The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA

We have recei;ediriielligence from Calcutta to the 7th,
Bombay to the 15th ult.. and China to 30th March.

Tranquility prevailed throthr.httut India. Tne hot sea-
son had commenced, and the armies had taken up their
permanent stations until the season for campaigns opens
again in Octob,r. . . . .

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The affairs of the Punjab remain in the same unsettlNi
state. The city of Lahore was in possession of the divi-
sion commanded by the British General, and the. Sikh
soldiers who were found out within the wall- were ordered
to quit instantly. An idea existed of the disbanded Sikhs
having contemplated an insurrection similar to that ot
Cahill, but the utmost vigilance prevails, and no danger is
apprehended in a well guarded place within 50 miles of tit,
British territory. The intrigues of Gholab Singh, which
have raised him to the grade ot a Maharajah, and placed
him on the musnud (throne) of the Kohistan of the Pun-
jab. are highly unpalatable to the Ourbar and Wuzeer of
Lahore, as well as to the disbanded Khalsas. The former
find themselves outwitted; the lattßr are indignant at

their defeat, yet they cannot trust either the eovernment,
for the Queen-Mother betrayed them as much as Gliokb
Singh did her cause. The Lahore government is endea-
vouring to raise a body of troops from amongst the dis-
banded Khalsas; while the new Sovereign of Jamoo is
also strengthemng his position. A fertile source ot quar-
rel subsists in the regulation of the frontiers between the
new Rajah ot the hill country and the young one of the
Dhuleep. It will require the most guarded atten-
tion on the part of the'British to prevent. an otrbreak be-
tween parties who hate each other with such intensity.

The newly-acquired district, which is called the Doab,
that is, "situated between the two rivers," viz., the Bess
and the Sutle

was Un

Tgoing a s

different places were selected for cantonments for the Bri-
tish troops. Joßinder is the chief town, and there the
principal part of the troops are to be stationed. The fer-
tility of this district is highly praised, and the inhabitants,
heartily tired of t he oppressions of the Sikhs, are dr lighted
at becoming subject• to the British, from whom they ex-
pect justice The Governor-General has gone towards
Simla, from which place he be able with ease to watch
the progress of events. The Commander-in-Chief ac-
companied him to Uoiritsir, and thence returned to La-
hore. He had sinee entered the British territory at Nug_
gur Ghat. _ . . .

Scinde is profoundly quirt, and it is also healthy. Sir
Charles Napier w,,s corning down the Sutlej and Indus to
to Kurrachee, where he exnected to spend the monsoon.
His health was impaired. The military positions in Scinde
were occupied altogether by the Bombay regiments, all
the Bengal troops having gone to strengthen the army in
the north-west provinces. _ _

The news of the late campaign between the Sikhs and
the British appears to have excited the notorious Akhbar
Khan into attempting some operations against Peshawur,
but the rapidity of the defeats experienced by the Sikhs
and the occupation of Lahore have neutralised his move-
The freebooters of the Khlber Pass were al,o en-