The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-02 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

Yesterday morning (Wednesday), shortly after three
o'clock, a terrific fire broke out upon the premises, known as
the Canada Steam Saw-mills, 130, Rotherhithe-street, near
the Commercial Dock, the property of Messrs. Vertue and Co.
Before any assistance could be obtained the mill, a building
about 120 feet by 56, was enveloped in flames, and it was
with the greatest difficulty that the horses in an adjoining
stable could be rescued. At the time of the outbreak there
was an immense quantity of cut timbers and veneers in the
building, which proved such a powerful auxiliary to the
flames, that in less than a quarter of an hour afterwards the
fire could be seen from any part of London. This caused a
general turn-out of the engines, but some time was lost be-
fore the exact locality of the fire could be ascertained, and
several of the engines went as far as Shadwell and Lime-
house, when the firemen found out that the conflagration was
raging on the other side of the river. The West cf England
engine, however, was fortunate enough to take the right
road, and it reached the scene in less than half an hour
after the outbreak. By order of Mr. Emruerton the machine
was taken to the water's edge, and a powerful stream
of the opposing element was thrown 'upon the flames,
which cut off their communication with Mr. Hughes's pre-
mises, adjoining. This was lucky, for two. or three work-
shops closely contiguous had previously become ignited.
The several engines of the brigade, from the D, A, and B dis-
tricts, arrived in rapid succession, with Mr. Henderson, the
foreman of the district, and Mr. Braidwood, the superinten-
dent. The County engine, from Regent's-qui 'chant, with Mr.
Garwood, followed the others, it having, hoerever, previously
travelled several miles out of the right track. With all
possible expedition the several engines were set to work, but
although every man exerted himself to the utmost the fire
continued to rage fearfully, and it was nearly seven o'clock
before the flames were wholly extinguished. By that period
the mill was totally consumed, its valuable stock destroyed,
and its costly machinery rendered nearly eroxthless. Inde-
pendently of the above loss, the rack-house, a large timber
building, upwards of 100 feet long, is also destroyed, and
the steam-engine house is partially gutted.. The total loss
must amount to a considerable sum, and, ui sfortunately, the
whole was uninsured. _ _

As to the origin of the fire nothing that cc►uld be depended
upon could be learned. The manager of the works in-
formed the repo?ter that there had been no light taken into
the mill since the preceding evening, and that it was past
ten o'clock before he left the counting-house, when all ap-
peared perfectly safe.

During the last few days one or two railway meetings
have occurred, the chief facts of which may be ibrittfiy stated. The
traffic of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway continues to increase,
and that of the present year, as far ,es it has yet gone, shows very fa-
vourable results. The amount of receipts for the last 12 weeks has
exceeded that of the corresponding weeks' of last yesw by the sum of
2,4371. 19s. 6d. The shareholders were imeermed at their last meet-
ing that the directors would in the following elePte mber declare an
intermediate dividend for the year 1845, whie:h they did at 21.
10s. on each 100/. share, and so on in proport ion to the quarter
shares of 25/. each, They have now rocemmended that
a further dividend of 21. 10s. per I 00e. share, one
rateebly for the quarter shares, be declared payable ote and after the
24th inst., free of income-tax. The report of the Dublen and Kings-
town Railway shows a very considerable increase, of triedic, and a
dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. was annou aced. The Ulster •'
Company pays a dividend of 188. per share, the- balance of net
profits for the half-year being 10,0881. 3s. At the• first half-yearly ,
meeting of the ,Jamaica Railway the statements made were ex-
tremely satisfactory, The receipts as at present ascertained average
about 14,0001. per annum, and every hope was entertained of a pro-
gressive increase. The sieareholders of the Ayrshire and Caledonian
Railway Company have determined to wind up their scheme, and
the committee propose forthwith to return 21. pee Shar e.
REMODELLING OF THE TOWER.—In the course Of a
short time upwards of 100 houses, at present the habeeations of the
warders and artisans employed in 'the Ordnance despertment of the
fortress, are to be demolished, to admit of the ext ensive improve- •
ments now going on within this ancient garris on. The new
Waterloo-barracks, on the site of the Grand Store s-house, burned
down, are already considerably advanced, and th eir entire com-
pletion for the reception of the troops is expected in the course
of eighteen months. The architecture is in unison with the
Norman style of the White Tower, the barracks occupy- -
ing the whole space from St. Peter's Church to the old
Martin Tower, a distance of nearly 350 feet. The enlarging of
the parade between the west side of the White Tower, and
what was formerly called the Green, has commenced. Twenty or
thirty feet of the wall that supported the parade have been pulled
down, and the roadway underneath filled up io the level of the old
parade. The approach is intended to be by a grand flight of stone
steps, the greater portion of which are already laid. The removal of
the spur barracks guard-room and warder's hall is also intended, for '
the purpose of affording the construction of a more "sightly_ und caps-
cious entrance on Tower-hill. and which will be mov e in a line with
Lower Thames-street. The intention of planting shrubberies in the
moat, which has long been drained off, has been abaildonede It has
been laid with grass turf, and is used for exercising the troops.
OCCURRENCE.—At eleven o'clock on
Tuesday night, as a Waterman named Edward Lever was' Mating a
fare across the river, he saw something dark, which he too lc to be a
large dog, clinging by the buoy opposite the Irongate-stairs. As soon
as he landed his fareehe rowed back to the buoy, and the , luement
he reached it, a man in a state of great exhaustion, seized nee' gun- •
wale of the boat, and with the assistance of the waterman .con-
trived to get in. Lever asked how he came to be in such a situatio n ? •
when his unexpected fare signified by signs that he was unable to `
reply, and pointed to his throat, which exhibited a fearful gash'.
He was instantly taken to a surgeon in Horselydown-lane, who re-
commended
his immediate removal to Guy's Hospital. The man
being utterly unable to afford any clue to account for the extraordi-
nary position in which he was found, inquiries were instituted by the
river police, when it was ascertained that the person thus providen-
tially rescued was Thomas Hopper, a foremast man on board a New-
castle trader, named the Beaufort, of which his brother, Willis in
tier eer, was master. A pool of blood was found in the forecastle
of the . Beaufort, and the buoy by which he held was covered with
blood.•l.eis is all at present known, as all hands were asleep be-
precarious state, and wholly unable to give any
low at the tiene the man was rescued. He at present lies in the
hospital in a ve.v,_
account of the traer'sacti°l3-
STRIKE OF TB,' TRADES IN BIRMINGHAM.—Withia
the last few months the
tailors, carpenters, and bricklayers have E
been on strike in the abee town, and various meetings have been
held in connexion with thAr Proceedings. A partial strike of the •l
carpenters has just taken elite's, and on Monday last a general strike
of the bricklayers was effected e
ac-
ceded to the demand for an advanee
but some of the masters have -
of wages, and the men have re-
sumed their work.
Viscount Morpeth received a
.distinguished circle at
dinner last evening, at the family manse: en
in Grosvenor-place
. she literary world, viz.' ' in-
cluding some of the most eminent members of
Mr. Charles Dickens, use Thackeray, Mr.
Lord Dudley Stuart, the Hon. C. Howard, the Hon. Mr. Charter% *,
Castello, Mr. Landseer, Mr. Forster, Mr. Maclise,
31r. Douglas Jerrold,
e„nd Mr. Tynte.
RAILWAY SCHEMES.—The promoters of Neveral of the
defunct schemes of railway in their desperation to collect money for 7
the payment of preliminary expenses, have availed themselves of the
decision in "Woolmer v. Toby, (the allottee case), fe el are dispatch- ,
ing circulars to their subscribers, desiring immediate pSyment of the
amount per share required to liquidate outstanding claims, or :
threatening the adoption of legal proceedings to enforce tilt full fume
agreed in the various letters of application to be paid up. A care-
fully condensed report of the trial in question is printed on the fit
leaf of the eircular' for the quiet consideration of the parthee in
terested. Several of the Irish railway companies whose Bills are tea /,
before Parliament intend, it is said, to make calls on their shays'
holders to enable them to complete the requisite amount of deposit.
with the Accountant-General, in conformity with the orders of the
House of Lords. The present unfortunate position of these under-
takings
Is such that every fresh call produces a depression greater
than the amount proposed to be levied. In times so ill suited for t
projects of the kind, it is generally felt that the wisest method
would be to pay no more money, but to let the schemes die a natural
death through non-compliance with staneliog order.—Times.
DEATH by LIGHTNING.—An inquest was held OR
Friday last on the body of Isaac
Bryant, aged nineteen, whose death, -
took place the previous day under the eircumsiencee stated in ,the -
following evidence :—Charles Goddard, of Well-street, Bury ; I Was • ,
at wheat-hoeing in a field in Westley, in the occupxtien of the Mar-
quis of Bristol; the deceased and six other lads were with me. soon
after two o'clock, in consequence of a heavy cloud coming ,over us, we
all made to the fence for shelter. We had been there &tenet ten mi-
nutes when a strong flash of lightning came. I was standiog a fel'
yards off the rest, and putting a stone bottle to my mouth at the
time. It was knocked out of my hand. _Six of the lads came shriek°
ing to me immediately, and as soon as we recovered ourselves vree
went to the spot where they had stood, and found Isaac Bryant had
fallen down with his head a little tinder the bushes. His trousers',
from a little above the knee to a little beneath it, were in flames-
I nipped them out with my hands, and looking at his face
thought it showed slight symptoms of life, but r don't
think he lived scarcely a minute afterwards. On the right
temple there was the appearance as if a hot iron had been street,
across it; the hair was a little singed, and the flesh appeared as if if;
had been scorched. He appeared to have fallen backwards length-
wise. It is a high thick clipped hedge, with two trees in it, wheel!
the lads stood. They all stood in a heap, and two or three of tee-
others were knocked down at the same time. There had been a flasl4
or two before this flash. William Bryant, brother of the deceased:
deposed that he was sitting on a basket under the hedge when lue.
brother was struck, who was standing up at the time, with his hoe'
under his arm and his hand in his pocket. Three were sitting &lea
and three were standing up. James Bryant, another brother, da
posed tnat he was knocked away from the hedge by the flash, Ptr•
t,
did not fall. He was also burnt between the legs at the inner Pa'
of the knee of the left leg. Mr. reachey, surgeon, of Riabygate-
street, detailed the appearances presented by the body. It appearea
as if a considerable quantity of the fluid was concentrated upon th!
deceased's person ; the hoe, which was bright, might have act!'
as a conductor. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of GeV-- ,
Bury Post.
TUE ITALIAN OPERA.—To-night (Thursday) is the'
first " extra night" (not Included in the subscription) at her X.!:
jesty's Theatre this season, and a delightful and very attractive
of entertainments for the evening has been announced for the uc'ee-
filen, the last evening but see of performance before Easter. Deli;
zetti's Belisario commences, in which Madame Castellan, as well
O a*
Madlle. Sanchioli, will appear, with Fornasari, of course, ~e
hero. The divertissement of Un Bad sous Louis XIV. follows, Ivd
Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and Madlle. Louise Taglioni in the celebrated
Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte. Next, the last scene of La As°4; •
nambula will be represented, with Madame Castellan as Amine;
the series concludes with (for the first time this season), the ballet"
Eoline, ou La Dryade.
UNEXPECTD ACCESSION OF FORTUNE.—It iS
currently rumoured in Yarmouth that about a fortnight since a se'
vent of all work residing at Mrs. Redgrave's, Gaol-street, becari,
possessed of a fortune amounting, according to some statements, I'l
10,0, and by others to be only 5,0001. The property eeelat_re,
have been left by her aunt in India, to her three brothers and sis..eres. •
and in the event of their decease to their surviving children;
Itedgrave's servant is one of the three children surviving a sister
of
the testatrix, and consequently entitled to one-third for her Pa"'
share.—Norteich Paper. •
.1111 tO
EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.—A goat, beionglmr.
.h
Mr. Moss, surgeon, of Windsor, dropped, a day or two since,
precedented number of five kids. One died shortly after its "14
the =gain for are AUTO and thrlying.

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THE VICTORY

SOW%AON.

CLOSE OF THE WAR.

THE

LONDON GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1.

[This Gazette, in addition to the official dispatches,
which will be found in eur preceding columns, contains
the following most important documents] :
INDIA BOARD, APRIL 1, 1646. _ _ _

The Secret Committee of the East India Company has this
day received, from the Governor-General of India, a dispatch,
from which the following is an extract
The Governor-General of India to the Secret Committee.

Camp. Canha, Cuchwa, Feb. 19, 1846.
(Extract).
The immediate result of the victoryof Aliwal
evacuation by the Seikh garrisons of all the
onforts,was the
t hitherto
i side of
3
occupied by detachments of Laho.re. soldiers,
the River Sutlej, and the submission of the h
whole of the
territory on the left bank of (that river to the British
Government.
The Seikh army remained in its entrenched position ; and,
though on the first intelligence of the victory of Aliwal, and
at the sight of the numerous bodies which floated from the
neighbourhood of that battle-field to the bridge of boats at
Sobraon, they seemed much shaken and disheartened, and
though many were reported to have left them and gone to
their homes, yet, after a few days, the Seikh troops seemed
as confident as ever of being able to defy us in their
entrenched position, and to prevent our passage of the river.
The Commander-in-Chief was not in a state to take
advantage of the enemy's defeat at Aliwal, by an
attack on his entrenched position at Sobraon, until
the troops under Major-General Sir Harry Smith
should have rejoined his Excellency's camp, and
the siege train and ammunition should have arrived from
Delhi. The first portion of the siege train, with the re-
serve ammunition for 100 field guns, reached the Corne
mander-in-Chief's camp, on the 7th and Bth instant. On
the latter day, the Brigades which had been detached
from the main army for the operations in the neighbour-
hood of Loodiana, rejoined the Commander-in-Chief.
Within forty-eight hours from that time the enemy's
intrenched camp was carried by storm, his army almost an-
nihilated, sixty-seven guns captured, and, during the night
of the 10th, on which this glorious victory wasachieved, the
advanced brigades of the British army were thrown across the
Sutlej. Early on the 12th our bridge was completed, and on
the 13th the Commander- in-Chief, with the whole force,
excepting the heavy train,and the division left to collect and
bring in the wounded to Ferozepore, with the captured
guns, were encamped in the Punjaub, at Bussoor, sixteen
ropes from the bank of the river opposite Ferozepore, and
thirty-two miles from Lahore.
For the details of these important and decisive operations
must refer you to the inclosures of this dispatch.
I cannot, however, refrain from expressing briefly the
Pride and gratification with which I communicate to you
these results, so eminently evincing the energetic decision of
the Commander-in-Chiefs operations, and the indomitable
courage of the British Indian army under his Excellency's
command, and which will, I am convinced, be met with a
corresponding feeling by the Home Government and the
British public.
I returned to Ferozepore from the field of Sobraon, on the
afternoon of the 10th, within a few hours after the action
had ceased, to superintend the passage of the Sutlej by our
troops.

I joined the camp of the Commander-in •Chief at Kussoor
on the morning of the 14th.
On the arrival at Lahore of the news of the complete vic-
tory of Sobraon, the Ranee and Durbar urged Raja Golab
Sing to proceed immediately to the British camp, to beg
Pardon in the name of the Durbar and the Seikh Government
for the offence which had been committed, and to endeavour
to negotiate some arrangement for the preservation of the
country from utter ruin.

The Raja first stipulated that the Durbar and the chief
officers of the army, as well as the members of the Pun-
chayets, should sign a solemn declaration that they would
abide by such terms as he might determine on with the
British Government. This is said to have been immediately
acceded to; and, on the 15th, Raja Golab Sing, Dewan Dena
Nath, and Fakeer Nooroodeen arrived in my camp at lius-
Boor, with full credentials from the Maha Raja, and em-
powered to agree, in the nt-me of the Maha Raja and the Go-
vernment, to such terms as 1 might dictate. The Raja was
accompanied by the Barukzie Chief, Sooltan Mahomed
Khan, and several of the most influential Sirdars of the
nation.

I received the Raja in Durbar as the representative of an
offending Government, omitting the forms and ceremonies
usually observed on the occasion of friendly meetings, and
refusing to receive, at that time, the proffered Nuzzurs and
complimentary offerings.
I briefly explained to the Raja and his colleagues that the
offence which had been committed was most serious, and the
conduct of the chiefs and army was most unwarrantable--
that this offence had been perpetrated without the shadow
of any cause or quarrel on the part of the British Govern-
ment,
in the face of an existing treaty of amity and friend-
ship, —and that, as all Asia had witnessed the injurious con-
duct of the Seikh nation, retributive justice required that the
proceedings of the British Government should be of a cha-
racter which would mark to the whole world that insult
could not be offered to-the, British Government, and our pro-
vinces invaded by a hostile army, without signal punish,
anent.
I told the Raja tkat I recognized the wisdom, -prudence,
and good feeling evinced by him in having kept
himself
separate from t:nese unjustifiable hostilities of the Seikhs,
and that I was, prepared to mark my sense of that conduct
in the proceedings which must now be carried through. I
stated, ir, the most marked manner and words, my satisfac-
tion ttatt he who had not participated in the offence, and
whose wisdom and good feeling towards the British Govern-
rie;e: were well known, had been the person chosen by the
as their representative for negotiating the means by
which the atonement might be made, and the terms on
which the Seikh Governmen
.tmight be rescued from impend-
ing destruction, b., aarneturn to amicable relations between the
British Gornment d the Lahore State.
I told the Raja and his
colleagues that Mr. Currie, the
Chief Secretary to Government, andmy dAeltajor La. wrence, my
agent, were in full possession of
determination on the
subject; that they were in my entire co
might
leaanrdn
from
Irore-
(erred the chiefs to those officers, that they rni
them the principles and details of adjustment which I hadni
determined to offer for their immediate acceptanc.e,
The chiefs remained the greater part of the night in con-
ference with Mr. Currie and Major Lawrence; but, before
they separated, a paper was signed by them to the effect that
all that had been demanded would be conceded, and that art
rangements would be immediately made, as far as were in
the power of the chiefs, to carry out all the details that had
been explained to them.
•
The terms demanded and conceded are, the surrender, in
full sovereignty, of the territory, hill, and plain, lying be-
tween the Sutlej and Beas rivers, and the payment of one and
a half crores of rupees as indemnity for the expenses of the
war—the disbandment of the present Seikh army, and its
re-organisation on the system and regulations with regard to
pay which obtained in the time of the late Maharaja Runjeet
Sing—the arrangement for limiting the extent of the force
to be henceforth employed, to be determined on in commu-
nication with, the British Government—the surrender to us
of all the guns that had been pointed against us—the entire
regulation and control of both banks of the river Sutlej, and,
such 'other arrangements for settling the future boundaries of
the 'Seikh State, and the organisation of its administrations, as
flight be determined on at Lahore.
It was further arranged that the Maha Raja, with Bhaee
lam Sing, and the other chiefs remaining at Lahore, should
forthwith repair to the camp of the Governor-General, and
Place themselves in the hands of the Governor-General, to
accompany his camp to Lahore.
I had prepared, for circulation on my artival at Kussorrr,
a. proclamation declaratory of my present views and ia:ten-
tas, with regard to the Punjab, a traßslation of whicl was
given to Raja Golab Sing and his colleagues, and a copy of
Whichlt
was
is enclosed for your informaticn.
determined that the Mahe. Raja should meet me at
Colleens on the 18th (Yesterday), when the at
camp arrived
that place. On the afternoon or the 17th, it was announced
to me, that the Maha
instantlßaja, w'ah Bhaee Ram Sing and other
Chiefs, had
Golab Sin recrAns vi .-
the summons from Raja
g.hasteneyd on
from Lahor
at Raja Goieh Singse, and that they had arrive 4
icapap, pitched about a mile beyond our
upon me.
picquets, and thath ss Zighnf_ls was r
I consider it right to, eady at once to, -wait
abildneuhy the first arrangement, and I
directed that it should •
the chiefs, that I iv Mahe Raja and
ouige tecZaeted. to the
appointed, at Lullean. a, .tievan _.„eus. Righness, on the day
to Lahora mile s in adv.ance, on the road
Rajai,akateteended by Raja
Yesterday afternoo, 2, the 144
Nhooroodeen,
Golab Sing, Dewar Deena Nath, - Bhaee Ram Sing, an
.d ten or twelve other chief
interview with me in my Durbar tent, where the Go; net nanndiern:
in-Chief and Staff h ad been invited
receive them. by me to be present en
the
on the occasio a of -Baja Golab Sing's visit, I om'
customaryeusual salute to
- cat other
' the Maim Raja, and curtailed —ctti
toh ceremoni es on his arrival at my te
e explained tiv 4, until hine Jatt Cat/sing it
l'...td been distinctly
tendered by the M oho Raj a isnup e-ret nil'
sized, and r '
_ eceivr id, a 3 a frier "a .
1 ,'nine e could not be recog-
Nibraission wa is tendered b. .
accompanied th a m h err) e-., the
Government w as a a
.4aj '
a, and the
Minister and chiefs, who
dictate, in the ' requested c..,
ue, Pardon of the British
that the
ondi most ex lfaz,"eB 4 conditions as I ehettld
4044
hi;syitlickateat In Ts : after which, I stated: 1
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the Minister Raja Golab Sing and the chiefs accredited with
him, it was unnecessary to discuss them in that place, and
in the presence of the young Maha Raja, who was of too
tender an age to take part in such matters, and that, as all
the requirements of the British Government had been ac-
quiesced in, and their fulfilment promised in the name of the
Maha Raja and, Durbar, I should consider myself justified
in treat iLlg
the young Maha Raja from that ;,foment, as;
Prince restored to the friendship of the British Governmeat.
After some remarks, regarding the fame and character of
the late Maha Raja Runjeet Sing, and hope that the young
Prince would follow the footsteps of his father, and my desire
that such relations should henceforward exist between the
two states as would tend to the benefit of both, I broke up
the Durbar.
On his taking leave, I caused the customary presents to be
made to the Maha Raja; and, on his retiring from my tent,
the usual salute was fired from our 24-pounders, drawn up at

the bottom of the street of tents for that purpose.

yolnuagthileiachouarßsea of discussion, irheettunlilintoisttehreaßskanede,e
aitf
Ltha-ja should now
hore, or if it was my desire that he should remain at my
camp? intimating that it was for me to dispose of the young
Chief as I pleased, and as I might consider best for his High-
ness's interests. I replied, that I thought it advisable that
his Highness's camp should accompany mine, and that I
should myself conduct him to his capital, which I purposed
reaching in two marches, that is, by to-morrow morning.
The remains of the Seikh army, under Sirdar Tej Sing and
Raja Lal Sing, on retiring from Sobraon, encamped at Rae-
bara, about 18 miles east of Lahore. They are variously es-
timated at from 14,000 to 20,000 horse and foot, with about
35 guns. They had been positively ordered by Raja Golab
Sing to remain stationary, and the Mahomedan and Nujeeb
battalions, in the interest of the Minister, have been placed
in the citadel and at the gates of Lahore, with strict orders to
permit no armed Seikh soldier to enter the town.

It was intimated to me, late last night, that the inhabit-
ants of Lahore and Umritsur were in great alarm at the
approach of our army to the capital, and were under appre-
hension that those cities might be sacked and plundered by

our troops. I therefore caused the proclamation, a copy of
which is inclosed, to be issued to the inhabitants of those
cities, informing them of the result of my interview with
the Maha Raja, and assuring them of protection, in person
and property, if the Durbar acted in good faith, and no fur-
ther hostile opposition was offered by the army.
On our arrival at this place (Kanha Kutchwa, about six-
teen miles from the city of Lahore, and twelve from the can-
tonments), heavy firing for the best part of an hour was
heard. This proved to be a salute of seven rounds from
every gun in Lahore, in honour of the result of the Maha
Raja's meeting with me yesterday, and in joy at the prospect
of the restoration of amicable relations.

PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL

OF INDIA.

Camp, Lulleeanee, Feb. 18, 1846.
The chiefs, merchants, traders, ryots, and other inhabit-
ants of Lahore and Umritsur are hereby informed, that his
Highness Maha Raja Dhulerp Sing has this day waited
upon the Right Honourable the Governor-General, and
expressed the contrition of himself and the Seikh
Government for their late hostile proceedings. The
Maha Raja and Durbar having acquiesced in all
the terms imposed by the British Government, the
Governor-General, having every hope that the relations of
friendship will speedily be established between the two
Governments, the inhabitants of Lahore and Umritsur have
nothing to fear from the British army.
The Governor General and the British troops, if the con-
ditions above referred to are fulfilled, and no further hostile
opposition is offered by the Khalsa army, will aid their en-
deavours for the re-establishment of the Government of the
descendants of Maharajah Runjeet Sing, and for the protec-
tion of its subjects.
The inhabitants of the citiesin the Punjaub will, in that
case, be perfectly safe, in personand property, from any mo-
lestation by the British troops ; and they are hereby called
upon to dismiss apprehension, and to follow their respective
callings with all confidence.
By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India,
F. CURRIE, Secretary to the Government of
India, with the Governor-General.

BATTLE OF IVIOODKEE.
The following is an extract from a letter from an
officer in the 3d Brigade Horse Artillery, who was en-
gaged in the battle of Moodkee:—
" Ferozepore, Jan. 28, 1846.
" Dear Sister,—l had the pleasure of receiving your
note about a month ago, but had not the opportunity of
answering it till now, on account of the post being
stopped; but, as it is now open, I take the opportunity.
of sending you a few lines, which you must be content
with for the present, and I will write to you again in
the course of a short time. My dear girl, we were
engaged with the Seikh army on the 21st and 22d of
December. Our army was about twenty thousand
strong, and that of the Seikhs about sixty thousand.
We commenced the fight about one o'clock on the 21st,
and kept it up till after dark, when we retired, and took
up our lodgings for the night on the cold sand—and a
cold, bitter night it was; nothing to eat or drink—not
even a drop of water—for the space of forty-eight
hours. We renewed the attack on the morn-
ing of the 22d, and stormed the Seikh camp about
one o'clock, and took about 100 pieces of cannon : this
is the second battle I have; been in, and to tell the
truth, I never wish to see another ; but I expect to see
many more yet. We are going to cross the river in a
few days, towards Lahore, about the 10th of February.
The enemy is lying just over the river, opposite our
camp, and I have no doubt there will be many a hard
fight with them yet ; they are very numerous ; they
can bring three men on the field to our one. We lost
about 3,000 men, killed and wounded. The field was
literally strewed with dead and wounded. My old
troop had twelve killed and sixteen wounded. Thank
God, I have escaped all at present, but it is my opinion
there will be thousands more share the same fate yet,
for the Seikhs will not give in easy."

THE BATTLES OF AL.1":;:•;
SOBRAON .AL AND
....•
(FROM A PRP; 'ATE LETTER.) s
CALCUTTA, FEB. Is,--r' 'ATE
the dispatch of my last the
official report of 0,0; battle of Aliwal has been received,
and will be fo7oarded with this; but I fear it will be a
twice-told ffte, for you must have received it by the mail
which l'.:rt Bombay on the 15th. I shall, therefore, refrain
fi.'Z;na giving an abstract of it here. But I have received an
acceuat of the battle from a young friend who was engaged
in mortal combat for the first time, which I send you, and I
think you will find it of sufficient interest to give it a place
in your columns. The loss of the enemy has been variously
estimated. The number left dead on the field is only stated
to be about 700, while the casualties in their headlong flight
across the river are estimated at between 5,000 and 6,000
some letters say 10,000—drowned in attempting to ford the
river; their confusion, while attempting to cross, being
greatly increased by the destructive fire of our Horse Artil-
lery !guns, which galloping to the very brink, scattered
death among the multitude. My friend's letter is as follows :
"At five o'clock, A.M. , of the 28th, we were all ready;
and as all had received every order and instruction the pre-
vious night, we marched off without having occasion to sound
a bugle, and without the least noise. The Ist troop, Ist bri-
gade, hich had come from Ferozepore with Colonel Wheeler,
and two other Horse Artillery guns, were attached to our
troop, making a total of ten Horse Artillery guns, all under
Lane's command. Mill, of our corps, commanded his four
guns of the Ist troop, Ist brigade, and I commanded our four
guns, and the two others were under another young officer.
We were brigaded with some cavalry, the Queen's 53d, the
30th Native Infantry, and the Goorkbas. We left all our
baggage at Budhowal, under guards from corps, and went
down to attack the Seikhs in their position in regular fighting
order. We marched in three divisions, and after proceeding
about nine miles, we got to the top of a rising spot,
and there was a most splendid plain before us, stretching
down to the banks of the Sutlej and the Seikh army,
r ;lb oaur ti YlOB h,
amounting to 24,000 men and 70 guns, all ready on the look
c()..tiet for us. It was about half-past 9in the morning, thesun
oionoinmg,enb,uatanotthteoohihil,juaantdgoauinrgforcdae,wnamquouienttlyinginttoo
the •
of cave] n (Pl.ain), and the Seikhs standing in dense masses
splendid, glerionZ'
1,•„,,, Ja rYg,otinfantry, and guns, watching our movements.
position, not 1,z!a0001
theni made ; and it waa indeed a most
6,u'r'-'faorinationdwown fairly, the order was given to halt.
artdtsofrsoeme otuhrefienneemfelyluswgsutnask,ignagieutplythaneidr
knowing that ere mananY r9view hay] I ever witnessed, and
jurist as steady
minutes had passed by we should be
engaged. in mortal fight the Seiks. Without exception'
the wl-Lole panorama was the
the field, ours and the Seikhs.
hen i nfan try--
lam word was given to advance •
aut ought to have told vial
—bactta:alry on the e-xtr;ine
that our line was formed in this w'
right—the infantry—then 9-pounie:
Infantry—then
*len our guns, two Queen's corps—then native r--
horse artillery—then 31st Queen's—thr-n
Queen's and native cavalry. Every c.:,,,rp; moivnfantry and
..Inents, and this was air a
the Seikhs at a-steady walk. The .aeikhs did notedstlown on
but steadily watched our move pace,
ous moment to all. After we had advanced aboutn3kr or
400 yards, an immensq 'must of smoke appeared all along the
enemy's front, and, long before we heard the report of their
guns down came their shot in a storm along our whole line.
tearing'
awriansgi niidp the e e"'A a beautiful sight, shot and shell plunging and
ground round us. Nothing could surpass the
steady way in which our fine fellows advanced; not a step
":as quickened, not a turn right or left, but all pressing
onwards. At last the order was given—" Open your fire,
Artillery," and the word was " Trot—gallop," and away we
went in advance of all, till we got within, about 300 yards of
them. Then " left about" and our --whole artillery opened
with a most tremendous roar. 17.1 the mean while all the in • 1
fantry, according to orders, lay flat clown on the ground, so
we had it all to oursel';es. It was at this time the shot
came the best, and it., was at this time that whilst laying the
howitzer I had -,', narrow escape. We poured round shot and
shrapnell !alto them incessantly, and for three-quarters of
an hour this artillery fight lasted ; but then the Seikhs had
',lad enough of it, and we found their fire had almost ceased,
so up got the infantry, and then we limbered up, and at a
gallop advanced to the front of all. Here we came upon
some of their guns (about 20, chiefly 9 and 6-pounders), some
dismounted, others knocked over, waggons blown up, and
their artillerymen lying round them ; some of the poor
horses were dragging about the field the dead home P t i
tached to guns and waggons, showing how tremencinis
galloped on,
must
have been the effects of our shrapnel] amongst th-,., w
of course, did not wait to spike the
guns, b"*
with a squadron of Lancers, and the both, -
tection, after the enemy, who w..- ~ guard as our pro-
. P
pro-
to the river. Poor creature- • now in full retreat
especially the infantry, ^ , they kept looking round,
mined to stand to V- -.ad. seeing no escape, they deter-
at me whilst I - .last: One very fine fellow cane down
to lay do- ...am leading the troop on. I shouted to him
he w- .-Il 'iith arms, and he should not be killed, but
..ITO, his sword over his head, and with great courage
- -@ tight at me. He tried to get on the near side of my
little horse) when) I suppose, he thought he could do
aes ha likbd 1 but this, of course, I would not allow, and
lit him on my sword hand. All the sergeants of the
troop were shouting out to me to take care-4, Take care, sir,
for God's sake take care, Sir, he will be using his matchlock I"
But he contented himself with his sword, and whilst he was
trying to cut at me one of the men rode at him and gave him
a fearful blow over his head, and the poor wretch was
killed. It wit, whilst I was laying the howitzer at a mass of
their
cavalry, a g.-bounder shot of theirs passed between my
liag?? '4S they were be 't in the act of stooping down to bring
417 eye on a level with ::he tangent scale of the gun and the
muzzle. The sergeant of the gun said to me, "For God's
sake, take are, Sir, here courg ii round shot 1" but before I