The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-21 00:00:00

vernor-General of India," which was drunk with enthusiasm
by all present, as was also " The health of his Excellency
Sir Hugh Gough, the Commander-in. Chief of the Forces in
India."
Dr. Wood then proposed "The health of Lieut.-Colonel
M.Dowell."
The Gallant Colonel, after returning thanks in his usual
impressive and energetic manner, proposed The Bengal
Army," or rather "The British Army," for they were as
one body—intimately associated in the battle-field, and in
the familiar intercourse of private
Major Watt next rose, and called on the gentlemen present
to fill a bumper. He (the Gallant Major) was about to pro-
p-se a toast, which he was assured every one present would
drink with "a pleasure gushing from the heart and beaming
with sincerity." The poet who had sung the glories of
Alexander, the greatest of commanders, had been forced to
place by his side "the lovely Thais," and, in so doing, he had
also been forced to pay that compliment to "blooming Eastern
brides," which he (Major Watt) would now have the com-
pany assembled to pay to the whole sex. If none but the
brave deserve the fair, certainly none but the fair deserved
the brave; and he (Major Watt) for his own part would
never be happy unless they went hand in hand together.
The laurel on the soldier's r brow, and the riband on his
breast, were pleasing to the bright and brilliant eyes of
beauty, by whom they were first designed as emblems of
victory, and for that reason alone, independent of others,
these emblems would ever be coveted, and regarded as true
and lasting honours.--
" Vixi puellis nuper idoneus,
Et militavi non sine gloria."
This was sufficient to show that war and women—beauty
and victory—were so closely combined as to preclude the
possibility of doing honour to the one without the other.
The Gallant Major then proposed the "Heath of the Ladies."
The toast was received with enthusiastic cheering.
Lieutenant Foster (her Majesty's 16th Lancers) rose, and
proposed the "Health of Major Watt and the Commissariat."
Lieutenant F. paid a handsome compliment to .the kindness
and urbanity of the Gallant Major, and truly said that no
man would leave Meerut more generally beloved and more
sincerely regretted.
Major Watt in an eloquent speech returned thanks, and
concluded by proposing the " Health of Mr. Ravenshaw (Mr.
Begbie had left) and the Members of the Civil Service."
Mr. Ravenshaw, in a short but clever speech, in which he
did honour to his service, returned thanks.
"Major Mayne and the Irregular Cavalry," proposed by
Lieutenant Pattison (her Majesty's 16th Lancers) was loudly
responded to.
We should mention that her Majesty's 16th were so gene-.
rally respected that there was scarcely a civil or military
officer in Meerut that did not come forward and join in
the honour of entertaining for the last time the officers of
this distinguished corps. The party broke up at a late hour.
--Ibid.

we learn that the Dacca Bank would very soon be in
operation, probably, if net sooner, by the Ist of May. It
was said that a branch thereof would also be established at
Mymensing. ' In both of the above districts the prospects of
indigo were very good, and it was anticipated that they
Would be able to cut in May, early enough, we hope, to save
them from any inundation, a misfortune to which the culti-
vation in those lands is so frequently expe..a.—..Agra (Aro--
nide, April 6.

SINDE.

The 3d Bombay Light Cavalry having been ordered from
Deena, to join the force invading the Punjaub, learnt on its
way that the war was at an end. On arriving at Jeysul-
mere, they received orders from Sir C. Napier to march for
Sukkur, where they arrived on the 27th March. They were
to relieve the cavalry of the Bundelkund Legion on the
western frontier outposts. They had expected to have re-
turned to their old quarters when there services were found
no longer to be required on the Sutlej. Sir C. Napier and
Staff, escorted by the Sinde Camel Corps, were at Chukkoke
on the 21st, and marched for Bahawulpore on the 22d March.
The General is said to have looked worn and sickly; he takes
liberties with himself in the way of exposure and fatigue, not
Justified by his years. The Bundelkund Legion, all save the
Cavalry, quitted Sukkur on the 17th, on their way to Hin-
dostan. They were at Subzulcote on the 25th, and expected
to be at Bahawulpore on the sth April. Here they will re-
main till after the rains. The Bombay troops were march-
ing down from Bahawulpore for Sinde in nearly the same
order in which they moved upwards—by brigades and de-
tachments, two or three days from each other. The Belooch
battalion and Captain Bailey's battery were expected at
Roree on the 29th March, forming the first of the long line.
The depot of the 2d Bengal European Regiment left Sukkur
by water, under Captain Grant, on the 28th. Sir C. Napier'
was expected there about the 3d of April, and would pro-
bably be at Kurrachec by the 12th of May. His Excellency's
secretary awaited his arrival. General Simpson was still at
Sukkur. Sinde continues healthy, and the weather favour-
able. Various members of the general staff had reached the
sea-coast.

PESHAWUR AND AFFGHANISTAN.
(From the Delhi Gazette of the 4th April.)
" From Peshawur our advices extend from 30th January
to 13th February. We mentioned in our last that the
Kheibur tribes were fighting among themselves, and now
learn that in one battle which took place towards the end
of January, 40 men were killed. The Governor appears
to have used considerable diligence in enlisting new men.
Several communications of importance seem to have passed
between him and the Ameer of Caubul, but the greatest pains
seem to have been taken to conceal the nature of them.
The accidental absence of the Kazee, Mahomed Hussun,
from the durbar of the Governor, afforded the latter an ex-
cellent opportunity for the application of the patent screw,
the use of which is so well known to native functionaries of
all degrees, and the implication of the Mooftee and several
other Mussulman judicial officers in the supposed disrespect,
afforded the Siekh ruler a decent return, in the shape of fines,
under threats of imprisonment. These acts of oppression
were counterbalanced on the following day by the distribu-
tion of alms to the amount of some ten per cent. on the
plunder exacted from the Kazee, the Mooftee, and others.
Sirdar Wullee Mahomed Khan having failed in the payment
of the sun? he had agreed to produce in satisfaction of the
claim against him, the Governor sent out two battalions to
yust Nuggur, with the strictest injunctions to enforce the
immediate payment of the money, or at once to confiscate
the whole of the Sirdar's jaghire. Shere Singh took the
opportunity of directing that the detachment should collect
all the boats iu the Caubul river in one spot, expressing him-
self apprehensive of the intentions of the tribes on the other
side. An unfortunate contractor of customs, named Teta
gym, who had undergone twelve months' imprisonment,
Was released from his confinement, the Governor finding
the case a hopeless one. A very serious affray occurred on
the Bth of February between some of the Ramgole troops
and some servants of Sirdar Peer Mahomed, in which a
nephew of the latter, named Saloo Khan, was very severely
Wounded. The Sirdar was greatly. annoyed at this, and has-
tened to represent the matter to has brother at Lebow, and
threatened to leave Peshawur, but was persuaded by the
Governor at least to defer his departure. The destruction of
a part of the cantonment of Loodianh, by the Seikhs,
seems to have been greatly exaggerated in Peshawur, where
it was represented as a brilliant victory, en which account a
royal salute was fired, and the place ordered to be illumi-
mated for three successive nights. A Prajah merchant, who
had come to Peshawar to purchase some presents on the oc-
casion of the marriage of the daughter of Saadut Khan
Mo-
mund to son of Dost Mahomed Khan, was on his return
plundered of everything he had in his charge; the Urbabs of
the Kheibur were told that if they did not make the pro-
perty good the strictest measures should be taken.to compel
them."

We are in receipt of oar half-monthly advices from Cau-
bul, bringing intelligence down to the 13th of February,
from which we learn that on the 30th of January the
I:uzzulbash chiefs, Khan Shereen Khan and Mahomed
Meerza Khan, were summoned
Kttio a private interview with
Khan, at which Meer Hajee
Saheb was present. The consultation lasted till near mid-
might, but the nature of the mattersmeerzas received i discussed did not
transpire. On the following day t
in-
structions to draw ont;hoenctohlls same
of e customs for money to
pay some of the cavalry
arrived from the Kohistan and weere dayl,ooo Bundookchees
quartered, in the gar-
efordalroga of
gar-
dens near the palace till further orders.
the elephants having on the same: day appliedh
absence, was told it could not be granted, as all tleieeveof
ele-
phants were required to proceed to Jellalabad, with
the
mother of Mahomed Shere Khan. On the 2d of Februarye
about 180 camels, belonging to various merchants in th
town, were seized by order of the Ameer. On the same day
instructions were forwarded to Mahomed Ukbar Khan
directing him to remain for the present at Jellalabad when
he should have reached that station, and on no account to
proceed to Bajour, as at first determined, and those for the
departure of the mother of Share Khan were counter-
manded in consequence of reports that heavy snow had
fallen and reridered the Koord Kabul and Tezeen roads
almost impassable. On the 3d of February instructions
were afforded to the Wuzeer to the effect that his brother,
Shere Khan, ruight be permitted to proceed to Lall-
poorah to celebrate his marriage, but that he must be
strongly escorted, alid must not expect his mother, who was
prevented from joining him by the state of the roads. On
the Bth of February the Ameer made a merit of releasing
the camels which bad been seized, but seems to have been
nervously alive to the possible results of the war between
the British and the Seikhs, as the prohibition of all con-
versation on the subject was renewed, with additional
threats of punishment in case of infraction. The attention
paid by the Kabulees to every rumour which reached the
capital seems to have induced this reiterated order. On
the 12th of February two sons of the Ameer, Mahomed
Ufzul Khan and Mahomed Azeem Khan, received instruc-
tions to proceed with as little delay as possible towards
Jellalabad, at the head of all their followers, and they left
the capital on the 13th, but nothing had been done which
indicated the Ameer's intention of proceeding towards
Jellalabad in person. Of the movements of the Wuzeer
Mahomed Ukbar Khan we learn that he reported on the
2d of February his having marched for Jellalabad ; he
added, that having been invited to halt two days at Tatung
by Abd 00l Gheeas Khan, son of Nuwab Jubbar Khan,
he had agreed to do so. He added that he had been joined
by his brother Share Khan with some troops, and that he
bad .directed Saadut Khan to return from Jellalabad
to Considerable exertions seem in the
mea.ntime
of tr,oops at hSleueiri. been made regarding the collection
contents of a letter communicated
and we learn from the
communicated to the Ameer in the be-
ginning of February, t between 11,000 and 12,000 men
had been aLlsembled therg,uclraitsh fifteen guns, previous to the
arrival of the Wuzeer.
y of troops,
to have been the exertions
large body
to enlist men, and had
nmoardoef toB collectn a bod
Ps, that even the Gover-
worfote to say that he would
succeeded in obtaining 500.
mthe weather was so bad
could not travel fro
have sent more, but that the state
valley to another.
Chief of Naokee, complained"e to the Ameer
that
—Ameerthe peopl e
Khan,
greatly op.
that Meer Saiud Baha-ood-deep-Konre
promised as-
pressing the people io his district, and that something must
be done to bring him it; to order. The
iiistance, stating that if the services of the ;ureer were not
positively
Maho-
x.9quired elsewhere, he should himself proceed to Naokee,
Ba,jour, and Koner, to restore order.—Nothing
confirming the previous accountO of the death ofYPaer
med oif Herat is given in the letter, but an attempt to con-
tradict these accounts on the part of some one not named is
treated wilqa ridicule by our news- writer.