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

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OVERLAND MAO

INDIA AND CHINA.
The intelligence brought by this mail from tilt
East is of the most satisfactory character. PI
and tranquillity prevailed throughout the wiled
of the British possessions in India. The affairs
Gwalior had been finally arranged to the satisfse'
tion of the Governor-General, the young Sovereige
had been formally installed on the 20th of Janus*
in presence of Lord Ellenborougb, the Commander
in-Chief, and all the military and civil antb;
rities. On the 22d the army of Sindiah
Chid'`
reviewed in presence of the Maharajah and Chi',
and on the same day it was dissolved, by proclaut,
tion, the troops composing it having been directed ":
proceed to the several destinations assigned to tber;i
The Mahratta soldiery, to the number of 20,000,110
laid down their arms and tendered their services
the Sovereign of Gwalior. On the 23d Lord End
borough took his departure for Calcutta, acconVinli)
by General Grey and the left wing of the arinf•
division was left behind until the new army should
organised, and other arrangements completed. Si%
was perfectly quiet, and the health of the WI
had materially improved. The Governor-Genf'''.
had issued a proclamation announcing that reF,
augmentation of nearly 10,000 men would be
quired, ostensibly for Sinde and Gwalior, but
reality, we believe, to watch the movements in yi
Punjaub. Some discontent had been exhibitee„.4
two or three of the Bengal and Madras - regiEnSl
who, it appears, have a strong reluctance to the 710,
vice in Sinde ; but no feeling of this kind pre
villeti
the Bombay army, and several regiments L•
volunteered their services for that district. P 4
matters there are so tranquil, and so content are_:;l:
people under the British sway, that troops are OAS
required. There is, in fact, no enemy to_fncots!:;j:
but Sir CHARLES NAPIER iS wisely -on his guw,i
and will keep up such an army'as will prevent
plot or surprise on the part of the friends of tbefjv
posed Ameers. The accounts from China are equaard
favourable,
.and universal peace also reigns in 710
quarter. We regret to state, however, that #
massacre of three Catholic bishops, with "5 t 0
Christians, at Corea, is confirmed. They -vverst,i.
beheaded, and about 180 more were said to have
strangled. .

SINDE. v
Our latest intelligence from Sinde is contained oil
letter from Kurrachee of the 22d ult. The occtirrecori
of the month are scarcely sufficiently conspicuous or _.iiti
netted to furnish subject for a narrative. Sir C. 14_2d,
appears to have abandoned the project of an exPe7o
to the northward ; matters indeed are so trao6ll4o:
present along the frontier beyond Sukkur, that 1,140'
really no enemy to encounter, and to go into the ash
or amongst the hills in quest of one, is tab sr%)
feat with the hot weather at hand. H. M.'s flea
under orders to proceed to Hyderabad on the lst,7
(this day), but this is apparently for the purpose of 10
mitting further reliefs. The 2d Bombay CavaKS
exchanged places with the 3tl ; the. former left .9.,;,:i1l
on the 18th January, and having proceeded 411::;".troi
the desert a distance of 314 miles, arrived at Ilya I,li
between the 16th and 20th, and went into the 4:1110
previously occupied by the 3d, in the entrenched 04
by the river, three miles from the fort. The MOO, 0
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in excellent health and spirits, and no accident 01
sort had befallen the regiment on its march. T, 1,0
the officers, Captains Trevelyan and Prescott, anutlesti
Marriot, when 214 miles on their march, were 0 .4,0
to return to revise the finding of the court-mark_l•oo
Lieutenant Pilford, and would thus have entaiti
them an extra journey of 500 miles before id:cif
their corps. The medical committee, formerV•oo'
pointed to report on the means of improving them tiOi
brity of the cantonments around Hyderabad, bad'-
meantime adopted a more cheering view of matter:C
might have been anticipated. That the malaria iie
ocoasioned by the •inundation appears unquesti,(Mll;
but much of the sickness recently experienced !Si Ei
have arisen from the watering of the fields by com, Ei
the purpose of irrigation, which can without tt"„i
put a stop to, provided we are willing to pureP7lttc
health for our men at the expense of the. fertilitti 'WI
soil. At Sukkur matters are much more unhopeo:100,
within the Delta, and there 'our troops have I of,
equally suffered, however protected. Her Majesoool
reached camp two months since in the highest /0,1
as to health and efficiency, but were attacked 50
hers immediately on their arrival, and of the. •
sufferers several have died. Sir R. Sale, what ,el '
stood out all the toils of Caubul and hardships 01 . ' i
labad, has become ill, and will, it is feared, re'
quit his regiment for the present. Some idetiorthe .
of the recent sickness on the constitutions of the h '
any be gathered from the fact.that out of A dates'
1$
of 45 Europeans and 150 natives proceeding_ up, tije i,
30 of the latter and 82 of the former died beigr7 ~4 Or
ing Ferozepore. Precisely one-half of the EnioPMut
tillery left their bones at Sukkur, the survivors --be,
in all likelihood, destined never again to 3--9.,
in active service. Her Majesty's 28tb, now- l'e' Ate
nah, continues to _ suffer almost as much Lid"

in the delicious climate of the Deccan,

effects of the poison. damps_ of the Indui.

this state of matters is of tinfrequent occcurrener?
was on the present occasion wholly unexpected,.
best acquainted with the climate are of °piling/di,
visitations similar to that which has just beer' "fe,Y,
rienced may be looked for periodically, as heretA'oo
intervals of from five to nine years. Our posts h-,l]
the river—Sukkur, Shikarpore, Larkhanah,
such occasions, be placed at the mercy of the hi" freo,
who cherish blood feuds with religious ferven* >9
generation to generation. The Beloochees kne;ilicti°
what it is to forgive, and the thousand wrongs I° etil
at neyrah, Kahun, Kojjuck, and Khelat, maY Yoe;
avenged when pestilence next converts our unfiry'rife'
cantonments into hospitals, when we have a wiue,"ooY,
and 300 miles of desert in our rear between our 'ryti'
and their supplies, and rugged mountains and e: b thei
predatory and warlike population, maddened W,ltoet4
thirst of vengeance, in our immediate front. ‘-letpo
Napier has wisely resolved not to suffer his force tbs
diminished under its present strength, and
Governor-General has been compelled to acknevl
that the exigencies of the public service in the ngottier
acquired territory of Sinde compel him to adcl,,anobafci
regiment to the Bengal irregular cavalry. The B° et
government are said to have memorialised the C°"000_,
Directors for i a large addition to their army. The
the troops now on the Indus amounts to about a tv'h l'
sterling annually ; the entire revenues of the Azne`,orrteli
about half of this ; our share annually to less than iler§
of a million. The Indian army was, in the latter YQ ea', I
Lord Auckland's rule, increased by 50,600 men, on 'nor
of• the operations in Affghanistan and China ; it W:000,
dered to be reduced in February, 1843, by about l's
so that it is now stronger by 32,000 men than it,W4trol
fore our recent war policy began ; it was foune!
enough for everything but foreign war, and so Yt "
again, were we to keep within our own territories; .0
additional strength, we presume, is found refili°6eoe:
maintain peace in India on the new system of tw° vraeT
ral wars a year. Futteh Khan continues in confined ?'
.at Bukkur. This -chief, it may be remembere ;re
brother to Newaz Khan, the history of whose car if 7'
worthy of remark. When Khelat was captured 11 battle
Wilshire, and Mehrab Khan and his chiefs slain 10;010
in November, 1839, his son, Nusseer Khan, was ",i-pbt
into banishment, and his cousin, Newaz Khan, set "eta'
us on the throne. His reign was short—he w55,.,-(0g:
pelled within ten months to abdicate and to seek -at
from his Feringhee allies. He had been a puppet' to sot
faithful one, and when it suited our altered view,.s.; bed
him aside in favour of Nusseer Khan, whose fatn 0..„.`"/
fallen in battle with us, Newaz was allowed a pent7ifir
1,800/. a year. When Sir C. Napier was investe"cee;
the political charge of Sinde this was reduced to•ybed
third of its primary amount--and when the in3Pelrenrltlifie
chief complained, he was told that if he could 0" lei'
on 6001., he might starve, and accordingly he v". 15,0114
penniless.. Hoping to find relief amongst his ki,m.°"olo
h. e made his way to Khelat, and was immediatelyrelf/A
into prison, where shortly afterwards he died sudne-oc,",
an illustration of how brief is the interval with diE_ ,ee°o.lf
heads between the prison and the grave. Fut Sen tll°
alarmed at his brother's fate, sought refuge atoo°,g: 00'
British at Sukkur, and was at once directed by L.- 00
vernor of Sinde to be placed in confinement! PeotO
amenable to no authority of ours, charged with 0°,414'
and suspected of no crime. He sought our hose or
or,l'
and found a prison! Of the seven corps of infanT 64P;
ginally ordered down, the 6th, 19th, 48th, en7nrsee:
Bengal N. 1., have been counterm anded• the two ""
having marched to Shahjehanpore and Bareilli' etv
48th has been directed to stand fast at Loodiantajt
the 64th ordered to Benares. The 4th and 69th Ife9tia
merits have been ordered instead of the 6th anci,etbet.
and are to proceed immediately to Sukkur,
with the 7th Light Cavalry, and the 3d and 4th 6el'
panics of the 6th Battalion Artillery, each with..ia bti
battery attached, one with horse and the other Wit':o,6ll°
lock draught. The 2d and 4th troops of the Ist ht.:oo
of Horse. Artillery, the 15th, 34th, and 63d R.eS, bet
of Native Infantry, are still under orders for he
hether they are actually to proceed there apPesl.,s-lion!'
a matter of doubt. The 64th having become mIl-destii
and positively refused to proceed to Sinde, their
000
nation was altered, and they were ordered for34thi
instead—one of the best stations in India. TheToce of
now at Ferozepore, were destined to take the P tor
the 64th, and equally declined to proceed unless en tate
own terms. Letters from Loodianah of the 17th
..°,l3ts
that the troops there had become mutinous at the. 0;1 lot
of service in Sinde, and occasioned much triblh“.,lo on
the station; and, finally, the whole of the regiTelLoech
their way downwards have been halted on therlm_.,,,re
towards Sukkur, until the matter could receive ceip%
mature consideration. Half the Bombay arn,ll on
occupied on the Indus, and the troops not elpllties i
foreign service being barely sufficient for the " te•
the Presidency, the Madras Government was all, if!!
The 47th Regiment under orders for Aloulrad.
ado,
dispatched for service in Sinde ; but it was f°ll,3anjed.O.
able to alter their destination ; they were
ileascription,
Bombay, and misunderstandings of a grave,a..,der
which broke out amongst them are at /:,.eseni, wen
cAerce,
vestigation. The Madras 20th N.I. havingbee.
_l7lsrea
to proceed from. Belgaum to Surat in the 8..03:007,daY
sidency, wore suddetsly countermanded 711'11}mte
as thvir mit* Tile 16t1), ci tor Diliorte#