The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-04 00:00:00

Pantry was put in orders in their place, when a Oovern-
inent order directed both to renAin where they were. If
it is intended to keep Slade with Bombay troopi, an
augmentation of from 5,000 to 10,0(0 men must imme-
diately be made in the army of the Western Presidency,
It present less than 30,000 strung.

CALTBUL.
The news from this part of Central Asia affords much
ratter for speculation. It extends to the 9;h January.
We find from our letters direct from that place that
the acquisition of Chiva by the Ameer ot Bokhara
is spoken of as a fait accompli, and as well known
beyond the Hindoo ko'i ; but his conquest seems
none of the most complete, as his Mini,ter Surumud
than refuses to undertake the governm,nt, because,
we presume, he considered the number of troops
his master was about to place at his disposal totally
inadequate to the task which was about to be imposed
upon him, being only half these by whom the Ameer
had conquered the province. The victor had, it appears,
some slight apprehension for his own country, originat-
ing in rumours of an invasion by Dost Mahomed Khan,
but which were quite groundless, and wished to return
to Bokhara as expeditiously as possible. The reports of
political intercourse between Yar Mahomed ot Herat
and Dost Mahomed, which have been for some time
strongly bruited, have now resolved themselves into a
"tainty, and it closer connection, through the means
of matriatnnial alliance between their families, has
been fornied between the two chiefs. A vakeel arrived
at Caubul at the latter end of December with letters
and Presents from Yar Mahomed, who, it may be re-
te„lnetnhered, having got rid of his master Shah Kamram
ther of Shah Soojah of Caubul), usurped the sore-
BiltYaholif Kamram, rat, in 1841, to the detriment of the sons
whom he expelled. These letters
IZ:tea the Dost to become a member of a great con-
ire.ration which he, Yar Mahomed, was forming at the
A.3tlgntiott of Persia, between all the chiefs in Central
-•ft.,1.4_ and of which his brothers at Candahar were re-
nted to be already members. He offered his daughter
`age to Mahomed Akbar Khan, and the offer
t 3/4 been accepted with some appearance of avidity,
)Initiatory ceremonies were performed with great
Lhen Pcni)P on the last day of the year. The vakeel was
honourably dismissed by the Dost, who sent with
Ana a revresentative of his own, and also some handsome
.Pt.esenta in return for those he had received. It appears
also certain that Dost Mahomed and his son are actively
Maga(' in secret intrigues with Sultan Mahomed at
z'""nore,' and Peer Mahomed at Peshawur, but do not
t consider themselves in a condition to quit Caubul for
ika Pt!Fse of invading the trans-Indian possessions of
Sikhs, and which it has been for months expected.
neYwottld do with as little delay as possible. But the
17141„ sontnent at large of Sultan Mahomed, the brother
he Dost, at Lahore, with all his family, is apparently
oeru,lnagbliiffs-block in their way, which is not easily got
probable that the moment Dost Mahomed
aepeared as an enemy on the east of the Khyber, the life
nr Sultan Mahomed would be sacrificed by the Sikhs in
their present state of anarchy. Besides, the factions
pltich are still powerful in Caubul, headed by .Mahomed
• "Man Khan, by Jubbar Khan; and others, render it a
-Matter ofeonsideration with the Dust how far it would be
,prudent to leave the capital until his rule is esta-
°lished on a firmer basis than it now enjoys. It is
true that there are symptoms, notwithstanding his in-
?rdinate extortions, several instances of which are given
by our friends in Affghanistan, of the rule of Dust
Alahomed acquiring, especially in the East, that de-
gree of stability which may ultimately induce the long
threatened and highly probable invasion, and when it
does occur it is more likely that he will not have much
• Iliffieulty in accomplishing the conquest of Peshawur,
and its dependencies, as far as the Attock at least, as
the " force of circumstances" is preparing the people of
the land for a change arid his brother Pecr, Mahomed
n the spot, and will,' at the proper time, give him
• all the assistance in his power, as his influence is con-
siderable. The GOvernor of Peshawur, 'Fej Singh, is
disaffected to the present Government of Lahore, in con-
f!equence of the indignities offered to his most intimate
rriendiTemadar Khooshyal Singh, by Raja Heera Singh,
• besides which ho is not capable of resisting with troops
:16 are serving most unwillingly at a distance from
capital, where their more fortunate brethren are
asking in the sun of the Minister's favour and bounty.
These are all considerations which will doubtless weigh
with Dost Mahomed. The forts of the Khyber, at Lail-
' Poorah and at Jellalabad, are all in his hands or those
oaf, his son, or of men who are attached to him.
',Ace hfusjid is about being put into a state of repair ;
native expresses are passing weekly from Lahore to
Peshawur, and from Peshawur to Caubul, between the
brothers, and it was only in the beginning of January
that Mahomed Akbar Khan's Lieutenant-Governor
at Jellalabad, was ascertained, by our news-writer at
reshawur, to have come to the latter place in the disguise
'Of a beggar, with dispatches from Caubul, which he de-
livered in person to Peer Mahomed Khan, and then re-
' fined by a different route to Jellalabad. These are all
• signs of the times, and will be found at the fitting period
• to resolve themselves into an attack on Peshawur by the
'-Afghans. Many rumours were lately afloat at Lahore,
...at.Verozepore, and elsewhere, respecting the advance of
Akbar. Khan to Jellalabad, and the murder
;i Snoisi-ood-Dowlah, son of Nawab Zuman Khan, with
7anY other tales of a similar nature, which gather
eiikth as they proceed, but they have all turned out
_ erroneous, or false in fact, as we supposed from the 'be-
Caning they would.

- GWALIOR.
-Matters in Gwaliorhave now become satisfactorily ar-
'renged, and the country settled down into complete tran-
quillity. The late stirring events, however grave in chi-
ta rational nds, have
.arle!!An.glY had buy t little effectwith on those of themi cool Mah-
. ~,,r:! The ordinary results which might have been
11;4:1,7„avtedfrora a. proverbially sullen, if not exasperated
nunt e. in the
wentr instance, given place to the
torchjal.,etY ;an laly reflections.suoegestedt _
litwe bretzerers
- uy
PreParation fors • ateon. fortress
ereece
h a formed „eurnplete overthrow of their boas steel
which, With the dismantlement of those
bygone recollections ought to
almost
sacred in them—with subjugation
'eyed up, Y. detested enemy—have been totally swal-
4etites .4 it ere, in the gratification of their vitiated
Lnd the t snPPlied them by their numerous holidays,
410 rad unienierable fancy fairs which constitute the
-treater cl
~,, of the slggish people, of the East. The
MTh • vurtinn of their h ein and tendered
. Mission, army are com
air
dosand
dos
ii and, several of the chief officers _
received have already followed the example, and
' G anDointments nder the re-organized
rnniene A • u • h
eer, list of those chiefs w o were
_ mental in
bringing about the late disturbances
be; h.„,,
siini: presented to the Gavernor-General by the
been • te. Rani Rao Phallted ; but a decision had not yet
te.... coihe to as to their disposal. Others bad received
lre,_ ItPtory ~.1
eeeers to quit the country, but, being
,o_4ous to remain, had offered large sums to any one
~,") would undertake to bring about a reconciliation.
The sons of Colonel Jacob were preparing to leave, and
- tee old Colonel himself, who is represented a creditor
trnei,,ra to the Government to the amount of about one
I,—,l,ut°o sterling, was totally undecided what course to
a,saue• Above eighty brass guns, have been made over
,7111, independently of those taken on the field of battle;
,-kuu about twenty thousand of the treops have laid down
"men' arms, and volunteered their services in the contin-
gent- -The following appointments, which have been
`` Aeially announced, may therefore be relied on:—
To command Scindiah's Contingent, and to be
. governor of the fortress of Gwalior, with the rank,
taiY, and allowances of a Brigadier of the first class—
.? entenant-Colonel A. Stubbs, 24th Regiment Native
-nlife a.„ntrY. Lieutenant Frank Turner, Artillery, Major
m ilit' -origade. Brevet Captain H. S. Grimes, 46th Native
-ary, Paymaster. First Lieutenant Alexander Cun-
ningham, Engineers, Executive Engineer.
Artillery.-Ist Company, Lieutenant J. H. Smith.
2d Company, Lieutenant Robert Warburton. 3d Corn-.
itnY, Brevet Captain Vincent Eyre. 4th Compiiy,
ieutettant A. W. Hawkins.
18 thl4
Ist Regiment of Cavalry.—Brevet Major W. Minto,
Regiment N. 1., Commandant. Captain W. Ander-
son, 59th Regiment N. 1., second in command. Lieute-
nant B. N. Rashes, 67th Regiment N.I. Adjutant. Mr.
.Assistant-Surgeon J. Hope, Surgeon.
2d Regiment of Cavalry—Captain J. Lumsdaine, 58th
Ilegiment N. 1., Commandant. Lieutenant R. H. Sale,
9th negiment N. 1., second in command. Lieutenant W.
Alexander, 10th Light Cavalry, Adjutant. Mr. As-
aistant-Surgeon W. Pringle, M.D., Surgeon.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Infantry—Captain G.
11. Mitchell, 2d European Regiment, Commandant.
Brevet Captain J. Hennessey, 70th Regiment of Native
/nfantr y, second in command. Lieutenant the Baron F.
A. Von Meyern, Adjutant. Mr. Assistant-Surgeon J.
X. Rope, Surgeon.
sl2d 2cl Regiment of Infantry—Brevet Captain M. T.
Regimen
ant 54h
A. Regiment of Native Infantry, Commandant;
LieuteH. Ross, 42(1 Native Infantry, second in
oommand • Lieutenant J.H. Nembhard, 56th Regiment
ta,Live Infantry, Adjutant ; Mr. Assistant-Surgeon H.
'''• uniton, Surgeon.
16thad Regiment of Infantry—Captain Harry M. Graves,
Regiment Native Infantry, Commandant ; Brevet
Captain A. F. Macpherson, 43t1 Regiment Native In-
7, •
Second in command ; Lieutenant R. H. D. Tul-
ch, 39th Regiment Native Infantry, Adjutant ; —,
Surgeon.
4h
68th Regiment of Infantry—Captain N. A. Parker,
r/
, ...egitnent Native Infantry, Commandant ;
—,
-`vnUd in command ; Lieutenant H. B. Shelton, 38th
ni
•••vgierit Native Infantry, Adjutant ;
—, Surgeon.
sth 1e..-:
H
i ewegiment of Infantry—Captain W. . Halford,
41st Regiment Native Infantry, Commandant ; Captain
-;., 'IL Richardson, 57th Regiment Native Infantry, second
"4 command j •••••••••• Adjutant ;—, Surgeon.
' 61h Re ' tof Infantry—Captain Sommerset J.
Men
e, 68th Native Infantry, Commandant : —,
Coed in command ; —, Adjutant
,1 'With someportions of territory which have, been ceded,
010,0001. have been paid in order to defray the expenses
nhte War, with an additional sum of 70,0001. as an ac-
Fance to the British Government. The installation
~tas young Maharajah took placeon the 20th January.
the Governor-General, the Commander-in-Chief, and
res'-resident, Colonel Sleeman, with the chief political and
w_dita.iee
•,, authorities, were present. Splendid presents
heldere given on both sides. A grand review was likewise
dun the 22d, in presence of the Maharajahs and Sir-
41ra, with the principal persons about the court. The
ceo_iebration of the nuptials of the Maharajah took place
~,,u,_ tile Ist of February amidst the greatest rejoicings,
!veer'
Ind a display of fireworks on a grand scale took place,
~ 10,0001. was distributed among the Brahmins in
totality.
Lord Eli
fl the 23d enborough took his departure from Gwalior
on t
3d of January, accompanied by General Grey,
VV.left wing of the army, and General Littler, with
kiryision, remains for a time behind. Majorprummond,
Putt' Quartermaster-General, was the arbiter al)-
, .:ted to settle the amount of compensation for tee
The'6l_one the fields during the ad.vadace of the troops.
L'ustian officers and men who'bid been compelled
-ilevre previous to the c,owniencemeut of hostilities
' 111, 0401411 the benevolent intervention of IXLaijor