The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-11 00:00:00

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oPor the last fortnight
weSINDE have had very few letters
a,rn Sinde ; the events there presently in progress
we presume, of no great :public importance. The
ehlPs at liurrachee are now entirely exempt from
a"ra ; its last and most distinguished victim was
t_rptain John Napier, the nephew and military secre-
t: Yto his Excellency the Governor. His loss appears
11ave been deeply and generally regretted. Sir C.
ofTer has been exerting himself to discover the causes
toe late mortality, and if possible to have them re-
rYed• The almost total exemption of the officers
flu the pestilence--the terrible suffering of the men,
!otin half depopulation of the native town, tend to throw
c,,nsiderable light upon the subject. There is no doubt
17,natever that the inconceivable filth of the town of
'tkarr
aeuen, and the poverty and squalor of its ishabi-
dints, were calculated to make it a den of pestilential
s iel4se
and accordingly the ditches have been directed
do
°filled up, the ruined fortifications to be knocked
thwn, and openings to be made in the worst portions of
geoet,own. The remedy will only be complete when thepre-
, buildings are destroyed and new ones on a better plan
hu site constructed. Cultivation has of late years grie-
elY fallen off in Sinde. Numberless warnings had
bar given of the danger of an epidemic arising from the
the lieSs or scarcity of provisions where the resources of
s„"lintry became taxed to supply the wants of some
the'uirQ° human beings, half soldiers, half followers, and
,1 failies, added to the usual population. -The
or rening inquiries now being made, and measures'being,
bout to be, adopted for ascertaining, and if possible
siA.,ving, the quality of the food supplied to our people,
not been such
indicate the suspicion that heretofore it has
of ~"eeu such as was satisfactory. The accommodationsd
„at.-e‘tue troops have hitherto not been such as health an
Y require in a hot country. A standing camp
quickl b 94
at Ye ecomes a standing nuisance ; and in Sinde,
aubul, we are averse to admit the fact, that
h„!tnnnents for an army so enormous as that which
hitherto been maintained upon the Indus were re-
eed, lest the wisdom of the policy which -took us
quere,
„ he popularity of our Government, might be
by L°llecl• The omission in the one place is punished
10._a Ghilzie insurrection, in the other by cholera—the
Pll4B7if British subjects occasioned by the two being pretty ,
Y equal to each other. The month of June, 1846,
Shea as have occasioned as much loss of life at Kurra-
We has jann"Y, 1841, did at Khoord Caubul and Tezeen.
have have little doubt but that the Governor, who cannot
freilt want of decision or energy imputed to him as a
wif; will dois best to bring such arrangements about
Elia avert future attacks—but he must in this case
naePe.nse with half his army, and give up a year's rev. eh-
rar provide them with proper quarters. Rain, which
do:I falls in any considerable quantity, had poured
(18"11 in torrents for days together, so as greatly to en-
, tiger the barracks in which some of the troops were
blnartered and injure other buildings. The fall had been
setier
ghee—chiefly
al: it was peculiaily heavy at Hyderabad and Kur-
ehieuee--chiefly so on the sea-shore. We have no pre-
returns of the amount of casualties from cholera at
plae • Yderabad, or from fever at Sukkur; they have at both
eS been formidable in number. At the latter place
14•'
th,i • s 1• th had been the chief sufferers: they were on
tory: Way to Kurrachee, in the view, it was said, of re-
G00,814g
pto India and proceeding thence to the Cape of
toe; 'p. At Hyderabad cholera appeared in the
oCshortly after its disappearance at Kurrachee, and
the 3
elittlit are said to have occurred the first day It
the egan to commit fearful ravages in the gaol, when
eta nvernor humanely ordered that all the prisoners
ltooltitted for minor offences should be liberated. The
/448 at our latest dates seem to have scarcely suffered.
th, yogicampbell, of the 17th Native Infantry,
er cut off. Meer Sobdar, another of the
has been released by death from his captivity.

JULLUNDUR DOAB.
beThe British provinces in the Punjaub appear to have
tile„l'isited by deluges of rain the country was new
bee the climate unknown to us, and we seem to have
tepeint indifferently provided for many of the contin-
tazi,ZB,°F an unusually wet, rainy,season. A large ma-
tilled" had been established at Phulloor, and was being
444 with military stores. One thousand rounds of
114441°,111110t had been provided for each gun, and five
SQ ed of musket ammunition for each soldier. The
to 4 Were enlisting slowly and reluctantly in our eti regi-
t,,
ke4 ; they are described as very fine and powerful
said
tilleed. The people of the Noorpoor frontier were
tit. °e mustering in strength, with a view of assailing
not'ti" wonder is that such rumours, whether true or
aye not hitherto been rife.

ofthe THE PUNJAUB.
th name may now be restricted to that portion
satd:
ofeountry of the Five Rivers remaining in the
not 8,,- bhuleep Singh. The Lahore Government does
eoilso`i!ra to be making much progress in strength or
YlCdation, or in the affections of the people. The
thee- seems an incorrigible reprobate, with many of
tat worst vices of the debauchee, despot, and upstart,
forli;lY combined. Ile is said to have expressed a wish
1111;ke retirement of our troops as soon as convenient;
ilaih,'ey are not likely to remain beyond the time origi-
4te.Prescribed. How soon they may require to return
h4Ths to be seen. But few of the disivded soldiers
the yeen paid up the arrears which were —due to them :
Qi.were grumbling and threatening fearfully, and were
ii grumbling
to starve without a struggle. The Mooltan
44;ef had become bolder in the spirit of disobedience,
jos' seemed disposed,to throw off the mask and assume
d4•Parte.ine authority over the province he ruled in subor-
.4l ton to the M.. v. -
glso to threaten to Ghoola,b Singh was said
'b—eeßc'ramjea-troublesome; but he seems so
!Ilotirely in our power. and so closely bound to us, that
P,_ Ea this quarter at all events no danger need be appre-
hended. There were rumours of the descent of the Aff-
t.44rlS under Akbar Khan on Peshawar; but these appear
ha arise continually when any season of turbulence is at
trialld• The Sirdar seems to keep the whole of these coun-
t 41" in awe, and when any unusual alarm occurs, or is
t:wided to be created, the cry of " Akbar is coming," is
oietugh• It was the same thing in Europe with the name
to4?enaparte some thirty years ago. A man had been
titi;leted of murdering no fewer than five females at
4 :re for the sake of robbing them of their jewels :
tt 81„-141 subjected to the severest torture, then roasted on
Ivka-lbv are, and finally blown up with gunpowder as life
NI ecoanng extinct. Some severe accidents had oc-
hohsed on the rivers, which had become suddenly swollen
*ill: enormous falls of rain. Dr. Cox narrowly escaped
lketchis life on crossing the Beas : six men, who had
to the boit along with him, were drowned. A
1 of 40 natives, who bad gone to sleep in a ferry
tz,
tie,. were all swept away and lost, from the, sudden
74at °f the stream.

The
THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS.
ktroe. misgovernment which has long existed, and
kzkitr
or Which from time to time has threatened the
,h
B,dominions, continue as they have been for years.
.11'etyra,11:Qiie treasur • is exhausted, trade languishes, and
4etit7 "'tng suffers.) General Fraser, the British resi-
-41 bev's aw able and an excellent man, but the local malady
''°l4l the reach of any remedy he can administer.

I,IIIA LOSS OF TILE SHIP ACTIVE.
reeGnsuiP Active, Renaut commander, was wrecked off
pst. ''ru, near Samaldavie, on the night of the 16th
trig 'n,°lle native and four European seamen were miss-
418,wair suPposed to have perished. Captain Renaut,
Bare-eand family, and the remainder of the crew were
leBtip"' well—the ship was a total wreck, and not
e: a either stores or cargo bad been saved.—
8 4tIUS, July 25.

Ilt,rti PROMOTION FROM E RANKS.
'IIIGIET HON. THE GOVERNO TRH GENERAL OF INDIA.

Simla, July 3, 1846..
he Governor-General-has much satisfaction in
4iasi"'g, for the inforination of the army, the annexed
qo;atch from the Hon. the Court of Directors of the
Gpheirropent of India, No. 11, dated April •22,
p "In compliance with the recoalmendations of our
Conaeroor-General and Governors in Council, and our
bahroanders in-Chief, we have, on numerous occasions,
Via;'ted commissions, on the veteran establishment, to
tle,!rit officers of the superior class at the three presi
for who were considered worthy of this distinction,
s,,°tig and meritorious services."
ti() Being of opinion, that the advantages of promo-
to commissions should be extended to European
Itiltrant and non commissioned officers of our service
1,,,41
distinguish themselves in action with the enemy,
eta ave resolved to authorise you to confer the commis-
o% of ensign upon such warrant and non-commissioned
tae-trs so -distinguished, as shall be specially recom-
tt -,,med for it by their commanding officers, and as shall
v?llsidered by the Commander-in-Chief and the
r,i(Ls-I,lltaent of India to be eminently deserving of this
fir 0--„t'• Each promotion to be specially reported to us
aer aPproval. '
tlise " Uali Warrant and non-commissioned officers are
aerpi fled by age from admission into our regular
rtte, , and the appointment to commissions in t.he
tilb,„41;11, establishment of such as have been recently dis-
sitrifted in action would be inappropriate to their po-
tlikcitlljat the service. For these reasons it is necessary
440,0`,,°? Commissions to be granted under this authority
be unattached commissions of infantry. Our Go-
tokZ,ents must avail themselves of the services of these
littell'ssioned officers in local or irregular corps, or in
tatlit other employment as may be consistent with their
4thalid qualifications."
tbrs" The future promotion of the officers to whom
tireis,e,°Mrnissions may be granted will be governed en-
aped tally
the circumstances of each particular case, to be
otir 'EkIY brought to our notice from time to time, for
consideration and orders."
tt
"To ever warrant and non-commissioned officer
%io . shall bey c n,f,!rred the distinction of a commis-
grar4ll:l virtue of our present orders, there shall be
11;71, in aid of a-, outfit as a commissioned officer, the
etC 1,000 r."
"The advantages now authonsed are to he
em
d retrospectively fur services in the ca' aign en
2 1/4'lttle.i.”
the"-"The names of the brave men who were brought to
eoballotioo of the G wernor-General by his Excellency the
I.llander-in-Chief were—
tzkle "?,,ergeant-Major Stephen Douglas, of the first bri-
ltrea'lierse Artillery, late Provost-Marshal of the
of °' the Sutlej, and now riding-master, Ist brigade
2. re Artillery.
talio"geant-Major Patrick Mara, of the 4th bat-
Atefe- Artillery, was offered civil employ, but
rjed remaini ig with his corps as Sergeant-Major.
l''eftilrergeant-Mijor John Moore, of the Ist European
tight promot dto conductor, and appointed adju-
'RlL the Banda Police Battalion.
Cite -ergoant-11 ijor Samuel Spurgeon, -of the 16th
tiadie
Q 11.
.-Major ,r •
iltry. 411.-111.ajor J. Brayer, of the 26th Light In-
„„6.
li'saati-rgerint- Major Ji hn Storrs, of the 48th Regimcnt
nive Infantry the last four promoted to conductcr,
—lWed g the disposal of the civil authorities on the