The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-01 00:00:00

SINDE.

The intelligence received from Sinde since our last is
recent in date, and in many respects of very considerable
interest. It will be remembered that a short time since
a tract of country on the western bank of the Indus was
taken in exchange by the Governor of Sinde from our
ally, Meer Ali Moorad. This territory, situated about
80 miles above Sukkur, had no sooner come into our pos-
session than it began to occasion trouble ; and about the
25th of June information reached Hyderabad that it
was being plundered by some of the neighbouring tribes,
and a wing of the 18th Regiment of Bombay Native,
Tnfantry,under Major Corsellis, was at once ordered up in
steamers to a place called Kusmore, or Kismore, for the
purpose of affording protection to our new subjects in
that quarter. We have heard nothing as yet as to the
result of this expedition : we observe, however, from the
Bombay Witness, that it was rumoured reinforcements
would be required by Major Corsellis to enable him to
accomplish the object for which he set out. No trust-
worthy information has come to hand in reference to
the character of the enemy by whom the depreda-
tions have been carried on. At Shahpore, our farthest
advanced post, close to the Murree and Boogtie
hills, our troops also have not been allowed to re-
main idle. At this place was stationed (by General
Order of 18th March last) a force consisting of 100
sabres of the 7th Light Cavalry, and 200 of the infantry
of the Bundelkund Legion, under Captain R. Master,
with a small post gun. Early in June a report prevailed
that a further portion of the last named body was
" wanted" at Shahpore ; bat we are not aware whether
any additional detachment was really sent up. The
cause of this rumour appears to have been a fresh exhi-
bition of unconquerable predatory propensities on the
part of a band of Boogties, who had made an inroad
and captured some three hundred head of cattle.
Captain Tabor, who was in command of the
Shahpore post, discovered and gave chase to
the Beloochees, and, after killing five horses
from over-work during the dour, succeeded in
recovering the stolen property. We have not heard of
any further foray at the outposts, and to all appearances
everything is now quiet in that direction. These stations
are not intended to be relieved till the sth of October, and
the same rule is to apply to the Lower Sinde posts at
Meerpore and Omerkote. It is said that the Sinde
Government has taken into its employ a great number of
Jakranees, who have been incorporated into the mounted
police, and it is said prove a useful acquisition to
that body. The rise of the Indus has been late
this season—the river having been on the 12th of
June no more than eight feet above low-water
mark. Once commenced, however, it increased
rapidly, and by the 22d it had reached a consi-
derable height and promised ere long to overflow the
whole country. Sickness has appeared—though not as
yet to any very serious extent—amongst the troops at
Sukkur and Shikkapore. About the middle of June
cholera unfortunately broke out at the former place, and
for some time raged with considerable violence, the
number of deaths on the 20th—in the whole town—
having amounted to 42, out of which 33 were those of
natives and four Europeans. Strange to say, the dis-
ease manifested itself only in the Sudder bazaar, the
old city of Sukkur and the town of Rore6 remaining per-
fectly free from it. The inhabitants of the bazaar, in-
fluenced by alarm, fled, to the number of four hun-
dred to Rome, Shikkapore, and the villages in
the neighbourhood. The malady is said to have been of
a most malignant type, and similar in its characteristics
to that which has decimated the population of Lahore,
and created such fearful havoc in Peshawur and other
parts of the Puejaub. The latest accounts from Sukkur
to the 26th ult. intimate that cholera was then decreas-
ing, and that, singularly enough, it had nut spread
beyond its original limits. Fevers have been very
prevalent both at Sukkur and Shikkapore. At the
latter place on the 15th June there were only two officers
of the 7th Light Cavalry—the commanding officer and
adjutant—off the sick list. Several of the officers have