The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-02 00:00:00

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account of that love, we ought to have given
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father, and not 1 lowers, and dismiss them, ands hims.e e
.e, 1 to Bhopal
ceshmere ~ ? Independent of all this his
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'l""debts, erovided he voWlladjust. thelfc!raotircci:eseis
the under
the Shell :, was governor of the province at the time thewe ttoheheayvee eovfe
trhyethainugth.aorrraitinegs.e
ered himself
treaty se. as made with Ghoolab Singh, and why should ,Hednloorvie, ion7q_nwi
of too strong to sapplicate for that which ee thought him-
have displaced the father for the sake of the son,ed the liberal
The attitude
freaks an asser- offers an -whom the Cashmerees comparatively knew notlung? sef in a
defuidtioeiaontdoitcioonmapoelf;thaenild
ehgeenspc7r
Notkiing is more easy than to
flea ed to be long
et maintained. His followers became dis( enitented for
Lion ; but unless borne out by -acts, it . were of defiance thus assumed was not &gain
much better to have allowed the pub:ao to arrive,n .
want of pay, and quickly quitted his came . He seemed
their own conclusions than to attempt to mislead t em
now on the point of being compelled to en sae to Bh ),
from tt (P.a
by such assertions as those put fo.r4,h by our
tcont
Moultan, minions, joined him with a large retinue of men,.
,;4:
perary. We hinted at a rumou , that a gecofre under-eni when Kurreem Khan, a refugee e Nizseaes .a.
the foe' -a' bie
standing subsisted between Dews
~ es,seoearaj,
chip"
..,,,y Rohillas
sad Sheik Emaum-ood-Deen, 'and expressed otour belief position occupied was a strong one, and
laenedtedvqiullicakitliyesa—mmouenntedwthonahhoavde 2. ~00:1
jz,
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that the delays of the Dew? n in proceedingd
ia ttlih togain
gave some colour to tree report. On reconsidering
-Lny•hothree
care. g Matters now
quarrel with the Bri- assumed a somewhat alarm'
wipe,
whole question we feel assured that no such understand- and nothing to lose by ad.ver , "
ing (which must hreve involved a.
tish) could have 'ever e7eisted.sideat at Indore
not con- tical agent was directee .0 Ihe 1
.e t The poll-
,f
tiieale.,nstraYnces r Jid
TheherAlofhuse
..,
.consequeh.k fri of his contumacy.
consequence
the malcontent
tent with leavirig the rumour w sfioluigned it, con- to use the strongest re-
dan conspiracies A day was fix, -
verted it into es fact, and raised amsuhperstructure of such chief was warned
a as the limit at w ic b. submission would
evident absterdity, consisting of a o
:the chief, the night be !tire, betook himeelf
throughout the length and breadth of mtehe.laiad, that we he. acche;pte,
s followers to the jungles. '1
.'he state troops and
are quite surprised he should have persisteet in his as- with ,
the case in a subsequent wamber of leis Bl'eopal contingents were sent out to ;eines ,him, and on
sertion, as was
We are told, on unquestionable anthoriti:, that the third morning after his force wa i surrounded, Ibb
rewpara'n Moolraj has come to Lahore entireler on the insurgents seemed determined to ma intain their Pe'a;iion•
strength of our guarantee for his safely. le it, then, at which was naturally a very strop; 3. one e . at ss '
_est, atter
all likely that, having o'etained such guarantee, he having been repeatedly summoned to
ere .render, they
would about to bey
would turn upon us, and league with One acting in open reluctantly complied, just as the 1-
defiance of our wisher , and with a rebel to his owu attacked. Though Ameer Maley .r.ed Khan, with his
state? The Dewan r ,ow looles to us for a satisfactory immediate attendants, came overt
,0 us, the Rohillas and
snttlement of his areees, and, after repeated
and we are happy to be able their chiefs remained obstinate ~
to add that they r .re already in a fair train for ad- warnings, the guns :of ingent opened on them.
justment. Infiefee, so far from entertaining any feel- The war cry was raised the cent
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and*,:e sistance at first was stout
ing favourabl' 'to the cause of the Sheik Emaum.ood- and energette ; an atteesee't evas made to charge, but
Deen, we are credibly assured that he has sent 300 the guns were too fserme:sable ; and at the first shower
of his picked men as a special guard to attend on the , bf grepe they reeled, retreated, dispersed, and fled.
agent to the Governor-General in his journey to tbe The Ameer's two sons were taken ; Kurreem Khan is
hills, and has even offered to march himself to Ce.sh- believed to have been slain, and the principal leaders
mere, at the, head of the whole of his troops, 'should have fallen into our hands. The casualties in the con-
such be the -wish of the British authorities. So much tingent were about 48 killed and wounded ; and on the
fin the leagniebetweenDewanMoolraj an'; SheikEmaum- part of the Rohillas, about 250, and 120 prisoners. The
ofad-Deen, road so much for the accuracy of the travelled country is now quiet everywhere around, and thus has
authority oet which the Mofvssilite first put forth his ended an affair which, but for the promptitude and
erroneous ste,tements, and then supported them by quib- decision with which it was encountered, might have,
tiling argearnients, We do sot pretend to say that Maha- occasioned iafinite annoyance and mischie&
raja Ghoolab Singh is the, idol of the hill people. On
the contratey it is our be' tef that he is feared and hated
by a larrp portion of the population, and we believe
there ar a good grounds for both the fear and the hatred,
arisizare out of his esonduct during the lifetime of Maha-
raja Runjeet Singh. But since then the current of his
con. duct has undergone a considerable change; it has
be' en long thought the sway he held in the hills, as a
a eputy, would be converted, some time or other, into
'the sceptre of a sovereign, and it is reasonable to sup-
pose that he will treat his subjects in a manner very
different to that which pervaded his conduct as a mere
governor on behalf of another; he was then under the
reasonable fear which example afforded, that he might
at any time be deprived of his jagheers and of his pro-
vinces by the will of a capricious Sovereign, and he
therefore, with the true oriental caution, screwed the
last penny to lay up a store for the time of his possible
disgrace. Now all things are altered. He is an inde-
pendent Prince, ose ing a nominal allegiance to the
British, whose possessions are to descend to his posterity
under our guarantee; it is his best interest to treat his
'new subjects with the consideration which will yield
suitable returns, and to earn the good-will of his suzerain.
And what superiority has Sheik Emaum-ood-Deen over
Ghoolab Singh in this respect? He is hated to the full
as much as any governor can be. His very name is
detested in the Jullunder, where he is known ' • and no
better proof of this can be adduced than that the people
have come forward to point out where the wealth of
which he has plundered them is concealed. It has been
stated, moreover, that all the hill chiefs are inimical to
Ghoolab Singh. This is true only in degree. There
are, in every family, half a dozen or more claimants to
sovereign authority, and we are assured that in most
cases one of the parties, formed by such division of in-
terest, is with Ghoolab Singh—the other, of course,
against him. It might, with almost equal reason, be said
that all the hill chiefs in the Jullunder are against us,
because we have not restored them to their former
thrones, and have only given them good maintenance.
We shrewdly suspect that the devil is, after all, not so
black as he has been painted. At all events, he is doing
his best to wash himself clear of the stains which have
defiled his character. It is, perhaps, not unnecessary to
say, that in making these observations, we have no wish
to recalj our opinion of the treaty which delivered over
the Cashmerees to the rule of Ghoolab Singh. Those
'who framed it believed conscientiously they had no other
option in the then state of affairs, and it is certainly
their business to carry out its provisions in all their
bearings. Had the Cashmerees risen as a body, and
proved their determination not to submit by national
resistance to the yoke, or had their movement been even
as extensive as it was in the first instance reported to
have been, we should take a very different view of the
suque.ae,stion. But this is not the case; it has proved the
act of a rebel, and must be treated accordingly.
m
It appaedars that the statement of our native correspon-
dent,e some days back, that our troops were moving
to Kulloowal, a ferry town on the Chenab, about 15
miles from Wazeerabad, was perfectly correct. Briga-
dier Wheeler reached that place from Seealkote on the
13th of this month, with a part of his force. The
march between the two places was set down at 11 miles,
but turned out to be 16, and proportionately wearisome,
occupying six hours. A friend with that part of the
force talks in the highest terms of the manner in which
Brigadier Wheeler has conducted tho march, "
e r e
thing being admirably well arranged." The
secondy de--
tachment of the force, consisting of the 24th and 59th
Native Infantry, of the Light Field Battery, and of the
Bth Irregular Cavalry (Becher's), and commanded by
_Lieut.-Colonel Thompson, were following close on the
brigadier. The latter has been ordered to halt at Kul-
loowal for some time. and his feether destination will of
course depend entirely on circumstances. It is quite
clear,
however, that the plan which had been previously
agreed on with Maharaja Goolab Singh, for the occupa-
tion of Jamoo, has been abandoned, in part at least, and
that instead of occupying the southern frontier of his
territories, we have now military occupation of the
northern frontier of the possessions of the Seikhs.
The e
,Lahore, since our last, is that the greater part of our
troops had crossed the Ravee, and that the destination
of ) t
instead
he
of
agent of the Governor-General had been changed;
proceeding to Jamoo, as previously stated, he
started on the 15th instant, on his way to Bheemhur, by
tiic, having dispatched his baggage two days after his
arrivale.eeh. a
atunee the capital. News had been received from
G,:.;,e
effect,
to the 10th, communicating information to
that the surrender of the Sheik might be
hourly expected, unless he deceived our authorities a
; :,n econd time, and that he had agreed to leave the valley
a few days. Meantime it was most wisely determined 1
to make no relaxation in the preparations for his forcible
ejection, should he continue to prove refractory. Eight
pej days than
on the 12th, sent to overtake the
force of
and what is perhaps even better in these
Singh,
diplomacy, carefully edged with silver so
much in vogue—five lakhs of rupees had been sent with
them. We need hardly say there is no truth whatsoever
in the report that Ghoolab Singh, with Lieut. Edwardes
and others, had been besieged in Reehursee.
In reference to the general affairs of the trans-Sutlej
3ir
states, we understand that in reference to the services of
two. John Lawrence being required at Lahore, for some
months to come at the least, and his consequent ins
Yto bilitattendoti to his peculiar duties as commissioner in
Our trans-s ej possessions, Mr. George Blunt, of the
civil service, has been appointed to officiate for Mr. Law-
rence in that
_capacity, and that he will accompany the
Governor-General into the Jullunder, via Belaspoor, his
Lordship's camp moving from Kalka to the Jullunder by
the plain route.
Since the above was written, we have received letters
leaving no doubt on our mind that Sheik Emaumood-
Deen has, by this time, finally accepted the terms of-
fered to him, much too favourable, in our opinion, con•
sidering the trouble he has given us, and quitted Cash-
mere for Lahore; and the moment the troops of Ghoolab
Singh are in possession of the valley, will, we trust, see
the return of our force from its present advanced posi-
tion. Then will come the question of the evacuation
of Lahore. How that may be finally settled remains to
be seen. Our impression is that we cannot withdraw
our troops.
By our native letter, received this morning, and dated
the
15th inst., we learn that Ittur Singh had at length
proceeded to join the Seikh force, and that Sirdar Tej
Singhr had arrived within six koss of Bheembur, but re-
ported his
t is
inability to march further for want of car-
have all well he is not required to go onwards. We
along doubted his willingness to march, and the
fidelity of the troops under his command.

AFFGHANISTAN.

Our Caubul news letter has been delayed 'considerably
beyond the usual period of its arrival. '.;:he reason for
such delay has not transpired, but reAtyani pstan itself,
and be
attributed to the disturbed state of ''...tffgh
and to the commotions between th
Attok and Lahore.
It brings intelligence from the 16th July to the 9th of
August. On the firet-name'l day the Ameer, Dost Ma-
homed Khan, way., eng]eged in settling a long pending
. dispute bet7;een 1`.1;oor Gool Khan, a chief of the Ghil-
zaies, Mousse Khan, Barukhzaie, and the heirs of Meer
Alfal Khan, of Gundamuk. Having disposed of this
matter, the Ameer proceeded to the house of the Meer
Hajee, when he was stopped in the street by a man who
complained of having been robbed near Killa Kazee of
45 rupees. Other people took the opportunity of mak-
ing complaints on other matters, and his Highness was
at last so thoroughly mobbed as to be obliged to return
to the Balla Hisser. On the following day a messenger
announced the arrival at Killa Kazee of the daughter
of Yar Mahomed, on which Khan Shereen Khan was
desired to make such preparations for the reception of
the lady as became the sovereigns between whom she
was to become so precious a link. A kassid, bearer of
letters from Peshawur, arrived the same day, and com-
plained that he had been detained three days at
Jellalabad. On being asked the reason, he replied that
Murdan Khan (the acting deputy-governor) had alleged
that he was constantly the bearer of news letters from
Caubul to theßritish in Hindottan. The Ameer said
he himself heard of a man, of the name of Ruheem,
who was in the habit of carrying letters to Hindostan,
and that he should have special instructions given to
find him out. Mahomed Shah Khan Ghilzaie announced,
on the 28th, that he had safely brought the kafilas
through the passes. Instructions were issued to all the
chiefs to be in readiness to accompany Mahomed
Ukbar Khan on the morrow. A report came in that
a large kafila, bringing indigo and other articles of
value from Jellalabad, had been attacked and plundered
near Gundamuk. The merchants had, however, plucked
up courage to follow the Ghilzaies: on overtaking them
a regular skirmish took place, in which some lives
were lost. The thieves succeeded in carrying off some
of the lighter articles, but the greater portion was re-
covered by the merchants. In the evening all the pre-
sents intended for the bride were taken out, and placed
in order ready for bestowal. On the following day the
Ameer sent to the Wuzeer a large number of valuable
ornaments for his personal decoration, and the whole of
the "Nuwabs, Khans, Sirdars," and other men of note,
being assembled, the Wuzeer was deputed at their
head to the fort of Kaz, e to receive his bride, the
Ameer following. The Ilerat Ra6la was rnet at a dis-
tance of about three koss from Caubul, and the whole
pitched their tents in the plains near Char Deh. Refresh-
ments were served out to the guests, some 3,000 in num-
ber, dancing continuing throughout the day; and a
sumptuous repast was served up in the evening to all in
the camp according to their degree. After this the .pre-
sents intended for the bride and her attendants were
sent into her tent, on which those gifts brought from
Herat for the bridegroom, his father and his brothers,
and which are represented as very valuable, were pro
duced by the Ilerat party. Dancing was resumed till
late at night. The festivities continued till about three
o'clock in the afternoon the next day, when the bride
having been placed in a handsome tonjon, was conducted
with the utmost distinction to the Balla Ilissar. On her
reaching her apartments, the Wuzeer paid his respects,
attended by his father and brothers. On the morning
of the 31st dancing and eating were resumed with
renewed energy, and kheluts, suited to the occasion,
were distributed amongst the chiefs of the Durbar. On
the morning of that clay the whole people of Caubul
were entertained in turns in the Balla Ilissar, commenc-
ing with the Juwansheres of Chundvol. Their respective
chiefs then presented the usual salaamana to the Wuzeer,
and the ceremonies of the marriage terminated. The
Ameer was, however, somewhat rudely awakened from
this scene of rejoicing in the afternoon by a report
from Meerza Abd 00l Sumnreh Khan, that
owing to the late proceedings of Mahomed Ukbar
Khan against Meer Afzul Khan, the whole of the
Ghilzaies were again in arms, and the passes absolutely
closed, and that something must be done to put a stop
to these frequent insurrections. During the day also
the eyes of the Wuzeer became exceedingly painful, and
the Ameer, annoyed at the tidings just received, said in
open Durbar, that he had no doubt the sins of the
Wuzeer were being punished in this manner. The Va-
keel of Meer Attaleekh Beg renewed the subject of send-
ing troops into Toorkistan, and said that the time was
fast passing away. He seems to have advanced such
reasons for the move that Sirdar M. Akram Khan teas
directed to place himself at the head of two battalions of
2,000 Suwars and 1,000 Jazailcbees, with four guns, and
proceed to Bameean, there to await further orders. He
quitted Caubul on the 3d of August. On the following
day news came in of serious disturbances having broken
out between the people of Upper and Lower Swat, in the
course of which daily fights were taking place. On the
sth of August, the Ameer expressed his intention to
release unconditionally all the prisoners in confinement,
but on some fifty being brought before him, he could not
bring himself to liberate more than ten. On the 6th the
Ameer appeared so thoroughly out of humour at the Dur-
bar, that our correspondent became anxious to ascertain
the cause, and discovered that he was displeased with the
Wuzeer for having dispatched a letter without his know-
ledge to Yar Mahomed of Herat. A fresh cause of dis-
satisfaction arose on the 7th, when the Wuzeer caused
the imprisonment of a man on the false complaint of an
enemy; the Ameer directed the immediate release of the
prisoner, declaring that the Wuzeer was becoming
shameless in his disregard of the anger of God, and
that, for this reason, the finger of God was upon him.
Although the Wuzeer was known to be suffering greatly,
the Ameer neither went near him nor sent any one to
make inquiries. On the Bth orders were forwarded to
Sirdar Mahomed Akram Kahn to compel the people of
Zungee in Hazareh to pay their revenue, as ho passed
along to Bameean, as they had lately refused to do so.
A number of merchants went in a body on that day to
entreat that something might be done for the security of
life and property in the passes, where not even a solitary
unarmed passenger could now travel without molesta-
tion. They said they were under the necessity of send-
ing their goods round by Kurmaand Kohat. The Anmer
declared he was helpless. All was to be laid at the door
of the Wuzeer. He had caused Meer Ufzul Khan to be
murdered, and these were the consequences.

BHOPAL.
One of those mischievous risings which prove formid-
able or insignificant exactly as ther
ichattc:ii to
at first, has just occurred in Bhopal.
looked or mismanaged, or not completely and
success-
fullyer- crushed at once, it might most probably have given
rise to long and protracted disorders in the Saugor and
Nurbudda territories, where misunderstandings have
too recently been hushed up not to be very easily
extended and inflamed afresh. The court of Bhopal is
unfortunately infested by a set of poor, extravagant,
and inconsiderate Mahomedan chiefs. Under the late
ruler, with whom they occasionally shared in the
excesses, the indulgence in which proved fatal to him,
they had been all subserviency and obedience—their
powers of resistance scarcely being such as to
render its exercise alarming. Unhappily the young Nawab
had been fostered in his errors by one who ought to have
checked or restrained them ; and his own father-in-law,
Ameer Mahomed Khan, who lined upon his resources,
was, under the guise of the most assiduous attention,
the worst enemy his son possessed. The succession fell
upon an infant daughter of the Nawab—grandchild of
course of Ameer Mahomed Khan; and she having been
fully recognised by the British Government, preparations
were made for the due administration of the affairs of
the country. The arbitrary and tyrannical despotism
and disgusting debaucheries of Ameer Mahomed Khan
were so notorious as to have excited general disgust in
all the respectable members of the community ; yet,
notwithstanding these things, he endeavoured to create
:?tirtY, and stir up tumult, in favour of a natural SOR
own, whom he wished to elevate to the seat of
an.thosrity. It having been intimated to him that his
wisdom lay in remaining in quietness, and that he was
expected to retire to the fort of Rahsecu, in his own
jaghire, he there set about collecting around him the
dissolute, desperate, and discontented. To these were
added the discharged servants and discountenanced as•
aociates of the late Nawab, from whom he contrived
to obtain nuzzurs and loans ofd money. creditors
at length became clamorous, hie. had recourse to his
old expedient of throwing teainrtoctanxis upon th,_ 2fate,
Regency
of his son.
On one occasion, subsequently
successfully,
In-law, he had appealed to the
e like
but it was intimated that no further ittecZptssuole
kind must hereafter be made. On this occasion,
how-
ever, the Regency determined at ono to pay cif