The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-05 00:00:00

" The artillery and engineer parks, with Brigadier
Penny's brigade, and the two corps of Irregular Ca-
valry of Brigadier Ilearsey's brigade, reached Lahore
on the morning of the 20th without any material
obstacle. In consequence, however, of some of the
carriages failing they thought they would be obliged
to halt for two days, and so it turned out, as our latest
letters mention they were to resume their march on
the 22d, so that, taking the same time and direction
as the Commander-in-Chief, they will reach Ram-
nugger, whither they are to proceed direct, on the 30th
inst. The number of small guns in the park is six 9-
pounders and six 6 pounders. On the requisition of Sir
Frederick Currie, Major Tait's regiment of Irregular
Cavalry (the 2d), are to remain at Lahore to scour
the country thereabouts, in company with a detach-
ment of infantry and two guns, until the arrival of
the 13th Irregular Cavalry, ordered to Ferozepore, it
now appears, with the view of marching on to Lahore.
A letter of the 91st, just received, says that two horse
artillery guns, two companies of her Majesty's 82d
(? 53d) and four companies of the 50th Native In-
fantry, with some Irregular Cavalry, were to march
on the 22d in the direction of Ferozepore. As our
correspondent adds that the object of the march was
unknown, we should not be surprised to learn that
the detachment had been ordered towards Pathankote,
especially as we are told that Brigadier Wheeler had
been directed to return to the Ravee with his dimi-
nished force."

PESHAWUR.
Major Lawrence was, at the commencement of the
Moultan outbreak, one of those who most earnestly
warned the Resident of the danger of hesitation and
delay, and vehemently implored him to show, by de-
termination and promptitude, that we were prepared
at any moment to deal with sedition wherever it
might show itself. Ile was then one of five Euro-
pean officers at Peshawur or that neighbourhood, and
hid immediately under him six regiments of infantry,
four of cavalry, and thirty-six guns, about six
thousand men in all, of whom two thousand were
Mahomedans, and considered trustworthy. By the
most admirable management, and the coolest courage
and determination, he had managed to keep these
men in a state of subjection, notwithstanding the
temptation presented them by each successive budget
of tidings of the impunity and success of their
countrymen. lie was pretty well aware that there
was an amount of inducement to join the insur-
rection that their loyalty could not withstand. The
Bunnoo defection was a severe trial to them—still
more so our retreat from Moult= ; the movement of
Chuttur Singh, and threatened junction of all the
northern insurgents, was more than they could stand.
On the morning of Monday the 23d ult., accordingly,
the whole of the Seikh portion of the force broke
into open mutiny, and on the following day, about
nine at night, the Mahomedan regiment of Colonel
Meer Jungee, the one on which Major Lawrence
most depended for support, fired on the Residency
followed by the artillery ; and as the report of the
cannonade would quickly have brought down the
Seikh mutineers encamped on the eastern side of the
town, Major Lawrence considered that the time had
come for vacating his position, and that he could do
no further good by remaining. So, about an hoer
after the commencement of the attack; Major Law-
rence and Lieutenant Bowle mounted, and with Mr.
Thompson (the apothecary) and his wife, under an
escort of fifty' Affghan horse, moved out to the gate
at the south. All the Punjaubee coinpanieS inside
the Residency compound were turning against them,
andit was with some difficulty they got out at all.
Five minutes more, and they must have fallen into
the hands of the enemy. The whole party arrived in
safety at Koliat, about ten A.M. on the 25th, where
they have since remained unmolested.

HAZAREIL
Our native correspondent alluded the other day to
some hostile operations of Chuttur Singh, under-
taken somewhere about the 18th or 20th of October,
with the view of rescuing some Seikhs kept in check
by the Hazareh country people. He added that he
had succeeded in his object. The Seikhs, it appears,
held a small fort in a valley under the position of
Captain James Abbott at Sreekote (we do not know,
but suspect this is the Kot ' of the maps about
twenty-four miles to the north-west of the town of
Hazareh). Captain Abbott beleaguered this fort,
the name of which is Sumbulghur. Sirdar Chuttur
Singh advanced to Chazee on the Indus, and thence
sent a message to Captain Abbott, requesting that
he might allow the garrison to leave the fort,
and join his (Chuttur Singh's) force. The pro-
position was readily agreed to, and a safe con-
duct was guaranteed to the Seikh army. Chut-
tur Singh, however, had no real intention of
giving up, the fort, and - sent private orders' to
the garrison to remain in it, promising them to ad-
vance and drive Captain Abbott from his position at
Sreekote, having in the meanwhile secured the neu-
trality of 300 of the Alulkeeas by seizing their
families, whom they promised to spare provided that
the men would not fire on his division. On the
morning of the 18th of October, he advanced with all
his force, at eight A.M., and commenced the ascent of
Sreekote. lie was opposed by only 1,500 men, scat-
tered amongst the rocks and bushes, but his own
troops advancing in close columns, suffered so severely,
that at two P.M. he withdrew them, after losing, as
we have already mentioned, 90 killed and 200
wounded. Of the Elazarehs, who so bravely stood
the attack, only eight men were killed and 12
wounded. The garrison of Sumbulghur, seeing the
defeat of their friend, set fire to the fort. After
quitting it the magazine exploded, and the explosion
injured one of the curtains. This completely reconciles
the account given by the kassid (who of course
could know nothing of the messages that had passed
between Chuttur Singh and Captain Abbott) who
was quoted by our Lahore correspondent, a❑d the
accounts now given. Any person unacquainted with
the correspondence would naturally suppose that
Chuttur Singh had, at a great expense of life, merely
rescued one of his garrisons from a beleaguering
force. Maharajah Goolab Singh has supplied Captain
Abbott with money, and is sending him guns, by
which he hss been and will be enabled to keep to-
gether an irregular force, and that will be very ser-
viceable when our troops cross the Jhelum. We
deem it fair to give publicity to the following commu-
nication recently received. Major Lawrence's extra-
ordinary success in keeping the Peshawur garrison
so long in order against all hope, gives him in itself
so strong a hold on the consideration of Government
that he can afford to share the credit of all that has
been done on the banks of the Indus with those to
whom equal credit is due:—

"I observed in a late number of your paper an edito-
rid notice of Major Lawrence's proceedings, and
amongst other particulars an assertion that ho had
secured the fort of Attok, and had seized or destroyed
the ferry-boats on the Indus for many miles above and
below the fort. I beg to inform you that the fort of
Attok was secured by Lieutenant Nicholson, on his own
responsibility, and without any orders from Major Law-
rence, who afterwards increased the garrison; and that
the ferry-boats were seized or destroyed by Captain
Abbott's order, and by his people, of whom a party,
under Sergeant Denton, unfortunately perished in the
execution of that duty."—Delhi Gasette.

SINDE.
Our latest dates from Kurrachee come down to
the 27th ult. There seems nothing of the slightest
moment stirring on the Indus. The Golundauze, on
their way from Kurrachee to Hyderabad, had been
robbed of some treasure, otherwise they were moving
on auspiciously. A wing of her Majesty's Sqa
Regiment had been ordered from Kurrachee to
Sukkur. They were to move so soon as carriage
could be provided for them. We regret to hear of
the death, on the 16th, of Captain S. Brown, senior
captain of the corps—this being the third captain they
have lost in as many months. The 29th Native In-
fantry was also ordered up from Hyderabad so soon
as they could be relieved by a wing of the 24th, from
Kurrachee, which marched on the 18th ; so that
more troops, it seems, are still demanded on the
frontier. iVe hear that it is probable the !2d Foot
, ;II rrrYi, :ii,p,t,tehol to R-cri-tiellee to
, the tith ; the 27th Native Infantry
ply the place of
has been sent from Bombay to take that of tie Uth,