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London, England, 1844-06-05 00:00:00

vited his uncle, Rajah Suchet Singh, to Lahore, the invita-
tion was declined when coming from the nephew, but when
repeated from the mouths of the refractory troops, with a
very different object in view, he hastened to the capital, and
arrived on the 26th of March, very slenderly attended, and in
hopes of being received with open arms by those at whose
summons he had left his mountain hold. The soldiers had
in the meantime been bought over ; and the hill chief, find-
ing that he had been deceived, prepared to retire. lie was
followed on the 27th by his nephew, at the head of the Royal
'army, now 20,000 strong, and overtaken with no more than
500 followers, in the house of a Fuqueer. Terms were offered
and refused, and the gallant little band intimated their de-
termination to fight to the last. Having for some time de-
fended themselves with their long and deadly matchlocks,
they at last, as the artillery opened on them, sallied forth,
resolred to cut their way tlirough the troops, or die in the
attempt. The old Rajah Suchet Singh, his minister Rae
Kesseeree Singh, and the Dewah Bheem Singh, were amongst
the first who fell ; Dewan Govermull was taken prisoner.
All the leaders having fallen, the followers were easily over-
come. Suchet Singh, brother of Dhyat Singh, who was mur-
dered during the insurrection in which the Maharajah and so
many others perished, was one of the right-hand chiefs of
the Old Lion of Lahore. He is said to have been engaged
in tampering with our ,sepoys during the late mutiny, and
170,0001. of treasury belonging to him is said to have been
discovered at Ferozepore, whither it had been brought for
the purposes of subornation: Heera Singh has now cleared
away nearly all his rivals of note, and could ho but keep the
refractory troops in order, and manage to escape the assassin's
knife, may for some short time longer manage to keep him-
self in power ; not from the inherent stability of his autho-
rity, but from want of a sufficiently powerful assailant to
overthrow it. There are, at the same time, abundant ele-
ments of strife at work, and a fresh revolution and more
murders any day will surprise no one.
The Agra Ukbar, of April 20, contains the following ad-
ditional intelligence, dated Lahore, April 8 ;
" Intelligence was received from Cashmere to the effect that
Sheikh Ghoolam Moohyoodeen, the Nazim of that place, had
sent one of his own people to the fort at Moozuffurabad as a
Thannadar. The force stationed at the fort denied the new
Thannadar admittance and drove him' away. The Nazim a
second time, sent an Amil thither, to collect the revenue.
The Zemindars refused to pay up, and resisted the Amil, who
was therefore obliged to return. The ryots in the neighbour-
hood of Cashmere, on hearing of the death of such et Singh
and of a disturbance among the Sikhs, declined discharing
their arrears of revenue. A petition was received from Gen.
Dhokul, Singh, of Huzarah, representing that Pavindah Khan
was encamped in a strong post beyond the Attock, whither ,
there was no access, but that every arrangement had been
made on this side of the river for his capture. Julla Pundit
remarked that Sirdar Heera Singh, in the life-time of Run-
jeet Singh, had exerted himself much to apprehend Pavindah
Khan, but always without success. On one occasion, how-
ever, the Khan had been overtaken by the floods, and had
lost a great quantity of his baggage in the very place where
he was now said to be—it was probable, then, that a similar
calamity might again befal him. Rajah Heera Singh re-
plied, that he would take some other measures for the Khan's
capture. It was rumoured at Lahore, that should liThaee
Wuzeer Singh meet any interruption on his visit to Umritsir,
there would certainly he a fight between him and those who
opposed his progress."
GWALIOR.

Though Gwalior has remained perfectly peaceable and
free of outrage since the victories which deprived it of its in-
dependence were wan, the machinations which usually pre-
vail in half-subjugated States, and often prove so calamitous
to their conquerors, have already begun to manifest them-
selves. Ram Rao Phalkea, the Minister appointed by the
British Goyernment, is daily becoming more and more un-
popular; and is now suspected of having, with a view of
benefitting by the interference which he knew would destroy
his adversaries, fomented the dissensions which occasioned
our advance. It is doubtful how long matters may continue
in such a state as to permit our Resident to remain :.though
an able and determined man, his influence with the Court
soems to be anything but unbounded. A sudden popular
outburst seems very likely to upset the Regency we have
appointed, and so compel us to interfere afresh, and to a still
greater extent than we have already done.
BUNDELKIND.

We are happy to learn that five of the principal Thakoors,
who threw off their allegiance to the British Government
immediately after the affair at Narhut in 1842, have surren-
dered. Their names are Puncham Singh, Guneshjoe of Gona,
Dukul Singh, and Durlou Singh, also of Gona, in the Saugor
district. and Bahadur Singh, the Thakoor of a village, the
name of which is unknown to us.

These Boondela petty chiefs gave themselves up to Capt.
Clem Brown, the able Deputy Commissioner at Saugor, on
the condition that their lives be spared.
The ex. Raja of Jedpore, the only rebel of any note now
at large, wearied with leading the life of a vagabond, has
lately made several overtures with a view to giving himself
up to our authorities on the frontier. We are not aware,
however, if any terms will be granted. Although formerly
eulogised in the Delhi Gazette, as a man of great influence
and character, he is a wretched imbecile, and, as such, a con-
venient tool in the hands of every petty robber in the Jeit-
pore country. On that account alone, it might be expected
to spare his life, and grant him a mere pittance to enable
him to live. Perhaps the officer, who has, or will have,
control over the conduct of the Mysore Princes, and the ill-
treated Ameers of Sinde, will not refuse to add his lion to the
charge; or, if this arrangement is objectionable, our brother
of Delhi may tender his services.—Agra Ukbar, March 23.
DISBANDMENT OF THE 34TH REGIMENT.—The 34th N.I.
were disbanded at Meerut on the 26th ult. We are indebted
to a correspondent for the annexed account of the proceed-
ings :

" Meerut, March 27.
" You may like to know that the 34th N.I. was disbanded
yesterday morning. The troops of the station were paraded,
forming three sides of a square. After the order had been
read, the 34th was marched into the square; the order was
then read to them, when they piled their arms, stripped off
their accoutrements and jackets, and after receiving their
arrears of pay were marched round the square, and then
escorted to the boundary of the cantonment on the Gur-
mucktesir side, by a troop of the 10th Native Cavalry. They
went off very quietly. It has got abroad that the principal
instigators of the mutiny were two pay havildars, to whom
several of the men were considerably in debt, and fearful of
the men dying before they were repaid, they persuaded the
whole regiment, and bound them down by a most sacred oath,
not to go to Sinde. The subadar, or the havildar major, is
said to have administered the oath."—Hurkaru, April 4.