The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-01 00:00:00

THE PUNJAUB.

Having given particulars of Moult= affairs under a

separate head, Seikh matters elsewhere are so mixed up
together that one division will suffice for them. The
state of the Punjaub throughout is at present most un-
satisfactory—though to us it appears that the alarms re-
garding it are greatly in excess of the occasion. Com-

mencing with the extreme north-west corner of the
country, we take up the notice of affairs in the Peshawur
and Hazareh provinces. In the latter of these a mutiny
occurred some weeks back amongst the Seikh artil-
lery, by whom their commanding officer was wounded.
For a time this was thought lightly of, when it

turned out that the malcontents-were beaded by
Chuttur Singh, a Seikh nobleman of distinction and
governor of the province, and as it was feared coun-
tenanced or encouraged by Ghoolab Singh, the Maha-
raja of Jamoo and Cashmere. The British officers in the
province at the time of the outbreak were Captain Ab-
bott, Mr. Ingram, and Lieutenant Robinson. The force
at Peshawur consisted of six regiments of infantry, four
of cavalry, and 36 guns—about 6,000 men in all—all in
the service of the Durbar. , About a third of these are
Mahomedans, and well affected to the British; the
loyalty of the other two-thirds is somewhat question-
able. When the Hazareh troubles began, the fidelity of
the garrison at Attok seemed somewhat dubious, and
detachment of 450 trustworthy Mahomedans was sent
reinforce it. It now contains 1,000 Affghans, who se

* Movements ordered and contemplated on and to t
north-west frontier :
CORPS FROM TO
Ist troop 2d Brigade Horse Artillery Meerut Frontier.
sth „ Ist ft ff Meerut Muttra.
4th :„ 2d Muttra Ferozepore.
Warner's Troop of frorse Artillery.. Umballah 3d Co.'a 7th Batt. Foot Artillery-. Delhi .., „,.
3d Co.'s Ist Batt. ditto Umballah... ~
No. 6 Light Field Battery Umballa ....Frontier.
No. 7 Cawnpore.
Her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons Umballa ... Ferozepore.
Her Majesty's 9th Lancers . Meerut Frontier.
Her Majesty's 14th Dragoons Ferozepore. Lahore.
Ist Light Cavalry - Ferozepore.
sth f f • • • • • •
8d Irregular Cavalry Nusserabad Frostier.
sth ft (wing) ...... Meerut..... ~
9th ~ Bareilly ... ~
12th „ ........... Loodlnana.. „
13th (wing) ...... Mukho
Governor-General's Body Guard... Deyrah ..... Umallah.
Four Companies of Pioneers Dagshai .. . Frontier.
Her Majesty's 18th Foot ...- .- Calcutta ... Agra.
ft 24th „ Agra Frontier.
ft 29th „ (by steam) Ferozepore Monitor.
tl, 98th ~ ..... ...... Umballah Ferozepore.
Ist European Fusiliers (wing) Cawnpore... „
2d European Light Infantry Subathoo ... „
4th Native Infantry Delhi .. ~
12th Native Infantry (wing)....... Allyghur
.. Frontier.
13th Native Infantry.. Cawnpore .. Lahore.
15th Native Infantry Moradabad. Frontier.
20th Native Infantry Allahabad.
22d Native Infantry Futtehghur Lahore.
25th Native Infantry Agra Frontier.
30th Native Infantry .. Delhi. ,,
34th Native Infantry Agra PP
41st Native Infantry Nusserabad. ~
45th Native Infantry ......... ...... - Umballah - ~
56th Native Infantry Loodhiana.. Lahore.
60th Native Infantry ...... Mirzapore.. Frontier.
63d Native Infantry Neemuch. . ~
69th Native Infantry Meerut Lahore.
70th Native Infantry Loodhiana.. „
Regiment of Loodhiana ........• Meerut lt
Regiment of Ferozepore ........... Umballah
Shekhawattee battalion wing....... Juanpore
Sirmoor battalion ... ... Deyrah...... „
2d Oudh Locals (wing) . Seetapore... Futtehghttr.
Those given as moving towards the frontier have been or-
dered to march forthwith, but their destination has not been
made public. It is, however, currently reported that they
are to amiable at Ferozepore.