The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-04 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA AND CUINA.

WAGHORN VIA TRIESTE.
LATEST DATES.

Madras .. Dec. 24.
Calcutta
Bombay ..... Jan. 2.
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 Vuzeei Lall Singh having been
etlePeeted of a treasonable connexion with the Cashmere in-
aurgents, had the charge brought home to him by the Sheikh
illaum-ood-Deen, 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 oflieers—Mr. Currie and Colonels Lawrence and
Goldin being amongst the latter. It was intimated to the
burbar, that should a convicted traitor remain in power, we
'Should be under the necessity of ceasing to hold intercourse
with the Government, and Lall Singh was accordingly de-
-IPos'3d, and removed, under our protection, to Hindustan.
Zed he remained in his own country his life would quickly
Government
been sacrificed to the indignation of the people. The
tsevernment was now entrusted to a commission of chiefs,
and the question pressed as to the arrangements contem-
Vlated by them on our retirement. After much equivocation
sand delay, it was determined to ask of us to permit an army
eel ten thousand men to remain at Lahore during the minority
Isif the Maharaja—our commissary virtually to exercise the
Functions of Vuzeer. To this we assented, the Seikhs de-
fraying all the charges of our troops, amounting to a quarter
'Oft million sterling annually. The Maharaja is now a child
estf seven years old; and for the next ten years at least the
...-rtrri_tiub is in the hands of the British Government, and con-
-4,4111 by a British army. It is idle to speculate on the
jeu3,7 Thick may occur before the year 1857. Her Ma-
And- ass 9th Foot, with eight regiments of native infantry,
suitable proportion of artillery, had been ordered to
:zelive the troops who for ten months had so admirably dis-
-charged their duties.
The Seikh Government have thus vo-
luntarily undertaken
to defray the extra charges of an army
;at Lahore, which, for our own protection, we must have
-maintained at any rate on the frontier Such has
..been the success of the much-censured policy of Lord
Ilardinge, refusing to conquer or spoil the country
which has now been voluntarily and tranquilly placed
19, our hands, without obloquy, trouble, or charge.
-dust as the army on the Indus was about to be reduced
from 22,000 to 14,000 men, a foray of the Booghtie tribe
'rani the mountains has driven in ouroutposhs, and compelled
4 Whole cavalry regiment to retire. The enemy were corn-
-puled at 2,000 on their first appearance in the field. They
Anoceeded in ravaging numerous villages, carrying off 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 long ere this
time safe within their mountain holds, where we cannot
follow them, waiting till our outposts are again weakened by
aiekness or military indiscretion. Had the present attack
been made during such a season as 1843, when nine-tenths
of our troops were in hospital, onr 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 of the Indus, the Caubul catastrophe may not be
'without a parallel—the Beloochees, like the Ghilzies, abide
their time. Sir C. Napier continues at Kurrachee, where the
"climate is healthy. He is expected at Bombay in February
.141 his way to England : the Government of Sinde to be
.41truated to a civil commission—preparatory, it is to be
ekl, to its final abandonment. Matters at Caubul
uld seem to be in a better condition than formerly. The
'Anzio Chief, who had so long been annoying the Govern-
:anent, had intimated his desire for a cessation of hostilities,
and in token of the sincerity of his intentions had sent his
"a 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
A present of horses and fruits for the an-
GeneGovernor-
ral left Caubul on the Ist of October. The Governor-
General was at latest dates still on 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
"'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
,accurrence—the commission of any atrocities being over-
Jacked by the native authorities for a consideration. The
!tate of the provinces of Indore and Bhopal presents a pleas-
ing contrast to that just mentioned, for which we are indebted,
to a great measure, to our resident, Mr. Hamilton, and hisas-
aistants. The new minister at Hyderabad would seem to be
no great favourite with his master, who is said to be acting
la Many ways with aview of neutralising some of the Vuzeer's
moat promising measures of reform. The sword sent out by
the Court of Directors for presentation to the Raja of
canglee 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 shi Augusta, of Bombay, one of the vessels which
left the Madras roads at the commencement of the hurricane
Of the 25th of November, was wrecked near Point Pedro,
off Ceylon; crew all saved. Upwards of 2,5001. have been
subscribed for the relief of the sufferers by the gales of Octo-
ber and November, 1,0001. of which was munificently be-
stowed by the Government.—Captain Durand, Commissioner
eif the Tenasaerim 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-
borongh. Mr. Colvin is a man of ability and discretion,
and very unlikely to fall into the errors which occasioned the
!weal of his predecessor. Captain Durand has closely fol-
lowed the footsteps of his patron ; rash, capricious, head-
Zan, waward, and iatient of like Lord
i!engborougy mp
hhe erred, and like him he fecriticism 11. Our obituary
r!is mail contains the names of two eminent individuals—
Major-General Vans Kennedy, Oriental translator to the
00_ nabay Government, favourably known for the accuracy
tad worth of his works on military law ;
o and Captain T.
;Details, author of one of our best works n Sinde.—Lord
mtiarainge is understood to have resolved on the reduction of
e, Pc:etage throughout India, and the introduction of a
criLani similar to that of Rowland Hill. The oppressiveness
tio`ua Present charges may be guessed at when it is men-
._ iled that for a daily paper, restricted in weight to about
u,nfo
o nrth of a London journal, the postage amounts in some
15 India to 101. annually.—The country generally is
ThuiPul and healthy, and the climate cool and agreeable.—
in:Ph-arrival of the overland mail has once more caused
n delay of the steamer. The change of arrangement was
cieured to Thda aftrnoon—on this occasion in suffi-
to_ time to urs
be of service,y e
as early, indeed, as the notice
uicl have been out.

The arrival BOMBAY.
I,oo_, val of our new governor, Mr. Clerk, from Calcutta
, ,for about the end of February. He reached the
laan
.'"alaces on the 16th of November by the steamer
the . Our present acting governor continues to enjoy
Sir FV,..atest popularity. Our respected Commander-in-Chief,
al`Mahon;takes his departure for England by the
be-e-aler Of
„ the Ist of February. His successor has not yet
bY111141%„„ed• His constitution has received a severe shock
nets
th_eo:dn,rveetl:7e will prove beneficial
-sesi but we doubt not that the change to his
to his health, and trust that
Me -47 long live to enjoy the society of his friends at home.
3 from the command of the Bombay army with the
besilvh'bkea of nearly all its members, for the kindness of
fatile-.8 448 invariably shown—in some instances almost to
". The rumour of Sir Charles Napier being nominated
''leeessor has again died away.
The IA MADRAS.
Elia L 0 „arquis of Tweeddale has been on a visit to the coirt.
Plate ruahip was last beard of from Tellicherry, from which
Would make
intended returning to the Neilgherries, where he
Clos,.:„lnake but a short stay, his return to the seat of his
e,o4o."raent being expected to take place immediately. A
the g-rd„ent of the Atheneum, writing from Cuttack, on
distur-r, '3, December, gives the following account of further
aoor-"'uleea amongst the Khonds in the district of Goom-
- •
altinr7',. An express arrived here on the night of the 25th
for the officer commanding the 50th regiment,
erde643s a requisition for two companies of the corps to be
counted out as soon as practicable to Bead, in the Goomsoor
trac-LtrY, to meet Captain kiTherson, agent in the Hill
Shur. of Orissa, from whence they escort him to Ram-
o'eloc She detachment left the following evening at four
medics tinder the command of Lieutenant J. Grant, and in
ached
charge of the second dre.sser of the corps, and all
'ned out of cantonment in high spirits, considering the
short notice that was given them. In this step the ob-
til'a‘tl. the agent is not positively known, bat it is asserted
amd ue iS *determined to bring the Meria business to a crisis,
th.,P.L.unials the offenders with severity. It is also stated
,ws detachment will not return to head-quarters „until
br" aext, and that a second detachment will very probably
d ordered out also. How far there is truth in this statement
froeNnsnisent saith not. Private intelligence. has also been received
nusaelcondah that three companies of the 22d Regiment
th.oin that place have left for the same ostensible purpose, and
r`t the Khonds are determined to resist the efforts of the agent
fa the abolition of human sacrifice, and that tbey are mani-
ietating a warlike spirit. A small number of men left behind,
aPPears, are quite inadequate to furnish the whole of the
guards at that place. A party of "Pikes," under the corn-
.,nand of Captain Dunlop, also accompanied A. M. Mills, Esq ,
Commissioner of Cuttack, who proceeded to Boad, to put a
'lb:p to the depredations perpetrated by the Khonds, and to
endeavour to bring those lawless tribes into subjection, as
Well as, I believe, to co-operate with Captain M`Pherson.
The Legislative BENGAL.iI have been in full activity during
the month, and everyCounc
Gaze
.e announces the passing of one
or two acts which have lattm by for the last year. The
Metropolitan of India has returned to Calcutta in safety, and
the Bishop of Madras, who had been acting for him during
his absence, returned to his diocese.
THE PUNJAUB.
The Punjaub once more furnishes matter of abundant in-
terest to the general reader. The Vuzeer Lall Singh having
been detected in a treasonable correspondence with. the Cash
mere chiefs, has been deposed and sent in perpetual banish-
nient to India. Unable to select a Vuzeer from among their
!Wu number, or to, discover.how the country was to be go-
erned or maintained in peace, the Seikh chiefs unanimously
baolyed to request that an army of ten thousand men should
Mallowed to remain at Lahore during the minority of the
al'arkia, sow a child seven years old—the Seikh Govern-
inenrittecennantrceitting a quarter of a million sterling to their
the British Resident being virtual Vnzeer.
e_ the results of the proceedings of tse last fortnight :
seb.;.."'uat now revert to the details of the occurrences them-
bad"' At the date of last dispatch the loyalty of Lall Singh
seem.b:ieen brought so strongly into /suspicion that there
of it.— every reason to believe
vitilacil authority. he would quickly be deprived
On intimatingahat the time fixed for the
weularaWal to? our troops by the ireaty of 9th'_ March
ou the ifae adhered ta, and, dongrOlating the 2,1
1.141 r• Cu a!tunate termination a the Pashmere
.insurar_eclaetriu.ji.,l
s.,inahmvrle called attention to 61 fact that,the.
that ill •.00d-Deeri had only surrendbred himself on
.c
and itse cau,es the insurrection '3:multi be inquire 1 into,
clver whreal authors exposed. A. commission of inquiry,
Presidedich Mr. Currie, secretary to the Governor-General,
and Goi and in which Sir J. Littler, Colonels Lawrence
Utak. Itthe, and Mr. J. Lawrence were the British consti-
v-nars" 'tying been appointed to investigate the matter, the
entsembled on the morning of the 3d of December in
were „,e 's durbar tent—the Ministers and principal chiefs
end.ajo "ted to be 'present. The accuser, Sheikh Emaum-
thesa eon, and the accused, Lall Singh, were summoned before
flu ]ith4), he former produced three letters received by him
uto atter, cnc which was achnowls ,Iged, inciting
104 (1 01l',
Th Possible')
the annexation of 'Cashmere to Jamoo.
the prXrt was an open one, the attendance numerous, and
complete. The verdict against the Vuzeer was