The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-12 00:00:00

INDIA.

SINDE.
from the last fortnight we have had very few letters
are'a Slade ; the events there presently in progress
tr' we presume, of no great :public importance. The
ea
at liurrachee are now entirely exempt from
ea era ; i:s last and most distinguished victim was
ta_Ptain John Napier, the nephew and military secre-
qto his Excellency the Governor. His loss appears
lit°_h.ave been deeply and generally regretted. Sir C.
has been exerting himself to disc,,ver the causes
tor ther late mortality, and if possible to have them re-
r,red• The almost total exemption of the officers
en-d'ahtbe pestilence—the terrible suffering of the men,
"alf depopulation of the native town, tend to throw
considerable light upon the subject. There is no doubt
i'ualever that the inconceivable filth of the town of
ta7arreohee, and the poverty and squalor of its itahabi-
is, were calculated to make it a den of pestilential
l lease ; and accordingly the ditches have been directed
efilled up, the ruined fortifications to be knocked
e. and openings to be made in the worst portions of
se" "Thfo• The remedy will only he complete when the pre-
_ 'lt buildings are destroyed and new ones on a better plan
1440dsite constructed. Cultivation has of late years grie-
:l3' fallen off in Slade. Numberless warnings had
6'l given of the danger of an epidemic arising from the
then ness or scarcity of provisions where the resources of
25 meolintry became taxed to supply the wants of some
1117° human beings, half soldiers, half followers, and
4'l' families, added to the usual population. The
or're,hing inquiries now being made, and measures being,
Ira 4uout to be, adopted for ascertaining, and if possible
approving, the quality of the food supplied to our people,
oft
been
indicate the suspicion that heretofore it has
of en such as was satisfactory. The accommodations
+n
tele troops have hitherto not been such as health and
%It/ require in a hot country. A standing camp
eKIY becomes a standi
averse to admit the fact, that
get_
47rnents for an army so enormous as that which
hitherto been maintained upon the Indus were re •
plied; lest the wisdom of the policy which took us
Ti'ersett or :the popularity of our Government, might be
b tinned. The omission in the one place is punished
ea nia Gbilzie insurrection, in the other by cholera—the
ss
of British subjects occasioned by the two being pretty
apptettlYr:qual to each other. The month of June, 1846,
Ghee a It° have occasioned as much loss of life at
he have ualluary, 1641, did at Khooid Caubul and Tezeen.
hoe little doubt but that the Governor, who cannot
frait,wan.t of decision or energy imputed to him as a
its will will do:his best to bring such arrangements about
api„." avert future attacks—but he must in this case
pease with half his army, and give up a year's reye-
sk provide them with proper quarters. Rain, which
(10,eY falls in any considerable quantity, had poured
da"m in torrents for days together, so as greatly to en-
anuger the barracks in which some of the troops were
t7oae'tered., and injure. other buildings. The fall had been
titehral: it was peculiarly heavy at Hyderabad and Kur-
ci so on the sea-shore. We have no pre-
e returns of the amount of casualties from cholera at
ilYderabad, or from fever at Sukkur ' • they have at both
Ii111,!3 been formidable in number. At the latter place
th'er,,L's 17th had been the chief sufferers: they were on
torsi way to Kurrachee, in the view, it was said, of re-
-0:11: to India and proceeding thence to the Cape of
,
it:1'1'101)e. At Hyderabad cholera appeared in the
100 ,shortly after its disappearance at Kurrachee, and
deaths are said to have occurred the first day It
iliello.begall to commit fearful ravages in the gaol, when
eo„smovernor humanely ordered that all the prisoners
tri,7lOitted for minor offences should be liberated. The
Lips at our latest dates seem to have scarcely suffered.
tliee4te,oant Campbell, of the 17th Native Infantry, was
444,41 Y Officer cut off. Meer Sobdar, another of •the
ers, has been released by death from his captivity.

JULLUNDUR DOAB.
been e British provinces in the Punjaub appear to have
atid visited by deluges of rain ; the country was new
Leo the Climate unknown to us, and we seem to have
bo.but indifferently provided for many of the contin-
tt4les °f an unusually' wet, rainy season. A large ma-
filiecille had been established at Phulloor, and was being
c„it,,, With military stores. One thousand rounds of
with military
had been provided. for each gun, and five
[hart of musliet ammunition for each soldier. The
to were enlisting slowly and reluctantly iu our regi-
koh7ebt.s ;
they are described as very fine and powerful
ktiti.,-Ildeed. The people of the Noorpoor frontier were
be mustering in strength, with a view of assailing
hot: 'Lle ivonder is that such rumours, whether true or
"aye not hitherto been rife.

Th THE PUNJAUB.
e
name may now be restricted to that portion
%tit -4e country of the Five Rivers remaining in the
apt s of p Singh. The Lahore Government does
eons to be making much progress in strength
The
Viziolide.tion, or in the affections of the people..
,the ,er seems an incorrigible reprobate, with many of
Aitimilorst vices of ,the debauchee, despot, and upstart,
foi,`,"Y combined. He is said to have expressed a wish
im",",e retirement of our troops as soon as convenient;.
taiii,L,EleY are nut likely to remain beyond the time °rip.
ere. Prescribed. How soon they may require to return
hiktatins to be seen. But few of the disbanded soldiers
the "en paid up the arrears which were due to them :
bo,Y..lvere grumbling and threatening fearfully, and were
likely to starve with Out a struggle. The Mooltan
ijut_.!ef had become bolder in the spirit of disobedience,
I,_nrseerreLmed disposed to throw off the mask and assume
(eau.:
taouthuoirity over the province he ruled in subor-
Mso to threat: Maharaja. Ghoolab Singh was said
taft ttniretly. in 011ruhntowbecome troublesome; but he seems so
er, and so closely bound to us; that
,e
..111s quarter at all events no danger need be appre-
otucl a. There were rumours of the descent of the Aff-
Za" Under Akbar Khan on Peshawur ; but these appear
haarise continually when any season of turbulence is at
The Sirdar seems to keep the whole of these corm-
's ;11 awe, and when any unusual alarm occurs, or is
lite
~,,Elued to be created, the cry of " Akbar is coming," is
oft& It was the same thing in Europe with the name
nnaparte some thirty years ago. A man had been
141eted of murdering no fewer than five females at
14 ore for the sake of robbing them of their jewels :
%If as subjected to the severest torture, then roasted on
*4(11 fire, and finally blown up with gunpowder as life
et.;enoming extinct. Some severe accidents had °e-
V" On the rivers, which had become suddenly swollen
iti; enormous falls of rain. Dr. Cox narrowly escaped
le,. in s
life on crossing the Beas : six men, who had
kegt n the boat along with him, were drowned. A
boktY of 40 natives, who had gone to sleep in a ferry
.
were all swept away and lost, from the sudden
g of the stream.

The THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS.
tl misgovernment which has long existed, and
,„.."7 Wich from t to has threatened te
Thl%e 'a do Which from time to time has threatened the
ominions, con imetinue astime they have been for yearhs.
(tve brl2blie treasury is exhausted, trade languishes, and
iltir't,fling suffers. General Fraser, the British resi-
-4
t 1
all able and an excellent man, but the local malady
"Id the reach of any remedy he can administer.

LOSS OF THE SHIP ACTIVE.
Neb" ship Active, Renaut commander, was wrecked off
h,
rh,a
;Nit, near Samaldavie, on the night of the 16th
kit,; one native and four European seamen were miss-
% ~;;I'lp`i supposed to have perished. Captain Renaut,
litfe it"e,and family, and the remainder of the crew were
'testi TIC( Well— the ship was a total wreck, and not a
41QcPre of
either stores or cargo had been saved.—
as ilt/us July 25.

A/ 11M A PROMOTION FROM THE RANKS.
tom, HON. TFIE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA.
Simla, July 3, 1846.
Aablii"
ash
Governor-General has much satisfaction in
tlitir,sulng, for the information of the army, the annexed
vatch from the Hon. the Court of Directors of the
ernment of India, No. 11, dated April 22, 1846:
iv
Bt* " In compliance with the recommendations of our
~osvernor-General and Governors in Council, and our
trilllll, antlers in-Chief, we have, on numerous occasions,
anted commissions, on the veteran establishment, to
h
tit'ant officers of the superior class at the three presi
fo,,h" icing
who were considered worthy of this distinction,
icing and meritorious services."
2(1 „
ti, • Being of opinion, that the advantages of promo-
to commissions should be extended to European
4tractt and
non commissioned officers of our service
Ah „ °,distnguish themselves in action with the enemy,
nave resolved to authorise you to confer the commis-
°f ensign upon such warrant and non-commissioned
so 'distinguished, as shall be specially recom-
te-tlued for it by their commanding officers, and as shall
P6„e°llsidered by the Commander-in-Chief and the
110;:elanient of India to be eminently deserving of this
for.ard• Each promotion to be specially reported to us
3(111r approval."
iiso„*..," Warrant and non-commissioned officers are
ttirrlified by age from admission into our regular
vet'ee ; and the appointment to commissions in the
ti 4 ran establishment of such as have been recently dis-
ktrighed in action would be inappropriate to their po-
th:tilt_in the service. For these reasons it is necessary
e It" Commissions to be granted under this authority
le,lllll be unattached commissions of infantry. Our Go-
lollleats must avail themselves of the services of these
stioissioned officers in local or irregular corps, or in
tttj Other employment as may be consistent with their
4valid qualifications."
" The future promotion of the officers to whom
litef„ , e°rnmisslons may be granted will be governed en-
the circumstances of each particular case, to be
-411 Y brought to our notice from time to time, for
ttelonsideration and orders."
tti " To every warrant and non-commissioned officer
1110440ra shall be conferred the distinction of a commis-
grketml virtue of our present orders, there shall be
41141 ecl, in aid of an outfit as a commissioned officer, the
of I 000 "
Gth. 1.•
ht t• The advantages now authorised are to be
ed retrospectively for services in the canal alga on
„
ult he names of the brave men who were brought to
I)b,--,r•lce of the Governor-General by his Excellency the
wander-in-Chief were—
tade Sergeant-Major Stephen Douglas, of the first bri-
tl, fiorse Artillery, late Provost-Marshal of the
at xi °l' the Sutlej, and now riding-master, Ist brigade
2. °hie Artillery.
tik,,„sergeant-Tilajor Patrick Mara, of the 4th bat-
Ikere of Artillery, was offered civil employ, but
a. ITed remaining with his corps as Sergeant-Major.
Itliiiiirergeant-Maor John Moore, of the Ist European
ktat l, promoted to conductor, and appointed adju-
. the Banda Police B .ttalion. ,
6ergeant-Major Samuel Spurgeon, of the 16th
4.lnadiers
`‘ntry. rgeallt-Major J. Brasyer, of the 26th Light In-
tat /41,rgeant-MajOr John Storrs, of the 43th Regiment
141 Infantry ; the last four promoted to conductor,
"'TN Pt the disposal of the civil authorities on the

• north-west frontier, under whom they continue to be
employed.
3.—The commissions of these officers, as ensigns, will
be dated from the 10th of February last, the day of the
victory of Sobraon.
4.—The Governor-General cordially congratulates
Ensign Stephen Douglas, Ensign Patrick Mara, Ensig❑
John Moore, Ensign Samuel Spurgeon, Ensign J.
Brasyer, Ensign John Storrs, and' the army at large
on the public recognition of the principle, that the re-
ward of promotion to the rank of a commissioned
officer, for distinguished service in action before the
enemy, is henceforward open to every non-commissioned
officer of the Company's service. The Governor-General
will be most happy, in concurrence with the Commander-
in-Chief, to give the fullest effect to the liberal intentions
of the Hon.' the Court of Directors.

THE BUNDLEKUND LEGION.

Simla, July 4, 1846.

I. The Governor-General, anxious to mark his sense
of the faithful and gallant services of the British
Indicts army during the late campaign, has much satis-
faction in restoring to the Army List the number of the
late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, which regiment
was disbanded, under the authority of the Governor-
General, for mutinous disobedience of orders, in refusing
to march to Sinde in January, 1844. The consequence
of this misconduct was the dismissal from the service of
the whole of the native officers, and non-commissioned
officers and Sepoys, as unworthy of being retained in the
Company's service.
2. On that occasion the Bundlekund Legion, under its
commanding officer, Captain Beatson, volunteered at
once to proceed to Sinde.
3. Its services were accepted. The Legion has now
completed the term of two years' service in Sinde, dur-
ing the whole of which period its conduct has been most
exemplary and soldierlike.
4. The Governor-General, desirous of proving the
estimation in which loyalty to the Company's service is
at all times held by the Government of India, is pleased
to order, that the native officers, non-commissioned offi-
cers, and Sepoys, from the infantry of the Legion, be
allowed to volunteer in numbers sufficient to form a regi-
ment of infantry of the established strength, which shall
henceforth be inserted in the Army List as the 34th
Regiment of Native Infantry.
5. The Bundlekund Legion will retain the pay and
privileges granted to the Legion on the occasion of vo-
lunteering to proceed to Sinde.
6. Ilis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief will be
pleased to give the necessary orders for the European
officers, who were present with the 34th Regiment at the
time of its disbandment, as well as any others who have
been employed on civil or staff duty at any period subse-
quent to the 31st of December, 1843, to rejoin their regi-
ment at Loodiana,. the station at which it is to be re-
formed.

J. STUART, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Secretary to the Government of India, Military
Department, with the Governor-General.
BY THE RIGHT HON. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA.
Head-quarters, Simla, July 9, 1846.
In pursuance of the forgoing order, his Excellency the
Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to direct
the following arrangements for carrying into effect the
instructions of the Right Hon. the Governor General of
India for restoring to the-Array List the number of the
late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry:—
The general order of the 4th inst. by the Right Hon.
the Governor-General of India is to be read to the in-
fantry portion of the Bundlekund Legion at Loodiana
on the receipt of this order ; and after paragraphs 4 and
5 shall have been carefully and fully t xpl?tined to the
native commissioned, non-commissioned officers, drum-
mers, and Sepoys, the commandant will call for volun-
teers for forming a regiment of native infantry of the
following established strength, which will henceforth be
inserted in the Army List as the 34th Regiment of
Native Infantry, viz. :-10 Subadars, 60 Jemadars, 10
Havildars, 60 Naiks, 20 Drummers, and 1,000 Sepoys.
The commandant will report direct to Army head-
quarters, and with the least possible delay, the number
of men that volunteer from the 1 st battalion, in order
that if any deficiencies exist they may be supplied from
the 2d battalion at Jhansi. _ . _

The volunteers are to be paid up to the Ist i.st., and
the officers of the late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry,
as follows :-:—Major S. G. Wheeler; Captains S. A.
Lyons and P. J. Chiene ; Lieutenants C. P. M. Mundy,
P. 11. K. Dewaal, C. C. Drury, F. H. Smith, B. T.
Reid ; Ensigns A. S. Allen, B. H. Baugh, A. C. Bun-
bury, J. 1). Ogston, and F. H. Hanmer, will forthwith
proceed to join the new corps at Loodiana, where for
the present it is to be stationed.
The volunteers will take with them their clothing and
arms; and the camp equipage and public stares of the
Ist battalion of the Bundlekund Legion are likewise to
be transferred to the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry.
Descriptive rolls of the volunteers to be furnished in
duplicate ; one copy to the Adjutant General of the
Army, the other to the officer who will hereafter be ap-
pointed to command the 34th Regiment of Native In-
fantry, to whom, also, character rolls carefully prepared
are to be transmitted.

Assistant-Surgeon M. W. Kirk, M.D., is posted to
the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, and the sergeant-
major and quartermaster-sergeant of the Ist Infantry
Battalion of the Bundlekund Legion are likewise trans-
ferred to the 34th Regiment in their present grades.
The facings of the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry
are to be scarlet.

By order of his Excellency the Right Hon. the Com-
mander-in-Chief. P. GRANT, Lieut.-Colonel,
Adjutant-General of the Army.

CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES 07 INDIA.
(Reported since the departure of the Mail of the 18th of
July.)
Her Majesty's Troops—Captain J. M. Napier, 62d
Regiment, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Sinde, at
ICurrachee, of cholera, on the 7th of July. Brevet Cap-
tain Browne, 31st Regiment, at Chinsurah, on the 14th
of July.

Boaibay—Lieutenant J. D. Campbell, 17th Regiment,
at Hyderabad, Sinde, on the 11th of July, of cholera.
Madras—Captain J. Wilkinson, 44th Regiment at
Trichinopoly, on the 15th of July. Ensign F. B. Griffin,
4th Regiment, at Vellore, on the 15th of July. Lieu-
tenant W. Doyle, Ordnance Department, at Penang, on
the 12th of June. Captain J. Fortescue, Ist Regiment,
on the Ist of April. Lieutenant E. Davie, 45th Regi-
ment, at Calcutta, on the 28th of June.
Bengal—Lieutenant W. Darell, 54th Regiment, at
Feroz-pore, on the Ist of July. Garrison-Surgeon
James Innes, M.D., at Benares, on the 4th of July.
Major George Roebuck, 71st Regiment, at Minporee, on
the 9th of July. Lieutenant G. 11. Swete, 56th Regi-
ment, at Missorie, on the 15th of July. Ensign White,
16th Regiment, at Umballah, on the 3d of July.