The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-02 00:00:00

INDIAN DISPATCHES.

PAPERS RESPECTING THE LATE HOSTILITIES ON THE
NORTH-WESTERN ERONTIER. OF INDIA.
(Contintted from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday).
Enclosure I to No. 11.

extracts from Lahore letters of the evening of the 6th instant, re-
ceived during the night of the Sth bistaat at RaJpoora.
A leiter arrived fl•om General Lal Singh Iturarlya, at Jenota, saying,
" Sind ar Jowahi r Singh used te speak tome about attacking the English;
my heart's desite is-noW accomplished; therefore I hope to be sent
against Ferozepore, and will bring over the, whole army of the Eng-
lishio the Selkhl Government, and Ferozepore will be taken without
lighting.

The Ranee paid, "Everybody talks of conquering Ferozepore, but
nobody •advances."
_ _ _ Extract of another Letter of the same late.

On Monday, Tef Singh will join the army, but if in the meantime
any disturbnnee occurs, he will not. Ile to-day asked the Ranee and
Studer% as they.were sending him to make' war on the English Go-
vernment, to give him a written order; the Ranee said, " Why do
yea constantly ask for written orders? The army i'egular and irre-
gular marched by the Maharaja's order, and now you are going by the
same order. The Ranee asked what the_ariny was plotting as to
her ? Tej Singh said that this time the army ,would, undoubtedly
treat her ill ; that 'she had sent them against the English toset them
ruined,, but that the army had found out the device, arid now said
they would " comb "* her, along with Raja Lai Singh, and imprison
the gurdars, and, deliver them to Raja. Gorlali Singh, who would
settle their accounts.

The heart's desiiiof Raja Lal Singh is 1i any way to commit the
troops with the English,•by getting any portion of them across the
Sutiej,• and, creating. disturbance under the English Government,
and if he cannot, do this, -to seek an opportunity of flight across the
Softie.). . I
Rely on thls being correct.
•
Ex,tract from to letter received pth Docember;dated sth December,
1g45, morning; 'from Lahore:—
The Rance said, that in spite of orders continued for twenty days,
the troops did :not &arch.

TO Singh said, they had none of their old leaders left ; they knew
• certain deatli„wful,liefore than,' and theretbre world not march; that
the Selkh troops were abundantly wise, and would not go on to cer-
tain-death; they 'Would go ti Coss; lays of rupees would be uselessly
spent in military stores, carriage, and grain, and nothing be done,
'Whlle•the established friendship between the two great powers was
broken up after laiting forty years ; Fukier Ayeeyoodan, he said, was
a wise and fortunate man to have withdrawn from public business
two years' ago' and devoted himself Ichmeditating-on God, mid to have
now fetind anhoitoura.ble death, leaving an unspeakable repatatioa
here, and obtaining"lieSides a place 19 peaven. The Ranee then
ordered the Fakeer's dageer to be resumed, 'but Deena hath begged
it might be left with the faniily till the 'present crop was reaped,
-whit* was granted.
Znclosure 2, in No. 11.• ' ••
' •
Proclamation bythe Governer-General of India.' '
Camp, Lulikureo Khan Ke Secs', December 13th, 1845.
The British Government has ever been on terms of friendship with
that of the Fenian)). • •
_ .

Su the year 1;09 .treaty of amity and concord was concluded
between titer, Brittsh (lovernment and the late Maharaja ltanjest
Singh, the conditions of which have always been faithfully observed
by the British Government, anO were scrupulously fulfilled by the
late Meihtii'aja.
tai same friendly relatibn have been maintained with the succes-
sore of Muharsqa. littnie et Singh by the British' Government up to the
pte”ot,time,„..l

•Shieelhe death of the late Maharaja Shero Singh, the disorganised
state of the Lahore Government has jnade it incumbent on the Clever-
.ner-Gerietal In COuncil to, adopt precautionary measures fel-the pro-
tection'of the British frontier ; the nature of these measures, and
the cause of their 'adoption," were, at the time fully explained to the
Lahore Durbarr
. Notwithstanding the disorganised state of the Lahere Gov'ernment
during the last two,years, and many most unfriendly proceedings on
the Part
,of the Durbar, the Governor-General in Connell has con-
tinued to " evince his de'Site to maintain the relations of amity and
concord whfch had ' long existed between the two States fur the
.mutual interests and happiness of both. lie has shown„ on every
occasion,: the:uttnest forbearance, from consideration to the helpless
state of, the •infant Maharaja Dhnleep Singh, whom the British Go-
verument has recognised as the successor to the late Maharaja
Shere Singh. . . .

'The:Governor-General- in COuncil sincerely desired to see a strong
Seikh Government re:establlshdd In the Piinjaub, able to control its
armj'aid to protect Itg subjectil he had' not, up to the present mo-
ment, abandoned the hope of seeing that important object effected by
the patriotic efforts of the chiefs and people of that country.
The SeLklt apny.recentlyinarched tom Lahore towards the British
frontier as.was alleged, by the orders of the Durbar,. for the pur-
pose of invading'the ftritistk territory.
The,Goterinar-Onerol'a agent, by direction of the Govertior-Gene-
ral, demanded an explanation of this movement, and no. reply being
returned witkiu a reasonable time, the -demand' Was fdpeated. The
Governor-General, rtatwilling to believe in the hostile iiittntionnt the
Seikh Government, to which 49 provocation had been given, re-
frained front taking any Measures which might have a tendency to
embarrass tke.Governmetit'a the Dittharaja, or to Induce collision
between the two States: •

When no reply was. given to the repeated demand for explanation,
while active military preparations were continued at Lahore; the Go-
vermor-genoral poinsiclered it necessary to order the advance of troops
towards the frontier, to reinforce the frontier posts.
The Seikh arrhy has now, without a shadow of provocation, in-
vaded theßritish territories. '

• The 'Governor-General must, therefere,' take measures for effec-
tually protecting the 13ritisli provinces, for vindicating the 'authority
of the British Government,. and for punishing the violaters of treaties
and the disturbers of the public peace.
. _

The Governor-General hereby declares the possessions of lfaharaja
Dull* Singh on the left, or British, bank of the Sutlej, contlicated
and annexed to the British. territories.
The Governor-General : viili respect the existing rights of all
Jagheerdars, Zemindars, and tenants in the said possessions, who,
by the course they now pursue, evince their fidelity to the British
Goventutent, •

'The doVeirtOr=Cieneriff hereby calls upon all the chiefh and sinters
in the protected t. rritories to co-operatesordially with the British
-GOVerriettehtfor, the punishment of tho common enemy,, and for the
maintenance of. order in these states. Those of the'chiefs who show
alacritya nd fidelity in the discharge of this duty, which they owe to
the protecting powsr, will .find their interests promoted thereby ;
and those. who take a contrary course will be treated as enemies to
the British Government, and will be punished accordingly.
The inhabitants .-of all the territories on the left bank of the
Sutiej are hereby directed to abide peaceably in their respective
villages,' where'they will receive efficient prOtectlOn by the British
Government. All parties of men found in armed bands, who can
give no satisfactory account of their proceedings, will be treated as
disturbers of the public peace.
Alt stibjects of the British Government, and those who possess
estates on both sides; at theriver Stitlej, who; by their ad-
herence to the British Government, may be lirible to sustain loss,
shall be incletenified aqd Secured in all their just rights and privi-
leges.

On the other hand, all subjects of the British Government who
shall continue in the service of the Lahore state, and who disobey
the Proclamation by not immediately returaing to their allegiance,
wit be liable to have their property on this side of the Sutlej confis-
cated, and themselvei declared to be aliens' and enemies of the
British Government.
9Tder of the Right Honourable the Qrfernor-General of 111044
.
P. •unnn, G
gecreihri fo the GovernMent of India, Witlfthe Governor-General.

The Courrier Francais announces that, after die ac-
cenchement of Queen Yletoria, the Duke and Duchess de -Nemours
are to repair to Leaden, and pttF4 to rrytFo tvp4t }51;441,340
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