The Sun. — 1858-05-06 (London, England)

LOOTING.  wealth.  officers.  It was late in the evening when we returned to camp, through roads thronged with at least 20,000 camp followers, all staggering under loads of plunder—the most extraordinary and indescribable spectacle I ever beheld—Coolies, 53 ce', kitmutgars, dhooly-bearers, Sikhs, graFs-cutters, a flood of men covered with clothing not their own, carrying on heads and shoulders looking-glasses, mirrors, pictures, brass pots, swords, fire-locks, rich shawls, scarfs, embroidered dresses, all the "loot" of ransacked palaces. The noise, the dust, the shouting, the excitement were almost beyond endurance. Lucknow was borne away piece-meal to camp, and the wildaGhoorkas and Sikhs, with open mouths and glaring eyes? burningwith haste to, get rich and contending fiercely against the current as they  sought to get to the source; of such unexpected i support and assistance which they have given to Britial  "Therefore the Right Hon. the Governor-Genera hereby dcclares that " Drigliejjie Singb, Rajah of Bulrampore ; "Koolwunt Singh, Rajah of Pudnaha ; " Rao Hurdeo Buksh Singb, of Kutiaree ; " Kasheepershaud, Talookdar of Sissaindee; " Zahr Singh, Zemindar of Gopaul Kheir ; and " Chundeeloll, Zemindar of Moraon (Baiswarah) are henceforward the sole hereditary proprietors of the lands which they held when Oude came under British rule subject only to such moderate assessment as may be imposed upon them, and that those loyal men will be further rewarded in such manner and to such extent as, upon cow ideration of their merits and their position, the Governor-General shall determine. "A proportionate measure of reward and honour according to their deserts will be conferred upon others in whose favour like claims may be established to the satisfaction of the Government. "The Governor-General further proclaims to the people of Oude that, with the abovementioned excep. tione, the proprietary right in the soil of the province is confiscated to the British Government which will dispose of that right in such manner as they may deem fitting. "To those talookdars, chiefs, and landholders, with their followers, who shall make immediate submission to the Chief Commissioners of ()ode, surrendering their arms and obeying his orders, the Right Hon. the Go• vernor-General promises that their lives and honour shall be safe, provided that their hands are unstained with English blood murderously shed. "But, as regards any further indulgence which may be extended, to them, and the condition in which they may hereafter be placed, they must throw themselves upon the justice and mercy of the British Government. "To those among them who shall promptly come forward and give to the Chief Commissioner their support in the restoration of peace and order this will be large, and the Governor-General will be ready to view liberally the claims which they may thus acquire to a restitution of their former rights. " As participation in the murder of Englishmen and Englishwomen will exclude those who are guilty of it from all mercy, so will those who have protected English lives be specially entitled to consideration and  leniency. "By order of the Right ion. the Governor-General of India. "G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India. " Allahabad, March 14."