The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-10 00:00:00

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is this body has'been so nero.^:„ted tivat
,e.':_2-_,lrhted to h...; recognised.
ft.,..ca.di,g to the
ittlitloians it does exist --retty generally. They exist
*he riati:ce States, Nagpore, for instance,
. the police is the best in India ; and. iii
rxlvParti ef the Nizarn's territory, where the
rherl3*, I,lhtr, or collector, attends to them pro-
fley are sound to be efficient. These_
6tLL.lll'glit be again reformed ; they would only
her tise locally; and the military police would
Ad) materially; but to trust to the mili-
Nil Nice alone for the protection of property
As Person. is to expect more than is possible.
Yet. however, it is unfair to judge of his
rdship's
Anoth purpose.
th er, and the last object worthy of notle.e,
Ithe prom
c a
1S
acts of Government during the mouth,
ulgation of an order restricting the QC.
ik4e",o4 of staff appointments to five
years, and
tion:l 'has been said on boo:. sides ofthe ques-
k —ll The new syste-
'
rni
will certainly distribute
more generally than at present.
the army, and will give a spur to indivi-
al ex .
ertion, not only in those who
_hobled ap-
41;41ents (for they can be contained .
NI) Years at the pleasure of the Governor-G3ene-
Whe'nbut ill all ranks to attain to !hem. Now,
tti,eaman attains to a staff appointment, it is
rally considered that he is to it for his-
-4
vie or till promotion deprives him of it, and pro
4,
I,llbe is tolerably attentive, he manages to
' on quietly to the end of his time.
e latest news from Calcutta is, that the tito-
C142-General goes to Simla to consult with Mr.
Sith,l ',who is ill there; and it is said that Shere
'las applied to Lord Ellenburough for aid
br bis Minister Dhyan Sing. This person s
hhieh tifie
la
bla.t Sing, commands the Sikh army,
in his interest, so that-interference be-
. Ite toore probable.
,*ll ooze
stated that the army of reserve
o
`rlter the Punjaub in November; and that .
Revenue, help
!the eXpenses of the war, the Sbu(r)--
ist 'd4"(l Thuggee departments are to be a
and a tax of 5 per cent. put on all civ
anti staff-officers' allowances. .

()11 JELLALABAD.
WOlterm ter dates from this quarter extended, at the
e 4 of last mail (July 19), to the 24th of June,
ktitate,,llun' have received intelligence to the 3d of
'ltti—,,:' We were in error in stating that at the.
fors of these dates Brigadier Monteatti s
tio; "ad returned from Pesh Bolak ; they have only
tl) ule into camp after a six weeks' foray amongst
4°:lti ciuntaina• Near Pesh Bolak the trees wFre
the
til and the forts destroyed—the enemy offering
.no.t
1.41. l'Rhtest resistance. The fort itself had beenbeo _
desthe.velled by an earthquake, so here the work
of
kftll%;illeyeenwwas perfected to our hands ; the rest_
Most
as laid desolate in every quarter.., Aarlots
th 4ProPerty left behind by Captain Ferris s.p y
qrtijavetaber Ist, together with a gun, was recovered.oti.
hopii arid forage being plentiful, the troops co
to
4144 elake the best use they could of the oppor-
beet! qeollecting supplies, 700 camel-loads having
to pays?t to Jellalabad. The chief at length agreed
4 to
. Mulct of 3,5001. Having continued here for
4,t44418ht, Brigadier Monteath proceeded to make
Ta.
, tj aia(mg
lo,k"e trees the twins,levelling the forts and destrpo3l-
r as he pceded to rejoin General o
tovvarl,he tribes at the beginning were found friendly.
teClisythkerni and freely tendered whatever was riel.
IN ;i.`"eul• On the 24th of July a party, co _
171itib-t.',._two
.companies of her Als...ty's 31st, and
I,.'te ci,t, '_mpanies of two of the infiluatory regiments,
~'4llet knea to a reconnoissance of the Shinwarree
NA, iii,, preparatory to the destruction of the. forts.
,;'11()w, seven miles lon nd half a mile hrottd,
4tlis -vered with water, for then irrigation of the ric.e
Livat, Ihe troops met with little resistance on their
11(40 but on returning they were obliged to
Illlls itsl:l their way back to the camp. Our loss
lt 26,Ltee killed and wounded—all natives. 0n
SArt Oil! Monteath moved out with the principal
6'14 brigade about 2,300 strong, leaving the
il'kttw. charge of six companies of light infantry
Ze adv-,:cluadrons of the Ist light cavalry, 800 in all..
sietii before rapidly along the heights, driving the
,r 1,14 f 3: uetbre him.
The vlley was no where more
Lqttrar°,l4l2oo to 900
yards in width. The brigade,
,sareer: "u. °amp late in the afternoon after twel
It_ture -untlrlued and severe exertion under a tempe-
*ji, stated to have been 145 deg. (!) Lieutenant
%a fe,ein, of her Majesty's 31st, was the only officer 3
!all fell
:,
two Jezailchies having been killed, and 23
leers, wounded, including nine Europeans, i!o..
ith
sent in
After this all theprincipal chiefs in the vet_
to aeltiult in their submission. The brigade returned
4SklAs4t•4ll„,ad after six weeks' absence, on the 3
In its A, l'reaSUre to the amount of 100,0001. alsoistem.
4; 14, and would reach about the Ist of Sep
t'Qs army 9(.31' a week is required for pay alone, and
'lslvar,r4tuc'w three months in arrears. The rockets))__
Ivq.e divieYlthaagy some months since from Delhi
krt
hay. ed into tw
A ° separate parts at Ferozepoir ,
Ist he fariAtbea„,,eu s'isPatehed by water from Shuk curo
Xoettabom-e-u• thence through the Bolan pass to
Jaab for p
ii Part 114„lo_
tt4topect, sthedel .. g been sent through the Fu
I::Cidwilotrtier3° camel
,lks cal at Jellalabad leads of these, with
-4. descriptions of ammunition, were.
about the 26th—this givingrise
to fresh reports of an advance upon Caubul.
4,

CANDAHAR.
film of da,te ofour last intelligence from Candahar
ken ,5f 11tle), Cnel Wymer, with a force of 3,000
riorth all arms, were under orders for a march to the..
Iltirit;%eq, their destination being unknown, but re Plies. 1 thel'a to take with them eighteen days' sup-,
4 plat_ t Was believed to be Ghirisk, on the Helmun_d
tb,,,,? of considerable strength, eighty miles off. it
ehqls for that a general foray amongst the disaffected.e
lttro .' I°l' the purpose of levelling their forts, and c.I -
ttrlynq their orchards and corn-fields, was alone in-
ttieZ'i, In this we were every where successful, the
ts„.ttr I,"aving fled before us, or offered submission on
As ti„..,Pt°ach, and nowhere attempted resistance.
1311411c1Pa first proceeded down the valley of the Ur-
botori an river as far as Nar-o-Kareez, the seat of
..1-, (i)zada°llll.q.Le.et:ooting moolah (priest!) named Salm
,tititti Ails stronghold, named after himse.lf, was
direttiY destroyed. The force proceeded in
.the
141 theirC of Ghirisk, but afterwards, turn!ug.
to ti, previous course moved about thirty nille
ee estward. They then made a' sweep, and
1 irred 0,
qar (04 tl'ite country round" within sight of Canda-
hill,. -le 22d and 23d), and having very success-
tpaksPred ravage and devastation all around them—
returned toy only the few who had kept faithful to us;
bext "ed to Camp on the 28th without loss. For 91. `fertol three Weeks the army remained inactive. G
,ktratZt having expressed its dissatisfaction at theo
ilkh, ,‘-lilents of General England embodying the
_ . e...
4 batt r-IpanieS of the native regiments in Scinde into
)5t11,4+1,1°11, this was ordered to be dissolved on the It was le Men returning to their corps. At this tinbi
takit,l,laderstood that a retiring movement was to e N.i "Y this detachment, and some of the late Shah'st kiliarlle,°,
.s, on the 22d—these leaving behind them
tlic, -- `'Noolah a force strong enough to maintain
\vith,s,t till the main body fell back on it ; carrying
Infant em meanwhile to Quettah the 12th Native
the -ll' bY whom the fort had been kept since
ti ~
ik,e4th of
June. Either the army must have
tj°n, oki.ePt in profound ignorance of their destina-
tsver ,i. a sudden and unlooked-for change had come
that `,l'e resolves of Government ; for the expectation
tilt de whole force was to retire on Quettah witn
114,,'ay continued uniform and unabated till the
they
Nirer""r spread, about the 27th of July, that
- •willy
'Posed,
to be divided—about 4,000 retiring
as lightly equipped as
lio4t,cd, and 7,000 moving on
t°tli le ill the direction of Ghuznee, andteh:letunh'etupirnaifiniga
route tight across the Sooliman range, by frt,o4e. to descend upon Dera-Ishmael-Kh a large
an'
and the
liou as t„._ n
ct "w on the banks of the Indus,
this was
)sslarY of the Punjaub. The order
trued on the 30th, from which it appeafroerd that the
eerP destined for Quettah, under General England,blloek
114k.-14tvel of Cooper's Troop Horse Artillery, a
,e
ti'llialra, "I)( Prs.), detachment of Poonah
Native two
fsiltr—is Christie's horse, 25th Bombay
?d, s'l Cfluipanies late light battalion, and the .
,st
io ittld sth Bengal Irregular Infantry
411 ln
-,
(late Shan ),
tilt ettsoearly 4,000 men. These were to e
1 ave about
Pitt, tlisTiOr Bth of August. They were. to be accom-
-I%oi jsoy Tin-lour Shah, the only son of the late Shah
014,'; who has throughout conducted himself
dNevrieth
IlirasZte propriety. Sutler Jung, who surrendered
lz.revi:''' t° us two months since, after requiting our
Itßaih.olls kindness to him by six months fighting
Ileet;lst lls, is to be left at Candahar, where all is ex-
kool: ,t° become uproar and wild confusion the
Witte' we retire. General Nott was to march ea
tliov hout the same time that General England
ei ill the opposite direction.
The

thee countries SCINDE.
betwixt the Bolan Pass and Kurra:
,jeq for
the line of Indus, furnish us scarcely a su ho _ tiles:lune line of narrative. The most turbulentstate
off
Profell'lstricts appear at present to be in
.a have .na Iranc,quillity; and even the mountain robbers
i
the nlitl;c'rrupted the traffic of plunder which has
been
P111:;111 source of support to the chief t•
ar_ of
in-
Tueitio-rvo co_
al Lig the skirts of Cutchee from time
iiven
Partienia- Under the Candahar head we , a‘feorgce of
betwixt-1.:m(4 the retirement of England s
presume,
will be ie':'', ° and 4,000 men ; these,
station d" Peci at Quettah the troops presently
, -e they , will by
down the Bolan
Pass
~,000 strop e 5 and movepresently
asseMbled ng.
in all the
Camels to a large extent are being
distri at Sukkur, and collected
store ets
around
commissariat
with °ll
; while arsenal and comm
19 the largest scale, are getting ready
here
It
is tome delay for a similar destination.
Ineo u. 5 000
-ie delay' •
cantonments for , .
since permanent
arran-ere ordered to be constructed at Sukkur, and
ii„-u Relnents to a similar effect are now making at
Pr,rra;,chee by the sea. Meanwhile, officers at this
"coe h 13 • ' such of their r©-
y have been ordered to join
'—`4l4ll at ars in Scind. without a moment's defy ;