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

INDIAN DISPATCHES

The following is a continuation of the Papers respecting the late
Hostilities on the North-western Frontier of India, for wit!ch we
had no room in our Afternoon Edition.
Enclosure 1 to No. 11.
Extracts from Lahore letters of the evening of the 6th instant, re-
ceived during the night of the Bth instaat at Rajpoora.
A letter arrived from General Lal Singh M urariy a , at Jenota, saying,
" SindarJowahir Singh used to speak to me about attacking the English;
my heart's desire is now accomplished; therefore I hope to be sent
against Ferozepore, and will bring over the whole army of the Eng-
lish to the Seikh Government, and Ferozepore will be taken without
fighting.
The Ranee said, " Everybody talks of conquering Ferozepore, but
nobody advances."
Extract of another Letter of the same date.

On Monday, Tej Singh will join the army, but if in the meantime
any disturbnnce occurs, he will not. He to-day asked the Ranee and
Surdars, as they were sending him to make war on the English Go-
vernment, to give him a written order ; the Ranee said, " Why do
yon constantly ask for written orders? The army regular and irre-
gular marched by the Maharaja's order, and now you are going by the
same order. The Ranee asked what the army 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 to get them
ruined, but that the army had found out the device, and now said
they would " comb "4, her, along with Raja Lal Singh, and imprison
the Surdars, and deliver them to Raja Gorlah Singh, who would
settle their accounts.
The heart's desire of Raja Lal Singh is in any way to commit the
troops with the English, by getting any portion of them across the
Sutlej, and creating disturbance under the English Goverumei•t,
and if he cannot do this, to seek an opportunity of flight across the
Sutlej.

Rely on this being correct.
Extract from a letter received 9th December, dated sth December,
1845, morning, from Lahore :
The Ranee said, that in spite of orders continued for twenty days,
the troops did not march.
Tej Singh said, they had none of their old leaders left ; they knew
certain death was before them, and therefore would not march; that
the Seikh troops were abundantly wise, and would not go on to cer-
tain death ; they would go t* Coss ; lacs of rupees would be uselessly
spent in military stores, carriage, and grain, and nothing be done,
while the established friendship between the two great powers was
broken up atter lasting forty years ; Fukier Ayeeyoodan, he said, was
a wise and fortunate man to have withdrawn from public business
two years ago, and devoted himself to meditating on God, and to have
now found an honourable death, leaving an unspeakable reputation
here, and obtaining besides a place in heaven. The Ranee then
ordered the Fukeer's Jageer to be resumed, but Deena bath begged
it might be left with the family till the present crop was reaped
which was granted.

Enclosure 2, in No. 11.
Proclamation by the Governer-General of India.
Camp, Luhkuree Khan Ks Serai, December 13th, 1845.
The British Government has ever been on terms of friendship with
that of the Punjaub.
In the year 1809 a treaty of amity and concord was concluded
between the British Government and the late Maharaja Runjeet
Singh, the conditions of which have always been faithfully observed
by the British Government, and were scrnpulously fulfilled by the
late Maharaja.
The same friendly relation have been maintained with the succes-
sors of Maharaja Runjeet Singh by the British Government up to the
present time.
Since the death of the late Maharaja Share Singh, the disorganised
state of the Lahore Government has made it incumbent on the Gover-
ner-General in Council to adopt precautionary measures for 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 Durbar.
Notwithstanding the disorganised state of the Lahore Government
during the last two years, and many most unfriendly proceedings on
the part of the Durbar, the Governor-General in Council has con-
tinued to evince his desire to maintain the relations of amity and
concord which had so long existed between the two States for the
mutual interests and happiness of both. lie has shown, on every
occasion, the utmost forbearance, from consideration to the helpless
state of the infant Maharaja Dhuleep Singh, whom the British Go-
vernment 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-established in the Punjaub, able to control its
army and to protect its subjects ; 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 Seikh army recently marched from Lahore towards the British
frontier, as was alleged, by the orders of the Durbar, for the pur-
pose of invading the British territory.
The Governor-General's agent, by direction of the Governor-Gene-
ral, demanded an explanation of this movement, and no reply being
returned within a reasonable time, the demand was repeated. The
Governor-General, unwilling to believe in the hostile intention of the
Seikh Government, to which no provocation had been given, re-
frained from taking any measures which might have a tendency to
embarrass the Government of the Maharaja, 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-
vernor-General considered it necessary to order the advance of troops
towards the frontier, to reinforce the frontier posts.
The Seikh army has now, without a shadow of provocation, in-
vaded the British territories.
The Governor-General must, therefore, take measures for effec•
tually protecting the British provinces, for vindicating the authority
of the British Government, and for punishing the violators of treaties
and the disturbers of the public peace.
The Governor-General hereby declares the possessions of Maharaja
Dulleep Singh on the left, or British, bank of the Sutlej, confiscated
and annexed to the British territories.
The Governor-General will 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
Government.
The Governor-General hereby calls upon all the chiefs and sirdars
in the protected territories to co-operate cordially with the British
Government for the punishment of the 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 power, 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
Sutlej are hereby directed to abide peaceably in their respective
villages, where they will receive efficient protection 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.
All subjects of the British Government, and those who possess
estates on both sides of the river Sutlej, who, by their faithful ad-
herence to the British Government, may be liable to sustain loss,
shall be indemnified and 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 returning to their allegiance,
wil be liable to have their property on this side of the Sutlej confis-
cated, and themselves declared to be aliens and enemies of the
British Government.
By order of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India,
F. CURRIE,
Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General.