The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-20 00:00:00

THE PUNJAUB.

We have so little news of any importance for dis.
patch by this mail that we must make much of the
little we possess. In times more stirring the Pun-
jaub tidings as they now stand would hardly have
been thought worthy of a separate section. In the
middle of March the city and citadel were occupied
by one portion of the troops; head-quarters, under Sir
J. Littler, were encamped immediately under the pa-
lace gates. The Seikh troops were turned out of the
city so often as individuals of them were discovered,
guards having been posted at the gates to exclude
intruders. From 90 to 100 pieces of ordnance be-
yond what we expected were found in Lahore, and
taken possession of by us. Bunjeet Singh's artillery
is said at one time to have consisted of from 700 to
800 pieces, of all calibres, and there are reported to
be still in the Punjaub nearly as many guns as we
have captured The rumour does not seem very cre-
dible in either case. The consummate cunning of
Ghoolab Singh now becomes apparent ; he was all
along acting a part so as to secure the best terms he
could to himself. The Commander-in-Chief, who
had attended the Governor-General as far as Um-
ritser, having returned to camp, finally quitted La-
hore about the 22d—proceeding towards Nugger
Ghent under an escort of her Majesty's 9th Lancers, the
3d Light Cavalry, and Ist European Infantry. The
Seilshs in and around the capital were tranquil enough,
but turmoils were said to have arisen near the Jhelum,
and Ghoolab Singh seemed anxious to do
anything rather than soothe and pacify his
countrymen. The sulky soldiery were breathing
curses against us not loud but deep, and vowing that
as soon as our armies were withdrawn the Queen and
her Government should suffer. Meanwhile two Seikh
corps are to be raised for British service, and these, we
should imagine, would go a considerable way to absorb
the balance of disbanded troops not taken into the Lahore

army. The extreme fertility of a large portion of the
Jullunder Doab seems the admiration of every one.
The weather .was beginning to feel warm in tents.
Lieutenant llodgson, of the Engineers, had been
detached to erect quarters for the troops to be
stationed at Dukkun-i•Serai. eighteen miles from
Jullunder, and thirty from Pulloor. Here the Ist
regular, and the Bth irregular cavalry, and the 3d troop
Ist brigade of horse artillery, were to be stationed.
At Jullunder the main body of the force was to re-
main, consisting of the sth cavalry, Swinley's troop
of horse artillery, and four regiments of native in-
fantry.

In our recent acquisitions the 41st Native In-
fantry were to be placed at Noorpoor, the 44th
Native Infantry at Dote Kangra, and the 59th Na-
tive Infantry at Hoosheearpoor. The Shekawattee
Brigade marched from Jullunder on the 24th, on
their way to Dhurmkote, the station destined for

them. A wing of the 2d cavalry is posted at Tul-
wundee. Col.
_Lane and Major Campbell's troops of
horse artitlery had on the 28th reached Ferozepore
from Lahore. On the 30th Col. Frushard's brigade
arrived at the same station from Sinde. The 7th
cavalry were expected on the Ist April. Captain
Duncan's troop of horse artillery left Ferozeporp_
for Muttra on the 27th. With these meagre no-
tices we may dismiss the summary of intelligence from
an army whose doings six weeks since required pages
and pages of our journal. 'We now receive with much

reserve and hesitation the tales supplied by native con

respondents, seeing to what extent the best of them mus
for the last two years have been unauthentic.

BOMBAY, APRIL 15.
In consequence of the limited demand for bills, and
an influx of paper from Calcutta and other places, the
rate of Exchange on England has advanced from 2s. to
2s. Oid. per rupee, according to the credit attached to the
paper. At the latter rate Calcutta bills have been freely
offered.

CALCUTTA, APRIL 7.
Exchange has been brisker ; and good bills have been
let off at 2s. lid. a id. at 10 months' date.

HERRING TRADE.—WICK, MAY 7.—A trial was
made for herrings, on this coast, last week, when about fifty were
caught one night on the hooks, off Sarcict. The appearance of fish
on the coast is said to be good. Some contracts have been entered
for cured fish of the ensuing season, at Lybster, for 188. to 18s. 6d.
The same has been offered at Wick, but not accepted.—John o'Groat
Journal,
STanm—The working carpenters and joiners of
Inverness have resolved to strike work unless an addition of 3s. be
made to their present wages, which average about 12s. per week.—
Ross-shire Advertiser.
Captain Somerset having announced his intention of
standing for the county of Monmouth, in opposition to Lord Gran-
ville Somerset, a member of her Majesty's Government and a Cabinet
Minister, the Gallant Captain has resigned his appointment as
Equerry in the household of her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
ENORMOUS COD FlsH.—Mr. J. Andrew, of Whitby,
fishmonger, had in his possession last week a most' extraordinary
cod fish, in fact, one of .the largest that has been caught along this
coast for a great number of years. The folloWing are the particu-
lars:—Weight, 3 stone, Nibs. ; length, 4 feet, 6;2 inches;
circum-
ference, 2 feet, 61,4 Inches.—Yorkshire Gazette. I
THE ASCENT OF THE BALLOON.—Mr. C. Green,
who ascended on Monday night from the Royal Standard Tavern,
in the Albion balloon, with his brother, Mr. H. Green, after a very
boisterous passage, landed safely at High Ongar, they having accom-
plished the distance (twenty-five miles) in twenty minutes.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, eldest son of
Prince Jehan of Saxony, and heir presumptive to the throne of
Saxony, is shortly to enter the Leipzic University.
BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—A poor married woman, of
the name of Mason, residing near the Pound, Bromley, Middlesex,
was on Monday evening (May 18) safely delivered of four sons, all
alive and well, by Mr. H. V. Garman, jun., of Bow-road, Middle-
sex. The interesting little strangers have since been christened by
the Rev. Mr. Boyle, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Joseph. It is gra-
tifying to add that the mother and her four eons were up to yester-
day going on well.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--A few weeks since, Mr.
R. Sallow% of Kates-hill Farm, Hadleigh, had a cat with six kittens.
'three of them were destroyed ; soon after four live young rabbits
were given to it; she managed to eat three, but the fourth she care-
fully placed in the basket with her young, and is now bringing them
up together with the greatest attention.—Suffolk Paper.
DEATH FROM A PEA.—A boy, two years of age, the,
son of Charles Stewart M'Fale, who lives at Haziebottom, was on
Tuesday playing with a few peas which his mother had given to him.
when ho suddenly began to gasp, as if choked. Ills
Mr.
d Juckes,mother
ran to inform her husband, and a crowd_ corrected.linking
that the child
surgeon, of Crurapsall, was riding by, and,
was labouring under suffocation, he rode
ihr and introduced a silver
e for his instruments,
returned, made an incision in the windpipe,
tube, in order that the child might breathe. rtehaethroell.owlltndgiedd,ayhmowLe
jveure,kaest
half-past seven in the evening.
made a post mortem examination of thebodyth,eactsfoonefuddeamph—
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lodged in the larynx. This, of course, was
cheater Examiner.
A VICAR IN A TRULY LAMENTABLE eiTATE!—It iS
the practice of the worthy Vicar of Leeds to invite young persons,
and others in want of spiritual advice and instruction, to meet him
n the vestry of the pariah church, one evening In each week, when
in
is In waiting for the purpose. About three weeks ago, a young
journeyman tradesman waited on the vicar, " on serious thoughts
intent," at the hour appointed. He was introduced, and the usual
series of questions put. " Well, young man, are you a member of
the Church ?" "Yes." "Have you been confirmed ?" "yes," Do
you regularly receive the sacrament ?" "Yes." "Do you ever
go
to any other place of worship ?" [Young man, hesitatlng]—" I have
once or twice of late gone to a Methodist chapel in the evening ?"
[Vicar, drawing back with a shudder, and a stern look]—. yen g
man, I have to tell you that you have been guilty of the awful sit o
i
schism ; I must infoim you that you are in a truly awful and la
etit-
able state.— [A pause.] —Young man, I am sorry to say that
ca
do nothing for you I" [Exit the young
man, as if thunderstruek]n
Query—Whether is the young man or the Tim in the gout awful
wag limoutablo itito?"-4041 _