The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-20 00:00:00

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INDIA CHINA.

TERMINATION OF

THE WAIL

The bi-monthly mail from India, which arrived by extra-
ordinary express from Paris reached that capital by special
courier from Marseilles. The latest dates are—Bombay,
March 17 ; Calcutta, March 7 ; Ceylon, Feb. 24 ; China and
Hong-Kong, Feb. 1 ; Delhi, March 7 ; Lahore, March 1; and
Madras, March 8.

The intelligence from India, is anticipation of the Bombay
mail of the 16th of March, confirms the important intelli-
gence of the pacification of the Punjaub.
The events which have occurred since the date of the pre-
vious accounts recapitulate a few of the more important par-
ticulars subsequent to the great victory at the bridge of
Sobraon, which decided the fate of the Punjaub. This battle,
by which the Seikhs were driven across the Sutlej, took place
on the 10th of February. The first division of the British
army entered the Punjaub on that day. On the 14th the
Governor-General was at Kussoor, where be issued a procla-
mation declaring the independence of that country. The
alarm of the Seikh Government was great; Ghoolab Singh,
the Wuznr, represented to the Queen-Mother that the de-
feat of the Klislss was attended with the loss of 20,000
men. He was commissioned to make terms. He sent word
to the British authorities, and promised to be at Kussoor,

where the Governor-General was waiting for the remainder
of his army. Ghoolab Singh arrived four hours after his time,
and was received with coldness, and was referred to the Se-
cretary, Mr. Currie, and to Major Lawrence, the Political
Agent, with whom he remained in close conference until past
midnight. The terms of the Convention prescribed to him
were the cession of all the country to the east of the bear, in
addition to the provinces declared in December to have been
confiscated; the.payment of a million and a half sterling ; the
suriender of all the cannon used against the British; and the
total disbanding of the Khalsa army. Ghoolab Singh had
another long conference on the 17th. The presence of the
young King, Dhuleep Singh, was required in the British
camp, which, on the 18th, advanced to within eighteen miles
of Lahore. Dhuleep Singh came there, and was received
without any salute. He then " expressed his contrition for
the late hostile proceedings, and his acquiescence in all the
terms and conditions imposed by the British Government."

The Governor-General then ordered a royal salute to be
fired, and issued the following proclamation :
' PROCLAMATION BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR•
GENERAL OF INDIA.
" Foreign Department, Camp Lulleeanee, Feb, 180847.

"The chiefs, Merchants, traders, ryots, and other inhabit-
ants of Lahore and Umritsir, are hereby informed that his
Highness Maharaja Dhuleep Singh has this day waited upon
the Right Hon. the Governor-General, and expressed
the contrition of himself and the Seikh Government for their
late hostile proceedings. The Maharaja and durbar having
acquiesced in all the terms and conditions imposed by the
British Government, the Governor-General has every hope
that the relations of friendship will speedily be re-established
between the two Governments. The inhabitants of Lahore
and Umritsir have nothing to fear from the British army.
The Governor-General and the British troops, if the condi-
tions above adverted to are fulfilled, and no further hostile
opposition is offered by the Khalsa army, will use their en
deavour for the re-establishment of the Government of the
descendant of Maharaja Runjeet Singh, and for the protec-

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tion of its subjects.
" The inhabitants of the cities in the Punjaub will, in that
case, be perfectly safe in person and property from any moles-
tation by the British troops, and they are hereby called upon
to dismiss apprehension and to follow their respective callings
with all confidence. _
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" By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India,
" F. CURRIE,
" Secretary to the Government of India, with the
Governor-General."
In the morning of the 20th the British army appeared
under the walls of Lahore, where no resistance was shown.
Preparations were made for sending Dhuleep Singh to his
palace, under an escort of the British troops. The general
order issued on the occasion is as folio ws

GENERAL ORDER BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR,
GENERAL OF INDIA.

"Foreign Department, Camp of Lahore, Feb. 20,1846,
" The Right Hon. the Governor-General requests that the
Commander-in-Chief will cause the following arrangements
to be made for escorting his Highness the Maharaja Dhuleep
Singh to his palace, in the citadel of Lahore, this afternoon.
The escort will cmisist of two regiments of European Cavalry,
two regiments of Native Cavalry—the Body Guard to be
one ; one regiment of Irregular Horse, two troops of Horse
Artillery, one European and one Native.
"The Secretary to the Government-of India, F. Currie,
Esq., will take charge of his Highness and his suite, and will
be accompanied by the political agent, Major Lawrence, the
Governor-General's private secretary, Charles Hardinge,
Esq., the Aides-de-Camp of the Governor- General ; two
Aides-de-Camp of the Commander-in-Chief, one Aide-de-
Camp from each general officer of division, in uniform.
" The escort will be formed at the nearest convenient spot
to the Governor-General's camp, at two o'clock, and pro-
ceeded to his Highness's camp, and thence to the palace.
" On alighting from his elephant a salute of twenty-one
guns will be fired by the horse artillery.
" His Highness the Maharaja of the Seikh nation, selected
by the chiefs as their sovereign, having on the 18th instant
intimated his intention to proceed to the Governor-General's
camp at Lifitc-aanee, attended by his Highness's Wuzeer,
the Raja Ghoolab Singh, and othoe chiefs, was received in
durbar on the afternoon or that day by the Governor tiene-
rat, the Commander-in-Chief and the staff being present.
His Highness's Ministers and chiefs there tendered his sub-
mission and solicited the clemency of the British Govern-
ment.
" The Governor-General extended the clemency of the
British Government to a prince the descendant of the Maha-
raja, the late Runjeet Singh, for so many years the faithful
ally and friend of the British Government, as the representa-
tive of the Seikh nation selected by the chiefs and the peo
ple to be their ruler, on the condition that all the terms im-
posed by the British Government and previously explained
to his Highness's Ministers and chiefs should be faithfully
executed.
" On withdrawing from the durbar the Maharaja received
the usual salutes due to his Highness's exalted rank.
" His Highness has since remained near the Governor-
General's camp, and as it will be conducive to his High-
ness's comfort that he should rejoin his family, the Governor-
General desires that he mav, with all honour and in safety,
be conducted by the British: troops to the gates of his palace
this day.
" The following proclamation was issued on the 18th inst.,
by the Governor-General, promising protection to all persons
at Lahore and elsewhere who peaceably continue in their
usual employments of trade and industry.
" The Governor-General is satisfied, after the experience of
this campaign, that he can rely on the discipline of this in-
vincible army, as fully and securely as he has always been
confident that the day of battle under their distinguished
commander would be one of victory.
" He trusts at present that no officers or soldiers will pass
the advanced sentries of their encampment to enter the town
of Lahore, and he requests his Excellency the Commander-
in-Chief to give the necessary instruction to carry this order
strictly into effect, as well as to protect all persons bringing
provisions into the camp.
" By order, &c.

" F. CURRIE,
" Secretary to the Government of India
with the Governor-General"

The report of Mr. Currie, the Secretary, of the ceremony
of introducing Dhuleep Singh into his palace is highly in-
teresting :
" TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR HENRY HARDINGE. G.C.8., COVER.