The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-06 00:00:00

LAHORE.

The state of this country, to which so much of our atten •
tion has been of late directed, continues much the same
as on the departure of the last number of the Summary.
Heera Singh is still at the head of affairs, and is doing all in
his power to improve his position by enlisting men of his
own class and caste from the hills, and also at Lahore, with
the view, it is strongly surmised, of supplanting the Sikh
troops in the charge of the capital, for which purpose he is
further doing all he can to get the Sikh soldiers away from
Lahore, many being detached to Peshawur, where the move •
ments of Mahomed Akbar Khan are causing him great fun-
easiness, and others to the various stations on the Sutlej, espe-
cially to Phuloor opposite Loodianah, and Kussore, opposite
Ferozspore. It is, however, with some difficulty he has succeed-
ed in carrying out these ends, as the troops continue excessively
refractory and absent themselves whenever they think proper.
A large detachment lately ordered to Peshawur under Gene-
ral Khan Singh, flatly lefused to march until such of them
g
es wished it had been to their homes, and a whole brigade
ProtestedKaashmeera Singh, an illegitimate son ofainst being sent to besiege Seealkote '
where
Runjeet
has taken refuge against the Minister, and
psrininzche,
threatens to cause him great trouble, as he is a flivour•
on the fort, and taken two guns.
ita With the Sikh troops, and has already beaten off
onei The
,ekonrntlde°reftisal of the regular troops to march, was
compellediniasttAr to send some irregulars, and also a corps under
the command of an officer of the name of Home. The re-
sult will soon be known. Heera Singh feels himself so inse-
cure in his position that he has, it is said, packed up not only
his own valuables, but what is left of those of the State, in
boxes, ready to start them off to Jumbo°, whither many of
the State jewels havealready been sent to the care of Rajah
Giiolab Slugh, and amongst them the famous dian.ond Koh
i-\oor,
was pq worn at the enthronization of the boy
Bings-
e
Singh on the FfllnAry. Rajah Heera
iingh had aC iIP l
t. 41
dressed a letter to the GovernPr-General an-
if .
ncing the accession, and is at the same time carrying on
suTh extensive preparations of a warlike description that he
seems pvideutly inclined to the bciief so general in India, that
t cold season witness otxlwroPet3 of aptive opera_
ntieoxns. against the Punjaub. Our latest intelhf owe ii!oin
Lahore, under date of the 15th of March,- ree4:,'4:illBtlis.. we
were going to press, is, that the Seealkote affair with Prince

Kashmeera Singh is assuming a much more fermidable ap-
pearance than seems at all pleasant to Rajah Hcera Singh.
Four hundred cavalry, two battalions of infantry, and ten
pieces of artillery, were to start from Lahore on the morning
of the 16th, under the command of Col. Gardiner, with Col.
1)on Domingo Hurbon d'Alcantara, in charge of a number
of Beeldars to act as Sappers and Miners. Twelve guns had
been sent on the 14th, with fifty rounds of ammunition,
which were to be increased on the morrow to one hundred.
There are already upwards of twenty guns, with mortars,
before the place. The report that the Sikh troops proper
will not fight against Kashmeerra Singh is confirmed, and,
indeed, many of them are said to have deserted to the Prince,
so that the operations must be carried on by the Rajah's hill
troops. A correspondent at Lahore writes us to say, that
nothing is more likely to lead to a crisis than this open re-
sistance. We may, therefore, expect to have some important
events to communicate in our next.—Delbi Gazette, March 21.