The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-28 00:00:00

INDIAN DISPATCHES.

PAPERS RESPECTING THE LATE HOSTILITIES ON THE
NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIER OF INDIA.
No. I.
The Governor-General of India in Council to the Secret Committee
ofthe East India Company.— Fort William, July 2, 1845.—( No. 54.)
(Extract.)
We take the earliest opportunity of forwarding to yon the copy of
a minute by the Governor-General, dated the 16th ultimo, relative to
the proposed visit of his Excellency to the Upper Provinces during
the ensuing cold season. In the arguments contained in the minute,
.relative to the high expediency, if not necessity, for the presence 'of
the Governor-General in the neighbourhood of our north-west fron-
tier her the close of the rains, we unanimously and entirely concur.
Enclosure in No. I. •
Millets by the Governor-General of India.—June 16, 1845.
As the time
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made for the now arrived whenreparatlons will require to Be
I Consider It vinces of the Governor-General to the Upper Pre-
any steps are taken tom
west advisable to consult my colleagues before
Under ordinary effectors?' that intention into effect.
grounds, to remain the next
I should have desired, on public
to have the advantage of thewinter and summer at Calcutta, in order
by which course the usuaglulbaursiitye. experience and advice of the Council,
business of the Government can be trans-
acted with morennity, re
general satisfaction than when'
colleagues.
the Governor-General is separated ro
On the other hand, it is clearly cimyyitiut:y to place myself in that
position, as regards the exercise of m
estlen for decision Is,
most advantageously array my
guru.,
fofregttfi,i,,,n,4o4,b_ioe,ct, wofhtiffeehsltacteau
In this, as in every other case, the real
whether it is 'nue for the public lateeests that I should this autumn
proceed to the Upper Provinces, or remain at the usual seat of
-Go..
Ternment.
Between my colleagues and myself there has always
most anxious desire, and perfect unison of Opinion, existedeeff t
hoare,
recautions should be spared to maintain a Seikhin Government
Punjaub as long as it may be possible.
policy of the Government of India into effect,
To carry the pacific
we have been content to suffer great incOnvenience,
ale:considerab ex.
on our part, an
pense, and some risk, necessarily caused by
the
presence of arge
disorganised Seikh force on the frontier, requiring,
army to be assembled 'for the protection of our frontier, and in close
contact with that of the Seikhe ; I need not enter into the considera-
tion of the various questions of as
tude which aro involvedclose
in
lose
the
proximity of a Seikh army, in a successful state of mutiny,
upon our frontier.
We have never relinquished the hope that some amelioration may
eventually take place, affording the prospect of the re-establishment
of a Sancti Government, able to carry on its ordinary ftineilons I.Ve
have never abandoned the expectation that, after anarchy and m:11
tary violence have long prevailed, these disorders, having reached
their maturity, might subside, worn tout and exhausted by their own
virulen.e ; or that some man of superiority and master mind might
appear amongst them, able to control this mutinous array, and to re-
construct a strong Seikh Government.
I must confess that these hopes have not been strengthened by
recent events; and now that we can, at this season, when all mili-
tary operations are nearly suspended, deliberately review the poli-
tical and military condition of the Punjaub, I can arrive at no other
conclusion then that the state of our relations with that country has
became more critical than it has been at any time since Raja Ileera
Singh's death.
NoVphsen the finances of the state shall be found insufficient to pay the
troa state of things may arise at any moment requiring the in-
on the spot.
from Calcutta may be very
things which may have hap-
when the report was made ;
:elved, twenty days after the

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Sto.la decision of the highest authority on the spot. MIL/I/1116 MG 11,
The instructien.s which we may send from Calcutta may be very
proxer, and applicable to the state of things which may have hap-
lar•M'A,,, 4Mittripl,e,A days before, when the report was made ;
1 ifittt ns are received, twenty days after the
revpaar to s c.is li3 an inconvenience, but in the state
i 016., • 44,66 kt. angerous.
fhP,,/ a firtrieiOtifeti at the chances of preserving peace
.64.! hilioheef Wile: rless state in which the Government
Qui, ~. paced, by ' ble to act with decision and urompti-
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