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London, England, 1828-11-27 00:00:00

imply their manly feelingsof loyal attachriater. to the
father of his people, rather' tbah• the prostration of ser-
vants to an absolute eraslet. ‘`-N

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Iturrieere'regular array tried, perhaps, than rumour,
which always loves to exaggdriste, may have sterner).
ted. It consists, we understand. of .seven regiments of
cavalry (one of which is Lanoersy, and.seventern dis-
ciplined battalions dt *infantry. 'What the strength or
qu slity of his artillery is, we have wit accurately learnt.
The members of the /Ma Littlish Mission to Arelitsir
were, we believe, inviter' to a review of all•the horse
aluttotit thit the Puniautr Potentate had about him at,
the time. The, batfalion was dr;wn up three deep the
acsurately dressed. Dad the comfort* well anon-
.poratesis At that season of es* year (the month of
*June)•the uniform Was white cloth, like our intantees.
Toe genuine Sikh, it seed's, will not-year any head-
dress but the. turban. Thii, peculimity gives an un-
fioisjr?d look to a battalion—as if the moo, in whiney,
bad forgotten their regimental caps, and came to par dal
in Mr* night caps,
The infant" alluded to *nog Tkeii
pouches andbehw were red. 'Their muskets and bilVellets
'were of. Lahore manufacture, and -ilter- the English
model. Their pOwiler is very bact.arrd, after each vol.
ley, some half a dozen men out of e4ch company are
seen to fall into the rear, to rectify some irregularity io
ammunition or musket. The native Officers wear bright
yellow jackets and pantaloons, with half hoots.
The men are very fine I..oCrig. t.ll, and 'stout, and
all wear their beards. They- lay but little *stress on the
word or idea ot carte, and make, accordingly, more
valuable, at least more convenient, soldiers. Like semi.
We people, they bake th:ic bread and Cook their meals
,as time and opputur.itf may admit of, and find the
comfort accordingly of having their victuals ready
when they come to the ground, after a long and
fstigu'ng march—for they also carry a proportion of
their rations always with them. Suctr,htswever,ts the for cc
ot habit and prejudice, 0 at some of our men who ac-
,comparried the Lae mis'sion to Ittnijert at Amritsir,
ap-
peitred to hold the Sikhs kw in estimation' far thus
sonsibly having an eye to necessity.and comfort. The
chief objection of those who reprobated this practice was,
that ()tithe, their fo:sf • 'hers ant themtelves bad joa•
so. Indeed, altogether the Sikhs seem to be looked °pork
in a mean light by the Stahasins aid high caste Hin-
doosos their habits arid tenets differ konsiderablY, as
well as their outward form of warship. The Sikhs adopt
the creed of Gnoroo Galen; Preitelyila are admitted,
anal the flesh of all animals is permitted to be eaten, save
that of the cow. The Sikhs do not worship idols, aid
the chief code of their religion and laws ii contained, it
it said, in a holy volume given to them byGoorooGavan.
which is deposited in the huanunda, or ss divine templet"
ilupjeet's body guard is a fine body of veierint...
is his select and most favoured corps—and well doff: k
merit his regard. •It amounts to about four thousand,
men, and goes by the name of 'if Ohor Churrait or'
horsemen. The character of this body associated ideas
of a superior kind. It is composed of the descendants
of all the noble and accient families of the Sikhs, sad
for ms of itself quite a military aristscraiy. Each itr
dividual possesses landed property of less or more ex-
tent. They receive no pay, but, on first entering the
service, Rurjeet presents them with a horse, sword,
and shield. Ile emphatically avows that he
.is ides.
tiooataly.aitached to this elite body, and the feeling
Sllenn to he ;biceps end mut.ual. On every ocCtlinn
their conduct has called loath warm applatuat Xenia
their Chief. Whilst this valuable corps (strhiclixAs
far as we can understand, is a • kind of militia)
was passing in review. Rurjeet mentioned' to,. the
Gentlemen of the Briti-h Mission several anecdote's
Cif their imam conduct and gallantry.. On a.
particular' occasion, the safety of the army depended is
a great degree upon throwing up a lase of circuits's&
lation round the camp. Ilddars and cnolies were
procurable, and theregolar troops evinced no disposis
tion whatever to offer their services. There was even a
murmur at its being proposed that they should assist irk
such an emergern y. On understanding this,- and •atir
necessity of the case, the Ghor-Churras tot matt caw&
forward, and in a very shaft time completed thetrench..
On another occasion, when advancing to the conquest.
of Cashmere, great difficulties presented themselves, and
ptcorisior.s being scarce in advance, each man of the.
army was directed to pack up stew dap' *applies, and
carry thetas on 4th back, His ilindoostanee troops—
Iris men of caste—indignantly declined to act, as they

said, the pert of coolies. On seeing this, thiGhor-Churrae
each canied eight days' pruvi.iuns for the general be
nefit, and by this praiseworthy act secured the speedy ac-
complishment of their Chieftain's plans. Runjeet also
mentioned another circumstance, of a more recent dice
than the preceding. Being about to attack a /twang fort
in a perfect desert, where there was not a drop of water
within twenty miles of his position. except what was in
possession of the hostile garrison, Runjeet halted fa; two
days to determine what next should be done. At last
some of the Ghor Churra Sirdars requested us kagar tint
cause of the delay. The difficulty being explained. they
retired, and presealy afterwards they brought a scroll,
on which WAS wri ion their names as representatives r
the whole of the Ghor Churras, assuring ltsanjeet that
wii4ht move on with perfect safety, as each man had
band himself by an oath (4 forfeiture of life) rh it not
a Murmur should escape them on account of any psi.
vation of water or provision, however extreme k might
be. Runjeet immediately accepted their generous oder,
and placing himself at their heal. they advanced with.
out further loss of time; but luckily, when notler from
the fort, on digging wells they found water, and speedily
took the place by storm.
0,.e b rdy of these G!--or-Ch arras was habited in bright
yellow; another detachment, that had afew days before
arrived from Cashmere, wort red, each torso fiaving a
handsome shawl. M any of the saddles or the Gbor.'
Chutras had silver peaks. Their arms were a sword,
shield, matchlock, and digger.
Oa the arrival of the Brit sh mission at Ansritsir, Ran.
jeer, with that qoick and restless curiosity which is a
promines.t feature of his character, on hearing that a
Havildar's party bad preceded the e.cort, immediately
wect in person to the place where the men bad pi-
qiieted.their horses, and put .several questions to the
Huvildar as to the standing and reputation of his
regiment; if they had ever been in Action ; if they
had ever charged cavalry,, infantry, or guns; if the
officers there in command of the troops under,taod
the exercise well, He then particularly ciao
mined each horse, and the, appointments of the men,
and.baving exprtased himself much gratified, gave the-
Native Commissioned Officer a present. and grid that
he would very soon have a review cf the troops.—
Not long afterwards, a; the .tequest of the Maha
Rajah, the troop and company, that composed the
mission escort, weld eeverally. iosnerted by his High.
nest, %Pico appeared quite 4elittlited with the me-
cca mow of the poops especially those of the cavajrl,
who, among.otbes movements, made a charge, halting
within ten paces of the Cisi,ftain andlos Nobles. The,
celerity sod precision. of oanvetnerst qt the troop made
.a vivid impression upon his Highness's mind; be
spoke of it with. ardent adrr.iratiort ; told his Chiefs he
lon* . have his cavalry brought to the same pitch r f
perfection.; aed observed that they moved about with
_sucii.egraordinary vivacity, that these was no telling
11115141..iii.T. *gig PICIROf thegiselvev. He, hos►ever,
slegtatly eanyessed his fears that his fa 4V. n Cavalry coul,l
stot,lse,taught tbp:sanit celerity arid p ecisisea a tactics;
.rwgretting that, when his cavalry set our oa i gallop,it,
gyita ngceriaiq why,' gr where they might poll up;
vadat*, .beythey did halt. n t two would be together.
li.:.,wes Dojo mock gratified with the it.fsrstry. the
-toottsest between it and, his own not being so great. At
.
the time of gays ipspection there were Orsini twenty.4ve
Jhottsanda ieu, encamped ab, ut the place, most of whoill
were ppectators. •
.To concludes Runjeet is food of an active We, ard.
'changing from place to place. To use the' xpressiere,
word of our inf0:L.16,414,1re appears alehlys on the fiJget
he rises early• every asurniog, and takes a look at his
OCT vs. He them, on-the soot, au ro..utr wisest he may
be. as embles his Chiets asound.bier, and fin ms a Divan
or Court, and transacts hastiness; after this, it' the sun
be unpleasantly. hot, he has a. tent pitched, cod eats kis
breakfast; this is generally. concluded about aloe or ten
o'clock. Heck's saurus to.bis Val Ace, where be.ageirt
holds a Divans

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MEXICO.
His Majesty% brig Zephyr has arrived with Mails,
hatin# left Jamaica on the 2d of September.Ver.• Crux
on the Ist of- October, and 114variriah on. the 204 h of
Ihr same month. By this conveyance-Mexican Papers
have been received to the .28d Sep _ember inclusive ;
but their contents, as regard news. -have already been ;
,j'a Annie measure Anticipated by the last arrivals from
the United Slates, They. nevertheless, Contain several
new statement; and proclamations respectidg the re-
Volt of General Santa Anna in the' province of Vera.
Cruz. who had placed hietself_at.the head of WO men
against the Coustitution. and with whose intentions we
were before only imperfectly acquainted. Ilse Gower-
not s of Guanaxuato and aijaca were proceeding against
bins. The General calls his army the Liberators of
Anahuac, and has issued a manifesto to the inhabi-
tants.. It appears that the revolt broke out at
where General Sai.ta. Ann; was joined by part of the
troop!, and they imiaediately proceeded to take posses-,
sion of Peyote and Lahoya.
Subjoined is the translation of the concluding part of
h's manifesto, dated Perot., September 16, in which
brie &waxed-0404v joined by the Commanders of '
the severalAorps which bad espoused his cause. When
the Ors; rumours f this tevolt reached Eurcipe, it was
thought that the object in view was to favour the de-
signs of the Spaniards assembled in the island of Cuba;
but the concluding part of. the manifesto, which has
reached us to day, proves quite the reverse.
Sant i Anna has heen-for some time at variance with
fh.c.present Executive, and he was also blamed for the
fleets tlox emsingill San Salvador. 'He has, boa ever,
lopilabowed io else cause of Mexican independence,'
and unfortanatelloaftolles strougly.of that spirit of
*discontent which atitates the whole" republic; and is.
harboured iwthe.Srusts of some of its best Patti 'ls.
Santa .Anna, it mast not be forgotten, when in com-
mand of the Bth Regiment of Jidantry, was the first.
-.who raised the cry of Republie7 is Vera Crux, and
most strelinotiely opposed ilurbiales elevation to the
throne. —Ho held .several important posts during the
,progress °hike tevolutimi,ansl possibly now is actuated
by some shasent personal resentment is espousing • hat
he calls the cause of the people. His great complaint,,
sad that of his partisans, is against the Executive, for
using SWIM irdlnence with the provincial. Legislatui es,
is order to obtain At return of Pedrase+ at present the
Wae-Ministersand,accosecl of btiota p3gmt4n of the
eW Spaniards.
That the Executive bas ;induced it4elf appop alir is a
fact well bail); and a letter of i highpolitical chat ac-

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spiels-door of stay can change hit/pate iutic character.
The people every whose have mtidf kirrwn their
en-
fioo•. and dicer voice being dibtecrifea, at lepth tired
of the machinations of their domehtic.sP9.:mres, and
united wiJitheigray, they raisey, their Isnce before tl:e
sanctuary of the laws-.-thry deat4s4 .of the Supier.
Government the early remedy of to many midirstubes,
by preheating to irtheifollowiti plan: • •
An. 1. The peo4lef.rd army annul the election. made in favour
of the Minister of ar, Naomi Gomea Pedraza, who canna: be
admitted either as Preaideot et Vice President of she Republic,
owing to his being a' declawd enemy of our federal institution.
That as thiSpaniardstesidisig In the Republic are the origin
of oar misfurtunpos, the Alhnicipalities ut the 4Unien are velliited to
pears law for track total espoisioo. . .„.
4' 3. That it'bring necessary to secure peace awilet ledrealaystem
that
es idest. governs us, let the inentorioas General Goeitero be elect, d
Pr
"4. That the Legislatures, svhich have counteracted the sf
the people; immediately proceed to new eh-Gapes; hi confermay to
the will of their condiments ; thus saving the nation from the civil
war by obi& it is threatened.
"& The liberating many wisher to avoid the spilling of blesican
blood tblasisiag sq.. witless Obliged so.th do in its own deitllClt.
4. Thef,ora ins;aloing the rights cf the people ppitests
oliedience to the general contMution of the 121,iteJ

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