The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-04 00:00:00

NORTH-WEST PROVINCES.

The Governor-General is at present at Cheenee, an
" alpine" village iu the valley of Kunawar, situated on
the right bank of the Sutlej, about 120 miles north-
west of Simla. Nothing is known for certain re-
specting his Lordship's movements during the ensuing
cold season. His camp is to be formed at the foot of
the hills early in October. Letters from Simla seem
to confirm the rumour for some time prevalent that
he will remain at Simla during the year 1851. It
seems that the Governors-General have quite
abandoned Calcutta as their seat of Government.
Sir Charles Napier is still at Simla, but is expected to
arrive in Bombay on his way to Europe some time in
November. lle will come from the north-west pas-

sages by the Sutlej and Indus, making a short stay at
Kurrachee. He has issued a general order condemna-
tory of the conduct of those commanding officers who
neglected to read and explain to their regimentt the
orders issued in October, 1849, by the Governor-
General and Commander-in-Chief, with a view to
preparing the minds cf the Sepoys for the withdrawal
of Sinde allowances. To this neglect on the part of
111aj our Troup, of the 66th Native Infantry, it will be
remembered that the mutiny and consequent disband-
ment of that regiment were attributed by Sir Charles.
In this order the Commander-in• Chief very clearly
defines the duties of officers commanding regiments,
brigades, and divisions ; and states that his own period
of service with the " noble Indian army" will very
soon close.

Court-martials and courts of inquiry are still pre-
valent. It is rumoured that four officers of the
Queen's army have been obliged to retire on account
of some gambling transactions. The officers appointed
to sit as a court-martial on the Banda duellists and
their seconds have assembled ,at Ca wnpore, but the
trial has not yet terminated.

BENGAL

The principal Bengal news is from the eastern or
Burmese frontier. Captain Impy, of the Madras
army, late first assistant to the commissioner of the
Tenasserian provinces, was suspended some time
since pending an investigation into his alleged mis-
appropriation of part of the estates of a deceased
officer. Dreading the result of such investigation he
deserted and fled into the Shan country (tributary
to Burrnah), taking with him arms and treasure to a
considerable amount. Captain Impy is said to be
popular with the natives of the country, and to speak
their language well. Tne latest reports are, however,
to the effect that he has been stripped of every article
of value and expelled the Shan state, and that he is
wandering, about the jungles in a state of destitution.
The Tenasserim provinces seem to require the Go-
vernor-General's presence quite as much as Kunawar,
but the climate is not quite so agreeable.
Another important event has taken place in that
portion of the Eastern frontier where the native inde-
pendent state of Muneepore intervenes between Ben-
gal and the Burmese empire—the state of Munee-
pore, which is of about twice the extent of the island
of Ceylon. During the Burmese war, its then
Raj e, Gubheer Singh, rendered most important ser-
vices to the English in their operations against the
Burmese. Gubheer Singh lately died, and, as usual
in the East, a good deal of fighting and assassination
occurred amongst his family for the succession to the
throne ; in these disturbances an uncle of the young
Prince got fora time the upper hand and expelled
the rightful heir, Prince Kertee Chand Singh, en-
trusting him for safa custody to the East India Com-
pany Government, and the Prince consequently be-
came for a time a state prisoner of the Company, at
Dacca. The Prince has,. however, contrived to escape
from Dacca, put himself at the head of his followers,
and having beaten the usurper in three successive en-
gagements, in which he displayed considerable mili-
tary skill and great personal darirg, is now in firm
possession of his fathers seat.
The native state of Oude seems inclined to rival the
Nizam's territory in anarchy and misgovernment. It
will be remembered that some months since an En-
glish officer was killed and two guns lost in an attack
on the fort of a refractory vassal of the King of Oude.
A second event of the same nature has occurred. The
Raja of Esanuggur had shown himself for some time
unwilling to pay the portion of revenue due from him
to the Oude Government, and it became the duty of
Lieutenant P. Orr to obtain these dues from him, but
before resorting to more stringent measures he im-
prudently determined on an interview with the Raja,
who came attended by 200 armed followers.? Li▪
eute.
nant Orr had with him only a Jemeclar s party of
Sepoys. A discussion ensued which terminated in
blows. Lieutenant Orr received eleven wounds (seven
very severe), and was with great difficulty carried off
by his party, who behaved very well, and sustained
considerable loss. Tne Raja lost on his part his
brother-in-law and three followers, and was hi▪
mself
wounded. As soon as the Raja's fellowers had seen
their master safe into his fort (which immediately
opened a fire of grope on Lieutenant Orr's party)
they commenced a pursuit, from which Lieutenant
Orr with difficulty escaped into the districts of a rival
Raja.
Between 90 and 100 boats, laden with about
50,000 maunds of coal fr,rn the Burdwan
have been lost while navigating the river Damooda,
on their way to Calcutta. This river is only navi-
gable at all during the rains, and even then the upper

portion is very rocky and dangerous. The boats lost
formed rlri of 9. flat of reir 1,600, -p bich hart b.on
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river. A torrent came down on tho 24th, and the
fleet cast cif, but while passing some dangerous rocks
lower down a blinding storm of wind and rain came
on, and many of them were driven on the rocks and
lost.