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about 3uoo square miles, and yields a revenue of 40u,000/.-
e9ual to that of Sinde under the An.eers. The level pan
1)f the country is considered the most fertile portion of the
runjaub, and is surpassed in preductiveness, in excellence
f soil, and salubrity of climate, by no part of Ilindostan.
,s chief town is Juliinder, containing a population of about
4MOOO. Phulloor, Pagwarra, and Sultanpore are places of
minor consideration. Full particulars of the disaster the
Seikh troops had sustained at Sobraon on the 10th, and of
;be advance of our army, reached the Court of Lahore on the
13th- Their loss was reported at `2o.ooo—about double its
actual amount. Glioolab Singh reported to the Queen that
the advance of the British would be the signal for a general
insurrection ; and the officers and troops of Lahore readily
complied
with the request that a written declaration of their
fidelity to the Queen and Wuzeer should be sent in by them.
Ghoolab Singh, meanwhile, prepared to go out and make
submission, and to express contrition for what had occurred,
anxious to accept of whatever terms we might be disposed to
concede to him. He took with him two elephants, twelve
noble horses, 5,000/. hi money, with other gifts of value,
to be presented to the Governor-General. The Nujeeb
(militia) battalions were left in charge of the town, and the
Seikh soldiers were directed to be excluded. The Wu-
zeer having dispatched messengers intimating his inten-
tion to appear before the Governor-General, started on his
appalling and unwillingly-undertaken journey on the after-
-11000 of the 14th. The Governor-General had that day
arrived at Kussoor, and having issued the proclamation
alluded to at first, resolved to halt his army for a couple
of days till the centre and rear found leisure to
cross and close up; and the effect produced by recent
measures had time to manifest itself. On the 16th
Ghoolab Singh approached Kussoor, where peeparati?nhids
been made for his reception. He was four hours behind had
time, and was received with cold and distant haughtiness.
His gifts were all declined; and when endeavouringtoo Jo)
the discussion with the Governor-General, ho was referred
the Secretary, Mr. Currie, and Major Lawrence, the poli-
tical agent. Those gentlemen were accordingly engaged
till
Past midnight in close conference with the Raja and lis
chiefs. The terms of the treaty prescribed byuswereth ofe
free and peaceable cession of the territory
the Beaz—the payment of a millionandahalf sterling in
money—half a million now, another half as south-eastward
soon as possible,
and the balance in 1848. All the cannon not already in our
hands which had been used against us, were to be surren-
dered to us ; and the Khalsa army to be disbanded,
and never_
again re-organised. On the 17th another interview of no less
than ten hours' duration occurred betwixt the contracting
parties, when matters were considered finally closed. Ghoolab
Singh had, on parting from the Governor-General, intimated
that the presence of the Maharaja was desired in camp; a
dispatch of like import was forwarded by Sir IL Hardinge. The
Maharaja, on the assurance supplied by the events at Kua-
soor, was already on his way to our camp when these impor-
tant missives arrived. lie had taken with him 6,000/. in cash,
with many articles of value, as gifts to the Governor-General.
On the 18th the camp advanced to within sixteen miles of
Lahore, and in the evening the Maharaja Dhuleep Singh
visited the Governor-General in his tent. The9th and 16th
Lancers lined the way. Mr. Secretary Currie and a small
personal escort went out to meet the prince. He was received
without salute, and so soon as he had passed on, the body
guard wheeled round and closed the avenue by which he
had advanced. For an hour and a half the durbar was
closed; when the Maharaja withdrew a royal salute indi-
cated to the army that his recognition as ruler was com-
pleted. The Queen-Mother appears to have been delighted
with the reception experienced by, and terms granted to, her
son. A proclamation, addressed to the chiefs, merchants,
traders, ryots, and other inhabitants, was issued the same
evening, intimating that all warlike operations were at an
end in consequence of the entire submission of the Maha-
raja, his wuzeer and sirdars ; and that provided no further
resistance was offered by the Khalsa troops, the people every-
where would, as far as possible, be protected. On the
morning of the 20th our army arrived under the walls of
Lahore. To avoid unnecessary alarm or irritation, and
prevent the possibility of collision with the people, sentries
were placed at the gates of the city to preclude the
entry of any of our troops. The fort alone was, in token
of submission, placed in charge of a native regiment with
Some artillery, which to this extent assumed the duty of a
garrison. The Maharaja desired to be provided with a
guard of honour to escort him to his palace ; it consisted
of her Majesty's 9th and 16th Lancers, two troops of horse
artillery, the Governor-General's body guard, with the 3d
regular and 9th irregular cavalry. This was commanded
IT Colonel Cureton, one of the most distinguished officers
in the cavalry service; and accompanied by the secretary
to the Governor-General, and chief members of his staff.
hey proceeded in open columns to the camp of Dhu-
leep Singh, about one mile and a half from our position,
and a similar distance from the citadel gate. When half
Way on their march they were joined by Ghoolab Singh with
several chiefs. The Maharaja, mounted on an elephant
iwith
fr Bhaee Ram Singh, met them as they approached, and
Currie placed the royal party next to him-
self:. The escort proceeded to the outer gate, and there
halted ; the officers of the staff and other high per-
sonages attended the young prince to the inner gate of
his palace, when leave of him was taken under a salute of
21 guns fired by our horse artillery. The escort conside-
rately avoided passing through the city, where insult re-
quiring to be chastised might possibly have been offered
tuem by the mob, and returned to camp after snaking an
entire circuit of the walls. Instead of any attempt appearing
to have been made to arm the battenes or defend the
citadel, the embrasures were all empty, and not a mounted
gun to be seen. On the 22d a brigade of troops
took possession of the Badshahee Musjid and Hoozooree
Bagh, which form part of the palace and citadel of
Lahore—those portions occupied by the present court and
the family of the late ruler beinz avoided in respect to
the feelings of the distinguished inmates. Supplies of all
sorts began to be brought in abundance into camp ; the
civility with which those who brought them were received,
and the punctuality with which they were paid, contrast-
ing strikingly with the reception they had been accus-
tomed to meet with from the Khalsa troops. Tej Singh,
the commander of the forces, had been twice severely
wounded at the battle of Sobraon. He had after the de-
feat retired alone to Untritser, to watch the course of
events; and seeing further resistance hopeless, resolved to
give in. The other chiefs in time tendered their sub-
mission, and finally the last remnant of the Seikh armies,
ending that to hold out was but to draw down certain de-
struction on themselves, surrendered their cannon, and it
was hoped would peaceably disband themselves. Ghoolab
Singh is reported to have been averse to the arrangement
Which placed our troops in the fort, but was informed that
it was at the wish of the Queen, who was apprehensive of an
attack from the rabble soldiers of the Seikh army, that it
had been made. Latest advices from Lahore extend to the
Ist of March. There were numberless bands of armed des-
peradoes—the debris of the defeated army—wandering about
the country. There are said to be not fewer than 20,000
armed men, fit for any mischief, prowling about the narrow
lanes and streets of Lahore. Permission for men from the
16th Lancers and 31st Foot to volunteer into other regi-
ments, had appeared in general orders of the 25th of
February—the immediate preliminary of the return of the
corps home. The army would, it was said, break up on the
10th. Major-General Sir J. R. Lumley, Adjutant-General
of the Bengal army, died at Ferozepore on the Ist. He is
succeeded, pending the pleasure of the Court of Directors, by
Major Patrick Grant. Sir C. Napier had not arrived at
Ferozepore on the Ist; he had left Bhawnlpere on the 22d
ult.—the distance being two hundred and thirty miles,
Our troops were to return by Umritser into the newly ceded
provinces.. Major Abbott is the engineer selected to make
arrangements for our new cantonments. In our last issue
we mentioned the occupation, on the 18th, of Phulloor, by
Col. Wheeler's brigade ; the troops had moved slowly forward,
and had, about the 28th, been for some time encamped at
Sultanpore ; and it was understood that somewhere here they
would stand fast till a place for cantonments somewhere
within the province was determined on. He had. for the
present moved on to Kapoortullao, and been received with
much distinction by one of the Chiefs a portion of whose
estates east of the Sutlej had been forfeited. Light detach-
ments of our troops were able to move from one point to
another without experiencing the slightest annoyance. The
villagers were everywhere offering gifts, and manifesting
every desire to oblige and be of service to us. The troops
were everywhere in the highest health, and from no quarter,
as yet, have those censures, which might have been looked
for from an army, arrested in its career of conquest by the
pacific line of policy which had been so unexpectedlyadopted
been heard. The Affghans are said to be making prepa-
rations to attack Peshawar, believing themselves now easily
able to recover the territory formerly taken from them by the

THE SEIKII ACCOUNT OF THEIR LATE DEFEATS.
(From the Delhi Gazette.)
LAHORE, FEB. 18.—An nrzee came in yesterday from
Raja Ghoolab Singh himself, stating' that he had been
honoured with an interview by the Governor-General, at
Which that high officer had desired him to send for the Ma-
haraja. He therefore requested that his Highness might
proceed to the camp with as little delay as possible. As the
Maharaja had alreadygone towards Kussoor on the strength
of the previous communication, accompanied by the slave
Mun gala no answer was sent to this, but some troops were or-
dered to follow his Highness with as little delay as possible.
The Maharaja took sixty thousand rupees in cash and other
articles, to present to the Governor-General. Last night,
about seven o'clock, a rumour got abroad that Raja
Ghoolab Singh and others, who had gone to the British
camp, had been seized and made prisoners by the British,
which greatly alarmed the people. This morning the ru-
mour was contradicted. From Mundee it is known that the
Mundee wallah, Suket wallah, Kulloe wallah, and Belaspoor
wallah, had combined to declare themselves independent,
and had, as already • stated, turned out a umber of Sir-
karee officers. They had, it was added, besieged and
taken Kumlaghur, and that some British had crossed at
Belaspoor, giving the rebel Rajahs all the assistance in their
power. The Sirkar learnt that the British troops, who
crossed at Hurreeke had moved forward and taken posses-
sion of the village of Puttee. Two regiments were, it is stated,
also to cross the river at Anundpoor, where the Sodies had
withdrawn all opposition. It is understood that Raja
wereG Ghoolab Singh was informed by the British that if the Sirkar
willing to cede, without further trouble, the whole of
the territory on the other side the Sutlej, and also the entire
Doab between the Beas and Sutlej, with Suket, Mundee,
Dieras, and other places in the Koh'estan, estan, also o pay two
crores of rupees as a Nuzzurana, and allow the establish-
ment of a cantonmentK in Peshawur; the Governor-General
would treat with the
rity, but the matterbalsa. I hear this from good autho-
stated that Said Jan cannot be very well known yet. It is
hast taken possession of Poo lea
and Duntoo, expelling all Sirkaree people formerly in
possession. Dewan Moolra' has sent some troops against
him, but they say that the) are not adequate to the suppres-
sion of the rebel without further a
we learn that two Kohistanee bastsistance. From Peshawur
talions have actually left
the place for Lahore, in compliance with the instructions of
the Sirkar. Sirdar Shere Singh
is
earned at ihe occurrences which have t
Urzees have came in from Shekh Sindae kKen place in Lahore
han and Kurreem
Bukhsh of Jalender, stating that theare becoming very refractory, and that they of
not pay
them any revenue. Khoda Bukhsh Kotae Ase Doab
informed the
Sirkar that a rumour prevailed that Raja G
on his way back from Kussoor, and that theSingh was
British troops
were following him, which had induced a number f
to quit the town : the Ranee thereupon sent for theo Punchespeople
still at Lahore, and desired them to assure the townspeople
though
that they need not be under any apprehension,
as,
the troops might come to Lahore, it would be as friends.
they The
Punches received each a piece of silk, and did as
were bid.
FEB. 19.—News came in from the camp of Birder
Tej Singh to the effect that a large quantity of ammunition
and property had been destroyed accidentally by tire. Urzecs
came from Sheikh Emaniood-deep, intimating that the peo-
ple of his Government, having heard of the crossing of the
British into the Junjaub, were rising in all directions, and
could not be put down without reinforcements. He was told
in reply that the Sirkar could send no troops now, and that
be must do as he could to preserve the peace of his province.
Goordut Singh wrote from Peshawur to say that two
4 his battalions had behaved in a most refractory manner,
turning him out of their camp, and that their bad con-
duct had originated in the mismanagement of Shore
Singh,
Ire was told that his complaint should be in-
iilTMated hereafter. Sirdar Tej Singh wrote to Say
L ase had nearly 40,000 men under his command, and