The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-26 00:00:00

THE 62D REGIMENT.

The following General Order will .be read with great in-
terest, as it completely vindicates the 62d Regiment from the
charge brought against them in General Littler's dispatch :

"Head-quarters, Camp, Nihalkee, Jan. 28.
"The Commander-in-Chief is pleased to direct the pub-
lication in general orders to the army of the following
general order issued to the army of the Sutlej.
" The arrival of her Majesty's 62d Foot at head-quarters
offers to the Commander-in-Chief an opportunity, of which
he gladly takes advantage, to express the satisfaction it
affords him to have the services of this corps available with
the force immediately opposed to the enemy.
" The chance of war placed the 62d Regiment in opposi-
tion to the strongest part of the enemy's intrenched position
at the battle of Ferozeshah, on the night of the 21st ult.
" The following day, after the enemy's position had been
carried, the Commander-in Chief, with several officers of his
personal staff, minutely inspected the point attacked by the
62d Regiment. He found it had been defended by numerous
guns of heavy calibre served with grape and canister.
"The very heavy tire by which the regiment was assailed,
and its steady devoted gallantry under the storm, are best
attested by the fact, of which his Excellency was an eye-
witness, of the space in front of and close to the enemy's
battery having been thickly strewed with the bodies of the
brave officers and soldiers who fell in the aseault. The
Commander-in-Chief finds that 17 officers and 185 men fell
on this occasion, and that the regiment did not desist from
its noble efflots to carry the position until ordered by the
Brigadier commanding to fall back, as stated in the fol-
lcoewiviendg:Lxtract from the Brigadier's report only now re-
" ' Under these circumstance', seeing her Majesty's 62d was
exposed to a most destructive fire without any object, as they
could not move forward, I conceived it my duty to direct
them to retire, which they did in almost as good order,
making allowance for the heavy loss they had sustained, as
that in which they had advanced.'
" These are the simple ftats of the case, and the Com-
mander-in-Chief is happy to assure the 62d Regiment, on
this the first opportunity of inspecting it, that the conduct
of the corps on the night of the 21st ult., in the battle of Fe-
rozeshab, has received, and merits, his Excellency's most
cordial approbation.
" Justice to the 62d Regiment, and to the Native Regi-
ments brigaded with that corps, demands this expoiition of
the sentiments of the Commander-in-Chief, in correction of
an erroneous impression with respect to the conduct of the
brigade, which has been produced by the publidation, purely
through an oversight, of a dispatch written exclusively for
his Excellency's information.
" J. R. LUMLEY, Major-General,
Adjutant-General of the Army."

- THE STATE OF AFFAIRS AT LAHORE.
The following intelligence, respecting the state of affairs
at Lahore, which we take from the Della Gazette, shows the
view.takan of our late victories in the Seikh capital :
LAIIOUE, JAN. 22.—1 t is ascertained that Lalla Chunee
Lall, who had gone towards Ferozepore as a Vakeel, bad
been told by the British authorities, through the Sahab
Kalan, that they would neither get back their guns nor their
lands ; that they knew nothing of Raja Lall Singh or Sirdar
TO Singh ; but that any message from the Maharaja, from Raja
Ghoolab Singh, or from Dewan Deena Nath, should be attended
to. The only officer whom they knew was Dewan Adjoodhea
Nath. The Lalla was much disappointed. An Urzee ar-