The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

In our let
`77 ,tl7Oll-7,l,ner,
,neotM
e l?szirrh
euantr) west ,t Ght znee. "l he orignetted, it appears,
with a chief ot the name ot ShahNa.az, of the tithe of
Buklitecarees n ho, having raised the standard of the
l'rl'Phet, rallied some fanatics around the same. They
Proceeded to plunder the travellers along the roads in
their country, sad threatened to become formidable.
About ;he 'time the Wuz-er's marriage was to
take
place, the hero of a hundred measures
managed to obtain the confidence, to ti.e an ar-
propriate phrase of the Thug fraternity, of the chief, and
laitd him to the feat. lie came', WAS treated with
Much distinction, and told, the diy after the ceremonies
had been concluded, that the Wuzeer wished to have
°eine private conversation with him, to which end he
1?
-1, desired to enter the Bala Hisser by the garden gate.
Nawaz was punctual to the appointment, but had
2sooner entered the garden than Mahomed Akbar
14a, who was in waiting,- directed his attendants to
futhe rebellious scoundrel,' and forthwith to carry
in' the preparations which had been previously made
).1. hanging him on the spot. The secret seems to
ta444iVie b,een kept even from the Am( er, for some days,
ke when it became public the matter was seriously
en into consideration; but nothing beyond a remon-
strance was attempted by his Highness. On the 26th
of Au.
; best news me in that many of the Ghilzie
chiefs,fee who had hitherto held aloof, had joined the re-
'ioo; but on hearing a' report that Jubliar Khan was
Co4'44' to investigate their grievances, they withdrew
It their respective forts. Kurreem Ikhan, who had been
iiPtillointel Si the chiefship iu. superce-sion of Azeez
,inant availed himself of this mot emkilled three men in ent,-and attacked the
/3„oBge of Sultanpoor, where he a
rifle stlne, and took four Ilindoo women prisoners. On
due 27th of the month a purwannah was prepared, or-
eso,rin g kee Agee Khan, an officer in the Ameer'a
S+ to move from his post below the passes to Tetten,
pith his battalion and make arrangements for the secu •
-I,ll'Y of the road. The Kassid Bashee, when told to for-
aid the pur/vatr
do Ilan sail it was useless to attempt to
°O, as the lia.sid would not be allowed to pass. On
the following d in that the Ghilzies had
attevhed ay news came
_ a village named Bhaebanee, above Balabagh,
~.I.ateg fourteen men, taking seven prisoners, and carrying
In I 1 he
kt moveable property on which they could lay
their.s. The state of the country is described at
this
tee time tfirmt_ome as such that not a man could attempt to pro-
d
Khoord Kabul to Jellalabad with any chance
° reaching that place, and was becoming daily a source
• greater anxiety to the Ameer, who came on the 29th
Virac the resolution of sending his younger son, Shere K(Jan
to employ his best endeavours in reducing the
.ttory tribes. But it. was of short duration, as on
Lilt 31st it was determined that he should defer his
lurvement until after the conclusion of the feast of the
suneax .
an as the soldiers said it was not convenient to
!kern to march at such a season. The vacillation of the
Meer affords our correspondent an opportunity of in.
ONin sundry remarks thst do not bespeak much
tb3`aity to the ruling tribe. He assures us that out of ,
-flit tow') of Caubul the name of a Barukhzraie no longer
commands the least respect ; that the Ameer has lost
• control over the neighbouring country ; and that the
Sager of God is so evidently on his family, chiefly on
11,tount of the atrocities of his son, that some change in
the ruling dynasty must soon take• place, which will
tither call another tribe or the English to the govern-
desire
of Affghanistan. This does not betoken much
%sire on the part of the Affghans to join in that
;4'l. Mahotumetlan conspiracy which, . according
"a the Mofussilite, was soon to crush us,
„Unless - -nipped in the 'bud. On the Ist September
news came in from Candahar that the merchants in those
Parts had beootne so alarmed at the reports which
reachedthem of the intention of the Western Ghilzies
Join those in the east in the insurrection, that they
;0,41 en no account send off their Kafilas towards
finubol- On the 2d of September the Wuzeer, for the
rst time since his marriage, having recovered his tem-
lt and his eye-sight, presented himself at the Durbar,
d having consulted with his father on the subject of
• e
off ' insurrection,' it was determined at once
t ern d,ht as many soldiers as could be spared. On
following day it was reported that the Ameer had
r-vet*, and could not hold the usual Durbar, in cons&
pee of some serious differences with the mother of
h a"med Akbar Khan on the previous day. He was,
4Fwever September.gh- to .resume his Durbar on the
ttax f On that day a letter announced
soto te , jaing amongst the Khiberees consequent on
to disputes amongst thernselves, which seems
have been looked upon by the inhabitants of
Cenbu 1
e as a branch of the Ghilzie insurrection,
ovi
rem '•() have alarmed them so much, that they began
e ng and buryin their oods and . OD
r;a.ttf;th news came in that the Ghiliies hadtreasure attacked
Hajee Alice Khan had taken post,
they obtained such a decided advantage
Mint thatwhhiacdh
e.lhtringlthe he was obliged to retreat on Jellalabad,
insurgents to plunder Balabagh at their lei-
:1,111
0. leer Hajee and Hafizjee were immediately sum-
"l4,lto a private council, at which the present state of
,affaira was taken into serious consideration. The Meer
ttonajeerobserved to the 'Ameer, according to the report of
present, that all the evils of the state were to be at-
zitrirh/L
to the faithless conduct of the Wuzeer, that
but t,l:l° man would trust the word of a Berukhzaie,
:nthat as something immediate must be done to restore
• ee, he would summon the Kohistanees. The Shirk-
iecohr merchants at the same time held a meeting, at
they determined that if peace were- not speedily
eim restored() they would abandon Caublil in a body, and pro-
ArbaYer b
/Wet lifillakhara, where they said they were sure of
protection. On the 7th of September the
regardin7Ced of the priests to carry out their suggestions
8/ - the Kohistanees, on which Meer Hajee
signed letters directed to the • Kulan' of Estaleef, and
Other places r
+ guesting them immediately to dispatch a
be body. of men. The chiefs of Nungreehar, of Lal-
;,,itiat. °cc., were also called upon to prepare themselves,
, as little delay as possible, to co-operate, from their
with the troops that would -be pushed into the
EvAses from the west. On the Eth of September the
ie---,ant-Governor •of Bameen wrote to say that the
ro_ artier of the Bukhteearee chief had created a great
ntation among his tribe—as great as that of Yesdan
t"oltheh of former days, and that there was every reason
',believe they would rise in rebellion."

NEPAUL.
More bloodshed at liatmandool The 31st of October
again witnessed the destruction of human life—the
Sufferers, on this occasion, being the Maharanees adhe-
?silts. The murder of a dozen or so men of note in or
tear the Durbar or Hall of State, would appear to be
considered a matter of small consequence amongst the
Seikhs and Nepaulese. Several of the most influential
of the- chiefs have been imprisoned, though probably un-
connected with the bloody transaction. A son of a
general is said to be amongst the latter, and a recently
appointed governor amongst the slain. All was quiet
vit'the residency. Major Thoresby had not yet joined.

JEYPOOR.
The Delhi Gazette affords the following communica,
tion on Shekawattee affairs ; it is the best explanation
which has yet been offered of the causes of the late dis-
turbances in that district :
" We have been favoured by one in every way capable
01 affording sound information, with the following re-
/narks on the late outbreak at Shekawattee, which we
Prefer giving as received to using them according to the
Permission accorded, in any other manner. It affords
" much satisfaction to find that the outbreak has been
Put down, because any disturbance of the public peace in
that part of Rajpootana, where so large an amount of
transit traffic exists, must be very injurious to that
The only point on which our correspondent en-
tertains opinions which we trust are not shared by the
authorities, is that regarding the alleged ill effect
or the presence of the Shekawattee brigade, in which we
totally differ from him, with all respect to the excellent
°Pportunities which he evidently enjoys of forming a
'bond judgment. We have every reason to believe that
e force under Major For.-ter contributed, for many rea-
'Pis, to the maintenance of good order, although it is un-
deniable that the resolution to relieve the Rajpoot states
bf' the charge of that force, adopted by Lord Ellenbo-
rough, was undoubtedly a wise measure:—` There are
re'tome peculiarities in the laws of inheritance among the
.aheikhawuts, which must always render that province of
,roere
difficult management than any other portion of
1-taiPootana of equal extent. The founder of the Sheikh-
hawut houses ordained that there should be an equal divi-
sion of land to each of the sons of a family, and this law
nag obtained and still obtains in each of the houses,except
those of
lihetree and Seekur, which have preserved their
Possessions unbroken, any further than in making the
;1311%1 Rajpoot provision for younger sons, and both are
heyectable chiefships, yielding three or four lacs per an-
peurmt each. In the other houses a division of landed pro-
Pert taken place, until some of the sons are left
a single Yfiealdsi;ngle village, and some of them with only a
lowing a rule has since been introduced, disal•
ng adoption •
nities ;
so
that'was it exists in other Rajpoot commu-
his land reverts
hen a Person dies without male issue,
to
law of inheritance, the
us amended ; altogether, however, the
generations back, has
s amended by themselves some
whole communities of rmt ced great disorder, leaving
profession than that of arms men, who have no other
who are consequently ready,toviietthite"rtoenhiaenfsy or
enterpriseriewras
holding out a promise of either
this condition of things which ler4yo otirleplundedr.. I
p iont into
S..hekawatee in 1835-36, under General xStephenson,eit and
e result of that expedition was the fixing of a fouj
khaneh on Rajpootana to the extent of three lees a year
asn.,d the
5000 of which fell on the Sheikhawuts themselve,,
Ifitationing of a brigade in their country, mea-
sures
which were calculated to aggravate, rather than
Z:
ileht" evil, since they did not strike at thOroot of it,
can only be done after the present 11 h ja ho f
• a a
Jaipoor shall have attained his majority. The fouj
k. haneh was remitted in 1813, and the cost of the
brigade was taken upon themselves. This with the re-
moval of the brigade, has had a very healing and sooth-
ing effect, and in the late insurrections the illegitimate
brothers of the Rao Raja of Seekur, and the Minister of
the late Rao Raja, although they had abundant com-
mand of funds, were only able to collect 300 men. The
late Rao Raja had, as his Minister, a person tamed Ram
Bukhsh, a foundling, who had risen to that office. On
death Ram Bukhah plundered the treasury and the
jewels of the chiefship, and assisted three of his illegi•
tirte sobs, who are only entitled,
a de provision, in usurping territory yielding;
among Rajpoots, to
70,000
rupees a year, in which are fear places of some
strength. 60,000 or
Colonel Sutherland' travelled the Seekur ter-
ritory in 1841.2, with the present Rao Raja Ram Pur-
tab Singh, visiting Seeker, Luchmungurh, Futteh-
Poor, and Ranigur, his principal towns and commercial
marts, and witnessed the state affairs, although, I am
told, not then prepared to correct what was wrong.
On his return in March last from the Cape of Good
Rope, the Rao Raja met him at Ulwur, he being
a brother-in-law of the Maha Raa Raja 13enee Singh;
thence they proceeded to Jaipoor, to which princi-
pality Seekur is a tributary and feudal chiefship. It
Tres there resolved by the council of regency to resume
the leads which the natural brothers had usurped: anal