Thursday afternoon—on this occasion in k,urll-
cleat time to be cf service, as early, indeed, as the notice
could have been out.

B Ne. Ir
nB
otY.
The arrival of our new g 00v Mr. C • •
lerk from Calcutta,
is looked for about the end of February. He reached the
City of Palaces on the 16th of
November by the steamer
Hindostan. Our present acting
governor continues to enjoy
the greatest popularity. Our respected Comm ander-in-Chief,
Sir T. M'Mahon, takes his the
departure for England by
steamer of the Ist of February. His successor has not yet
been named. His constitution-
by his late illness, but we doubt not that the change to his
native land will prove beneficial to his health, and trust that
he may long live to enjoy the society of his friends at home.
He retires from the command of the Bombay army with the
good wishes of nearly all its members, for the kindness of
heart he has invariably shown-'-in Some Instances almost to
,a f4ult. The rumour of Sir Charles Napier being nominated
his successor has again died away.
MADRAS.
The Marquis of Tweeddale has been on a visit to the coast.
His Lordship was last heard 6f from Tellicherry, from which
place he intended returning to the Neilglierries, where he
would make buta short stay, his return to the seat of his
Government being expected to take place immediately. A
correspondent of the Atheneum, writing from Cuttack, on
the Bth of December, gives the following account of further
disturbances amongst the Khonds in the district of oo
Gm
soot :-4‘ An express arrived here on the night of the 25th
ultimo for the officer commanding the tOth regiment,
bringing a requisition for two companies of the corps to be
ordered out as sootaus practicable to Bead, in t G
he oosoor
country, to meet Captain M'Etherson, agent in the Hill
tracts of •Oriesa, from 'whence they esc ,rt him to Rain-
ghur. She detachment left the fo,lowing evening at four
o'clock, under the command of Lieutenant J.-Grant, and in.
medical charge of the second dresser of the corps, a all
marched out of cantonnient in high Sr
c onsiderinnd g the
very short notice that was given them. In thiS step 'the ob.
• ' I- known bet 1 . • ,
ob-
ject of the agent is not' positive S •asserted
.that lie is:determined to bring the Meria business to a crisis,
and punish the offenders' with severity. It is also stated
that this detachment will not return to bead-quarters until
April next, and that a second detachment will very probably
be ordered out also. How faetliere is truth in this statement
deponent 'saith not. Private intelligence has also beeh received
• from Ruseelcondah that three companies br the 22d Regiment
' from that place have left for the same ostensible purpose, and
that the Khonds are determined to resist the effortsof the agent
in the abolition of human sacrifice, and that they aro mani-
festing a leaflike spirit. .A small number of men left behind,
it appears, •are quite inadequate to furnish the. whole of the
guards atajrat place. - A party of "Pikes," under the coma
mend of Captain Dunlop, also accompanied A. M.. Mills, Es ,
Commissioner of Cuttack, who proceeded to Bead, to putq
stop to tliet'elepredations perpetrated by the Khonds, and tao
endeavairafo bring those lawless tribes into subjection
. well as, it believe, to. co-operate with Captain ajapk, • eta •
i • , BENGAL. e,nson. .'
The Lhgislative Copncil have been in full activity
during
the niontireand every Gillette announces the pas ng of one
or two acts,which have lain by:for the lasti s
year. The
Metropolitan of India has returned to Calcutta in safety, and
the Bishop of Madras, who bad been acting for him during
his absence, returned to his diocese.
THE PUNJAUB.
• , ,
The Pitnjaub once more furnishes matter of abundant in-
terest.to fhe general reader. The Vuzeer Lall Singh harj„ 0,
been deteited in a treasonable correspondence • - - • -''t'
with the Cash
mere 6ieff,lhas been deposed and sent in perpetual --
'
ment l o juktia. Unable to select a Vuzeer from amonganishown number, or to discover how the country their
verned or triiiintained in peace, the Seikh chi•eewas to be go_
resolved to request that an army of tel. thousandunallinm"
be allowed ti remain at Lahore during the en men should
Maharaja, now a child seven years old—the gnority of the
ment contributing a quarter of a million - Seikh Gevern-
slerlin
maintenance—the British Resident being g to their'
Such are the results of the proceedings of tote virtual Vuzser.
we must now revert to the details of the o last fortnight
selves. At the date of last dispatch the loyaltyrrences them-
had been. brought so strongly into fsu.sp of
La"
Bi6ugh
seemed every reason to believe he would quickly that Lere'
of his authoritv. On intimating that the timeletlY be deprived
withdrawal of our troops by the treaty fixed for the
would be adhered to, and congratulati of
9th March
on the fortunate termination'of the Cashing the Maharaja
Mr. Currie called attention to the fact that
Cashmere insurrectixi,
Etuauth-nod-Deer, had only surrendered hi the-Sheikh
that the causes of the insurrection should himself on condition
be inquired into,

and its real authors exposed.' A commission of inquiry,
over which Mr. Currie, secretary to the Governor-General,
1 presided, and in which Sir J. Littler, Colonels Lawrence
and Goldie, and. Mr. J. Lawrence were the British consti-
tuents, having been appointed to investigate the matter, the
court assembled= on the morning of the 3d of December in
Currie',sidurbar tent—the Ministers and principal chiefs
were invited to be present. The accuser, Sheikh Emaum-
ood-Deen, and the accused,Lall Singh,were summoned before
them. The former produced three letters received by him
, from the latter, one of which was acknowledged, inciting
him to hold out against Ghoolab Singh, and to prevent as
long as possible the annexation of Cashmere to Jamoo.
The court was an open one, the attendance numerous, and
the proof complete. The verdict against the Vuzeer was
unanimous. The other members of the Durbar were fully
acquitted- of all participation in the guilt. The chiefs were
told that they were at liberty to proceed as they thought fit,
but that the British Government could no longer recognise
Lall Singh as Vuzeer, or communicate with the Government
over which he presided. The Ministers and chiefs having
deliberated on the subject, determined immediately to depose
the Vuzeer, and to entrust the Government to a commission
consisting of Tej Singh, Shere Singh, Dewan Deenanath, and
Kaleefa Noor-ood-Deen, until some permanent arrangement
could be made. - On the afternoon of the 4th, Mr. Currie,
Colonel Lawrence, and the Seikh Ministers; proceeded to
the palace and announced the 'result to the Queen. Two
thousand of the principal retainers of Lall Singh had just
before been removed from the fort, where they acted
as garrison, and their places been taken by a correspond-
ing number of the Lahore troops, they next day received
their arrears 'of pay, and were disbanded without express-
ing a murmur or complaint. The deposed Minister mean-
while was conducted to his private residence in
the city by Lieutenant Edwardes, assistant agent to the
Governor-General, under an injunction that he should
not cross the threshold or attempt to communicate with
any one. It was a singular illustration of the perfect good
understanding and tranquillity that prevailed, that some
delay having occurred in the arrival of the regular guard,
Lieut. Edwardes availed himself of the services of the re-
tainers of the Vuzeer to conduct their master a prisoner to
the place of his confinement, and that the duty was per-
formed with as much.alacrity and cheerfulness as if it had
been an occasion of ceremony wherein they were engaged in
doing him honour. He was a few days afterwards on his way
to Ferozepore, under an escort of native infantry. His life,
had he remained in the eapital, would in all likelihood
speedile have been sacrificed to the anger of his countrymen.
He will hereafter, live under our protection somewhere in
Bengal, without requiring to endanger his life, the character
of his sovereign, or peace of his country, by returning to the
Punjaub. The new Ministers took possession of office in the
midst of an immense concourse of people, without the aid of
a single company of our troops. " The retainers of the insur-
gent chief, like those of the confederates, were paid up and
disbanded in quietness and peace. During the whole of those
moment us transactions, which little more than a twelve-
month since would have been attended by weeks of violence,
rapine, and murder, the most profound tranquillity reiened
throughout Lahore, where not one single act of riot or dis-
turbance marked the change of a dynasty. For some months
our entreaties that the chiefs would give us some definite
answer as to the arrangements in contemplation on our retire-
ment had been met by the most contradictory, replies. Now
they hesitated, now equivocated—the grand object obviously
being to obtain delay, and trust to the chapter of accidents,
e,eh faction hoping, on the withdrawal of cur troops, to
obtain the ascendancy. The events just detailed induced us
to press the point with more earnestness than ever on the
consideration of the chiefs. Hitherto the promptitude with
which our demands had been complied with was due to the
circumstance that we could compel, had we so chosen it,
what we condescended to ask; and to the mildness and
equity with which, under our auspices, the domestic affairs of
the state had been administered. It now became apparent
that no provision had been, or could be made. to ensure the
good government of the state, or tranquillity of the frontier,
on our retirement ; and the Seikhs admitted that to their
own hands the concerns of the nation could by no chance be
committed with any hope of advantage. They were, on this
avowal, assured of the determination of the Governor-General
to carry out the provisions of the treaty of the 9th of March,
and to withdraw the whole army from Lahore in the course
of the month of December, unless some new arrangements
were come to, and some other agreement than that which
existed entered on, the terms of which must be entirely in
necordance with our wishes before we could accept of it.
The fi-st request made of us on the 13th was that our
Resident, with a small body of troops, should be suffered
to remain, to enable them to conduct the Government
in safety and in their own fashion. This was promptly
and decidedly declined, as introducing the system from which
so much mischief has arisen of strengthening the hands of
the rulers so as to enable them to oppress the people with
comparative impunity. These matters had been before the
Durbar on the 11th and 12th, but no conclusion was arrived
at. The Queen was so frantic for the loss of her paramour
as to be incapable of attending to business. Meanwhile the
march of one of our regiments, and the issue of the order for
the others to retire on Ferozepore, left no doubt as to the
sincerity of our purposes. The whole of the 14th was spent
in deliberation. On the following day, on witnessing the
arrangements for the abandonment of Lahore, the hearts of
the Sirdare failed them, and they repaired in a body to the
tent of Mr. Currie. to confess their inability to form a Go-
vernment, and in' imate the determination they had arrived
at. A long and interesting conference ensued, at which all
the details were fully and formally arranged. On the 16th
of December, twelve days after the deposition of, the Vuzeer,
a meeting of Council was assembled, at which upwards of 70
chiefs and high stn te officials were present. Mr. Currie,
Colonel Lawrence, and his assistant, Lieutenant Edwardee,
were present as repressn'ing the British Government.

was announced that the determination bad been unanimously
en to remain at Lahore
tearrived
rrnn
permit
twthhiratchte tothhf e full and
utenthou seanntdi r
Governor-General
shouldconcurrenceof
be all
entreated parties
durinr the minority of the Maharaja—the British Resident
virtually to become the Vuzeer. For the maintenance of
these, twenty-two lees of rupee--nearly a quarter of a mil-
lion sterling—wai to be allowed annually, a sum considerably
under
maintenance. There WAS to be no Vuzeer and no Regent,
total
etxhter
ae nctbi raer
charge
ex pbe.nwseb
efb r hGeo
vfoerrcnem,
ebnu fully
tt
would
covering
bthe
put
fnr
over by a Seikh Sirdar—Dewan
Government is to be presided
Deerana-h haying the revenuedderp
d oevenm
department, Tej Singh iennotiurre
hands
a; deair icnbistdraetpiaornunofontthenkfintbge-
tahe authority of Colonel
com-
manding the army, &c.—all under isiatnoabeev.estTellhe
could have been found for the British C
her private expenditure.
to be allowed 15,0001. a year
and in other departments
Reductions in the Seikh army,
will enable the
he introduced,
where economy can easily,
drafts expected to be made
meet the additional
Treasury to
the new arrangements. The new
Lawrence, than whom no more able or
_urporwignh.t rTephreesQenuteaetnivies
ion it for carrying
and the Maharaja person.
General
present. The day appointed is the
Chief is expected to be
of the battle of
Feroze-
shah.ber—the anniversary
andhis throne,trangn a
tenure
e nure holding
than
nr regal
Thereafter Lord Hardinge will accompany his youth-
fulil
charge to the capital, and under the new order of things
2t treaty toy; isn e tobine ratifiedouatt the
ritsir.betwTihxot
ctohme
mGaonvdeerrtriur-.
haaagistahoi nowrnisteycehbihye chiefs could cfoarureld'ns eaharateeydes aofen
conferred. New cantonments for
our troops have already been designed, and their site marked
out ; and Lahore hereafter is likely to become a favourite, as
it seems a healthy, and will be a well-iegulated station.
Dhuleep Singh is at present seven years old: for ten or
twelve years the country of the Five givers will be controlled
by British troops, and ruled over by an English resident. It
is needless to speculate on the events that may occur, or po-
sition our Government may assume, before the year 1857.
The much-censured peace policy of Lord' Hardinge has thus
been maintained in all its integrity, truth, and uprightness,
to the end. Commencing with an act of unusual generosity,
neither fraud nor force, violence nor equivocation, has been
resorted to. We have shown no symptoms of regret for the
magnanimous moderation of our proceeding in March, or
the slightest desire to recal what we had promised, or modify
what we had undertaken to perform. The country which
might then have been legitimately seized, but could not have
been conquered without cost, danger, and abundant obloquy,
has now, by the spontaneous act of the people themselves,
become ours. A people accustomed to the government of
England for the space of twelve years is little likely either to
desire or to be able to revert to the native rule ; and the Dur-
bar, doubtless, in adopting the step so unanimously resolved
upon, were perfectly aware that they were making over• the
country to Our power. A case such as this has never before
occurred to us. We may learn from it how little need we
have to resort to fraud or violence—that we may safely abide
our time to have the Potentates of the East at our feet.
One excuse for the invasion of Sinde was, that if we did not
dethrone its rulers now, we should by and bye have occasion
to do so, when the operation might be less convenient for
us. With equal propriety might we have anticipated a legacy
likely to fall due, by shortening the life of the testator 1 We
have on the present occasion waited the course of events,
and the possession so eagerly coveted has been placed in our
hands. The following troops have been ordered up to take
the place of those who have so well maintained tranquillity
during the past ten months:—Her Majesty's 10th Foot; the
7th, 31st, 32d, 38th, 51st, 54th, 55th, and 67th Regiments
Native Infantry; 11th Irregular Cavalry ; two companies of
Sappers and Miners; 4th troop 2d brigade Horses Artillery ;
and 8d and 4th companies 3d battalion Foot Artillery. The
conduct of the Governor-General has throughout been most
ably seconded in all his noble efforts by his assistants, Mr.
Currie and Colonel Lawrence. If there have been blunders
in the field In:abundance to deplore, there have been no acts
in the department of diplomacy we, have cause to blush for.
The Seikhs have spontaneously taken on themselves the
charges of an army, which' we must at any rate have
maintained, and paid—as most right, but most unlikely,
they should—for the preservation of tranquillity on our
north-west frontier. So much has been said in dis-
paragement of-Gh)olab Singh, that there seems nothing
too monstrous to be believelagainst him, and it is doubtful
whether anything stated to his advantage will obtain credit
with his enemies.' It is with rib small measure of gratifica-
tion that we,
.have been assured of the deference he pays to
the counsels o the Br;tish Government, in all things, and

that, in conformity with bur "wishes, he has set his face
against infanticide and suttee, which will hereafter cease,
•
throughout his dominions.
The Delhi Gazette supplies us with the following items of
intelligence;-r" We have to record that Lord Ilardinge ar-
rived at Kangra on the 13th •of November, and remained
there until the 16th, paying a visit during his stay to the
proposed sanatorium at Dhurunasala; "but such appeased the
difficulties of access, and so great the distance from the
plains, that his Lordship is understood to have negatived the
proposition for'lnaking it either a station for troops or a sa••
natorium, on the •plan of Landoui."