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

SINDE.

Our latest intelligence from Sinde is contained in °
letter from Kurrachee of the 22d ult. The occurrences
of the month are scarcely sufficiently conspicuous or con'
netted to furnish subject for a narrative. Sir C. Napier
appears to have abandoned the project of an expedition
to the northward ; matters indeed are so tranquil,
present along the frontier beyond Sukkur, that there 11,
really no enemy to encounter, and to go into the (laser!
or amongst the hills in quest of one, is too arduone'
feat with the hot weather at hand. IL M.'s 86th
under orders to proceed to Hyderabad on the Ist Marc
(this day), but this is apparently for the purpose of per'
mitting further reliefs. The 2d Bombay Cavalry W.
exchanged places with the 3d ; the former left DOI
on the 18th January, and having proceeded throug
the desert a distance of 314 miles, arrived at Hyderabad
between the 16th and 20th, and went into the quarter°
previously occupied by the 3d, in the entrenched caul?
by the river, three miles from the fort. The men Well
in excellent health and spirits, and no accident of ell
sort had befallen the regiment on its march. Three
the officers, Captains Trevelyan and Prescott, and Lieu
Marriot, when 214 miles on their march, were ordered
to return to revise the finding of the court-martial- 0°
Lieutenant Pilford, and would thus have entailed'-ct
them an extra journey of 500 miles before rejoiftiO
their corps. The medical committee, formerly 01):
pointed to report on the means of improving the sta.°.
brity of the cantonments around Hyderabad, have in the
meantime adopted a more cheering view of matters tilt
might have been anticipated. That the malaria is WM,
occasioned by the inundation appears unquestionable;
but much of the sickness recently experienced seemst
have arisen from the watering of the fields by canals 1",
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the purpose of irrigation, which can without trouble' ""
put a stop to, provided we are willing to purchase t!is
health for our men at the expense of the fertility of te:
soil. At Sukkur matters are much more unhopeful than
within the Delta, and there our troops have idol;
equally suffered, however protected. Her Majesty's 1,3
reached camp two months since in the highest conailly"
as to health and efficiency, but were attacked ick
hers immediately on their arrival, and of the earlie,
sufferers several have died. Sir R. Sale, whose heap'
out all the toils of Caubul and hardships of
Jess
labad, has become ill, and will, it is feared, require '-
quit his regiment for the present. Some idea of the Or°
of the recent sickness on the constitutions of the uses
may be gathered from the fact that out of a detaehme°
of 45 Europeans and 150 natives proceeding up the riff"
30 of the latter and 82 of the former died before reace-
ing Ferozepore. Precisely one-half of the European_iir
tillery left their bones at Sukkur, the survivors 'belly. ,
in all likelihood, destined never again to sbei'
in active service. Her Majesty's 28th, now at r°2;
nah, continues to suffer almost as much as e'"
in the delicious climate of the Deccan, from ill
effects of the poison damps of the Indus. Thougj
this state of matters is of unfrequent ocecurrence,
o_4
was on the present occasion wholly unexpected, office
best acquainted with the climate are of opinion tW
visitations similar to that which has just been eXries;
rienced may be looked for periodically, as heretofor‘t
intervals of from five to nine years. Our pogt2 Velt
the river—Sukkur, Shikarpore, Larkhanah,
such occasions, be placed at the mercy of the
who cherish blood feuds with religious fervency, tr7o
generation to generation. The Beloochees I_l.A
what it-is to forgive,. and the thousand wrongs inflicsr,
at Deyrah, Kithun, Kojjuck, and Khelat, ,may-ye‘
avenged when pestilence next converts our upproteew;
cantonments into hospitals, when we have a wide riTr::
and 300 miles of desert in our rear .between ourtreOr
and their supplies, and rugged,monntains" and,a, fie
predatory and warlike population, maddened with
thirst of vengeance, in our, immediate ;front. Gene
Napier has wisely resolved not to suffer his force
diminished under its present 'strength, and, th
has been .compelled to aeknoWleee-_,,,
that the exigencies ,Of the public service in'
Age' tieliver
acquired territory of Sinde compel him to add *now f
regiment to the Bengal irregular cavalry. The Botetti
government, are said to have memorialised the ,CeUrt 1
Directors for a large addition to their army. '111)ecollop"
the troops now on the Indus amounts. to, about alai' so
sterling annually ; the entire revenues of the Ameers'
abOut half of this ; our share annuallytOleia thanaquO4 f
(art million. The Indian array was, in the,latter years °G
Lord Auckland's rule, inereased by 50,600 men, on aecoill,
of the operations in Affghanistan and China j.it,vrasL
dere& to be redutied'in February, 1843, byibaiit metro
so that it is now stronger by 32,000 men than It warL.b‘r
fore our recent war policy began; it.was . (mind 1111
enough for everything but foreign war, and so .it vic}„,lo
again, were we to keep within our own territories.
additional strength, we presume, is found reCinisiss
maintain peace in India on the new system of two lieno
ral wars a year. Futteh Khan continues in eorifinert‘?o,
at Bukkur. This chief, it may be... remembered,
brother to Newaz Khan, the history of whose, eareer,T.
worthy of remark. When Khelat was captured.by Sit.
Wilshire, and Mehra,b Khan and his chiefi slain in bra
in November, 1839, his son, Nusseer Khan, was dre':,f
into banishment, and his cousin,' Newaz Khan, set:tfn
us on the throne. His reign was short—he way -erd;
pelled within ten months to abdicate, and to seek refuge
from his Feringhee allies. He had been a,,pnppet, Wes
faithful one, and when it suited our altered views: to'
him aside in favour of Nusseer Khan, whose father hoof
fallen in battle with us, Newaz was allowed a pension:,h
1,8001. a year. . When Sir C. Napier was invested WI"-
the political charge of Shade' this was reduced to PIL
third of Its primary amount.—and when the inipn'verisLe
chief ,eomplained, he was told that if he could not ;pis
on 600/.; he might starve, and accordingly,he' was, fAxvic
penniless. Hoping to find relief amongst,hiikins4"—
he made his way to Khelat, and was immediatelrthre7o„„,, into prison, where shortly afterwards he died suddeultel
an illustration of how brief is the interval with diseroWla,
heads between the prison and the grave. Futteh,Yetb
alarmed at his brother's fate, sought refuge amongstr°4-0-
British at Sukkur, and was at once directed by Use 70e
vernor of Sinde to be placed' in confinement! .
amenable to no authority of ours, charged wi* no fa~lh
and suspected of no crane. He sought our hospitality;
and found a prison! - Of the seven corps of infantry,
ginally ordered down, the 6th, 19th, 48th,. end P
Bengal NJ., have been countermanded; the two Torroo
having marched to Shahjehanpore and BareillY, '
48th has been directed to stand fast at Loodianah, an
the. 64th ordered to Benareg. The 4th and 69th
ments have been ordered instead of the 6th and 118 e
and are to proceed immediately to Sukkur, .toga
with the 7th Light Cavalry, and the 3d and-4th uij4
panics of the 6th Battalion Artillery, each with yo.
battery attached, one with horse and the other with, 12,A0
lock draught. The 2d and 4th troops of theist' hrfrr "te
of Horse Artillery, the 15th, 34th, and 63d RegVeixiot
of Native Infantry, are still under orders for Sinde, he
whether they are actually to proceed there appOtieLt°(oo,
a matter of doubt. The 64th having become muppo
and positively refused to proceed to Sinde, their- t_74
nation was altered, and they were ordered for Be,
insteaG-one of the beit .stations in India. :..The ,_l7Ol
now at Ferozepore were destined to take the- .pie,
the 64th, and equally declined to proceed unless !tb ig.
or
own terms. Letters from Loodianah of the
that the troops there had become mutinous at the th(?lle.-.0
of service in Sinde, and occasioned much tribulatiov
the station; and, finally, the whole of the regiel°nr"9,..rch
their way downwards have been halted on their ?tare
towards Sukkur, until the matter could rec4iTe• beipg
mature consideration. Half the Bombay site hd 00
occupied on the Indus, and the troops not eillPl.,Tes of
foreign service being barely sufficient for the ou,''.'
the Presidency, the Madras Government was applied
.00;
The 47th Regiment under orders for Moulnle.ll'!ivis,
dispatched for service in Sinde ; but it , was foundneraG
able to alter their destination ; they were lan_iy,tion
Bombay, and misunderstandings of, a grave dese I; 0-
which broke out amongst them are at resent unlier,ed
vestigation. The Madras 20th N.I. having_been ve
to proceed from Belga,up so s,urta irk the. ilopith—mss-cho
sidency, were suddenly countermanded when two
on their march. The 16th of her Majesty's NatiiYs