The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

fourth time the Jullads brought the bones of both the r
.1-ringhees, and the Dbctor immediately said they were
the right ores, on which he took them and deposited
thorn in a boc. A gentleman of the name of Hart Saheb,
who cv:s in Affghanisten in the regiment oi Sher Blizan,
who had cone, via Peshawar and Caubul, in the disguise
of Moollah, is also at Bokhara. He observed all the
Customs of the Mahomedans after he quittedPesbawur,
and said his prayers regularly five times a day, and al-
Ways stood as an Imam in the different mosques which
be v4ited. He reached Bokhara many days before Dr.
Wolff; and he openly joined the Doctor and the vakeel
of the King of Iran when they arrived, and attended
them to the durbar, conversing freely with the King.
Water used to be brought three times a month to Bok-
hara from the river Amoo, but since Dr. Wolff and his
attendants have arrived water is brought ten times a
month. Dr. Wolff goes to the King in a very indepen-
dent manner, and has given out that he means to remain
a whole year, being provided with the protection of the
two powerful Sovereigns of Room and Iran. He says
he wilt prove before he goes away that the two Fering-
bees were vakeels to the King of England, and that they
were registered as such in the proper offices. Naih
Abd-001-Summud Khan was privately very kind to Dr.
IVolff and to the vakeel. He is one of the great Ameers,
and he was appointed to command the army of Bukhara.

THE PUNJAUB.
(From the Delhi Gazette.)
The news from Lahore is important. Another link in
the great chain which bound the empire of Runjeet Sing
together has been broken. Dewan Mull, the respected
Governor of Mooltan, is really dead, and his son, Lelia
Meo!raj, a man of reputed talent, has been appointed by
lieera Sing to succeed him. It is probable, though we
can only surmise the fact, that the Dewan died soon after
the infliction of the wound which has proved mortal. and
that his relatives succeeded in eoncealing the fact, as is
so often done in simillw cases, until the son should have
made sufficient interest at court to obtain the appoint-
ment of his father. It appears, that a notorious criminal
had been summoned before the Dewan in person, to un-
dergo the investigation of some late and heinous offence.
On being taken before the Governor, he drew a concealed
pistol, and discharged the contents at Sawun Mull. The
first accounts were that he had not been hurt by the
fellow, but as it was also reported that he had swooned,
we could scarcely believe that a man of the Dewan's
character would exhibit so much weakness at the mere
discharge of a pistol. The next account received in La-
hore e as, that he had been wounded, but was ra-
BAly recovering from the effects. Then came the
azar report of his death, and in good time, when
it might be safely made public, the authentic
confirmation of that report. The loss is undoubt-
edly a severe one to the country he has governed
so long and so ably, and is to be deplored by the lovers
of good order, which he has certainly maintained on our
frontier with a great degree of firmness ; we say our
frontier, because the interests of the Khan Bahawulpore
are so entirely interwoven with our own that we almost
look on his territory as an integral pirt of the British
d imhdon. Mr. T. Prins, p, who must, of course,
have enjoyed the very best opportunities of acquiring
accurate knowledge, in treat'ng of the passes from Hin-
dustan into Affghanistan, observed that those leading
directly west from the banks of the Indus to the
Ghuznee and Candahar districts would not have been
available to us on account of the personally hostile feel-
ing of Dewsn Sawun Mull towards the British. No
such opinion would have been pronounced by Mr.
Prinsep if he had not had good reason for so doing ; but
it is also certain that no occasion has offered, to the
knowledge of the public, for the display of such feeling ;
nor hays. we ever given him cause, that we actually
kaow of, to exhibit its extent in his capacity of a
:feudatory of the Punjaub empire ; but, nevertheless, we
ZSSUM2 Oat such a feeling of enmity, proved as it is on
Priosep's assertion to have existed, was not
.ii:ceLy to have decreased by our encroachments
on the very frontier' of his territory, by our
relations with Bahawulpore, or by the cots-
stant passage, up and down the Sutlej, of large bodies
a troops; and that in the event of a hostile invasion of
the Punjaub by British troops as principals, Dewan
Sewall Mull, however anxious ho might be to be inde-
pendent of Lahore, would have supported the head of the
state against us, under the idea that the fall of the gene-
ral Government must involve the destruction of all minor
dependencies. We may, therefore, look on his death as
the removal of a powerful barrier to our possible inter-
ference in the affairs of the country beyond the Sutlej.
..iNlilitary preparations continue at Lahore;. troops are-
still being sent across the Ravee, and everything bears
the appearance of a speedy rupture. The Minister isfe
however, doubtful as to the result of the struggle, and
Anxious to lose no opportunity of resorting to negotia-
tions. He seems, nevertheless, pretty certain that if his
brother, Jowhair Sing, whom Rajah Gholab Sing is
so anxious to see, went to Jumboo, there would be as
little chance of an accommodation, and of seeing him re-
turn, as there appears to have been with the members of
the previous embassy; we hear nothing of their return,
And may therefore believe in the truth of the general re-
port that they are detained prisoners, propably with their
.ewn consent. The 12th of this month was fixed on for
the departure' of Heera Sing at the head of the array,
but whether he will have actually marched on that day
remains to be seen.
Since the above was written, we have learned that the
Minister has at lai,gth acceded to his brother's anxious
-wish to go to Jumboo, and that ha was to leave Lahore
.on the Bth or 9,h.

ATTACK ON THE PIRATES OF SAKARRAN.
(From the Singapore Free Press.)
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On Monday evening tin; Hon. Company's steamer
Phlegethon (Scott) returned from Borneo, bringing ac-
counts of very important operations against the pirates
of Sakarran, attended with much success, but also, we
regret to say, with considerable loss on our side. Below
we give an account of the expedition, the detailed nature
of which renders any remarks of our own at present
unnecessary. The Dido was to follow the Phlegethon to
Singapore, and may be expected in about eight days
-hen( e. The Samaravg. (Sir E. Belcher, 1CC.8.) was
also at Sarawak when he Phlegethon left :
" Last year I was enabled to furnish you with an ac-
count of the proceedings of her Majesty's steamer Dido
(Captain the Hon. Henry K.eppel) against the piratical
tribe of Serebas; and I am now happy to forward a brief
-notice of the measures taken by that officer against the
equally piratical Dyaks of Sakarran.
" The piracies of these Dyaks have long been noto •
rioas, and they have carried on their depredations along
the entire north-west coast of Borneo, and to the south-
-ward even as far as Celebes. The principal promoters
of piracy were Shereef Sahib, of Sadung, and his brother,
itereef Moolah, of Sakarran, and the boldness of the
liyaks is mainly to be attributed to these chiefs, as they
”e ere in the habit of sending parties of Malaya in every
.Dyak fleet, both to assist and guide the Dyaks to their
;prey. They shared with their Dyak colleagues in all
plunder and slaves, and exercised so evil an influence
that the popular nicknare of Shereef Sahib was Bujang
]Brani (brave bachelor), the name of the Dyak bird of
omen. Sadung has lung been the nucleus of piracy, and
Malay prahus, frequently manned by Lanuns, were sent
to cruise about the natunas and Sambas, whilst the re-
gular fleets of Lanuns, whenever they visited the coast,
irnet with a friendly reception and drove their nefarious
traffic with the inhabitants of Sangie.
" Last year the severe lesson given to the Serebas
horde alarmed for a time both these piratical Shereefa
and their colleagues, the Dyaks of Sakarran, and many
promises wire then made to Captain Keppel that they
wouLi in future abstain from piracy. On the return of
the Dido to China the coast remained quiet for some
months, but it appears that about the beginning of this
year the final resolve was taken by Shereef Sahib to col-
lect his followers, and, in ooncert with his brother and
the Salrarrans, to resist any attack that might be made
upon them.

In April Shereef Sahib, having collected a large
fleet of Malay and Dyck prahus, removed to Putusan,
and directly began to fortify. No sooner was he estab-
lished than both Malays and Dyaks were let loose and
committed depredations both by sea and land, stopping
all trade, and butchering the unhappy inland Dyaks. It
appeared as though the abstinence of a few months had
given a keener relish to their ordinary pursuits, and it
was, therefore, with heartfelt satisfaction that we hailed
the arrival of tho Did) and the Ph!egethon steamers,
who came to put en end to a horrible series of crimes,
which it is needless for me to dwell upon more at large.
Captain Keppel having inquired into the facts, de-
cided with his usual promptitude on making an imme-
diate attack on Sakarran, and punishing both Malays
*lntl Dyaks for their repeated and flagrant acts of piracy
so recently committed. On the morning of the sth of
.August, the steamer Phlegethon, with the boats of Dido
in tow, and accompanied by about 20 native prahus, pro-
ceeded to the entrance of the Batong Lupar, which was
reached the same evening. On the following morning,
the boats having joined, the force moved up to the en-
trance of the Linga river, and anchored for the tide, to I
enable the steamer to. pass the shoals, which intervene
bctwi en the Linga and Putusan.

" To enable )uur readers to follow the further pro-
ceedings I may here briefly describe the river and the
various localities.
" Batong Lupar is a noble stream, about two miles in
width at its entrance ; for twenty miles it is deep and
free from danger, and at that distance from the entrance
is the considerable river of Linga on the right hand.
From the'Lings to Putusan is about twenty miles fur-
ther ; the river is shoal, is obstructed by sandbanks, the
tide rapid, and at the springs a heavy bore runs in,
which is dangerous for boats. From Yutusan to the
small and rapid river of Undup is f rem fifteen to twenty
miles fUrther, and five miles beyond is the town of Sakar-
Tau, situated on the junction of the Bat/Jug Lupar and
the Sakarran.

" The river Sakarran, which runs to the left from the
town of the satne name, is navigable for boats for forty
miles, and is a narrow but pleasant stream, with cleared
banks well cultivated, or laid out with fruit trees. The
Batong Lupar is likewise well cleared of jungle on the
banks, and inhabited by llyaks, who, however, are less
addicted to piracy than th> I)yaks of SAkarran. -
" The Undup is a small stream, and about five miles
from its entrance was the town of the same name, the
residence of Shereef Mulah. Beyond Undup the stream
becomes very narrow, the banks are wooded, and there
are no inhabitants until reaching the village of the
Undup Dyaks, about twenty-five miles further. On the
morning of the 7th the steamer, with the boats in tow,
weighed at daylight, and advanced towards Putusan ;
after safely passing the shoals she anchored fur an hour
to wait for the rise of the water, and afterwards brought
up abreast of the forts of Putusan: The position was
1-,ot ill chosen, the straggling town being situated within
the stream of Grattan, the north of which was defended
Ly three forts situated in a bight, whilst the approach
was protected by a sandbank in
the middle of the river • another fort was built on a
point, close to which the
steamer was obliged to,nfass, and on the
left or opposite
bank from the town oil utusan. Orders had been given
by Captain Keppel not to fire first on the enemy, and on
approaching the left hand fort the boats ware t .arif.
and pulled for the two forts on the left or the en-e;;;;;