The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-02 00:00:00

VITAT AND PIER.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

Yesterday morning (Wednesday), shortly after three
o'clock, a terrific fire broke out upon the premises, known as
the Canada Steam Saw-mills, 130, Rotherhithe-street, near
the Commercial Dock, the property of Messrs. Vertue and Co.
Before any assistance could be obtained the mill, a building
about 120 feet by 56, was enveloped in flames, and it was
with the greatest difficulty that the horses in an adjoining
stable could be rescued. At the time of the outbreak there
was an immense quantity of cut timbers and veneers in the
building, which proved such a powerful auxiliary to the
flames, that in less than' a quarter of an hour afterwards the
fire could be seen from any part of London. This caused a
general turn-out of the engines, but some time was lost be-
fore the exact locality of the fire could be ascertained, and
several of the engines went as far as Shadwell and Lime-
house, when the firemen found out that the conflagration was
raging on the other side of the river. The West cf England
engine, however, was fortunate enough to take the right
road, and it reached the scene in less than half an hour
after the outbreak. By order of Mr. Emmerton the machine
was taken to the water's edge, and a powerful stream
of the opposing element was thrown upon the flames,
which cut off their communication with Mr. Hughes's pre-
mises, adjoining. This was lucky, for two or three work-
shops closely contiguous had previously become ignited.
The several engines of the brigade, from the D, A, and B dis-
tricts, arrived in rapid succession, with Mr. Henderson, the
foreman of the district, and Mr. Braidwood, the superinten-
dent. The County engine, from Regent's-quadrant, with Mr.
Garwood, followed the others, it having, however, previously
travelled several miles out of the right track. With all
possible expedition the several engines were set to work, but
although every man exerted himself to the utmost the Ere
continued to rage fearfully, and it was nearly seven o'clock
before the flames were wholly extinguished. By that period
the mill was totally consumed, its valuable stock destroyed,
and its costly machinery rendered nearly worthless. Inde-
pendently of the above loss, the rack-house, a large timber
building, upwards of 100 feet long, is also destroyed, and
the steam-engine house is partially gutted. The total lose
must amount to a considerable sum, and, unfortunately, the
whole was uninsured.

As to the origin of the fire nothing that could be depended
upon could be learned. The manager of the works in.
formed the reporter that there had been no light taken into
the mill since the preceding evening, and that it was past
ten o'clock before he left the counting-lipase, whoa all ap-
peared perfectly safe.

Daring the last few days one or two railway meetings
have occurred, the chief facts of which may be briefly stated. The
traffic of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway continues to increase,
and that of the present year, as far as it bee yet gone, shows very fa-
vourable results. The amount of receipts for the last 12 weeks has
exceeded that of the corresponding weeks of last year by the sum of
2,4371. 19s. 6d. The shareholders were informed at their last meet-
ing that the directors would in the following September declare an
intermediate dividend for the year 1845, which they did at 21..
10s. on each 1001. share, and so on in proportion to the quarter
shares of 251. each, They have now recommended that
a further dividend of 21. 10s. per 100/, share, and
rateebly for the quarter shares, be declared payable on and after the
24th irate free of income-tax- The report of the Dublin and Kings-
town Railway shows a very considerable increase of traffic, and is
dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. was announced. The Ulster
Company pays a dividend of 18s. per share, the balance of net
profits for the half year being 10,08e1. 33. At the first half yearly
meeting of the Jaraaica Railway the statements made were ex-
tremely satisfactory. The receipts as at present ascertained average
about 14,0201. per annum, and every hope was entertained of a pro-
gressive increase. The shareholders of the Ayrshire and Caledonian
Railway Company have determined to wind up their scheme, and
the committe, propose forthwith to return 21. per share.
REMODELLING OF THE TOWER.—In the course of $
short time upwards of 100 houses, at present the habitations of the
warders and artisans employed in the Ordnance department of the
fortress, are to be demolished, to admit of the extensive improve-
ments now going on within this ancient garrison. The new
Waterloo-barracks, on the site of the Grand Store-house, burned
down, are already considerably advanced, and their entire com-
pletion for the reception of the troops is expected in the course
of eighteen months. The architecture is in unison with the
Norman style of the White Tower, the barracks occupy-
ing the whole space from St. Peter's Church to the old
Martin Tower, a distance of nearly 350 feet. The enlarging of
the parade between the west side of the White Tower, and
what was formerly called the Green, has commenced. Twenty or
thirty feet of the wall that supported the parade have been pulled
does, and the roadway underneath filled up to the level of the old
parade. The approach is intended to be by a grand flight of stone
steps, the greater portion of which are already laid. The removal of
the spur barracks guard-room and warder's hall is also intended, for
the purpose of affording the construction of a more sightly and capa-
cious entrance on Tower-hill. and wheel will be more in a line with
Lower Thames-street. The intention of planting shrubberies in the
moat, which has long been dralnert off, has been abandoned. It has
been laid with grass turf, and is used for exercising the troops.
MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE.—At eleven o'clock op
Tueeday night, as a waterman named Edward Lever was rowing 'rs
fare across the river, he saw something dare, which he took to be a
large dog, clinging by the buoy opposite the Irongsue-stairs. As soon
as he landed his fare, he rowed back to the buoy, and the moment
he reached it, a man in a state of great exhaustion, seized the gun-
wale of the boat, sad with the assistance of the Waterman con-
trived to get in. Lever asked how he came to be in each a situation ?
when his unexpected fare signified by signs that he was unable to
reply, tied pointed to his throat, which exhibited a fearful gash.
He was instantly taken to a surgeon in. Horselydown-lane, who re-
commended his immediate removal to Guy's Hospital. The man
being utterly unable to afford any clue to account for the extraordi-
nary position in which he was found, inquiries were instituted by the
binrotthhee rf,ellia
forecastle r Veellaa
river police, when it was ascertained that the person thus providene
Bally rescued was Thomas Hopper, a foremast man on board a New-
castle trader, named the Beaufart,oefd
which
his
fo
Hopper, was master. A peel of blood
of the Beaufort, and the buoy by which he held was covered with
blood. This is all at present known, as all hands were asleep be-
low at the time the man was rescued. lie at present lies in the
hospital in a very precarious state, and wholly unable to give any
account of tire transaction.
STRIKE OF THE TRADES IN DIRMINGHAM.—Withirt
the last few months the tailors, carpenters, and bricklayers have
been ou strike in the above town, and various meetings have been
held in connexion with their proceedings. A partial strike of the
ow:nters has just taken place, and on Mondsj last a general strike
of the bTheteayers was effected; but some of the masters have ac-
ceded to the den;.
end ftr an advance of wages, and the men have re-
iddie6 their work.
AtiscOUnt Morpeth reC.
eived a distinguished circle at
dinner last evening, at the faratii mansion in Grosvenor-place, tile
chiding some of the most eminent membet
rs of the literary world, viz..
Lord Dudley Stuart, the Hon. C. Howard, the Hon. Mr. Cbarteriss
Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, 31r. Thaekeraye Mr.
Costello, Mr. Landseer, Mr. Forster, Mr. Maclise, and Mr. Tynte.
RAILWAY SCIIEIrIES---The promoters of several of the
defunct Weenies of railway in their desperation to collect money for
the payment,
f p peeelimieary expenses, have availed themselves of the
decision in "Woe:Seer e. Toby," (the allottee case), and are dispatch-
ing circulars to their slibeeribere, desiring immediate payment of the
amount per share require-a to liquidate outstanding claims, or
threatening the adoption of legal proceedings to enforce the full MITI
agreed in she various letters of application to be paid up. A care-
fully cordensed report of the trial in egestion is printed on the fly
leaf of the eireelar, for the quiet consideeation of the parties in .
terested. Several of the Irish railway oompaniee whose Bills are now
before Parliament intend, It is said, to make calas on their share-
holders to enable them to COMplete the requisite asetowit of deposit
with the Accountant-General, in conformity with ma erdars of the
House of Lords. The present unfortunate position of these under-
takings 18 etreh that every flesh call produces a depression greater
than the amount prepesed to be levied. In times so ill suited for
projects of the kind, ft is generally felt that the wisest method
would be to pay no snore ,
money but to let the schemes die a natural
death through non-compliance with standing Mel,ers.—Times.
DEaTit by LIGHTNING.—An inquest Was held of
Friday last on the body of Isaac Bryant, aged nineteen, whose death
took place the previous day under the circumstances ;stated in the
following evidence :—Charles Goddard, of Well-street, ZturY was
at wheat-hoeing in a field in Westley, in the occupation of the mar-
quis of Bristol ; the deceased and six other lads were with me, soon
after two o'clock, in consequence of a heavy cloud coming over tie, we
all made to the fence for shelter. We had been there about ten nal'
nutes when a strong flash of lightning came. I was standing a feet"
yards off the rest, and putting a stone bottle to my mouth at the
time. It was knocked out of my hand. Six of the lads came shriek-
ing to me innnediately, and as soon as we recovered ourselves we •
went to the spot where they had stood, and found Isaac Bryant had
fallen down with his head a little under the bushes. His trousers.
from a little above the knee to a little beneath it, were in flame&
; nipped them out with my bands, and looking at his face
it showed slight symptons of life, but I don't
theugise
think he Lee.: scarcely a minute afterwards. On the right
appearance as if a hot iron had been struck_
terbtle there was tits;
4.tle singed, and the flesh appeared as ifit
across it; the hair was a
to have fallen backwards
length-
had been scorched. He meg
-e with two trees in it, where
wise. It is a high thick pped
and two th • of the
the lads stood. They all stood in a hew,. _or three a
use
others were knocked down at the same time. •...I.lere had
thebee
e:
or two before this flash. William Bryant, brother Prdeceased,
or he, when no
deposed that he was sitting on a basket under I
brother was struck, who was standing up at the tinle, with 2115 bee
under hie arm and his hand in his pocket. Three wore sitting a4,l°'
and three were standing up. James Bryant, another brother, d
knocked away from the hedge by the flash, bus
posed that he was
did not fall. He was also burnt between the legs at the inner pars
of the juice of the i -ft leg. Mr. Feachey, surgeon, of nisbyga
te.,ad
presented by the body, It appeared
a 3 detailed the appeareee.es
afi
if a considerable quantity of the .
led was concentrated upon the
ip sr:m u the hoe, which was bright, might pave acted
as ad
d ual;&t a
conductdf• Yerdkt—" Died by the visitation of GIP-

Bury Post. .
THE ITALIAN OPERA.—.TO-night (Thursday) is the
first "extra night" (not included in the subscription) at her Ma"
jesty's Theatre this season, and a delightful and very attractive list
tit entertaiamente for the evening has been announced for the °ea-
sion, the lest evening but one of performance before Easter. Pea'
zetti's ielisaria commences, in which Madame Castilian, as well as
Sanchloll, will appear, with Fornasari, of course, as
lliffe. The divertissement of Un Bal sous Louis XIV. follows, vri
ttitne Gfabn and Madlle. Louise Taglioni in the celebrated
Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte. Next, the last scene of La Soo'
nambula will be represented, with Madame Castellan as .A.mina ;
the series concludes with (for the Bret thee this season), the ballet o
ou La Dryads.
''"UNEXPECTD ACCESSION OF FORTUNE.—It is
ye
currently rumoured in Yarmouth that about a fortnight since st sec
vant of all work residing at Mrs. Redgrave's, Gaol-street, becauxe
possessed of a fortune amounting, according to some statements, I:
10,0, and by others to be only 5,000/. The property 'sel3l'll.
have been left by her aunt in India, to her three brothers and
and in the event of their decease to their surviving children
is ;
tT'ef
Re‘7grave's servant is one of the three children surviving
h aer snDI,,
;o Le statrix, and consequently entitled to one-third for par
•, -:--AVortcfoh , ~g to
.b;/CTRAODINAIIi FECUNLITY.—A goat, beiougl--_ on.
Mr. Moss, surgeon, of Windsor, dropped, a day or two since, tb.7rts;
precedented number of five kids. One died 111911137 atter Ito ,)
tboo roraalnin; (PSI are AUTO and tlatrisnr, -
,

THE VICTORY

SOBRAON.

CLOSE OF THE WAR.

THE

LONDON GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1.

[This Gazette, in addition to the official dispatches,
which will be found in eur columns of yesterday, contains
the following mast important documents] :
IN-DIA BOARD, Amu, 1, 1846.
The Secret Committee o! the East India Company has this
day received, from the Governor-General of India, a dispatch,
from which the fbllowieg is an extract :
The Governor-General of India to the Secret Committee.
Camp. Canha, Cuchwe, Feb. 19, 1546.
(Extract).
The immediate result of the victory of Aliwal was the
evacuation by the Seikh garrisons of all the hithertoforttsi,,issidoof
occupied by detachments of Lahore soldiers, on
the River Sutlej, and the submission of the whole of the
territory on the left bank of :that river to the British
Government.
The Seikh army remained in its entrenched position ; and,
though on the firs t intelligence of the victory of Aliwal, and
at the sight of the numerous bodies which floated from the
neighbourhood of that battle-field to the bridge of boats at
Sobraon, they seemed much shaken and disheartened, and
though many ev,!re reported to have left them and gone to
their bellies, yet,, after a few days, the Seikh troops seemed
as confident as ever of being able to defy us in their
entrenched posittion, and to prevent our passage of the river.
The Commander-in-Chief was not in a state to take
advantage of the enemy's defeat at Aliwal, by an
attack on his entrenched position at Sobraon, until
the troops under Major-General Sir Harry Smith
shonld have rejoined his Excellency's camp, and
the siege train mad ammunition should have arrived from
Delhi. The first, portion of the siege train, with the re-
serve ammunition for 100 field guns, reached the Com•
wander-in-Chief's camp, on the 7th and Bth instant. On
the latter day, the Brigades which had been detached
from the main a rmy for the operations in the neighbour-
hood of Loodii ina, rejoined the Commander-in-Chief.
Within forty-eight hours from that time the enemy's
Intrenched camp was carried by storm, his army almost an-
nihilated, sixty-seven guns captured, and, during the night
of the 10th, on vhich this glorious victory wasachieved, the
advanced brigades of the British army were thrown across the
Sutlej. Early 0.12 the 12th our bridge was completed, and on
the 13th the 'Commander. in-Chief, with the whole force,
excepting the h eavy train, and the division left to collect and
bring in the wounded to Ferezepore, with the captured
guns, were encamped in the Punjaub, at Kussoor, sixteen
miles from the bank of the river opposite Ferozepore, and
thirty-two miles from Lahore.

For the detail. s of these important and decisive operations
I must refer yore. to the inclosures of this dispatch.
I cannot, however, refrain from expressing briefly the
pride and gratifi cation with which I communicate to you
these results, so erminently evincing the energetic decision of
the Commander. 'in-Chief's operations, and the indomitable
courage of the _British Indian army under his Excellency's
command, and rvilich will, I am convinced, be met with a
corresponding feßling by the Home Government and the
British public.

I returned to !Fe rozep o re from the field of Sobraon, on the
afternoon of dm 10th, within a few hour 3 after the action
had ceased, to superintend the passage of the Sutlej by our
troops.

I j.i6ed the camp of the Commander-in -Chief at Kussoor
on the morning of the 14th.

On the arrival at Lahore of the news of the complete vic-
tory of Sobraon, the Ranee and Durbar urged Raja Golab
Sing to proceed immediately to the British camp, to beg
pardon in the nttme of the Durbar and the Seikh Government
for the offence which had been committed, and to endeavour
to negotiate some arrangement for the preservation of the
country from utteir ruin.

The Raja first stipulated that the Durbar and the chief
officers of the aymy, as well as the members of the Pun-
chayets, should (sign a solemn declaration that they would
abide by such terms as he might determine on with the
British Governnr ent. This is said to have been immediately
acceded to; and, on the 15th, Raja Golab Sing, Dewan Dena
Nath, and Fakef3r Nouroodeen arrived in my camp at Kus-
moor, with full credentials from the Malta Raja, and em-
powered to agree., in the name of the Mahe Raja and the Go-
vernment, to suc'a terms as 1 might dictate. The Baja was
accompanied by the Barulizie Chief, Sooltan Mahomed
Khan, and several of the most influential Sirdars of the
nation.

I received the Raja in Durbar as the representative of an
offending Govert merit, omitting the forms and ceremonies
usually observed, on the occasion of friendly meetings, and
refusing to receive, at that time, the proffered Nuzzurs and
complimentary c Eferings.
I briefly expla tined to the Raja and his colleagues that the
offence which held been committed was most serious, and the
conduct of the ,:thiefs and army was most unwarrantable—
that this offenc n had been perpetrated without the shadow
of any cause or quarrel on the part of the British Govern-
ment, in the fac e of an existing treaty of amity and friend-
ship, —and that,, as all Asia had witnessed the injurious con-
duct of the Seik h nation, retributive justice required that tha
proceedings of t he British Government should be of a cha•
racter which Ys ould mark to the whole world that insult
could not be offs red to the British Government, and our pro-
vinces invaded by a hostile army, without signal punish-
ment.
I told the Raja that I recognized the wisdom, prudence,
and good feel ing evinced by him in having kept himself
separate from these unjustifiable hostilities of the Seikhs,
and that I was ,prepared to mark my sense of that conduct
in the proceed.l.ngs which must now be carried through. I
stated, in the *lost marked manner and words, my satisfac-
tion that he who had not participated in the offence, and
whose wisdom rind good feeling towards the British Govern-
ment were well known, had been the person chosen by the
Durbar as their representative for negotiating the means by
which the atentiment might be made, and the terms on
which the Seikh Government might be rescued' from impend-
ing destruction, b, a return to amicable‘ relations between the
British Governmentanaandbtil:e Lahore ,tate.
I told the FZaja.
Governmentcolleagues
feurntiyrudeterrnmation on the
and Major. Lawrence, my
agent, were in full
subject ; that tl tey were in
tohfa t
adjustmenttici confidence
fimgnhe et
and I re-
ferred the chief:; to those of
;learn from
aeeeptan:e-bich I had
them the principles and details
determined to offer for their immediate
The chiefs remained the greater part of the night in con-
ference with Mr. Currie and Major Lawrence; but, before
they separated, a paper Vas signed by them to the effect that
all that had been demanded would be conceded, and that ar-
rangements would be immediately made, as far as were in
the power of the chiefs, to carry out all the details that had
been explained 4,13 them.

The terms de mended and conceded are, the surrender, in
full sovereignty, of the territory, hill, and plain, lying be-
tween the Sutl.ej and Beas rivers, and the payment of one and
a half crores of rupees as indemnity for the expenses of the
war—the dist' andment presentofthe
regulations
with regard to
Seikh army, and its
re- organisatio n on the y
pay which obtained in system and
time of the late Maharaja Runjeet
Sing—the arrangement for limiting the extent
n inoofthefor
force
to be henceforth employed, to be determined
commu-
nication with the British Government—the
us---thesunende entire
oures
of all the guns that had been pointed against
regulation and control of both banks of the river Sutlej, and ,
such other arrangements for settling the future boundaries ( f
the Seikh Stet ',end the organisation of its administration, as
might be deter mined on at Lahore.
It was furtl ,ter arranged that the Mahe. Raja, with Bhaee
Ram Sing, and the other chiefs remaining at Lahore should
forthwith rept Air to the camp of the Gevernor-General, and
Place themselves in the bands of the Governor. General, to
accompany 'Ms camp to Lahore.
I had prepared, for circulation on my arrival at Kussoor,
a proclamation declaratory of my present views and inten-
tions, with roglard to the Punjab, a translation of which was
given to Raja, Golab Sing and his eolleaguee, and a copy of
which is ends aed for your information.
It was detee wined that the Maha Raja should meet me at
Lulleana on the 18th (yesterday), when the camp arrived at
that place. On the afternoon of the 17th, it was announced
to me, that the Maha Raja, with Bhaee Ram Sing and other
chiefs, hest _instantly on receiving the summons from Raja
Golab Sing, hastened from Lahore, and that they had arrived
at ;
Gol• tb Sing's comp, pitched about a mile beyond our
A-ccluetB, an d that his Highness was ready at once to wait
upon me.
I coneider it right to abide by the Erst arrangement, and I
directed that it should be intimated to the Maha Raja and
the chiefs, t hat I would receive his highness, on the day
appointed, a' ; Lulleana, eleven miles in advance, on the road
to Lahore.
Yesterday afternoon, the Maha Raja, attended by Raja
Golab Sing, Dewan Deena Nath, Fakeer Nooroodeen,
Bhaee Rain Sing, and ten or twelve other chiefs, had an in.-
interview wi th me in my Durbar tent, where the
in-Chief and. Staff had been invited by me to be Corntnander-
i.present to
receive the .a
As on tlae occasion of Raja Golab Sing's visit, I omitted
the usual salute to the Maha Raja, and curtailed the other
customary ceremonies on his arrival at my tent, causing it
to be exylained that, until submission bad been distinctly
tendered, by the Maha Raja in person, he could not be recog-
nized, and received, as a friendly Prince.
Submission was tendered by the Minister and chiefs, who
nrcomp3eico, th. Raja, an,l parci.:m the British
rerereent 3.. as
VA stick L.Q1.6.11,101AQ I aitzll.l:‘,
ctate, in the most explicit terms : after which, I stated,
that
the "acliti°l24 11014. been distinctly made lutowti to

the Minister neje Golab Sing and the chiefs accredited with
him, it was unnecessary to discuss them in that place, and
in the presence of the young Itlaha Raja, who was of too
tender an age to take part in such matters, and that, as all
the requirements of the British Government had been ac-
quiesced in, and their fulfilment promised in the name of the
Mahe Raja and Durbar, I should consider myself justified
in treating the young Mahe Raja from that moment, as a
Prince restored to the friendship of the British Governmeat.
After some remarks, regarding the fame and character of
the late Maha Raja Runjeet Sing, and hope that the young
Prince would follow the footsteps of his father, and my desire
that such relations should henceforward exist between the
two states as would tend to the benefit of both, I broke up
the Durbar.
On his taking leave, I caused the customary presents to be
made to the Maha Raja; and, on his retiring from my tent,
the usual salute was fired from our 24-pounders, drawn up at
the bottom of the street of tents for that purpose.
In the course of discussion, the Minister asked, if the
young Maha Raja should now return to the Ranee at La-
hore, or if it was my desire that he should remain at my
camp? intimating that it was for me to dispose of the young
Chief as I pleased, and as I might consider best for his High-
ness's interests. I replied, that I thought it advisable that
his Highness's camp should accompany mine, and that I
should myself conduct him to his capital, which I purposed
reaching in two marches, that is, by to-morrow morning.
The remains of the Seikh army, under Sirdar Tej Sing and
Raja Lal Sing, on retiring from Sobraon, encamped at Rae-
barn, about 18 miles east of Lahore. They are variously es-
(hunted at from 14,000 to 20,000 horse and foot, with about
35 guns. They had been positively ordered by Raja Golab
Sing to remain stationary, and the Mahomedan and Nnjeeb
battalions, in the interest of the Minister, have been placed
in the citadel and at the gates of Lahore, with strict orders to
permit no armed Seikh soldier to enter the town.

I It was intimated to me, late last night, that the inhabit-
ants of Lahore and Umritsur were in great alarm at the
approach of oar army to the capital, and were under appre •
hension that those cities might be sacked and plundered by
our troops. I therefore caused the proclamation, a copy of
which is inclosed, to be issued to the inhabitants of those
cities, informing them of the result of my interview with
the Maha Raja, and assuring them of protection, in person
and property, if the Durbar acted in good faith, and no fur-
ther hostile opposition was offered by the army.
On our arrival at this place (Kanha Kutchwa, about six-
teen miles from the city of Lahore, and twelve from the can-
tonments), heavy firing for the best part of an hour was
heard. This proved to be a salute of seven rounds from
every gun in Lahore, in honour of the result of the Maha
Raja's meeting with me yesterday, and in joy at the prospect
of the restoration of amicable relations.

PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL

OF INDIA.

Camp, Lulleeanee, Feb. 18, 1846.
The chiefs, merchants, traders, ryots, and other inhabit-
ants of Lahore and Umritsur are hereby informed, that his
Highness Maha Reja DhuleEp Sing has this day waited
upon the Right Honourable the Governor-General, and
expressed the contrition of himself and the Seikh
Government for their late hostile proceedings. The
Maha Raja and Durbar having acquiesced in all
the terms imposed by the British Government, the
Governor-General, having every hope that the relations of
friendship will speedily be established between the two
Governments, the inhabitants of Lahore and Umritsur have
nothing to fear from the British army.
The Governor General and the British troops, if the con-
ditions above referred to are fulfilled, and no further hostile
opposition is offered by the Khalsa army, will aid their en-
deavours for the re-establishment of the Government of the
descendants of Maharajah Runjeet Sing, and for the protec-
tion of its subjects.
The inhabitants of the citiesin the Punjaub will, in that
case, be perfectly safe, in personand property, from any mo-
lestation by the British troops ; and they are hereby called
upon to dismiss apprehension, and to follow their respective
callings with all confidence.
By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India,
F. CURRIE, Secretary to the Government of
India, with the Governor-General.